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This fits into a general eschatological scheme of disasters before the end times found in many end-of-times predictions. | |||
===Making money unlawfully=== | ===Making money unlawfully=== | ||
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In any interest-based economy, all goods will inevitably be "tainted" directly or indirectly with interest-based practices. | In any interest-based economy, all goods will inevitably be "tainted" directly or indirectly with interest-based practices; this fits into a general pattern of predicting sin and degeneracy before the endtimes. | ||
===Sudden deaths=== | ===Sudden deaths=== | ||
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"There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember." | "There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember." | ||
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===Following Jews and Christians=== | ===Following Jews and Christians=== | ||
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?" | The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?" | ||
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===Killing [pointless killing]=== | ===Killing [pointless killing]=== | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|184}}| | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|184}}| | ||
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It is not very clear what this refers to, except for a general prediction of violence before the end of times; originally it may have been a reference to the apacolyptic war between the Romans and the Sassanids, but there's not alot of detail to infer that in this hadith as "killing" may describe many events in history. | |||
===Two parties with the same message will fight=== | ===Two parties with the same message will fight=== | ||
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6902}}| | {{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6902}}| | ||
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Furthermore, Persia was already conquered a thousand years before by Alexander the Great. And at the time of Muhammad Persia was exhausted by wars with Romans which lasted from 54 BC to 628 AD (681 years). | Furthermore, Persia was already conquered a thousand years before by Alexander the Great. And at the time of Muhammad Persia was exhausted by wars with Romans which lasted from 54 BC to 628 AD (681 years). | ||
===Conquest of Jerusalem=== | ===Conquest of Jerusalem=== | ||
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Some suggest that Muhammad predicted "The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 AD." <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/135817/the-signs-of-the-hour</ref>: | Some suggest that Muhammad predicted "The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 AD." <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/135817/the-signs-of-the-hour</ref>: However, this was the second Islamic conquest of Jerusalem. Muslims first conquered Jerusalem in 636. | ||
However, this was the second Islamic conquest of Jerusalem. Muslims first conquered Jerusalem in 636 | |||
This was written by Bukhari two hundred years after the first conquest. | Furthermore, after the conquest, the Hour was expected to come. Both events occurred nearly a thousand years in the past. This was written by Bukhari two hundred years after the first conquest. | ||
Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud also stresses the coming of the Last Hour after the conquest of Jerusalem (holy land): | Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud also stresses the coming of the Last Hour after the conquest of Jerusalem (holy land):{{Quote|Abu Dawud 14:2529 (sahih)| | ||
{{Quote|Abu Dawud 14:2529 (sahih)| | |||
Narrated Abdullah ibn Hawalah al-Azdi: | Narrated Abdullah ibn Hawalah al-Azdi: | ||
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One might also note that if Muhammad did in fact make these predictions, Islam's global imperial aspirations (proven as they were by the end of Muhammad's life) would make the conquest of any number of neighboring or nearby peoples a likelihood. | One might also note that if Muhammad did in fact make these predictions, Islam's global imperial aspirations (proven as they were by the end of Muhammad's life) would make the conquest of any number of neighboring or nearby peoples a likelihood. | ||
===Leave the Turks as long as they leave you=== | ===Leave the Turks as long as they leave you === | ||
This hadith is often referenced as evidence that Muhammad predicted the Ottoman empire, often ignoring the clause about the Abyssinians | This hadith is often referenced as evidence that Muhammad predicted the Ottoman empire, often ignoring the clause about the Abyssinians | ||
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4288}}| | {{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4288}}| | ||
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===Spoils of war distributed preferentially=== | ===Spoils of war distributed preferentially=== | ||
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{{Quote|Tirmidhi 2211 (daif)| | {{Quote|Tirmidhi 2211 (daif)| | ||
إِذَا اتُّخِذَ الْفَىْءُ دُوَلاً | إِذَا اتُّخِذَ الْفَىْءُ دُوَلاً | ||
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After the 7th century Islamic conquests, Muslims became rich and could have a lot of food | After the 7th century Islamic conquests, Muslims became rich and could have a lot of food, so this is again a hadith about a later point in time being projected back into the time of the prophet. | ||
