We are journeying to Allah. And we need to make our goal the love and pleasure of Allah. Without focusing on our goal we'll never be able to survive anything in this life or in the hereafter. So الحمد لله for Allah.
The closer we get to the Day of Judgement the more فتنة will increase. Every day we go through trials.
What can be a فتنة?
-> Money and Children
In (18:46):
If you realize that it can be a فتنة and cause you to forget Allah, you'll be careful and your money and children will instead become a blessing for you.
-> People towards other People
In (25:20):
When you realize it's a فتنة, and you need to be patient with people, you'll increase in it and accordingly your status will increase.
There are things which are perpetually a cause of فتنة for us. In (31:33):
-> The Dunya
It's always tempting and appears to be beautiful, but it's merely a deception.
-> The Shaytan
Generally, what can protect me from the قتنة?
1) Seek knowledge and teach others.
If you don't have knowledge you'll fall for everything that you see. Knowledge should be like oxygen to you, you need to always be learning.
2) Hasten to do good deeds
The فتنة makes us disabled. So always busy yourself in acts of worship and doing good deeds. Allah is الواسع and there's no limits to the different ways we can worship Allah. We can worship him through acts of our tongue, hearts, limbs, etc.
The problem with the فتنة is that it prevents a person from seeing clearly. It's very difficult to differentiate between right and wrong. So we need to prepare ourselves with good deeds - not fall into the trial and expect to be able to do good deeds after.
3) If you know or hear of a قتنة nearby, do not participate
Don't indulge in it. Don't talk about it. Just avoid it.
4) Hold fast to the congregation of Muslims - following the Qur'an and Sunnah
Stick close to the congregation of Muslims who are also staying away from the فتنة. It's easy to fall into it when you're alone.
- Major Signs of the Day of Judgement -
2) The Dajjal
The Dajjal will enter every town and city except Makkah and Madinah. Allah assigned Angels to guard it. But there'll be a trial which occurs in Madinah - there'll be an earthquake, so all the hypocrites and those with weak faith will leave. But facing the Dajjal is more severe than an earthquake. This is purification of the Dunya - Allah knows those who don't deserve to be affected by the trial. Only your faith will matter at that time; only your faith can be a means of saving you. So work on increasing it now.
The end of the Dajjal: 3) نزول عيسى بن مريم - The Descending of Eesa Ibn Maryam
After the 40 days, Allah will allow Eesa عليه السلام to descend. We need to believe that he's not dead, and Allah raised him out. The Jews attempted to crucify Eesa عليه السلام and Allah raised him, and replaced him with another man who resembled him. In (4:157):
He'll come with a mission - one of the greatest of which is to clarify the doubts people have about him. He'll descend calling the people to Allah, breaking the cross, and killing the pigs.
Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah said: “By the One in Whose hand is my soul, soon the son of Maryam will descend among you [according to another report: the Hour will not begin until the son of Maryam descends among you] as a just judge. He will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish the jizyah, and money will become abundant until no one will accept it.”
His other mission is to kill the Dajjal.
How will he descend? He will descend with his hands on two angels.
Where will he descend? In Damascus
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah will send Maseeh ibn Maryam (Messiah son of Mary). Thus he will descend near the white eastern minaret of Damascus, clad in two yellow sheets, leaning on the shoulders of two angels.” [Muslim]
How does he look like? His face is reddish-white, his hair is soft and damp.
When will he descend? At the time of Salaat alFajr
“…while their Imaam will have advanced to pray the Fajr prayer with them, Eesa, the son of Mary will descend [at the time of the Fajr prayer]. The Imaam will draw backward so that ‘Eesa would go forward and lead the people in prayer. However, ‘Eesa would put his hand between his shoulders and say to him: “Go forward and pray, as it is for you that the call for the prayer was called, so their Imaam would lead them in prayer.” [Ibn Maajah]
This is a symbolic move - to show us that Eesa won't bring a new religion, he'll be following the Prophet ﷺ.
"Allah will send the Messiah, son of Maryam, and he will descend to the white minaret in the East of Damascus, wearing two garments dyed with saffron, placing his hands on the wings of two angels. When he lowers his head, beads of perspiration will fall from it, and when he raises his head, beads like pearls will scatter from it.
Every Kaafir (unbeliever) who smells the fragrance (of his breath) will die, and his breath will reach as far as he can see. He will search for the Dajjal until he finds him at the gate of Ludd where he will kill him. Then a group of people whom Allah has protected will come to Isa (as), son of Maryam, and he will wipe the traces of hardship from their faces and tell them of their place in Paradise.
