[2nd.Edition] The Syrian Uprising and Signs Of The Hour

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C HAPTER 1
The Hour Has Cast
It’s Shadow

ميحرلا نمحرلا للها مس
Ya Allah, send prayers and salutations on Muhammad, his family, and his Com-
panions.
"What are the disbelievers waiting for, other than the Hour which will come
upon them unawares? Its signs are already here, but once the Hour has actually ar-
rived, what use will it be then to take heed?" (47:18) 
"Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and
they turn away." (Al-Anbiya' 21:1)
The Prophet (pbuh) gave news about events from the Beginning of time up to
the Commencement of his Ummah (nation) then to our present time and into the
future, to the end of the World. He covered the Span of Time describing events
until the Coming of the Hour (The Hour the world will end in). He similarly gave
news of events on the day of Resurrection and finally what would occur after peo-
ple enter their two abodes, the Abode of Jahanam (Hell) and the abode of Jannah
(Paradise) and a description of life therein.
There are more than 160 known and confirmed prophecies of the Prophet Mu-
hammad (saws) which were fulfilled in his lifetime and the first few generations af-
ter him, while the number of prophecies regarding the Signs of the Hour is in the
hundreds and even more.
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Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) said, “One day the Prophet (saws) stood up
amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation
(and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Para-
dise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their places. Some re-
membered what he had said, and some forgot it”. (Bukhari)
Abu Zaid Al-Ansaaree (ra) said, “The Prophet led us in the morning prayer, af-
ter which he climbed the pulpit and addressed us until Dhuhr (noon). He de-
scended, prayed 'Asr (the late afternoon prayer), and then climbed the pulpit
again, speaking to us until the setting of the sun. He spoke to us about what was
and what will be; he informed us (thereof) and made us memorize (that informa-
tion).” (Ahmad)
Hudhayfah (ra) said: "The Prophet stood up one day to speak to us, and told us
everything that was going to happen until the Hour, and left nothing unsaid. Some
of the listeners learnt it by heart, and some forgot it; these friends of mine learnt
it. I do not remember it completely, but sometimes it springs to mind, just as one
might remember and recognize the face of a man whom one had forgotten, when
one sees him." (Abu Dawud, Muslim)
Some of the prophecies that occurred during his lifetime or just after it will be
mentioned in brief, though the full narrations give more detail regarding each
event.
He said to his Companions, “This grandson of mine, Hasan, is a master of
men by means of whom Allah will reconcile two great groups.”(Bukhari) Forty
years later, when two Islamic armies confronted each other, Hasan mediated be-
tween them preventing the blood shed.
He said to Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), “You will fight the per-
fidious people, those who will deviate from justice and those who exit
Islam.”(Tirmidhi) thus, he predicted the battles of the Camel and Siffin and the
emergence of the Kharijites, a heretical sect who Imam Ali (ra) fought.
He again said to Ali (ra), when he was displaying brotherly love for Zubayr,
“He will fight against you but he will be wrong.”(Ibn Kathir) Zubayr (ra) opposed
Imam Ali in the battle of the Camel. When Imam Ali reminded Zubayr of the
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prophet’s words during the battle, Zubayr decided to give up fighting and leave,
but Allah granted him martyrdom by a traitor.(Tabari)
He said to his wives, “One of you will take charge of a rebellion; many around
her will be killed; (al-Asqalani, Fathu’l-Bari) and the dogs of Hawab will bark all
around her.” (Ibn Hibban) Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked Ali to find
the murderers of Uthman the third Khalif of Islam and punish them, as Imam
Ali was chosen as the Khaliph after him. Imam Ali said the identities of the mur-
derers were not clear at the time and postponed the matter to a later date as he
had just taken the position. Thereupon, some people who marshaled a force over
the matter approached Aisha and convinced her to be at the head of the army to
give the matter more weight, they then went against Imam Ali, leading an army
which both Zubayr and Talha, two Companions that were promised Paradise by
the prophet (saws) Joined. When the army passed a place called Hawab, Aisha (ra)
heard dogs barking she asked the name of the place. First, they said it was Hawab.