===Special greeting=== | ===Special greeting=== | ||
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According to this hadith, everyone should be greeted: | |||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|2|12}}| | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|2|12}}| | ||
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: | Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: | ||
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=== | ===Controversy over the Hadith=== | ||
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4604 / Book 41, Hadith 4587 / Book 42, Hadith 9| | {{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4604 / Book 41, Hadith 4587 / Book 42, Hadith 9| | ||
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib: | Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib: | ||
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: '''Keep to the Qur'an'''; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited. Beware! The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to confederate, unless its owner does not want it, are not permissible to you If anyone comes to some people, they must entertain him, but if they do not, he has a right to mulct them to an amount equivalent to his entertainment. | The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: '''Keep to the Qur'an'''; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited. Beware! The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to confederate, unless its owner does not want it, are not permissible to you. If anyone comes to some people, they must entertain him, but if they do not, he has a right to mulct them to an amount equivalent to his entertainment. | ||
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This hadith, although rated sahih, is almost certainly a v''aticinum ex eventu'' about controversies which took place after the prophet died. It's unlikely that if the prophet himself had said in his lifetime that these things were haram that there would be people claiming that they were actually allowed by the shari'ah. | |||
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3646, In-book reference: Book 26, Hadith 6, English translation: Book 25, Hadith 3639| | {{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3646, In-book reference: Book 26, Hadith 6, English translation: Book 25, Hadith 3639| | ||
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: | Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: | ||
I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: '''Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is a human being: he speaks in anger and pleasure?''' So I stopped writing, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He signalled with his finger to him mouth and said: Write, by Him in Whose hand my soul lies, only right comes out from it. | I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: '''Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is a human being: he speaks in anger and pleasure?''' So I stopped writing, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He signalled with his finger to him mouth and said: Write, by Him in Whose hand my soul lies, only right comes out from it. | ||
}} | }}This hadith, though sahih and not technically a prophecy, probably is indicative of problems in the 8th century, when the idea that the words and deeds of the prophet should govern all aspects of life was still controversial. This hadith is backdating that later controversy into the prophet's own lifetime. | ||
===Liars will be trusted and honest people will be regarded as liars=== | ===Liars will be trusted and honest people will be regarded as liars=== | ||
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4036 (hasan)| | {{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4036 (hasan)| | ||
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This was already happening according to Islamic sources. | This was already happening according to Islamic sources. According to the sira some Arabs trusted the false prophet Musaylimah. | ||
==="The pen will spread"=== | ==="The pen will spread"=== | ||
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Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Just before the Hour, the greeting of peace will only be given to specific people, trade will proliferate to the point that a woman will help her husband in his business, '''family ties will be severed''' (وَقَطْعُ الأَرْحَامِ), the pen will spread, false testimony will prevail and truthful testimony will be concealed.” | Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Just before the Hour, the greeting of peace will only be given to specific people, trade will proliferate to the point that a woman will help her husband in his business, '''family ties will be severed''' (وَقَطْعُ الأَرْحَامِ), the pen will spread, false testimony will prevail and truthful testimony will be concealed.” | ||
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Islamic mythology teaches that among the first people were brothers Cain and Abel and Cain killed Abel. | |||
There is also hadith where Muhammad encourages people to keep the ties of kinship, which indicates they weren't doing it enough in his time: | There is also hadith where Muhammad encourages people to keep the ties of kinship, which indicates they weren't doing it enough in his time: | ||