At that point, Allah will reveal to Isa: 'I have brought forth some of My servants whom no-one will be able to fight. Take my servants safely to Al-Tur.'" (Muslim)
Eesa is recorded as saying:
Eesa عليه السلام will kill all the Jews. He will rule with the Islamic Shari'ah, being of the followers of Muhammed ﷺ. He won't accept anyone not being Muslim. He'll give people an ultimatum - either you become Muslim or you'll be killed. There won't even be Jizya. It won't be like it is now. This firmness from him is a mercy for the people - how can you believe in something else after he descends? He obviously wasn't crucified.أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ خَارِجٌ قَالَ وَمَعِي قَضِيبَانِ فَإِذَا رَآنِي ذَابَ كَمَا يَذُوبُ الرَّصَاصُ قَالَ فَيُهْلِكُهُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الْحَجَرَ وَالشَّجَرَ لَيَقُولُ يَا مُسْلِمُ إِنَّ تَحْتِي كَافِرًا فَتَعَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ فَيُهْلِكُهُمْ اللَّهُThe False Messiah will emerge and I will have with me two bars, so when he sees me he will melt away like the melting of lead. Allah will destroy him until the stone and the tree say: O Muslim, underneath me is an unbeliever, so slay him. Thus, Allah will destroy them.Source: Musnad Ahmad 3546, Grade: Sahih
Then he will live on earth for 40 years. These 40 years will be full of peace, security, and ease. The earth will flourish and there will be no hatred or jealousy between people. It's like a Paradise on earth. Everyone will be rich. Even the animals will live in peace. You'll have children playing with a snake, etc. Allah is able to do anything. The people living in this time are the cream of the crop - they survived the Dajjal, all the hypocrites and those with weak faith followed him.
The Prophet ﷺ informed us that there is something severer than the Dajjal:
The Prophet [may the peace and salutations of Allaah be upon him] addressed his companions regarding the trial and harm of the Dajjal (Anti-Christ) then he stood up from his sitting. He made the people busy themselves with discussing the trials and harms of the Dajjal (Anti-Christ) due to fear from him. Severe fear of the Dajjal and his trials afflicted the companions [May Allaah be pleased with them] so when the Prophet [may the peace and salutations of Allaah be upon him] came to them he said: “Shall I inform you of that which I fear for you more than the Dajjal (Anti-Christ)” they replied “Yes! O’ Messenger of Allaah: He said “Minor shirk and it is ar-Riyaa (showing off)”.
Ar-Riyaa is hidden Shirk. It's so hidden it's like a black ant walking in the darkness of the night. It's so difficult to detect.
E.g. I'm reading Quran and in my heart I want people to praise me.
E.g. I pray so people won't talk evil of me.
This is Shirk whether you're seeking praise or avoiding dispraise. You're doing the good deed for people.
Before the death of Eesa, 4) Ya'juj and Ma'juj will appear
In Surah AlKahf we learnt that DhulQarnayn built a barrier to protect people from Ya'juj and Ma'juj who cause mischief in the land. This barrier was between two mountains and was really strong. Ya'juj and Ma'juj's minds never fathomed climbing over it.
In (18:93-97):
ثُمَّ يَأْتِي عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ قَوْمٌ قَدْ عَصَمَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْهُ، فَيَمْسَحُ عَنْ وُجُوهِهِمْ وَيُحَدِّثُهُمْ بِدَرَجَاتِهِمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَى عِيسَى: إِنِّي قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ عِبَادًا لِي، لَا يَدَانِ لِأَحَدٍ بِقِتَالِهِمْ، فَحَرِّزْ عِبَادِي إِلَى الطُّورِ وَيَبْعَثُ اللهُ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ، وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ
Then a people whom Allah had protected from him (Dajjal) would come to Isa, son of Maryam), and he would wipe their faces and would inform them of their ranks in Paradise and it would be under such conditions that Allah would reveal to Isa these words: I have brought forth from amongst My servants such people against whom none would be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur, and then Allah would send Gog and Magog and they would swarm down from every slope.
The first of them would pass the lake of Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: There was once water there. [Sahih Muslim, 2937, The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour]
In (21:96-97):
When you've been trapped for so long, and suddenly you're let loose, you will come out like a flood.
The people will admit that they were wrongdoers. Ya'juj and Ma'juj are a sign that the Day of Judgement is coming soon.
What do they do when they come out?
Abu Hurayrah, who said: “The Messenger of Allah said that Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj are digging every day until they can almost see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them says, “Go back, we will dig again tomorrow.” Then Allaah restores (the barrier) and makes it stronger than it was. (This will continue) until the appointed time.
When Allaah wishes to send them against the people, they will dig until they can almost see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them will say, “Go back, we will dig again tomorrow, in sha Allah.” This time he will say “in sha Allah”, so when they come back (the next day), they will find it as they left it, so they will dig their way out and emerge to attack the people.
They will dry up water (by drinking it, because of their great numbers), and the people will seek to protect themselves from them in their fortresses.
