A Time Frame Between The War In Syria and The Mahdi (ra)
The following Ahadith mention what is
occurring now in Syria they give us a specific outline and time frame for
events between us the emergence of Mahdi (ra);
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) Said, “At the end of
time there will be a trial in which people will be sorted (fitnatul Duhaima)
in a similar way to that in which gold is sorted from metal. Therefore do
not rebuke
the people of Syria rather, rebuke
the evil people among them, because amongst
them are the Abdals (Awliya).
Allah will send a flood from Heaven (an event) that will disperse their
groups in a way that if foxes were to attack them they would be victorious. Then Allah will send a man (to the
people of syria) from the perfumed musked children of the Messenger, praise and
peace be upon him, amongst approximately 12-15,000 under three
banners and their password (call) is ‘Die, die!’ And they will be fought by the people of 7 banners under each is
a man seeking the kingdom (Syria). They
will be killed, defeated, then the Hashimite (leader of the black flags) will
appear, so Allah will restore unity and favour to the people and this will be
the case until the Dajjaal (the lying, false messiah) comes.”
Other Similar Narration’s State:
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) Said: “So do not rebuke
the people of Syria but rebuke the evil people among them because amongst them
are the Abdals (Awliya). A flood is about to be sent down upon the people of
Syria (the Arab spring), which will disperse their groups (cause a civil war)
in such a way, that if foxes (deceptive and cunning groups) attacked they would
be beaten. At that time a man from the Family of my House will come (to the
people of Syria) under 3 banners; between 12-15,000 and their password (Call) is – ‘Die, die.’ Then, there will come 7
banners and
under each will be one man seeking the kingdom (Syria). Allah will kill all of
them and restore unity and favour upon the hearts of Muslims, and those who
were far (the Syrians who emigrated) come close.”
Al-Hakim narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) that the
Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said: “There will be at the end of time a trial that
will sort out men as gold is sorted out from metal (fitnatul Duhaima). So do
not revile the people of Sham, but revile their evil ones (the dictators and
their group), for among them are the Abdal [Awliya/Saints]. A flood is about to be released upon the people of
Sham (the Arab spring) that will split their unity, so that even if foxes (ISIS
and Al Qaeda) attack them they would defeat them. At that time, a man from my
household will come out with three banners (to the people of Syria). The
one who estimates highly will say that they are fifteen thousand. And
the one who estimates lower will say that they are twelve thousand.
Their sign will be: “Amit, amit [kill, kill].”
They will meet in battle seven banners, and under each of those banners will be
a man seeking the kingdom (Syria). Allah will kill all of them, and restore to
the Muslims their unity and bounty and their far ones and near ones (the
Syrians who emigrated will come back).” [These
Ahadith are found in the references of Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah and
At-Tabarani and al Hakim reported them].
The Events mentioned in these Ahadith make things
very clear, at the end of these Ahadith and this war in Syria the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم)
said that Allah will…“restore unity and favors upon the
hearts of Muslims” and… “the
Hashimite will appear, so Allah will restore unity and favors to the (Muslim)
people and this will be the case until the Dajjaal
comes.”
This tells us when this hadith is to occur, at the
end of the war mentioned in the hadith will be the time that Allah will begin
to restore unity to the hearts of the Muslim Ummah, meaning prior to it they
will have been in disunity. We can narrow the time because this can only be
the case after the last Khalifah, (1924CE)
100 years ago and before the Mahdi’s
(ra) era begins, hence it is referring to when the era of dictators will end
and Asad is the last dictator.
This era is what divided the Ummah for nearly
100 years and it is now ending, this unity Allah will grant is the initial step
that will pave the way for the return of Islamic lands to be ruled by the Mahdi
(ra), Unity can’t be zapped into people hearts so Allah will prepare them
psychologically and spiritually for it with what they will experience in life.
Because the hadith says this unity will be the
state of the Muslims until the Dajjaal (Allah’s curse be upon him) appears, it means this
is the beginning of the unity under the Mahdi (ra) who will end the oppression
we are all living through, the black flags are the Mahdi’s army and they will
pave the way for him by establishing His government before He emerges, this
process will begin after the war in Syria ends as the ahadith indicate.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) begins the Ahadith by mentioning
the sifting of people, “At the end of time there will be a
trial in which people will be sorted in a similar way to that in which gold is
sorted from metal” the precious metal is removed from the
scrap ore around it, the gold is crushed and agglomerated before it is
distilled with mineral acids, in a similar way those precious to Allah will go
through trials that will purify them, make them stand out from the scrap around
them so they are known to each other, then refined even further so they become
entirely pure, this is the sifting of people mentioned in a number of ahadith
connecting them with events in Syria.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) in a number of Ahadith mentioned
the fitna’s (Trials and tribulations) that would befall this Ummah towards the
end of time, and gave each one a specific name that characterised it so we
could know it by it’s qualities, these fitna’s have been the subject of many
works written by the scholars throughout Islam’s History, among these fitna’s
are fitna al Ahlaas, al Sarra and ad
Duhaima.
