قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّيۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقۡتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ
Say, “Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him.”
Al-A'raf 7:187 · Saheeh InternationalAl Fitan
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Signs before the Hour
From the Prophet's ﷺ time to the Hour
- 01
Foretold for the early generations
- 01The Prophet's ﷺ Mission and PassingThe sending of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as the Final Messenger - and his subsequent passing - are counted by scholars as the very first signs of the Hour's approach.1 verses21 hadith
- 02The Splitting of the Moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar)The miracle of the splitting of the moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar) in Makkah during the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime, which the Qur'an explicitly links to the drawing near of the Hour.1 verses12 hadith
- 03Thirty liars who claim prophethoodThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until about thirty liars (dajjals) appear, each claiming to be a messenger of Allah, though he is the last prophet and there is none after him.21 hadith2 Bible
- 04Conquests foretold (Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt, Jerusalem)In the hardest days, when the Muslims were few and besieged, the Prophet ﷺ foretold that they would conquer Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt and Jerusalem.76 hadith1 Bible
- 05Civil strife among the Companions (Uthman, Jamal, Siffin)The Prophet ﷺ foretold the trials that would come after him: the killing of Uthman (RA), and the fighting among the Muslims at the Battle of the Camel (Jamal) and at Siffin.55 hadith
- 06The Khawarij foretoldThe Prophet ﷺ foretold a group who would recite the Quran but it would not go past their throats, and who would leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target.123 hadith
- 07Caliphate, then kingshipThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the caliphate after him would last thirty years and then become kingship, and that the religion would stay strong under twelve rulers, all from Quraysh.49 hadith3 Bible
- 08UmayyadsThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the ruin of his ummah would come at the hands of young men of Quraysh, and that rule would turn into kingship after thirty years of caliphate.60 hadith
- 09AbbasidsThe Abbasids, descendants of the Prophet's uncle al-Abbas, overthrew the Umayyads in 132 AH and ruled from Baghdad.46 hadith
- 10Fire in the land of HijazThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until a fire comes out of the land of Hijaz that lights up the necks of the camels at Busra (in Syria).6 hadith
- 11TurksThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Muslims would fight a people with small eyes, red faces, flat noses and faces like hammered shields, who wear shoes of hair.101 hadith
- 02
Signs that spread among people
- 12Knowledge taken awayAmong the signs of the Hour: ilm is taken away and ignorance spreads.51 hadith1 Bible
- 13Trust lost; affairs given to the unfitWhen trust (amanah) is lost, wait for the Hour.15 hadith1 Bible
- 14Open sin: zina and musical instrumentsAmong the signs: zina (fornication) becomes widespread and open, and people of the ummah treat as lawful zina, silk, wine and musical instruments.27 hadith2 Bible
- 15Spread of Riba (Usury) and Intoxicants Under New NamesThe widespread consumption of riba (usury/interest), indifference to whether income is lawful or unlawful, and the normalization of intoxicants by calling them by other names.4 hadith
- 16Severing Family Ties, Bad Neighborliness, and False TestimonyThe breakdown of family and community bonds before the Hour: severing ties of kinship (qati'at al-rahim), mistreating neighbors, giving false testimony, and concealing truthful witness.27 hadith
- 17Markets Drawing Close Together, Spread of Trade, and Selective GreetingMarkets drawing close together (taqarub al-aswaq), the universal spread of trade until a woman assists her husband in commerce, the proliferation of writing ('the pen'), and greeting only those one knows.6 hadith
- 18Much killing (al-harj)Al-harj means much killing.84 hadith3 Bible
- 19Many earthquakesThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until earthquakes become many.27 hadith4 Bible
- 20Time draws close (passes quickly)Time draws close: the years, months and days seem to pass ever faster.15 hadith
- 21Barefoot shepherds compete in tall buildingsIn the famous hadith of Jibril, one of the signs of the Hour is that barefoot, naked, poor shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.17 hadith
- 22The slave woman gives birth to her mistressAlso in the hadith of Jibril: 'the slave woman will give birth to her mistress (or master)'.13 hadith
- 23Men decrease, women increaseMen become few and women many, until fifty women have one man to look after them.19 hadith
- 24People vie in adorning mosques'The Hour will not come until people compete with one another over mosques.'9 hadith
- 25Abundant Rain While the Earth Grows NothingA sign before the Hour in which the sky sends down abundant rain, yet the earth produces no crops or blessing (barakah) from it.3 hadith
- 26Islam returns a stranger; holding faith like holding embers'Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers.'11 hadith
- 27Trials (fitan) like pieces of dark nightThe Prophet ﷺ warned of trials (fitan) that will come like pieces of a dark night, one after another, so confusing that a man is a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening.102 hadith2 Bible
- 28Nations call one another against you'The nations will soon call one another against you, as diners call one another to a dish.'2 hadith
