The Desolation of Madina
---
It was reported from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "Neither the Dajjal nor plague will be able to enter Madinah."
Allah SWT said:
Madinah will remain inhabited during the days of the Dajjal, and during the time of Jesus son of Mary (AS), until he dies and is buried there. Then it will be destroyed.
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It
is related that Usama said, "The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, looked out on one of the stone
castles of Madina and said, 'Do
you see what I see? I see the places of sedition lying amidst your
houses like the places where rain falls.'"
Usamah
ibn Zayd said, Once the
Prophet stood over one of
the battlements of
al-Madinah and asked the people, Do you see what I see? They said,
No. He said, I
see afflictions falling upon your houses as raindrops fall. (Bukhari,
Muslim.)
It
is related that Sufyan ibn Zuhayr said, "I
heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, say,
'Yemen will
be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their
families and all who obey them. Madina would have been better
for them if they only knew.
Syria will
be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their
families and all who obey them. Madina
would have been better for them if they only knew.
Iraq will
be conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their
families and all who obey them. Madina
would have been better for them if they only knew.'"
(Bukhari)
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Narrated Mu’adh
ibn Jabal(Radiyallahu Anhu): The Prophet (sallalahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) said:
"
The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be
when Yathrib (i.e., the city
of Madinah) will be desolate; the desolate state
of Yathrib(i.e., the city of
Madinah) will be when the great war comes;
the outbreak of the great war will
be (followed by) the conquest of Constantinople; and the
conquest of Constantinople will be (followed
by) Dajjal’s (Antichrist)
coming forth (i.e., appearing or emerging)."
He (the
Prophet) then tapped with his hand the thigh or the shoulder of the
one to whom he was talking and said: " This is certainly
true like you are (sitting) here (he meant Mu’aadh
ibn Jabal)." [Sunan Abu Dawud,Kitab Al-Malahim,Hadith #4281]
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MADINAH
WILL REMAIN
INHABITED AT
THE
TIME
OF THE DAJJAL
It
has been proven in the Sahih Ahadith, as already stated, that
the Dajjal will not be able to
enter Makkah and Madinah, and that there will be angels at the gates
of Makkah to ward him off and prevent him from entering.
It was reported from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "Neither the Dajjal nor plague will be able to enter Madinah."
As
mentioned above, the Dajjal will camp outside Madinah, and it will be
shaken by three tremors. Every
hypocrite and sinner will go out to join the Dajjal,
and every believer and Muslim
will stay. That day will be called
the Day of Purification (Yawm
al-Khalas). Most of those who go out
to join the Dajjal will be women. As
the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "Verily
it (Madinah) is good; its
evil will be eliminated and
its goodness will be obvious."
Allah SWT said:
"Women
impure are for men impure, and men impure for women impure, and women
of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women of
purity'" (Al-Nur 24-26)
Madinah will remain inhabited during the days of the Dajjal, and during the time of Jesus son of Mary (AS), until he dies and is buried there. Then it will be destroyed.
'Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) said, "I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) say, 'A rider will go around Madinah and say, There used to be many Muslims here'" (Ahmad) [From Ibn Kathir's The Signs before the Day of Judgment.]
It is related that Abu Hurayra (RA) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,
'They will leave Madina in spite of the good that it contains and only wild beasts will live in it - meaning beasts and birds of prey.
The last persons to be gathered in it will be two herdsmen from Muzayna making for Madina, shouting to their sheep.
They will find it empty. When they reach Thaniya al-Wada',
they will fall down on their faces."
[The Sahih Collection of
al-Bukhari Chapter 34. Chapters on the Virtues of Madina]
THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE KA'BAH
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'Abd
Allah ibn 'Amr said, "I
heard the Prophet (sallallahu
alayhe wa sallam) say, Dhu'l-Suwayqatayn
from Abyssinia will destroy the Ka'bah and steal its
treasure and Kiswah. It is as if I
could see him now: he is
bald-headed and has a distortion in his wrists. He
will strike the Ka'bah with his spade and pick-axe'."
(Ahmad)
It
was reported from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar that
the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam)
said, "Leave the Abyssinians alone so long as they do
not disturb you, for no-one will recover the
treasure of the Ka'bah except Dhu'l-Suwayqatayn
from Abyssinia." (Abu Dawud, in the chapter
on the prohibition of provoking the Abyssinians)
Ibn
'Abbas narrated that the Prophet (sallallahu
alayhe wa sallam) said, "It is as if I can see him now:
he is black and his legs are widely spaced. He
will destroy the Ka'bah stone by stone." (Ahmad)
'Umar
ibn al-Khattab reported that he heard
the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) say: "The
people of Makkah will leave, and only a few people will pass
through it. Then
it will be resettled and rebuilt; then the people will leave it
again, and no-one will ever return."[From
Ibn Kathir's The Signs before the Day of Judgment.]
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(ADHM)