When Aisha remembered the words of the Prophet, she decided to give up and go
back home; however, the people around her deceived her by telling her that the
name of the place was different and took her to the battlefield. Unfortunately, tens
of thousands of Muslims were injured or killed during the battle.
The Prophet (saws) said to Imam Ali, “a man would stain your beard with the
blood of your own head” (al-Hakim), informing him that he would be martyred.
He was killed by Abdurrahman b. Muljam, the Kharijite while he was going to the
mosque.
He said to Umm Salama, “Husain (his grandson) will be killed in Taff, which is
in Karbala (Iraq).”(al-Haythami) Fifty years later, Imam Husain was martyred in
Karbala.
He repeatedly said, “The people of my family will be murdered; they will suffer
troubles and exiles.”(Ibn Majah) Thus, he predicted the incidents during the
Khalifa of Uthman (ra) and the misfortunes Imam Ali, Hasan and Husain would
suffer.
The Prophet (saws) said as long as Umar (ra) the second Khalif of Islam was
alive, no fitna (trials and mischief) would emerge among the Muslims. (Bukhari) In-
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deed, no trials took place among the muslims until Imam Umar (ra) was martyred;
immediately after his death, trials emerged during the Khalifate of Imam Uthman
(ra).
He (saws) said “After me, the Caliphate will last thirty years; (Musnad) then, it
will be a sultanate. The beginning of this affair is prophethood and mercy; then it
will be mercy and caliphate; then it will be rapacious monarchy; then, it will be ar-
rogance and tyranny” (Musnad). He thus predicted the period of the four
Khalif’s, the sixth month long Khalifate of Imam Hasan a period which lasted ex-
actly thirty years, and following that, the transition of the Khalifate into a Sultan-
ate which began with the Umayyads and ending with the Ottomans, and finally
this Ummah (nation) would be ruled by Dictators and Tyrants.
Which is exactly what occurred in history right up to our time in which dicta-
tors ruled the Muslim world.
He said, “Uthman will be killed while reading the Qur'an.”(al-Hakim, al-
Mustadrak), “Allah will definitely cause him to be dressed in the shirt of the Khali-
fate but they will try to remove that shirt.”(al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak), He (saws) in-
formed about the second Khalifate and martyrdom of Uthman (ra) who was killed
after his home was besieged. These events took place exactly as predicted and the
very Quran with his blood stained on it is preserved to this day.
He told his Companions about the conquests of Makkah (Ali al-Qari), Khay-
bar (Ali al-Qari), Damascus (Waqidi, Maghazi), Iraq (Ali al-Qari), Persia (Ahmad
b. Hanbal), Jerusalem (Ali al-Qari), and Istanbul (Ahmad bin Hanbal); He said
that his ummah would be victorious over all enemies and be helped. He said they
would capture the treasures of the rulers of the greatest empires, the Romans and
the Persians (Bukhari). Events took place in the same manner he described. He
(saws) said this during a time when Islam had just began, it was unknown in the
world and he was forced to migrate to Madinah from his home with a handful of
followers, because of persecution.
He stated that Imam Abu Bakr (ra) and Imam Umar (ra) would become
Khalif’s after him, He said “Follow the way of Abu Bakr and Umar after me.”
(Tirmidhi).
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He also said, "The earth was laid out before me, and its eastern and western ex-
tremities were displayed to me. The realm of my nation shall extend over what-
ever was laid out before me." (Muslim) Thus, he informed them that his ummah
would extend from the east to the west and his words proved to be true.
Before the Battle of Badr, he showed his friends the places were the Qurayshi
pagans would die, saying, “This is were Abu Jahl will be killed; this is were Utba
will be killed; this is were Umayya will be killed, and so on.” The dead bodies of
those people were found in exactly the same places as he showed. [Muslim] Before
Badr, he said that he would eventually kill Ubayy bin Khalaf [Al-Hakim] Ubayy,
who survived the Battle of Badr, was wounded by a spear thrown by the Prophet
(pbuh) in the Battle of Uhud and died on the way to Makkah (Sirah, 3:89).