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He sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her. | He sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her. | ||
Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.}} | Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.}}A similar prophecy exists in Tabrani, predicting "family ties will be severed", though this hadith is often mistranslated (also the hadith is weak): | ||
{{Quote|Tabrani, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 10/228 and Mu'jan al-Awsat 4861 (da'eef)| | {{Quote|Tabrani, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 10/228 and Mu'jan al-Awsat 4861 (da'eef)| | ||
“From among the signs of Qiyamah is that people will maintain ties with '''distant relatives and strangers''' (الأطباق) but sever ties with close family.” | “From among the signs of Qiyamah is that people will maintain ties with '''distant relatives and strangers''' (الأطباق) but sever ties with close family.” | ||
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The word الأطباق (''al-atbaaq'') is today sometimes translated as "dishes" (although the classical translation (understanding) fits better into the context) and then they interpret the "dishes" as "satellites". | The word الأطباق (''al-atbaaq'') is today sometimes translated as "dishes" (although the classical translation (understanding) fits better into the context) and then they interpret the "dishes" as "satellites", but this is clearly an anachronistic, inaccurate translation. | ||
*[https://hadithanswers.com/is-satellite-communication-a-sign-of-qiyamah/ Fatwa against the modern interpretation] | *[https://hadithanswers.com/is-satellite-communication-a-sign-of-qiyamah/ Fatwa against the modern interpretation] | ||
===Automobiles (actually camels with lofty saddles)=== | ===Automobiles (actually camels with lofty saddles)=== | ||
Muhammad forbade riding on ''mayathir'' (مياثر), so mayathir were something already known: | Muhammad forbade riding on ''mayathir'' (مياثر) (silk saddles), so mayathir were something already known: | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|74|253}}| | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|74|253}}| | ||
..He forbade us to drink from silver utensils, to wear gold rings, '''to ride on silken saddles (ركوب المياثر)''', to wear silk clothes.. | ..He forbade us to drink from silver utensils, to wear gold rings, '''to ride on silken saddles (ركوب المياثر)''', to wear silk clothes.. | ||
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which '''Religious ignorance will spread''', knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al- Harj means killing."}} | The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which '''Religious ignorance will spread''', knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al- Harj means killing."}} | ||
*In | *In Islamic discourse, the period before Muhammad's career is called jahilya (ignorance). | ||
*in context of | *in context of Islamic jurisprudence, theology and scriptural analysis, when Muhammad says "knowledge" it means "knowledge of Muhamamd's claims and commands" and when Islam says "ignorance" it means "ignorance of Muhammad's claims and commands" | ||
===Learning for something other than Islam=== | ===Learning for something other than Islam=== | ||
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The | The imperialistic nature of Islam's spread may have encouraged this type of hypocrisy, and the flood of opportunists joining the ranks of Islam after the conquest is likely the origin of these ahadith: | ||
{{Quote|{{Muslim|1|30}}| | {{Quote|{{Muslim|1|30}}| | ||
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah said: | It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah said: | ||
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"When my Ummah does fifteen things, the afflictions will occur in it." It was said: "What are they O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "When Al-Maghnam (the spoils of war) are distributed (preferentially), trust is usurped, Zakah is a fine, a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, he is kind to his friend and abandons his father, voices are raised in the Masajid, '''the leader of the people is the most despicable among them''', the most honored man is the one whose evil the people are afraid of, intoxicants are drunk, silk is worn (by males), there is a fascination for singing slave-girls and music, and the end of this Ummah curses its beginning. When that occurs, anticipate a red wind, collapsing of the earth, and transformation." | "When my Ummah does fifteen things, the afflictions will occur in it." It was said: "What are they O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "When Al-Maghnam (the spoils of war) are distributed (preferentially), trust is usurped, Zakah is a fine, a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, he is kind to his friend and abandons his father, voices are raised in the Masajid, '''the leader of the people is the most despicable among them''', the most honored man is the one whose evil the people are afraid of, intoxicants are drunk, silk is worn (by males), there is a fascination for singing slave-girls and music, and the end of this Ummah curses its beginning. When that occurs, anticipate a red wind, collapsing of the earth, and transformation." | ||
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==Predictions of the future (after the hadiths)== | ==Predictions of the future (after the hadiths)== | ||