They will fire their arrows into the sky, and the arrows will come back down covered in blood (as a test for them), and they will say, “We have defeated the people of the earth and have gained the upper hand over the people of heaven.” Then Allaah will send worms on the napes of their necks, which will kill them.
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the beasts of the earth will grow fat from their flesh.” (Saheeh Ibn Maajah, 3298)
They'll eat everything. If you give them good food they'll eat, it you keep them a stone they'll eat. If one of them died - a thousand would take his place. Their number will increase in quantity.
In another narration:
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"...Prophet `Isa (ﷺ) and his companions will then be so much hard-pressed that the head of an ox will be dearer to them than one hundred dinar, and `Isa along with his companions, will make supplication to Allah, Who will send insects which will attack their (Ya'juj and Ma'juj people) neck until they all will perish like a single person.
Prophet Isa and his companions will then come down and they will not find in the earth as much space as a single span which would not be filled with their corpses and their stench.
Prophet `Isa and his companions will then again beseech Allah, Who will send birds whose necks will be like those of Bactrian camels, and they will carry them and throw them where Allah will desire.
Then Allah will send down rain which will spare no house in the city or in the countryside. It would wash away the earth until it appears like a mirror.
Then the earth will be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessings; and as a result of this, there will grow such a big pomegranate that a group of people will eat from it and seek shelter under its skin.
Milk will be so blessed that the milk of one she-camel will suffice for a large company and the cow will give so much milk, that it will suffice for a whole tribe.
The sheep will give so much milk that the whole family will be able to drink out of that....''
All this civilization and technology will disappear. Humanity will go backwards. Don't think we're going to continue with modernization. People will fight with weapons. Allah knows how this all will be destroyed. In the past no one would ever believe that you could talk or even see another persons who's far away. Allah is اللطيف, He brought technology subtly and gently, and He is able to gently take it away.
All of the Ya'juj and Ma'juj are evil - there's no exception
The Prophet ﷺ said, "On the day of Resurrection Allah will say, 'O Adam!' Prophet Adam will reply, 'Labbaik my Lord, and Sa'daik.' (I respond to Your Calls, I am obedient to Your Orders),
Then there will be a loud call (saying), 'Allah orders you to take out (or assign) from among your offspring a mission for the (Hell) Fire.'
Adam will say, 'O Lord! Who are the mission for the (Hell) Fire?'
Allah will say, 'Out of each thousand, take out 999.'Then Prophet Mohamed recited the Verse of the Quran (22:2):
The Day ye shall see it every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-babe and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.
(When the Prophet mentioned this), the companions were so distressed (and afraid) that their faces got changed color, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "From the tribes of Yajuj and Majooj nine-hundred ninety-nine will be taken out (or assigned) and one from you! You Muslims (compared to the large number of other people) will be like a black hair on the side of a white ox, or a white hair on the side of a black ox, and I hope that you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise ."
On that, the companions declared "Allahu-Akbar!"
Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "I hope that you will be one-third of the people of Paradise ." The companions again declared, "Allahu-Akbar!"
Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "(I hope that you will be) one-half of the people of Paradise ." And the companions declared again: Allahu Akbar." [Bukhari]
The movies show things like this - but movies are false and corrupt our minds. This is all the truth. It's sufficient for us.
5, 6, 7) الخسوفات الثلاث - The Three Landslides
We don't know when this will happen - before or after the above signs.
1) A huge landslide in the East
2) A huge landslide in the West
3) A huge landslide in the Arabian Peninsular
8) طلوع الشمس من مغربها - The Sun will rise from the West
We don't know if this will happen before or after the Dajjal. When this sign occurs, there's no acceptance for repentance. When you see this sign you cannot increase in worship or become a better person. We still have the chance to increase in good deeds, leave the sins, repent.
Narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah
ﷺ said: “The Hour will not begin until the sun rises from its place of setting. When it rises from its place of setting, all people will believe, but on that day
‘no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before,’ [al-An’aam 6:158].”
9) خروج الدابة - Emergence of the Beast
In (27:82):
What will this beast say? It will curse the ظالمين and the disbelievers.
10) النار التي تحشر الناس - A Fire which will gather the people
This fire will come from the middle of Adan, Yemen. It won't come to burn the people, but to gather them to the land of gathering.
After Eesa passes away the earth will get worse and worse. The good people will die. The world will go backwards into disbelief. There'll be a wind which takes the souls of the believers, so only the worst people will remain on earth to see this fire.
In the Hadith:
"...and at that time Allah will send a pleasant wind which will soothe people even under their armpits, and will take the life of every Muslim and true believer, and only the wicked will survive. They will commit adultery in public like asses and the Resurrection Day will be held.''
Allah will raise the Qur'an, and there won't be any Qur'an on the earth. The earth will be full of mischief. A thinned legged man will come from Ethiopia and demolish the Ka'bah.
The Day of Judgement will begin.
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