- 29A group that stays on the truth until the HourA group of the ummah will always remain upon the truth, victorious, not harmed by those who abandon or oppose them, until the command of Allah comes.37 hadith
- 30A renewer every hundred years'Allah will send to this ummah at the head of every hundred years someone who renews its religion for it.'3 hadith
- 31Wealth overflows; no one takes charityWealth increases until it overflows, and a man goes out with his charity and finds no one to accept it.31 hadith
- 32Sinkholes, Disfigurement, and Stones from the Sky (Khasf, Maskh, Qadhf)The warning of three punitive portents in this Ummah before the Hour: sinkholes/swallowing by the earth (khasf), disfigurement (maskh), and stones pelted from the sky (qadhf).6 hadith1 Bible
- 33Predators and Inanimate Objects Speaking to HumansBefore the Hour, wild predators (siba') will speak to humans, and inanimate objects - the tip of a man's whip, the strap of his sandal - along with his own thigh will speak to him.3 hadith
- 34A man passes a grave and wishes he were in it'The Hour will not come until a man passes by another man's grave and says: I wish I were in his place.'6 hadith
- 35Tribes return to idol worshipBefore the Hour some tribes of the ummah will join the idolaters and worship idols again.13 hadith
- 36Arabia returns to meadows and riversThe Hour will not come until the land of the Arabs returns to being meadows and rivers.3 hadith
- 37Madinah guarded from the Dajjal; it expels its impurityMadinah has a special place at the end of time: the Dajjal cannot enter it, and it expels its impurity as a furnace removes the dross from iron.14 hadith
- 38Expedition to India (Ghazwat al-Hind)Ghazwat al-Hind is an expedition to al-Hind (the Indian subcontinent) that the Prophet ﷺ promised, with great reward for those who take part.13 hadith
- 39QahtaniA man from the tribe of Qahtan (the southern Arabs of Yemen) will rise and lead people with his stick.21 hadith
- 40Al-Jahjah'The days and nights will not end until a man called al-Jahjah, a freed slave, comes to rule.'1 hadith
- 41EuphratesThe Euphrates (al-Furat) will uncover a mountain (or treasure) of gold, and people will fight over it.59 hadith2 Bible
- 42Black bannersBlack banners coming from the east, from Khurasan, appear in several reports as an army that comes before or with the Mahdi.67 hadith
- 43SufyaniThe Sufyani is a figure from the descendants of Abu Sufyan who, according to some reports, will rise in Sham before the Mahdi, spread oppression, and send an army that is swallowed by the earth.106 hadith
- 44Women Dressed Yet NakedAmong the signs the Prophet ﷺ foretold is the appearance of 'women who are clothed yet naked' (kasiyat 'ariyat), a widespread immodesty in dress in the latter days.2 hadith
- 45The Overturning of Social and Moral OrderA cluster of signs describing the overturning of social and moral order: when people invert the rights of parents, friends, leaders and worship, calamities follow.2 hadith
- 46The Spread of Sudden DeathThe Prophet ﷺ urged hastening to good deeds ahead of seven things, one of them 'a sudden, dispatching death'; its spread is counted among the signs of the latter days.2 hadith
- 47Two Great Factions Fight Under One ClaimThe Hour will not come until two great factions fight a fierce war while both lay claim to the same cause.9 hadith
- 48A Mass Death Like the Murrain of SheepA sudden, widespread mortality that takes people quickly 'like the murrain of sheep' - the third of the six signs the Prophet ﷺ named to Awf ibn Malik.10 hadith
- 49Fleeing with One's Faith to the MountainsA time will come when a believer's safest wealth is a flock of sheep he keeps on the mountain tops, fleeing with his religion from the trials of the towns.8 hadith
- 50Enforcers with Whips Like the Tails of OxenAmong the signs is the appearance of people carrying whips like the tails of oxen, with which they beat others unjustly.1 hadith
- 51Tribulation from the East, Where the Horn of Satan RisesThe Prophet ﷺ pointed to the east and foretold that tribulation would rise from there, 'from where the horn of Satan appears'.13 hadith
- 52The Romans Will Be the Most Numerous of PeopleThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Hour would come while the Romans (al-Rum) are the most numerous of people.4 hadith
- 03
Before the Dajjal
- 53Blockade of Iraq, Sham, and Egypt (Withholding of Grain and Coin)A prophesied blockade or withholding of grain-measures and coinage across three pivotal lands of the Muslim world: Iraq, Sham (Greater Syria), and Egypt.2 hadith
- 54The Earth Vomits Forth Its Treasures Like Columns of Gold and SilverNear the Hour, the earth will vomit forth the buried treasures of its interior ('pieces of its liver') like great columns of gold and silver, yet no one will take anything from them.2 hadith
- 55Flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) and Ruin of YathribThe flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) - and the descent of the Caliphate in the Holy Land - as the opening milestone in the prophetic sequence leading to the Great Battle and the Dajjal.8 hadith9 Bible
- 56MahdiThe Mahdi ('the rightly guided one') is a man from the Prophet's family, through Fatimah, who will lead the Muslims near the end of time and fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with oppression.240 hadith
- 57Truce with the RomansThe Prophet ﷺ said the Muslims will make a secure peace with the Romans, and together they will fight a common enemy.29 hadith
- 58Romans (al-Rum)Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time.1 verses208 hadith
- 59MalhamahAl-Malhamah al-Kubra is the great battle between the Muslims and the Romans (al-Rum) near the end of time.123 hadith4 Bible
- 60Conquest of ConstantinopleConstantinople, today's Istanbul, was the capital of the Romans.97 hadith
