Prophetic Indication Concerning the Apostasy of Some Arabs from Islam Before the Establishment of the Hour

Al-Bukhari narrated from Abu al-Yaman, from Shu'ayb; and Muslim transmitted from the hadith of Ma'mar, both from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"The Hour will not be established until the buttocks of the women of the Daws tribe sway around Dhu al-Khalasah, the false idol of Daws which they used to worship in the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah)."

And in Sahih Muslim, from the hadith of al-Aswad ibn al-'Ala', from Abu Salamah, from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying:

"Night and day will not pass away until al-Lat and al-'Uzza are worshipped once again."

I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I certainly thought when Allah revealed:

{It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religions, even though the polytheists dislike it} [al-Tawbah: 33],

that this would be entirely permanent and complete." He said:

"Indeed, there will be of that whatever Allah wills. Then Allah will send a pleasant wind by which He will take the soul of everyone who has in his heart even a mustard seed's weight of faith. Then there will remain those in whom there is no good, and they will revert to the religion of their forefathers."

Juz' al-Ansari narrated from Humayd, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), that 'Abdullah ibn Salam asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): "What is the first of the signs of the Hour?" He replied:

"A fire that will gather the people from the East to the West." He mentioned the hadith in its entirety.

And al-Bukhari narrated it from the hadith of Humayd, from Anas. And in the hadith of Abu Zur'ah from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was one day sitting openly before the people when a Bedouin came to him and asked him about faith (Iman). The hadith continues until he said: "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" He replied:

"The one being questioned about it knows no more than the questioner, but I will inform you of its signs: when the slave-woman gives birth to her mistress, and when the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds of sheep become the leaders of the people, then that is of its signs; among five things which none knows except Allah." Then he recited:

{Indeed, Allah alone possesses knowledge of the Hour, and sends down the rain, and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted} [Luqman: 34].

Then the man turned away, so he said, "Bring him back to me," but they saw nothing. Thereupon he said:

"This was Gabriel, who came to teach the people the affairs of their religion."

Both of them recorded it in the two Sahihs.