The event that will sort people out has been
mentioned in a number of Ahadith, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) called it fitnatul Duhaima.
The scholars described the Duhaima as the “Fitna that Will Sweep the
Arabs Away,” we are seeing this today with the destruction of historical
mosques and sites in Islamic lands some thousands of years old, sites that are
crucial to Muslim identity are being destroyed by ISIS and the Salafi’s on behalf of a super power that as the
prophet Daniel (as) said in the bible
“crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left” of their society and heritage.
Abdullah b. Amr (may Allah be pleased with him)
said: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said:
“There will be a fitna that
will “tastanzifu” (meaning it will destroy) the Arabs,
its dead will be in Hell. During which the
tongue will be more severe (ashadd) than a blow of the sword”.
(Ahamd, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah).
“its dead will be in Hell” tells us who this is talking about because the
only type of death that takes a person directly to hell is suicide, the hadith is clearly talking about the
Salafi’s and their
brainwashed suicide bombers.
“During which the tongue will be more severe
(ashadd) than a blow of the sword “
– With the spread of the Internet and mobile technology this indicates
to us when this event would occur because not more than 30 years ago
mass media was still uncommon around the world it was all localised. This
description “more severe than the blow of the
sword” is also mentioned in a number of
other narration’s (discussed later) identifying the event that will destroy the
Arabs as the Duhaima, considering
all the ahadith about this matter it is more precise to say the Duhaima will lead to their complete
destruction and eventual death.
Regarding the Prophet’s (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) statement “tastanzifu”
Ibn al-Athir
and Ibn al-Manzur [Ibn al-Athir is the scholar who wrote an-Nihaya fi Gharib
al-Hadith, a dictionary on uncommon words found in hadith texts; Ibn al-Manzur
is the author of the famous Lisan al-Arab.] said: It means it will encompass
them in destruction. It is said [in Arabic]: istanzafat ash-shay’, if you take
it all (it is encompassing). Destruction doesn’t just mean destroying
buildings it means destroying their society and way of life, the Duhaima will bring this about and it will
eventually lead to their deaths before the time of Isa (as) as ahadith clearly
state.
Imam Ali al-Qari
said in al-Mirqat [al-Mirqat is a commentary of Mishkat al-Masabih]: “It has been
said that it means it will purify them from filth (al-ardhal)” this is because
Allah purifies complacent people through struggle, the Duhaima will sift people out like gold is
extracted and it will divide the world into two camps one filled with hypocrites and one filled with iman (religion).
What is similar to Imam al-Qari’s statement are the
narrations about fitnatul ad-Duhaima’ (ad-duhaima’ means black and dark), the Prophet (s)
said: “It will not leave any single
individual of this Umma (nation) but slap him on the cheek” (test his faith).
In the
Ahadith on the Duhaima, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said it will test the
entire Ummah “Until people become two camps: one
of faith (religion) with no hypocrisy and one of hypocrisy with no faith
(religion).”
This shows that the fitnah of the Duhaima will
separate the believers from the people of fitan, doubt
and hypocrisy, making each stand out from the other as both are
forced to take one of two sides that will be known to all, and the Duhaima is the greatest
fitna that will occur prior to the appearance
of the Antichrist (Allah’s curse be upon him), in the words of the people of hypocrisy “they are making
their actions easy to see nowadays”.
The Prophet’s statement, “tastanzifu”
means that it will consume most of them in destruction, this means it will lay
the foundations for the death of the Arabs, an event mentioned in numerous
Ahadith, this destruction will not end until the time of Isa (as) when
most Arabs will have perished and they will be few in number.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said before the time of the Mahdi only
1/3 will have survived, and that the Arabs will mainly be residing in
Jerusalem by the time Isa (as) descends.
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said regarding the Great
wars we will soon see: “The Romans
(Europeans) will attack
those Arabs
who reside in their land (Europe), until not a single Arab man or woman or
child remains in their land but that they shall
be killed
by the Romans.”