- 61The Conquest of Rome (Rumiyah)The foretold conquest of Rome (Rumiyah, in Italy), named in the reports after the conquest of Constantinople.11 hadith
- 62A Cry in RamadanA 'cry' or voice heard in Ramadan is reported among the tribulations before the Mahdi.16 hadith
- 63An Army Swallowed Up at al-BaydaAn army that marches to attack one seeking refuge at the Kaaba will be swallowed by the earth at al-Bayda, between Mecca and Medina.12 hadith
- 04
The Dajjal, Isa (AS), Ya'juj and Ma'juj
- 64DajjalThe Dajjal (al-Masih al-Dajjal, the false messiah) is a single man who will appear near the end and claim to be God.744 hadith9 Bible
- 65Isa (AS)Isa (Jesus, AS), son of Maryam, was not killed or crucified; Allah raised him up.4 verses173 hadith6 Bible
- 66Gharqad treeA hadith says that in a final battle even stones and trees will speak and point out those hiding behind them, except the gharqad, a thorny desert shrub (boxthorn).7 hadith
- 67Ya'juj and Ma'jujYa'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are two huge peoples, descendants of Adam, held back behind a barrier of iron and copper that Dhul-Qarnayn built.2 verses122 hadith2 Bible
- 68The gentle wind that takes the believers' soulsAfter the time of Isa (AS), Allah sends a cool, gentle wind from the direction of Sham (or Yemen in another narration).8 hadith
- 05
The last signs
- 69The SmokeThe Smoke (al-Dukhan) is one of the ten great signs: a smoke that covers people, mentioned in Surah al-Dukhan.1 verses25 hadith1 Bible
- 70Sun rising from the westOne morning the sun will rise from the west.1 verses85 hadith2 Bible
- 71The Beast (Dabbah)The Beast (Dabbat al-Ard) is a creature that Allah will bring out of the earth near the end.1 verses44 hadith1 Bible
- 72The Lifting of the Qur'an from the Mushafs and Hearts in One NightNear the very end of time, after true practice of Islam has faded, Allah will take up the Qur'an in a single night so that not a single verse remains in the written pages (masahif) or in people's hearts.5 hadith1 Bible
- 73Dhu al-Suwayqatayn destroys the Ka'bahNear the end, a man from Abyssinia called Dhu al-Suwayqatayn ('the one with two thin shins') will tear down the Ka'bah stone by stone.15 hadith
- 74Land collapsesThree great collapses of the earth (khusuf): one in the east, one in the west, and one in the Arabian Peninsula.111 hadith
- 75Fire from YemenThe last of the ten great signs: a fire that comes out of Yemen, from the depths of Aden, and drives people to the place of their gathering.34 hadith1 Bible
- 06
The Hour
- 76The Hour comes on the worst of peopleThe Hour will not come while anyone on earth still says 'Allah, Allah'.20 hadith1 Bible
- 77The heavens and earth at the endWhen the Hour comes, the whole universe changes.32 verses3 hadith8 Bible
- 78The HourThe Hour (al-Sa'ah) is the moment this world ends.41 verses540 hadith25 Bible
- 07
After the Hour
- 79Death and the grave (barzakh)Death is the first stage of the hereafter.9 verses102 hadith
- 80The TrumpetThe angel Israfil will blow into the Trumpet (al-Sur).20 verses15 hadith3 Bible
- 81ResurrectionAfter the second blow of the Trumpet, Allah raises every human being from the dead, body and soul, to be judged.32 verses2 hadith7 Bible
- 82The Gathering (Hashr)Al-Hashr is the Gathering: all of creation, from Adam to the last human, brought together on one vast plain to wait for judgment.26 verses22 hadith1 Bible
- 83The Day of JudgmentYawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Resurrection, is the Day when all people stand before Allah to be judged.335 verses233 hadith3 Bible
- 84IntercessionIntercession (shafa'ah) is asking Allah, by His permission, for mercy for others.19 verses18 hadith
- 85Reckoning, the record and the scalesOn that Day every person's deeds are brought out.33 verses20 hadith1 Bible
- 86The Bridge and the PoolAl-Hawd is the Prophet's Pool (al-Kawthar), where his ummah drink before crossing.2 verses46 hadith
- 87ParadiseJannah, Paradise, is the eternal home of the believers: 'what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined'.147 verses327 hadith3 Bible
- 88HellfireJahannam, Hellfire, is the abode of punishment for those who rejected Allah and for whom He decrees it.225 verses156 hadith1 Bible
- 83The Day of JudgmentYawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Resurrection, is the Day when all people stand before Allah to be judged.335 verses233 hadith3 Bible
- 87ParadiseJannah, Paradise, is the eternal home of the believers: 'what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined'.147 verses327 hadith3 Bible
- 88HellfireJahannam, Hellfire, is the abode of punishment for those who rejected Allah and for whom He decrees it.225 verses156 hadith1 Bible
- 64DajjalThe Dajjal (al-Masih al-Dajjal, the false messiah) is a single man who will appear near the end and claim to be God.744 hadith9 Bible
- 78The HourThe Hour (al-Sa'ah) is the moment this world ends.41 verses540 hadith25 Bible
- 79Death and the grave (barzakh)Death is the first stage of the hereafter.9 verses102 hadith
- 06The Khawarij foretoldThe Prophet ﷺ foretold a group who would recite the Quran but it would not go past their throats, and who would leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target.123 hadith
- 85Reckoning, the record and the scalesOn that Day every person's deeds are brought out.33 verses20 hadith1 Bible
- 65Isa (AS)Isa (Jesus, AS), son of Maryam, was not killed or crucified; Allah raised him up.4 verses173 hadith6 Bible
- 82The Gathering (Hashr)Al-Hashr is the Gathering: all of creation, from Adam to the last human, brought together on one vast plain to wait for judgment.26 verses22 hadith1 Bible
- 77The heavens and earth at the endWhen the Hour comes, the whole universe changes.32 verses3 hadith8 Bible