He did not take part in the Battle of Muta, however, he informed his Compan-
ions about what was happening in the battle as if he was watching it through a tele-
vision screen: He said “Zayd has taken the (battle) standard and has been shot;
now Jafar has taken the (battle) standard and has been shot; now Ibn Rawaha has
taken the (battle) standard and has been shot; now one of Allah's swords…”(Buk-
hari); He informed them that all of the commanders that he had appointed, one
after the other were martyred and Khalid bin Walid, who he honored with the ti-
tle the sword of Allah, now commanded the army. Ya'la b. Munabbih returned
from the battle front a few weeks later and when the Messenger of Allah described
the details of the battle, Ya’la stated that the battle took place in exactly the same
manner as the prophet had described (al-Khafaji).
He predicted that the Umayyad state would be established (Qadi Iyad), and
that Yazid and Walid would be their cruel tyrants (al-Asqalani). He also stated that
Muawiyah would become a ruler, and in fact he founded the Ummayid Dynasty.
He ordered Muawiyah, “When you become the ruler, forgive people and treat
them justly.”(al-Haythami) Thus, he informed his Ummah and family about the
actions of the Ummayyid’s when they came to power.
He predicted that the Abbasid dynasty would emerge after the Umayyads by
saying, "The Abbasids will come forth with black flags and rule for many times
more than the previous rulers."(Qadi Iyad).
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When Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas was very ill, the Prophet said to him, “You will live
a long time and lead the army. In the end, you will be beneficial for some nations
and you will harm some nations.”(Bukhari) Indeed, he led the Islamic army and
gained many victories like the conquest of the Persian Empire.
When the Negus, the ruler of Ethiopia, who had accepted Islam years earlier,
died in the seventh year of Hijra, Allah's Messenger informed his companions
about it and performed the funeral prayer for him in Madina (Bukhari), One week
later the news came confirming the death of the Negus at the very same moment
the Prophet (saws) had said it occurred.
When Allah's Messenger was with Imam Abu Bakr, Imam Umar, Imam Uth-
man and Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with them), on the top of Mount Uhud,
the mountain began to take quake. He said "Steady! For on you are a prophet, a
siddiq (Abu Bakr’s title) and martyrs."(Bukhari) He informed of the martyrdom of
his Companions and indeed they were all martyred.
Once, as he stayed in the house of Anas b. Malik's aunt, Umm Haram, he
woke up smiling and then later said he had seen Muslims getting on ships and go-
ing on expeditions, they were a desert people with no ocean near them. Umm
Haram said, "O Messenger of Allah! Pray that I too will be with them." The
Prophet said, 'You shall be." Forty years later, she accompanied her husband,
Ubada b. Samit, in the expedition of Cyprus under the command of Muawiyah
during the Khalifate of Imam Uthman. They landed on the island, but she later
fell off the mule she was riding and died there. Her grave has been one of the
most frequently visited places in Cyprus (Bukhari).
The Prophet (saws) said, "From the tribe of Thaqif, a liar will claim pro-
phethood, and a bloodthirsty tyrant will appear." (Muslim) Mukhtar, who claimed
prophethood, and Hajjaj az-Zalim (the Oppressor), who killed more than a hun-
dred thousand people were both from the tribe of Thaqif, as the Prophet (saws)
stated.
He also said, according to an authentic narration "If the Religion were at the
Pleiades (in Persia), even then a person (muslim) from Persia would have taken
hold of it, or one amongst Persian descent would surely have found it"(al-Ajluni,
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Kashfu’l-Khafa) Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated:”We were sitting in the company of
Allah's Apostle (saw) when Surat al-Jum`a was revealed to him and when he re-
cited (it) amongst them, (those who were sitting with the prophet) said `Allah's Mes-
senger?' but Allah's Apostle (saws) made no reply, until he was questioned once,
twice or thrice, and there was amongst us Salman the Persian. Allah's Apostle
(saws) placed his hand on Salman and then said:"Even if faith were near the Pleia-
des (in Persia), a man from amongst these would surely find it."