(Kitab Al Fitan, Bab Al Aamaq wa fath al Constantiniya, page 260)
At the time of the Great war “the Romans (Europeans) shall say to their leader:
‘We shall relieve you of the Arabs,’
(intending Genocide) and they shall gather up for the great battle” (Ibn Maja)
By the time the Dajjaal
(Allah’s curse be upon him) who emerges
seven months after the Great War, Umm Sharik said: “I heard Allah’s Apostle (s)
say: “The people would run away from the Dajjaal seeking shelter in the
mountains.” She said: “Were would be the Arabs then on that day?” He said:
“They would be small in number.” (Sahih Muslim, Book 41, No.
7035)
Umm Sharik bint Abi’l-‘Akr said , “O Messenger of
Allah, were will the Arabs be at that time?” (of the Dajjaal) He said, “At that
time they will be few; most of them will be in Bayt al-Maqdis
(Jerusalem), and their Imam will be a righteous man. Whilst their Imam is going
forward to lead the people in praying Salat al-Subh (the morning prayer),
‘Eyssa son of Maryam will descend.” (Ibn Majja)
Some of these ahadith mention that this fitna will
occur due to competing claims of jahiliya, i.e. nationalism which only existed
in the Muslim world after the fall of the last Khalifah at the end of WW1, a
point in time when the Muslims lost their sense of unity because its lands once
had a single ruler, today the effects of nationalism dominate the Muslim
mindset they forget that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) came to eliminate nationalism itself.
The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) said “The Muslim Ummah is like one
body. If the eye is in pain then the whole body is in pain and if the head is
in pain then the whole body is in pain”, this is a spiritual reality warning
people that they cant turn a blind eye to what is occurring in the Muslim world
it will affect the rest of the Ummah, and this reality will occur from the
spiritual world down to our physical one, meaning it will be a cause for the
troubles that afflict people in their personal lives and souls even though they
are distant from it.
Imam Ibn Kathir
similarly identified the major fintna’s that would befall the Ummah just before
the emergence of the Mahdi (ra), in his work al Bidaya wa Nihaya, he arranges
the Ahadith regarding the signs of the Hour into a chronological order placing
the Hadith regarding the Duhaima before
the emergence of the Mahdi (r.a).
He relates the following hadith regarding them and
the Duhaima, it
is essentially the most significant hadith we can quote about what is occurring
in the world, all other narrations tie back to it and revolve around what it
says; Abdullah ibn Umar said: While we were sitting with
the Messenger of Allah he mentioned the Fitan (strifes, trials &
tribulations), mentioning many of them until he mentioned Fitnatul Ahlaas (The trial of the Saddlebag). Someone
asked him: ‘ O Messenger of Allah, what
is fitnatul Ahlaas? He said “It is the usurping of
wealth and the fleeing”. Then (after it), will come Fitnatul Sarra (the fitna of secrets): its smoke is
under the feet of a man (descendant) from my household (family), who claims he
is of me, but he is not because my Awlyia (saintly men) are those who fear
Allah.
Then people will gather and agree upon a man, (but
it will be an agreement that is) like a hip on a rib (meaning this will be a
temporary arrangement, as a hip bone does not belong on the rib, if man bends
his body to such a position he cannot stay there for long before needing to do
other things in life, so this position is temporary).
Then there will be the Duhaima (Blind black, dark, catastrophic)
trial. It will afflict every single person from this Nation. When it will be
said that it is over, it will return; during it, a
man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever (by) the night. (This will continue) until people will go to two
Fustaats (groups) — the Fustaat of Eemaan (Group of faith or religion),
in which there is no hypocrisy,
and the Fustaat of hypocrisy, in which there is no Eemaan (faith or religion).
And when that will come to you (when the sorting of people will finally end),
wait for the Dajjaal on
that day or on the morrow.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 37, Hadith 3. Ahmad related
it as well in his Musnad).
Other Ahadith say “Then, the Duhaima Fitna
(Dark Black & Cunning trial that catches people off guard will occur) that
will not leave anyone without slapping him a slap (testing his faith); if
people say it is finished, it stays longer; a
man who is in the morning a Mu’min (Believer) by the evening becomes a Kafir
(Disbeliever), until people will be divided into two
factions: a faction of Iman (belief and religion) without hypocrisy and a
faction of hypocrisy without Iman (belief and religion). When this happens (the
sorting is finished), expect the Dajjaal
that day or the next day’.” (Sunan Abu Dawud,
Al-Haakim, and Al-Zahabi)
The Hadith ends with the emergence of the Dajjaal
and begins with fitnatul Ahlaas, then fitnatul Sarra which will lead to fitnatul Duhaima and that will lead the world to the emergence of
the Antichrist
(Allah’s curse be upon him), one fitna following the other like beads on a
string neckless falling from it when it is cut.