- 86The Bridge and the PoolAl-Hawd is the Prophet's Pool (al-Kawthar), where his ummah drink before crossing.2 verses46 hadith
- 70Sun rising from the westOne morning the sun will rise from the west.1 verses85 hadith2 Bible
- 81ResurrectionAfter the second blow of the Trumpet, Allah raises every human being from the dead, body and soul, to be judged.32 verses2 hadith7 Bible
- 67Ya'juj and Ma'jujYa'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are two huge peoples, descendants of Adam, held back behind a barrier of iron and copper that Dhul-Qarnayn built.2 verses122 hadith2 Bible
- 84IntercessionIntercession (shafa'ah) is asking Allah, by His permission, for mercy for others.19 verses18 hadith
- 18Much killing (al-harj)Al-harj means much killing.84 hadith3 Bible
- 11TurksThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Muslims would fight a people with small eyes, red faces, flat noses and faces like hammered shields, who wear shoes of hair.101 hadith
- 74Land collapsesThree great collapses of the earth (khusuf): one in the east, one in the west, and one in the Arabian Peninsula.111 hadith
- 58Romans (al-Rum)Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time.1 verses208 hadith
- 27Trials (fitan) like pieces of dark nightThe Prophet ﷺ warned of trials (fitan) that will come like pieces of a dark night, one after another, so confusing that a man is a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening.102 hadith2 Bible
- 80The TrumpetThe angel Israfil will blow into the Trumpet (al-Sur).20 verses15 hadith3 Bible
- 12Knowledge taken awayAmong the signs of the Hour: ilm is taken away and ignorance spreads.51 hadith1 Bible
- 04Conquests foretold (Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt, Jerusalem)In the hardest days, when the Muslims were few and besieged, the Prophet ﷺ foretold that they would conquer Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt and Jerusalem.76 hadith1 Bible
- 69The SmokeThe Smoke (al-Dukhan) is one of the ten great signs: a smoke that covers people, mentioned in Surah al-Dukhan.1 verses25 hadith1 Bible
- 29A group that stays on the truth until the HourA group of the ummah will always remain upon the truth, victorious, not harmed by those who abandon or oppose them, until the command of Allah comes.37 hadith
- 05Civil strife among the Companions (Uthman, Jamal, Siffin)The Prophet ﷺ foretold the trials that would come after him: the killing of Uthman (RA), and the fighting among the Muslims at the Battle of the Camel (Jamal) and at Siffin.55 hadith
- 16Severing Family Ties, Bad Neighborliness, and False TestimonyThe breakdown of family and community bonds before the Hour: severing ties of kinship (qati'at al-rahim), mistreating neighbors, giving false testimony, and concealing truthful witness.27 hadith
- 31Wealth overflows; no one takes charityWealth increases until it overflows, and a man goes out with his charity and finds no one to accept it.31 hadith
- 56MahdiThe Mahdi ('the rightly guided one') is a man from the Prophet's family, through Fatimah, who will lead the Muslims near the end of time and fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with oppression.240 hadith
- 14Open sin: zina and musical instrumentsAmong the signs: zina (fornication) becomes widespread and open, and people of the ummah treat as lawful zina, silk, wine and musical instruments.27 hadith2 Bible
- 07Caliphate, then kingshipThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the caliphate after him would last thirty years and then become kingship, and that the religion would stay strong under twelve rulers, all from Quraysh.49 hadith3 Bible
- 71The Beast (Dabbah)The Beast (Dabbat al-Ard) is a creature that Allah will bring out of the earth near the end.1 verses44 hadith1 Bible
- 21Barefoot shepherds compete in tall buildingsIn the famous hadith of Jibril, one of the signs of the Hour is that barefoot, naked, poor shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.17 hadith
- 41EuphratesThe Euphrates (al-Furat) will uncover a mountain (or treasure) of gold, and people will fight over it.59 hadith2 Bible
- 51Tribulation from the East, Where the Horn of Satan RisesThe Prophet ﷺ pointed to the east and foretold that tribulation would rise from there, 'from where the horn of Satan appears'.13 hadith
- 01The Prophet's ﷺ Mission and PassingThe sending of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as the Final Messenger - and his subsequent passing - are counted by scholars as the very first signs of the Hour's approach.1 verses21 hadith
- 02The Splitting of the Moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar)The miracle of the splitting of the moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar) in Makkah during the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime, which the Qur'an explicitly links to the drawing near of the Hour.1 verses12 hadith
- 75Fire from YemenThe last of the ten great signs: a fire that comes out of Yemen, from the depths of Aden, and drives people to the place of their gathering.34 hadith1 Bible
- 20Time draws close (passes quickly)Time draws close: the years, months and days seem to pass ever faster.15 hadith
- 22The slave woman gives birth to her mistressAlso in the hadith of Jibril: 'the slave woman will give birth to her mistress (or master)'.13 hadith
- 03Thirty liars who claim prophethoodThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until about thirty liars (dajjals) appear, each claiming to be a messenger of Allah, though he is the last prophet and there is none after him.21 hadith2 Bible
- 59MalhamahAl-Malhamah al-Kubra is the great battle between the Muslims and the Romans (al-Rum) near the end of time.123 hadith4 Bible
- 19Many earthquakesThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until earthquakes become many.27 hadith4 Bible
