It is also a sign that the Qur’an will be read only for pleasure, just like a song:When the Qur’an is read as if singing a song, and when a person is esteemed for reading in that way, even though he is not knowledged… (Al-Tabarani)
In the hadith quoted below, it is revealed as a sign of the End that **mosques and Islamic schools will be made into places used only as social gatherings:**A time will come upon people in which they will use the Masjid as a pavilion (a meeting place). (Narrated by Hasan (r.a.)
There will come a time upon the Ummat when people will recite the Qur’an, but it will not go further than their throats, (into their hearts). (Bukhari)
Allah’s Messenger (saas) spoke of something and said: “It will happen when knowledge will be no more. “ (Ziyad) said: “Allah’s Messenger, how will knowledge vanish despite the fact that we will be reciting the Qur’an and teaching its recitation to our children and our children will teach its recitation to their children up to the Day of Resurrection?" Thereupon he (the Prophet (saas)) said: “**Ziyad, do these Jews and Christians not recite the Torah and the Bible **but not act according to what is contained in them?” (Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi)
- It is a sign of the End Times that some Muslims will follow the example of heretical Jews and Christians and imitate them blindly.
these are taken from www.endoftimes.net
could someone please post their exact references
and also give their opinion about whether they are applicable to the muslims of today
thanks