The Duhaima is the Fitnah that will sort people
out until the time of the Dajjal (Allah’s curse be upon him), which indicates that
the first two fitna’s mentioned in the hadith are in our past, relating
the evidence to how these fitna’s were identified in a comprehensive manner
would require a larger work than this current book, effectively here we are
presenting the conclusion to that research with some of the evidence which
consisted in the careful analysis of ahadith to identify it’s timing, it was
identified by comparing well over two dozen ahadith mentioning events around it
until a proper timeline was achieved, the methodology for this process we
outlined at the end of this book.
To sum up the matter and it is clear from the
history of Muslims over the past 100 years, the scholars said that the
man referred to in this hadith “its smoke is under the feet of a man
(descendant) from my household (family), who claims he is of me (my
descendant), but he is not because my Awlyia (saintly people) are those who
fear Allah” was Saddam Hussein, who in 1990 when the words Allahu Akbar
first appeared on the Iraqi flag produced a genealogical chart of his ancestry
claiming he is one of Ahl al Bayt to establish his legitimacy as the ruler of
Iraq,
Ahl al Bayt
means the person is a descendant of the Prophet (s), Saddam’s surname to Muslims
indicates this ancestry, as the Hadith mentions he was responsible for fitnatul Sarra the strife of secrecy or spying and
espionage that entered the Muslim world during his life time.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) also said “my Awlyia (saintly people) are those who fear Allah” meaning he will be a descendant of the Prophet
(s) but the Prophet(s) disowned him because he was corrupt and did not fear
Allah.
Fitnatul Ahlaas (The fitna of the Saddlebag) is the war in Iraq
that occurred over Oil and control of wealth in the region before the first
gulf war, in it’s name “the saddle bag” (used for carrying items while
riding a horse) is an indication of the type of war that it would be, this is
similarly clear from the description the Prophet (s) gave it, “It is fleeing
and plunder”, like riders charging into a town to plunder the wealth of
that place then fleeing afterwards from the law with all they can carry in
their saddle bags.
This
fitna is
referring to the Iraq and Kuwait
war which lead to the First Gulf war
that brought the Americans (Law)
into the Arabian Peninsula and began it’s dominance over the Muslim world.
Saddam Hussein
invaded Kuwait in 1990 to control it’s oil occupying it for seven
months, the invasion caused roughly half of the Kuwaiti population to flee
along with 150,000 foreigners (mostly Indians) working in the country.
During the 7-month
occupation the forces of Saddam Hussein
looted the countries vast wealth, in mid-January 1991 America launched a military assault on Iraq and
Iraqi forces stationed in Kuwait. Hostilities continued until late February the
same year, Saddam Husain loosing to them in less than a month, essentially
fleeing with all he could carry.
All of this fits the description Rasul Allah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم)
gave, from Saddam’s intentions behind the war, to his looting of the country
and his loss to America in
less than a month, The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) called it the fitna of the saddle
bag because it was the plunder of Kuwait’s wealth and fleeing from America less
than a month after their invasion.
This event led to the non-Muslims dominating Muslim
lands for the next two decades
and well into our time because they went unchallenged. As the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم)
mentioned this period marked the lowest point in Islamic History, the
Messenger of Allah (s) said, “When you see that my nation dreads saying to
the oppressor (Saddam), ‘Indeed you are an oppressor,’ then they have
taken their leave (i.e. their existence and non-existence amounts to the same
thing)” (Ahmad) and what would occur after
this point in time as history has shown would directly lead to the destruction
of their society and way of life because they wouldn’t fight for their freedom
or Islam, ultimately this would all lead to the genocide of the Arab race as
aggression against them will inevitably increase.
“Then, will come Fitnatul Sarra’: its smoke is under the feet of a man (descendant)
from my household”, As Sarra means the fitna of secrets and as the
scholars defined the meaning of the word this is referring to a fitna of spying
and espionage. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم) was very clear and specific in how he mentioned
this fitna, he said it will be introduced into this Ummah by a man who was his descendant,
but not of Him (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم), as his character is immoral, “it’s smoke” refers to the man fanning it’s tribulation causing it to spread among Muslim’s,
the smoke is underneath the feet of Saddam but the fire itself, it’s original
cause in the world wasn’t his.
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The Lifespan Of
Islam On Earth
- Introduction
- Time
Line Of Events
- The Lifespan Of Islam On Earth
- The Lifespan Of Islam In Sahih Bukhari and Sunan Abu Dawwud
- The Lifespan Of Islam In Jamii Tirmidhi and Others
- When Will We See Imam Mahdi (ra) and Isa (as)
- What Events Remain Before The Mahdi (ra) and Their Dates
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