- 23Men decrease, women increaseMen become few and women many, until fifty women have one man to look after them.19 hadith
- 26Islam returns a stranger; holding faith like holding embers'Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers.'11 hadith
- 57Truce with the RomansThe Prophet ﷺ said the Muslims will make a secure peace with the Romans, and together they will fight a common enemy.29 hadith
- 73Dhu al-Suwayqatayn destroys the Ka'bahNear the end, a man from Abyssinia called Dhu al-Suwayqatayn ('the one with two thin shins') will tear down the Ka'bah stone by stone.15 hadith
- 13Trust lost; affairs given to the unfitWhen trust (amanah) is lost, wait for the Hour.15 hadith1 Bible
- 35Tribes return to idol worshipBefore the Hour some tribes of the ummah will join the idolaters and worship idols again.13 hadith
- 37Madinah guarded from the Dajjal; it expels its impurityMadinah has a special place at the end of time: the Dajjal cannot enter it, and it expels its impurity as a furnace removes the dross from iron.14 hadith
- 60Conquest of ConstantinopleConstantinople, today's Istanbul, was the capital of the Romans.97 hadith
- 15Spread of Riba (Usury) and Intoxicants Under New NamesThe widespread consumption of riba (usury/interest), indifference to whether income is lawful or unlawful, and the normalization of intoxicants by calling them by other names.4 hadith
- 32Sinkholes, Disfigurement, and Stones from the Sky (Khasf, Maskh, Qadhf)The warning of three punitive portents in this Ummah before the Hour: sinkholes/swallowing by the earth (khasf), disfigurement (maskh), and stones pelted from the sky (qadhf).6 hadith1 Bible
- 47Two Great Factions Fight Under One ClaimThe Hour will not come until two great factions fight a fierce war while both lay claim to the same cause.9 hadith
- 49Fleeing with One's Faith to the MountainsA time will come when a believer's safest wealth is a flock of sheep he keeps on the mountain tops, fleeing with his religion from the trials of the towns.8 hadith
- 76The Hour comes on the worst of peopleThe Hour will not come while anyone on earth still says 'Allah, Allah'.20 hadith1 Bible
- 24People vie in adorning mosques'The Hour will not come until people compete with one another over mosques.'9 hadith
- 34A man passes a grave and wishes he were in it'The Hour will not come until a man passes by another man's grave and says: I wish I were in his place.'6 hadith
- 39QahtaniA man from the tribe of Qahtan (the southern Arabs of Yemen) will rise and lead people with his stick.21 hadith
- 63An Army Swallowed Up at al-BaydaAn army that marches to attack one seeking refuge at the Kaaba will be swallowed by the earth at al-Bayda, between Mecca and Medina.12 hadith
- 68The gentle wind that takes the believers' soulsAfter the time of Isa (AS), Allah sends a cool, gentle wind from the direction of Sham (or Yemen in another narration).8 hadith
- 10Fire in the land of HijazThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until a fire comes out of the land of Hijaz that lights up the necks of the camels at Busra (in Syria).6 hadith
- 52The Romans Will Be the Most Numerous of PeopleThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Hour would come while the Romans (al-Rum) are the most numerous of people.4 hadith
- 53Blockade of Iraq, Sham, and Egypt (Withholding of Grain and Coin)A prophesied blockade or withholding of grain-measures and coinage across three pivotal lands of the Muslim world: Iraq, Sham (Greater Syria), and Egypt.2 hadith
- 54The Earth Vomits Forth Its Treasures Like Columns of Gold and SilverNear the Hour, the earth will vomit forth the buried treasures of its interior ('pieces of its liver') like great columns of gold and silver, yet no one will take anything from them.2 hadith
- 55Flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) and Ruin of YathribThe flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) - and the descent of the Caliphate in the Holy Land - as the opening milestone in the prophetic sequence leading to the Great Battle and the Dajjal.8 hadith9 Bible
- 66Gharqad treeA hadith says that in a final battle even stones and trees will speak and point out those hiding behind them, except the gharqad, a thorny desert shrub (boxthorn).7 hadith
- 08UmayyadsThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the ruin of his ummah would come at the hands of young men of Quraysh, and that rule would turn into kingship after thirty years of caliphate.60 hadith
- 25Abundant Rain While the Earth Grows NothingA sign before the Hour in which the sky sends down abundant rain, yet the earth produces no crops or blessing (barakah) from it.3 hadith
- 28Nations call one another against you'The nations will soon call one another against you, as diners call one another to a dish.'2 hadith
- 30A renewer every hundred years'Allah will send to this ummah at the head of every hundred years someone who renews its religion for it.'3 hadith
- 33Predators and Inanimate Objects Speaking to HumansBefore the Hour, wild predators (siba') will speak to humans, and inanimate objects - the tip of a man's whip, the strap of his sandal - along with his own thigh will speak to him.3 hadith
- 38Expedition to India (Ghazwat al-Hind)Ghazwat al-Hind is an expedition to al-Hind (the Indian subcontinent) that the Prophet ﷺ promised, with great reward for those who take part.13 hadith
- 40Al-Jahjah'The days and nights will not end until a man called al-Jahjah, a freed slave, comes to rule.'1 hadith
- 42Black bannersBlack banners coming from the east, from Khurasan, appear in several reports as an army that comes before or with the Mahdi.67 hadith
- 44Women Dressed Yet NakedAmong the signs the Prophet ﷺ foretold is the appearance of 'women who are clothed yet naked' (kasiyat 'ariyat), a widespread immodesty in dress in the latter days.2 hadith
