A very important hadith regarding the end tmes

system · June 14, 2013, 4:27pm

Re: A very important hadith regarding the end tmes

Salam all,

What is your understanding of this hadith?

From 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, radhiyallahu ‘anhu, who said: "We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and he mentioned the fitan, and mentioned many of them, until he mentioned the fitnah of al-Ahlas. So someone said: “O Messenger of Allah, and what is the fitnah of al-Ahlas?” He said: "It is fleeing and plunder. Then the fitnah of as-Sarra’, its corruption will from under the feet of a man from my household, who claims to be from me, but he is not from me, for my allies are only the pious. Then the people will unite on the leadership of a man like a hip-bone on a rib. Then the fitnah of ad-Duhayma’, which will not leave a single one from this Ummah without giving him a slap. Whenever it is said that it has finished, it will continue longer. A man during it will be a mu’min in the morning and a kafir in the evening, until the people become two camps, a camp of faith with no hypocrisy, and a camp of hypocrisy with no faith. When that happens, then await the Dajjal on that day or the next." Narrated by Abu Dawud, kitab al-fitan.

I am not sure if this is applicable to the hadith, but there have been two distinct groups formed in almost every country since around five years ago. The current struggle in Turkey between secular liberals and conservative muslims is an example of two such groups. Similarly in Egypt - those who back the government and those who feel the revolution has been betrayed. In the US, there is the Tea Party and the Occupy-WallStreet group (reflected in politics by Republicans and Democrats respectively). Such two groups have formed elsewhere in world, although the center between left and right varies in each country. It is difficult to see which group is the one of faith and which is for hypocrisy - I can only comment that those on the side of the poor, the oppressed, the disadvantaged - these are the ones on the side of God (but that is only my opinion).