Signs before the
Day of Judgement
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What is the Day of
Judgement?
The Prophet (pbuh) said: There are five things which
nobody knows except Allah. (Then he recited the following
verse) ‘Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with God
(alone). It is He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows
what is in the wombs. Nor does anyone know what it is that
he will earn on the morrow; nor does anyone know in what
land he is to die. Verily with God is full knowledge and He
is acquainted (with all things)’ (Luqman 31:34). (Bukhari)
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What are the Minor Signs of
the Day of Judgement?
Muslims will be divided into different Groups
Abu ‘Amir al Hawdhani said, ‘Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
stood among us and said: ‘Beware! The people of the book
before were split up into seventy two sects, and this
community will be split up into seventy three: seventy two of
them will go to Hell and one of them will go to Paradise, and
it is the majority group.’’
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What are the Minor Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
Literacy and Knowledge exist side-by side with
Ignorance of Allah – People will have a knowledge, but
will not believe in Allah
Anas ibn Malik said: I shall tell you a hadith which I heard
from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and which no-one will
tell you after me. I heard him say, ‘Among the signs of the
Hour will be the disappearance of knowledge and the
appearance of ignorance. Adultery will be prevalent and
the drinking of wine will be common. The number of men
will decrease and the number of women will increase until
there will be fifty women to be looked after by one
man.’ (Bukhari, Muslim)
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What are the Minor Signs of
the Day of Judgement?
Killing will be Widespread - So much so that the killer
will not know why they killed
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: Just before the Hour,
there will be days in which knowledge will disappear and
ignorance will appear, and there will be much killing. (Ibn
Majah, Bukhari, Muslim)
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What are the Minor Signs of the Day of Judgement?
The Evils which befall the Muslim Ummah
‘Ali ibn Abi Talib said: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) say, ‘If my Ummah
bears 15 traits, tribulation will befall it.’ Someone asked, ‘What are they
O Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘When any gain is shared out only the
rich benefit with no benefit to the poor; when a trust becomes a means
of making profit; when paying Zakat becomes a burden; when a man
obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly
whilst shunning his father; when voices are raised in the mosques;
when the leader of a people is the worst of them; when people treat a
man with respect because they fear some evil he may do; when much
wine is drunk; when men wear silk; when female singers and musical
instruments become popular; when the last ones of this ummah curse
the first ones - then let them expect a red wind, or the earth to swallow
them, or to be transformed into animals.’ (Tirmidhi)
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What are the Minor Signs of
the Day of Judgement?
Oppressive Leaders - Although there will be plenty of
rulers, very few will be honest
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What are the Minor Signs of the Day of Judgement?
The State of Morality in general
Spread of provocative clothing amongst men and women
Women emulate the clothing and behaviour of men and vice versa
The spread of homosexuality amongst men and women
Adultery and fornication become widespread
Lack of care and attention of elderly and related
People will hate to raise children but happily breed animals
Hypocrisy will be widespread
People will not be charitable
Plenty of rulers but few will be honest
Individuals and nations will be respected on account of sheer brutal
power and not their justice
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What are the Minor Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
Other Signs
Usury will be widespread
Building of towering structures even by formerly humble people
Many false teachers and ‘prophets’
Sincere and pious people who pray and praise Allah will be belittled as
bad becomes more acceptable
No positive steps are taken to stop evil and so it spreads
Different faiths are followed by members in one family
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
The sequence of events in the time approaching the
actual Day of Account is mentioned in the following
hadith where some companions were discussing the
Hour and the Prophet (pbuh) said:
The Last Hour would not come until 10 signs appear: land-sliding in the
east, land-sliding in the west, and land-sliding in the peninsula
of Arabia, the smoke, the Dajjal, the beast of the earth, Gog and
Magog, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of
Mary, and the fire which would emit from the lower part of Aden and
would drive people to their place of assembly. (Muslim)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
There will be three major landslides; one to the East,
one to the West and one in Arabia.
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
A huge smoke will arise in the sky - fog, pollution or
something else. Allah says in the Qur’an:
Wait for the Day when the sky will pour down visible smoke, enveloping
all men; this will be a dreadful scourge. (ad-Dukhan 44:10)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
Fire will come out of the bottom of the earth in Aden in
Yemen.
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
The sun will come from the West instead of the East
(i.e. a disturbance in the cosmic order)
Abu Hurayrah narrates the Prophet (pbuh) saying, The Hour will not
come until the sun rises from the West. When people see it, whoever is
living on earth will believe, but that will be the time when it will do no
good to a soul to believe then if it believed not before. (Bukhari)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
A beast or animal will come out and speak to the
people. Allah says in the Qur’an:
On the day Our judgement overtakes them, We will bring out from the
earth a beast that shall speak to them. (al-Naml 27:82)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
Commotion and warfare will break out when Gog and
Magog people destroy everything they come across
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said: Every day, Gog and Magog are
trying to dig a way out through the barrier. When they begin to see sunlight through it, the
one who is in charge of them says, ‘Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow.’ And
when they come back, the barrier is stronger than it was before. This will continue until
their time comes and Allah wishes to send them forth. They will dig until they begin to see
sunlight, then their in charge will say, ‘Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow, insha’
Allah.’ In this case he will make an exception by saying insha’ Allah, thus relating the
matter to the Will of Allah. They will return on the following day, and find the hole as they
left it. They will carry on digging and come out against the people. They will drink all the
water, and the people will surround themselves in their large numbers. Gog and Magog
will fire their arrows into the sky and they will fall back to earth with something like blood
on them. Gog and Magog will say, ‘We have defeated the people of earth, and overcome
the people of heaven.’ Then Allah will send a kind of worm in the back of their necks and
they will be killed by it. (Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ahmad)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
The Mahdi will appear toward the end of the world to
establish justice and peace on the earth. He will be a
Muslim and will be known as either Muhammad or
Ahmad.
‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said: If there
were only one day left for the world, that day would be lengthened until
a man from among my descendants or from among the people of my
household, was sent. His name will be the same as mine and his
father’s name will be the same as my father’s name. He will fill the
earth with justice and fairness, just as it will have been filled with
injustice and oppression. The world will not end until a man of my
household, whose name is the same as mine, holds sway. (Abu
Dawud)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
During the lifetime of the Mahdi, a false messiah will
come known as Dajjal (one-eyed with impressive
powers) who will attract many people to worship him
and lead them astray.
The Prophet said: There has never been a Prophet who did not warn
his people against that one-eyed liar. Verily, he is one-eyed and your
Lord is not one-eyed. On his forehead will be written the letters Kaf, Fa,
Ra (Kafir). (Bukhari, Muslim)
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of Judgement?
At this time Jesus (AS) will come and join Muslims
against Dajjal, who will be killed.
And Jesus shall be a sign for the coming of the Hour: Therefore, have
no doubt about the Hour, but follow ye Me; this is a straight way. (alZukhruf 43:61)
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
The Mahdi will die peacefully and peace will continue to
reign on earth. Then Jesus (AS) will pass away and the
Muslims will make funeral prayers for him.
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What are the Major Signs of the Day
of Judgement?
A cool wind will blow which will not leave a single
person alive who has an ounce of faith in him. The
people who are left alive will have to endure the
punishment of the final hour:
...and soon will come the inevitable (punishment). (al-Furqan 25:77)
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