- 48A Mass Death Like the Murrain of SheepA sudden, widespread mortality that takes people quickly 'like the murrain of sheep' - the third of the six signs the Prophet ﷺ named to Awf ibn Malik.10 hadith
- 50Enforcers with Whips Like the Tails of OxenAmong the signs is the appearance of people carrying whips like the tails of oxen, with which they beat others unjustly.1 hadith
- 72The Lifting of the Qur'an from the Mushafs and Hearts in One NightNear the very end of time, after true practice of Islam has faded, Allah will take up the Qur'an in a single night so that not a single verse remains in the written pages (masahif) or in people's hearts.5 hadith1 Bible
- 09AbbasidsThe Abbasids, descendants of the Prophet's uncle al-Abbas, overthrew the Umayyads in 132 AH and ruled from Baghdad.46 hadith
- 17Markets Drawing Close Together, Spread of Trade, and Selective GreetingMarkets drawing close together (taqarub al-aswaq), the universal spread of trade until a woman assists her husband in commerce, the proliferation of writing ('the pen'), and greeting only those one knows.6 hadith
- 36Arabia returns to meadows and riversThe Hour will not come until the land of the Arabs returns to being meadows and rivers.3 hadith
- 43SufyaniThe Sufyani is a figure from the descendants of Abu Sufyan who, according to some reports, will rise in Sham before the Mahdi, spread oppression, and send an army that is swallowed by the earth.106 hadith
- 45The Overturning of Social and Moral OrderA cluster of signs describing the overturning of social and moral order: when people invert the rights of parents, friends, leaders and worship, calamities follow.2 hadith
- 46The Spread of Sudden DeathThe Prophet ﷺ urged hastening to good deeds ahead of seven things, one of them 'a sudden, dispatching death'; its spread is counted among the signs of the latter days.2 hadith
- 61The Conquest of Rome (Rumiyah)The foretold conquest of Rome (Rumiyah, in Italy), named in the reports after the conquest of Constantinople.11 hadith
- 62A Cry in RamadanA 'cry' or voice heard in Ramadan is reported among the tribulations before the Mahdi.16 hadith
- 01The Prophet's ﷺ Mission and PassingThe sending of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as the Final Messenger - and his subsequent passing - are counted by scholars as the very first signs of the Hour's approach.1 verses21 hadith
- 04Conquests foretold (Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt, Jerusalem)In the hardest days, when the Muslims were few and besieged, the Prophet ﷺ foretold that they would conquer Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt and Jerusalem.76 hadith1 Bible
- 64DajjalThe Dajjal (al-Masih al-Dajjal, the false messiah) is a single man who will appear near the end and claim to be God.744 hadith9 Bible
- 06The Khawarij foretoldThe Prophet ﷺ foretold a group who would recite the Quran but it would not go past their throats, and who would leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target.123 hadith
- 11TurksThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Muslims would fight a people with small eyes, red faces, flat noses and faces like hammered shields, who wear shoes of hair.101 hadith
- 12Knowledge taken awayAmong the signs of the Hour: ilm is taken away and ignorance spreads.51 hadith1 Bible
- 02The Splitting of the Moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar)The miracle of the splitting of the moon (Inshiqaq al-Qamar) in Makkah during the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime, which the Qur'an explicitly links to the drawing near of the Hour.1 verses12 hadith
- 03Thirty liars who claim prophethoodThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until about thirty liars (dajjals) appear, each claiming to be a messenger of Allah, though he is the last prophet and there is none after him.21 hadith2 Bible
- 16Severing Family Ties, Bad Neighborliness, and False TestimonyThe breakdown of family and community bonds before the Hour: severing ties of kinship (qati'at al-rahim), mistreating neighbors, giving false testimony, and concealing truthful witness.27 hadith
- 71The Beast (Dabbah)The Beast (Dabbat al-Ard) is a creature that Allah will bring out of the earth near the end.1 verses44 hadith1 Bible
- 10Fire in the land of HijazThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until a fire comes out of the land of Hijaz that lights up the necks of the camels at Busra (in Syria).6 hadith
- 66Gharqad treeA hadith says that in a final battle even stones and trees will speak and point out those hiding behind them, except the gharqad, a thorny desert shrub (boxthorn).7 hadith
- 65Isa (AS)Isa (Jesus, AS), son of Maryam, was not killed or crucified; Allah raised him up.4 verses173 hadith6 Bible
- 70Sun rising from the westOne morning the sun will rise from the west.1 verses85 hadith2 Bible
- 74Land collapsesThree great collapses of the earth (khusuf): one in the east, one in the west, and one in the Arabian Peninsula.111 hadith
- 27Trials (fitan) like pieces of dark nightThe Prophet ﷺ warned of trials (fitan) that will come like pieces of a dark night, one after another, so confusing that a man is a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening.102 hadith2 Bible
- 69The SmokeThe Smoke (al-Dukhan) is one of the ten great signs: a smoke that covers people, mentioned in Surah al-Dukhan.1 verses25 hadith1 Bible
- 05Civil strife among the Companions (Uthman, Jamal, Siffin)The Prophet ﷺ foretold the trials that would come after him: the killing of Uthman (RA), and the fighting among the Muslims at the Battle of the Camel (Jamal) and at Siffin.55 hadith
- 07Caliphate, then kingshipThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the caliphate after him would last thirty years and then become kingship, and that the religion would stay strong under twelve rulers, all from Quraysh.49 hadith3 Bible
