THE MAJOR SIGNS OF QIYAMAH
Imam Mahdi will leave Makkah and go to Madinah where he will visit the grave of RasÃÆÃÂปlullÃÆÃÂขh sallallÃÆÃÂขhu ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhi wa sallam. He will then depart for Syria. Before he can reach Damascus, the Christian army will confront him. Imam Mahdi's army will be split into three groups. One group will flee from the battlefield, one group will be martyred and the third group will gain victory. This martyrdom and this victory will take place as follows:
Imam Mahdi will prepare the army to fight the Christians. Many Muslims will swear to each other that they will not move from the battlefield until they gain victory. In this way, many of them will be martyred. A few of them will survive. Imam Mahdi will take them and incorporate them into his army. The following day the same thing will occur, i.e. many of them will be martyred after having taken an oath while a few will survive. This will also occur on the third day. Eventually, on the fourth day these few survivors will fight and Allah will grant them victory. After this, the kuffÃÆÃÂขr will have no hope of political leadership.
Imam Mahdi will commence re-organizing the country and sending his armies all over. Once he accomplishes all these tasks, he will go to invade Istanbul. When he lands on the shores of Byzantine, he will take 70 000 people from the BanÃÆÃÂป Is'hÃÆÃÂขq. They will board Imam Mahdi's ships and together with him, they will make plans and strategies as to how they will conquer Istanbul. When they reach the city's walls, they will chant "AllAhu Akbar AllahuAkbar" in a loud voice. Through the barakah of this voice, the city's walls will collapse, the Muslims will enter the city and kill the kuffÃÆÃÂขr. They will then administer the country with great justice. About 6-7 years will elapse from the time that the people had given the bay'ah to Imam Mahdi till the time of this victory.
While Imam Mahdi is busy with the administration of the country, a false rumour will spread that DajjÃÆÃÂขl has made his presence in Syria and that he is causing strife in your (Imam Mahdi's) family. Upon hearing this, Imam Mahdi will travel towards Syria. He will send a few riders ahead of him so that they may be able to establish the truth. One of them will return and inform him that this rumour was false and that Dajjal has not made his appearance as yet. Imam Mahdi will feel at ease upon hearing this. He will continue his journey towards Syria, but will slacken his pace and make several stops along the way inspecting the administration of the country as he proceeds. He will then reach Syria.
Within a short period of time, Dajjal will make his appearance. He will be from the Jews. He will first make his appearance in Syria and Iraq and claim prophethood. He will then proceed to Isfahan where 70 000 Jews will join him. He will then make claims of divinity. He will travel through several countries until he reaches Yemen. During the course of his travels, many kuffAr will join him. Eventually he will stop at a place near Makkah. However, because of it being safeguarded by angels, he will not be able to enter Makkah. He will then try to enter Madinah but will not be able to do so because it will also be guarded by angels.
Madinah will experience an earthquake three times. All those who were weak and negligent in DÃÆÃÂฎn will come out of Madinah out of fear for the earthquakes. Once they come out, they will be trapped by DajjÃÆÃÂขl. There will be a pious man in Madinah who will debate with DajjÃÆÃÂขl. The latter will go into a rage and kill this pious person and bring him to life again. DajjÃÆÃÂขl will ask him: "Now do you believe that I am god?" He will reply: "Now I am more convinced that you are DajjÃÆÃÂขl." DajjÃÆÃÂขl will try to hit him but will be unable to do so, nor will he be able to influence him in any way.
DajjÃÆÃÂขl will then leave for Syria. When he will approach Damascus, Imam Mahdi will already have been there, making preparations for war. The time of ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅasr will approach, the muÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅadhdhin will call out the adhÃÆÃÂขn and the people will be busy making preparations for s. Suddenly, ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will descend from the heavens with both his hands on the shoulders of two angels. He will land on the eastern minÃÆÃÂขrah of the jÃÆÃÂขme' musjid. A ladder will be placed and he will come down.
Imam Mahdi will want to hand over authority of all the war preparations to him but he will tell him to keep it with him and inform him that he (ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm) has come specifically to kill DajjÃÆÃÂขl. The following morning, Imam Mahdi will get his troops ready for battle. ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will ask for a horse and a spear and advance towards DajjÃÆÃÂขl. The Muslims will attack DajjÃÆÃÂขl's army and a severe battle will ensue. ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข's ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm breath will have this effect that it will reach wherever his eyes can see. Any kÃÆÃÂขfir who gets even a whiff of his breath will be destroyed there and then. Upon seeing ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm, DajjÃÆÃÂขl will flee. ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will follow him until he will catch up with him at a place called BÃÆÃÂขb Lud and kill him with his spear. The Muslims will begin killing DajjÃÆÃÂขl's troops.
ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will then go from city to city and console all those who were harmed by DajjÃÆÃÂขl. Through the bounty of Allah, there will be no kÃÆÃÂขfir left behind. Imam Mahdi will then pass away and all the affairs of the country will fall into the hands of ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm. Thereafter, YajÃÆÃÂปj and MajÃÆÃÂปj will appear. Their place of domicile will be in the extreme north where there is no civilization and where the sea is completely frozen on account of the extreme cold. In compliance with the order of Allah, ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will take the Muslims to Mount TÃÆÃÂปr. YajÃÆÃÂปj and MajÃÆÃÂปj will cause a lot of turmoil. Eventually Allah will destroy them and ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will descend from the mountain. After forty years, ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃ ÂฝsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm will pass away and will be buried with RasÃÆÃÂปlullÃÆÃÂขh sallallÃÆÃÂขhu ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhi wa sallam.
A person from Yemen from the tribe of Qah'tÃÆÃÂขn by the name of JahjÃÆÃÂขh will take over the mantle of leadership. He will rule with justice and religiousness. Several rulers will come after him. Gradually, good deeds will decline and evil will begin to gain the upper hand.
At that time, a type of mist or smoke will envelop the skies and thereafter descend onto the land whereby the Muslims will catch a cold and the kuffÃÆÃÂขr will fall unconscious. The skies will become clear after forty days and the days of ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅÃÆÃÂฎd al-ad'hÃÆÃÂข will fall soon thereafter. After the tenth (of Dhul ), a very long night will come. It will be so long that travellers will become restless, children will become tired and weary on account of sleeping too much, and grazing animals will begin clamouring to go to the fields to graze. However, dawn will not break. Everyone will become restless out of fear and anxiety. Once this night equals three nights, the sun will appear very dimly from the western horizon. At that particular time, no one's Imaan (accepting Islam) or repentance will be accepted. Once the sun reaches the position that it normally takes at mid-day, it will begin returning to the west and it will set as it normally does. Thereafter, it will continue rising normally according to its normal brightness.
A few days later, Mount SafÃÆÃÂข, which is situated in Makkah, will be destroyed by an earthquake. From there, an animal of strange appearance and shape will appear and begin conversing with people. This animal will travel the entire earth very swiftly. It will have the staff of MÃÆÃÂปsÃÆÃÂข ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm with which it will draw an illuminated line across the foreheads of the believers. The result of this will be that the believers' faces will become illuminated. As for the kuffÃÆÃÂขr, it will stamp them on their noses or necks with the ring of SulaymÃÆÃÂขn ÃÂขÃขโÂฌÃÅalayhis salÃÆÃÂขm whereby their faces will become dark. Once this animal completes this task, it will disappear.
Thereafter, a lovely breeze will blow from the south whereby something will come out from the sides of the believers and with which they will die. Once all the Muslims die, the kuffÃÆÃÂขr will gain control of the entire world. They will destroy the Ka'bah, hajj will be ceased, the Quran will be removed from the hearts and from paper. Fear of Allah and one's natural modesty will be removed. There will be no one to take the name of Allah. There will be a lot of prosperity and abundance in Syria. People will start heading towards Syria on camels, vehicles and on foot. For those who will remain, a howling fire will start and drive them towards Syria. The wisdom behind this is that on the day of resurrection, all the creation will be gathered in this country. Thereafter this fire will disappear.
At that time, the world will progress tremendously. Three to four years will pass in this way when all of a sudden, on the morning of a Friday on the 10th of Muharram, when all the people will be preoccupied in their work, the trumpet will be blown. initially, the sound will be soft. Gradually it will get louder until everyone will die out of panic and horror. The land and the skies will be blown into smithereens and the entire universe will be destroyed. The time span from the rising of the sun from the west till the blowing of the trumpet will be 120 years. After this, the day of resurrection will commence
PEMUDA BANI TAMIM
'A person from Bani-Abbass shall emerge from the East and whatever Allah Wishes will be established accordingly. Afterwards, men with small black flags will rise and will battle out with the offsprings of Abu Sufyan. They will prepare the ground for the obedience and submission of Mahdi.
In the same chapter of the afore-said book, its author narrates from Na'eem-ibn-Hemaad (from his book 'Fatan') that Muhammad-ibn-Hanafiya said: 'The people of the flag will emerge from Khorasan. Afterwards people of another flag with white will rise. A man from Bani-Tamim called as Tamim-ibn-Saleh will face them.... it will be then that people would seek and desire for Mahdi.
Again, in the same chapter of the same book, its author narrates from Na'eem-ibn-Hemaad and he from Shareey-ibn-Abdullah Rashid-ibn-Sa'ad and Hamza-ibn-Habib as such:
'The people of the East will swear allegiance to a person from Bani-Hashim who shall emerge with the army of Khorasan. A man from Bani-Tamim will face them.... If mountains confront him, he will destroy them. Later he will encounter the army of Sufyani and will defeat them. Fierce battle will take place with them and he will kill them. He will expel them from one place to another until he will defeat them in Iraq. Thereafter an incident shall occur between them as a result of which Sufyani will gain victory and the Hashimi man will escape towards Mecca and Tamim-ibn-Saleh (who is one of the leaders of the army of Hashimi) will escape towards Baitul-Muqaddas. When Mahdi shall reappear, the Hashimi man too will emerge.
