THE SIGNS BEFORE THE APPROACH OF THE LAST HOUR
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Sahih Muslim
by Imam Muslim, translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui , Volume: The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa`ah)
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Hudhaifa b. Usaid Ghifari reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace beupon him) came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion).He said: What do you discuss about? They (the Companions) said. We arediscussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: It will not coneuntil you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made amention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from thewest, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), theGog and Magog, and land-slidings in three places, one in the east, onein the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forthfrom the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly. |
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Hudhaifa b. Usaid reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) wasin an apartment and we were beneath that that he peeped in and said tous: What are you discussing about? We said: (We are discussing aboutthe Last) Hour. Thereupon he said: The Last Hour would not come untilthe ten signs dppear: land-sliding in the east, and land-sliding in thewest, and land-sliding in the peninsula of Arabia, the smoke, theDajjal, the beast of the earth, Gog and Magog, the rising of the sunfrom the west and the fire which would emit from the lower part of'Adan. Shu'ba said that 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Rufai' reported on theauthority of Abu Tufail who reported on the authority of Abu Sariha ahadith like this that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) did notmake a mention of (the tenth sign) but he said that out of the ten onewas the descent of Jesus Christ, son of Mary (peace be upon him), andin another version it is theb lowing of the violent gale which woulddrive the people to the ocean. |
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Abu Sariha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was inan (upper) apartment and we were standing lower to him and discussing(about the Last Hour). The rest of the hadith is the same, and Shu'basaid: I think he also said these words: The fire would descend alongwith them where they would land and where they would take rest (duringmidday (it would also cool down for a while). Shu'ba said: This hadithhas been transmitted to me through Abu Tufail and Abu Sariha and nonecould trace it back directly to Allah's Apostle (may peace b.. uponhim). However, there is a mention of the descent of Jesus Christ son ofMary in one version and in the other there is a mention of the blowingof a violent would drive them to the ocean. |
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Abu Sariha reported: We were discussing the Last Hour) that Allah'sApostle (may peace be upon him) looked towards us. The rest of thehadith is the same and the tenth (sign) was the descent of Jesus Christson of Mary, and Shu'ba said: 'Abd al-'Aziz did not trace it directlyto Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). |
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