- 75Fire from YemenThe last of the ten great signs: a fire that comes out of Yemen, from the depths of Aden, and drives people to the place of their gathering.34 hadith1 Bible
- 15Spread of Riba (Usury) and Intoxicants Under New NamesThe widespread consumption of riba (usury/interest), indifference to whether income is lawful or unlawful, and the normalization of intoxicants by calling them by other names.4 hadith
- 39QahtaniA man from the tribe of Qahtan (the southern Arabs of Yemen) will rise and lead people with his stick.21 hadith
- 08UmayyadsThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the ruin of his ummah would come at the hands of young men of Quraysh, and that rule would turn into kingship after thirty years of caliphate.60 hadith
- 09AbbasidsThe Abbasids, descendants of the Prophet's uncle al-Abbas, overthrew the Umayyads in 132 AH and ruled from Baghdad.46 hadith
- 78The HourThe Hour (al-Sa'ah) is the moment this world ends.41 verses540 hadith25 Bible
- 67Ya'juj and Ma'jujYa'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are two huge peoples, descendants of Adam, held back behind a barrier of iron and copper that Dhul-Qarnayn built.2 verses122 hadith2 Bible
- 29A group that stays on the truth until the HourA group of the ummah will always remain upon the truth, victorious, not harmed by those who abandon or oppose them, until the command of Allah comes.37 hadith
- 31Wealth overflows; no one takes charityWealth increases until it overflows, and a man goes out with his charity and finds no one to accept it.31 hadith
- 14Open sin: zina and musical instrumentsAmong the signs: zina (fornication) becomes widespread and open, and people of the ummah treat as lawful zina, silk, wine and musical instruments.27 hadith2 Bible
- 51Tribulation from the East, Where the Horn of Satan RisesThe Prophet ﷺ pointed to the east and foretold that tribulation would rise from there, 'from where the horn of Satan appears'.13 hadith
- 22The slave woman gives birth to her mistressAlso in the hadith of Jibril: 'the slave woman will give birth to her mistress (or master)'.13 hadith
- 59MalhamahAl-Malhamah al-Kubra is the great battle between the Muslims and the Romans (al-Rum) near the end of time.123 hadith4 Bible
- 23Men decrease, women increaseMen become few and women many, until fifty women have one man to look after them.19 hadith
- 13Trust lost; affairs given to the unfitWhen trust (amanah) is lost, wait for the Hour.15 hadith1 Bible
- 24People vie in adorning mosques'The Hour will not come until people compete with one another over mosques.'9 hadith
- 68The gentle wind that takes the believers' soulsAfter the time of Isa (AS), Allah sends a cool, gentle wind from the direction of Sham (or Yemen in another narration).8 hadith
- 25Abundant Rain While the Earth Grows NothingA sign before the Hour in which the sky sends down abundant rain, yet the earth produces no crops or blessing (barakah) from it.3 hadith
- 40Al-Jahjah'The days and nights will not end until a man called al-Jahjah, a freed slave, comes to rule.'1 hadith
- 48A Mass Death Like the Murrain of SheepA sudden, widespread mortality that takes people quickly 'like the murrain of sheep' - the third of the six signs the Prophet ﷺ named to Awf ibn Malik.10 hadith
- 72The Lifting of the Qur'an from the Mushafs and Hearts in One NightNear the very end of time, after true practice of Islam has faded, Allah will take up the Qur'an in a single night so that not a single verse remains in the written pages (masahif) or in people's hearts.5 hadith1 Bible
- 17Markets Drawing Close Together, Spread of Trade, and Selective GreetingMarkets drawing close together (taqarub al-aswaq), the universal spread of trade until a woman assists her husband in commerce, the proliferation of writing ('the pen'), and greeting only those one knows.6 hadith
- 36Arabia returns to meadows and riversThe Hour will not come until the land of the Arabs returns to being meadows and rivers.3 hadith
- 62A Cry in RamadanA 'cry' or voice heard in Ramadan is reported among the tribulations before the Mahdi.16 hadith
- 77The heavens and earth at the endWhen the Hour comes, the whole universe changes.32 verses3 hadith8 Bible
- 18Much killing (al-harj)Al-harj means much killing.84 hadith3 Bible
- 56MahdiThe Mahdi ('the rightly guided one') is a man from the Prophet's family, through Fatimah, who will lead the Muslims near the end of time and fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with oppression.240 hadith
- 21Barefoot shepherds compete in tall buildingsIn the famous hadith of Jibril, one of the signs of the Hour is that barefoot, naked, poor shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.17 hadith
- 41EuphratesThe Euphrates (al-Furat) will uncover a mountain (or treasure) of gold, and people will fight over it.59 hadith2 Bible
- 20Time draws close (passes quickly)Time draws close: the years, months and days seem to pass ever faster.15 hadith
- 19Many earthquakesThe Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until earthquakes become many.27 hadith4 Bible
- 26Islam returns a stranger; holding faith like holding embers'Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers.'11 hadith
- 57Truce with the RomansThe Prophet ﷺ said the Muslims will make a secure peace with the Romans, and together they will fight a common enemy.29 hadith
- 73Dhu al-Suwayqatayn destroys the Ka'bahNear the end, a man from Abyssinia called Dhu al-Suwayqatayn ('the one with two thin shins') will tear down the Ka'bah stone by stone.15 hadith
- 35Tribes return to idol worshipBefore the Hour some tribes of the ummah will join the idolaters and worship idols again.13 hadith
- 37Madinah guarded from the Dajjal; it expels its impurityMadinah has a special place at the end of time: the Dajjal cannot enter it, and it expels its impurity as a furnace removes the dross from iron.14 hadith
