50 Signs of The Day of Judgment

50 Signs of the Day of Judgment From the Words of Allah and His Messenger
(sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam)

Dr. Suhaib Hasan
From a lecture at Cambridge University
Islamic Society, Shawwal 1420 / January 2000.
The Signs are listed in roughly chronological order, although the order is not
necessarily precise, especially for those in the future.
This is a brief summary of the signs; there are many books, articles, and cassettes
etc. which discuss these in greater detail. May Allah enable us to recognize and heed
the Signs, and strengthen us in the times of tribulation.
"Are they waiting for anything except the Hour, to come to them suddenly? But its
Signs have already come!" (Al-Quran, Surah Muhammad)
Past
1. Splitting of the Moon.
2. Death of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
3. A form of death which will kill thousands of Muslims. (Understood to refer to the
plague of Amwas during the
caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab.)
4. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during
the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH).
5. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem.
6. The Muslim conquest of Constantinople.
7. Two large groups of Muslims will fight in war.
8. A war between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals
made of hair (understood to refer to
the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.)
9. A peace agreement between the Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race
(Chinese, Mongols, etc.)
10. Thirty impostors (dajjal) will appear, each thinking he is a prophet.
Present?
11. Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings.
12. The slave-woman will give birth to her master or mistress.
13. A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household.

14. Knowledge will be taken away (by the death of people of knowledge), and
ignorance will prevail.
15. Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will be drunk in great quantities.
16. Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread.
17. Earthquakes will increase.
18. Time will pass more quickly.
19. Tribulations (fitan) will prevail.
20. Bloodshed will increase.
21. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latters place.
22. Trustworthiness will be lost, i.e. when authority is given to those who do not
deserve it.
23. People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them.
Future
24. The number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase,
until for every man there are 50 women.
25. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it,
each one hoping to be the one who gains
the treasure.
26. The Romans (Europeans) will come to a place called Amaq or Wabiq, and an
army of the best people will go forth from Madinah to face them.
27. The Muslim conquest of Rome.
28. The Mahdi (guided one) will appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims.
29. Jesus Christ will descend in Damascus, and pray behind the Mahdi.
30. Jesus will break the cross and kill the swine, i.e. destroy the false christianity.
31. The Antichrist (al-masih al-dajjal, the false christ) will appear, with all his tools of
deception, and be an immense trial. He will be followed by 70,000 Jews from Isfahan
(present-day Iran).
32. The appearance of Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog), and the associated
tribulations.
33. The emergence of the Beast from the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the
Seal of Solomon, who will speak to the people, telling them they did not believe with
certainty in the Divine Signs.
34. A major war between the Muslims (including Jews and Christians who truly
believe in Jesus after his return) led by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other
non-Muslims led by the Antichrist.
35. Jesus will kill the Antichrist at the gate of Ludd (Lod in present-day Israel, site of
an airport and a major Israeli military base).
36. A time of great peace and serenity during and after the remaining lifetime of
Jesus.
37. Wealth will come so abundant that it will become difficult to find someone to
accept charity.
38. Arabia will become a land of gardens and rivers.
39. Society will then decay.
40. The buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daws will again sway in
circumambulation (tawaf) around the idol Dhul-Khulsah.
41. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen by the inhabitants of Busra.
42. Three major armies will sink into the earth: one in the east, one in the west, one
in Arabia.
43. An Abyssinian leader with thin shins will destroy the Kabah.
44. The huge cloud of smoke.
45. The sun will rise from the west (its place of setting).
46. A gentle wind which will take the souls of the believers.
47. There is no-one left on the earth saying, "Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except
Allah."
48. Eventually the Day of Judgment is established upon the worst of the people, who
copulate like donkeys in public.
49. The blowing in the Trumpet by the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint
except as Allah wills.
50. The second blowing in the Trumpet, upon which everyone will be restore to life.

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50 Signs of the Day of Judgment From the Words of Allah and His Messenger

(sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam)

13. A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household.

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