Prophecies in the Hadith: Difference between revisions

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==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
* Geographical locations mentioned in the predictions are limited to locations known to Muhammad. There's no prediction for America, China or Russia, although they are important superpowers of history.
* Geographical locations mentioned in the predictions are limited to locations known to Muhammad. There's no prediction for America, China or Russia, although they are important superpowers of history.
* Muhammad didn't predict modern technology (but predicted that Muslims will use shields and arrows of Gog and Magog at the end of times)
* Predictions don't have the time when they are supposed to happen. So even if it doesn't happen, Muslim can still believe it will happen in the future. For example the conquest of Constantinople was predicted to happen without fighting. But it was conquered by fighting, so some Muslims think that this wasn't what was predicted and there will be another conquest of Constantinople that will get it right.
* Predictions don't have the time when they are supposed to happen. So even if it doesn't happen, Muslim can still believe it will happen in the future. For example the conquest of Constantinople was predicted to happen without fighting. But it was conquered by fighting, so some Muslims think that this wasn't what was predicted and there will be another conquest of Constantinople that will get it right.
* The predictions were getting fulfilled only while there were in form of "oral traditions". After the predictions were written, almost no prediction was newly fulfilled
* The predictions were getting fulfilled only while there were in form of "oral traditions". After the predictions were written, almost no prediction was newly fulfilled
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