- 60Conquest of ConstantinopleConstantinople, today's Istanbul, was the capital of the Romans.97 hadith
- 32Sinkholes, Disfigurement, and Stones from the Sky (Khasf, Maskh, Qadhf)The warning of three punitive portents in this Ummah before the Hour: sinkholes/swallowing by the earth (khasf), disfigurement (maskh), and stones pelted from the sky (qadhf).6 hadith1 Bible
- 47Two Great Factions Fight Under One ClaimThe Hour will not come until two great factions fight a fierce war while both lay claim to the same cause.9 hadith
- 76The Hour comes on the worst of peopleThe Hour will not come while anyone on earth still says 'Allah, Allah'.20 hadith1 Bible
- 34A man passes a grave and wishes he were in it'The Hour will not come until a man passes by another man's grave and says: I wish I were in his place.'6 hadith
- 53Blockade of Iraq, Sham, and Egypt (Withholding of Grain and Coin)A prophesied blockade or withholding of grain-measures and coinage across three pivotal lands of the Muslim world: Iraq, Sham (Greater Syria), and Egypt.2 hadith
- 55Flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) and Ruin of YathribThe flourishing of Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) - and the descent of the Caliphate in the Holy Land - as the opening milestone in the prophetic sequence leading to the Great Battle and the Dajjal.8 hadith9 Bible
- 28Nations call one another against you'The nations will soon call one another against you, as diners call one another to a dish.'2 hadith
- 30A renewer every hundred years'Allah will send to this ummah at the head of every hundred years someone who renews its religion for it.'3 hadith
- 33Predators and Inanimate Objects Speaking to HumansBefore the Hour, wild predators (siba') will speak to humans, and inanimate objects - the tip of a man's whip, the strap of his sandal - along with his own thigh will speak to him.3 hadith
- 38Expedition to India (Ghazwat al-Hind)Ghazwat al-Hind is an expedition to al-Hind (the Indian subcontinent) that the Prophet ﷺ promised, with great reward for those who take part.13 hadith
- 42Black bannersBlack banners coming from the east, from Khurasan, appear in several reports as an army that comes before or with the Mahdi.67 hadith
- 43SufyaniThe Sufyani is a figure from the descendants of Abu Sufyan who, according to some reports, will rise in Sham before the Mahdi, spread oppression, and send an army that is swallowed by the earth.106 hadith
- 46The Spread of Sudden DeathThe Prophet ﷺ urged hastening to good deeds ahead of seven things, one of them 'a sudden, dispatching death'; its spread is counted among the signs of the latter days.2 hadith
- 83The Day of JudgmentYawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Resurrection, is the Day when all people stand before Allah to be judged.335 verses233 hadith3 Bible
- 87ParadiseJannah, Paradise, is the eternal home of the believers: 'what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined'.147 verses327 hadith3 Bible
- 88HellfireJahannam, Hellfire, is the abode of punishment for those who rejected Allah and for whom He decrees it.225 verses156 hadith1 Bible
- 79Death and the grave (barzakh)Death is the first stage of the hereafter.9 verses102 hadith
- 85Reckoning, the record and the scalesOn that Day every person's deeds are brought out.33 verses20 hadith1 Bible
- 82The Gathering (Hashr)Al-Hashr is the Gathering: all of creation, from Adam to the last human, brought together on one vast plain to wait for judgment.26 verses22 hadith1 Bible
- 86The Bridge and the PoolAl-Hawd is the Prophet's Pool (al-Kawthar), where his ummah drink before crossing.2 verses46 hadith
- 81ResurrectionAfter the second blow of the Trumpet, Allah raises every human being from the dead, body and soul, to be judged.32 verses2 hadith7 Bible
- 84IntercessionIntercession (shafa'ah) is asking Allah, by His permission, for mercy for others.19 verses18 hadith
- 58Romans (al-Rum)Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time.1 verses208 hadith
- 80The TrumpetThe angel Israfil will blow into the Trumpet (al-Sur).20 verses15 hadith3 Bible
- 49Fleeing with One's Faith to the MountainsA time will come when a believer's safest wealth is a flock of sheep he keeps on the mountain tops, fleeing with his religion from the trials of the towns.8 hadith
- 63An Army Swallowed Up at al-BaydaAn army that marches to attack one seeking refuge at the Kaaba will be swallowed by the earth at al-Bayda, between Mecca and Medina.12 hadith
- 52The Romans Will Be the Most Numerous of PeopleThe Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Hour would come while the Romans (al-Rum) are the most numerous of people.4 hadith
- 54The Earth Vomits Forth Its Treasures Like Columns of Gold and SilverNear the Hour, the earth will vomit forth the buried treasures of its interior ('pieces of its liver') like great columns of gold and silver, yet no one will take anything from them.2 hadith
- 44Women Dressed Yet NakedAmong the signs the Prophet ﷺ foretold is the appearance of 'women who are clothed yet naked' (kasiyat 'ariyat), a widespread immodesty in dress in the latter days.2 hadith
- 50Enforcers with Whips Like the Tails of OxenAmong the signs is the appearance of people carrying whips like the tails of oxen, with which they beat others unjustly.1 hadith
- 45The Overturning of Social and Moral OrderA cluster of signs describing the overturning of social and moral order: when people invert the rights of parents, friends, leaders and worship, calamities follow.2 hadith
- 61The Conquest of Rome (Rumiyah)The foretold conquest of Rome (Rumiyah, in Italy), named in the reports after the conquest of Constantinople.11 hadith
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