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DajjalSigns before the HourEuphrates and the mountain of goldDescent of Isa (AS)Ghazwat al-HindYa'juj and Ma'jujWhat protects from the Dajjal?
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Blockade of Iraq, Sham, and Egypt (Withholding of Grain and Coin)

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In brief

The Prophet ﷺ foretold that three key lands of the Muslim world, Iraq, Sham (Greater Syria) and Egypt, would have their grain and their money cut off. He said Iraq would hold back its dirham and its measure of grain, Sham its measure and its dinar, and Egypt its measure and its dinar, and three times he said: 'and you will return to where you began.' Abu Hurayrah added: 'My flesh and blood bear witness to that.'

Al-Nawawi records two readings. Either foreign powers would besiege these lands and cut off their trade, money and grain, or upheaval inside them would stop their revenues. Commentators place it among the troubles in these lands before the era of the Mahdi and the great battle. Scholars also warn against forcing unverified timelines onto today's crises.

What to do

Pray for the relief and steadfastness of the oppressed in Iraq, Sham, and Egypt, and avoid projecting unverified timelines onto current crises.

Where it sits in the sequence

Phase 3 / 7Before the Dajjal

Mu'adh ibn Jabal's narration gives this order: Jerusalem flourishes, Yathrib is in ruins, the great battle, the conquest of Constantinople, then the Dajjal (Sunan Abi Dawud 4294, graded hasan by al-Albani). Sahih Muslim 2897 places the battle at al-A'maq or Dabiq, then Constantinople, then the Dajjal. Sunan Abi Dawud 4292 puts a truce with the Romans before the battle. The narrations on the Mahdi do not state his place in this order.