When Muslim’s conquered Persia it became a great centre for knowledge and
many of the worlds greatest scholars came from there like Imam al Ghazali, Imam
Abu Dawwud, Imam Bukhari, Ibn Sina, Ibn Haytham one could name well over
200 prominent and well known Islamic figures, Scholars, Scientists, Philosophers,
and Physicians in world history that came from Persia, but Imam as-Suyuti (ra)
remarked:"It has been communicated unanimously that this hadith refers to Imam
Abu Hanifah (who was a Persian) and founded the Hanafi Madhhab (School of
Law)” which 45% of muslims around the world follow today.
Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150) is the first in Islam to organize and categorize fiqh
(Islamic Law), at a time when it was simply the Quran and the Narrations so infor-
mation could be easily researched and found. This was a Sunnah (example) he be-
gan and as the prophet (saws) said regarding those who begin beneficial Sunnah’s
they will have the reward of all those who adopt it after them and indeed the en-
tire Ummah adopted this after Him.
He gave rulings on matters relating to various topics, and organized the relig-
ion under sub-headings categorizing everything and embracing the whole of Law,
beginning with purity (tahara) followed by prayer (salah), an order which was re-
tained by all subsequent scholars such as Imam Malik, Shafi`i, Abu Dawud, Buk-
hari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, and others.
The Prophet once made a dua, "O Allah! Guide (the tribe of) Quraysh, for the
science of the scholar that comes from them will encompass the earth. O Allah!
You have let the first of them taste bitterness, so let the latter of them taste re-
ward.”
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The Scholars agreed that this Dua was referring to Imam al Shafii whose work
“al Risala fi Usul al Fiqh” (The Treatise on the Principles of Legal Jurisprudence)
was the first work to define and develop the Legal science of Usul al Fiqh (Princi-
ples of Law). This legal science is at the heart of all modern legal systems on earth
toady.
“In its comprehensive character, legal science developed among Muslims very
early. They were the first in the world to entertain the thought of an abstract (theo-
retical and conceptual) science of law, distinct from the codes of the general laws
of the country. The ancients had their laws, more or less developed and even codi-
fied, yet a science which should treat the philosophy and sources of law, and the
method of legislation, interpretation, application, etc, of the law was wanting, and
this never struck the minds of the jurists before Islam”. Since the second century
of the Hijra (800 C.E.) many Islamic works of this kind began to be produced,
called Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Law).
In addition, the prophet (saws) said, "A scholar from Quraysh will fill all re-
gions of the earth with learning." (al-Ajluni)
The entire Ummah utilized and benefited from the work of Imam Shafii, it sys-
temized Law itself for the other Schools of Law that emulated it’s structure.
The Prophet also said: "Truly, Allah shall send forth for this Community, at the
onset of every hundred years, someone who will renew their Religion for them."
The scholars agreed, among them Abu Qilaba (d. 276) and Imam Ahmad, that
the first narration above signified Imam al-Shafi`i, and the second signified Umar
ibn Abd al-Aziz, a just Khalif who apposed the tyrants around him, as the first
person Allah sent for the Ummah and then Imam al-Shafi`i after him as the sec-
ond person Allah sent.
The Prophet (saws) said: "Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in
search of knowledge, and they shall find no-one more knowledgeable than the
knowledgeable scholar of Madina." Imam Tirmidhi, al-Qadi `Iyad, Dhahabi and
others relate from Sufyan ibn Uyayna, Abd al-Razzaq, Ibn Mahdi, Ibn Ma`in,
Dhu’ayb ibn `Imama, Ibn al-Madini, and others that they considered that scholar
to be Malik ibn Anas the founder of the Maliki Madhhab.
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Imam Malik was responsible for preserving the Sunnah of Madina for latter
generations, this was the way of life the people of Madina lived shortly after the
prophets (saws) death, it gave the clearest picture of life in those times we have to-
day and the Imam and his Madhhab (school of Law) are famous for taking the ac-
tions of the people of Madina as a source of legislation in Islamic law because it
was the prophet (saws) himself who established that community.
Thus in this way the Prophet (saws) foretold the Madhhab's (Islam’s Schools of
Law) and all the scholars they would be named after, the Hanafi Madhhab, Shafii,
Maliki and Hanbali, all of whom adopted the science of Imam Shafii that the
prophet (saws) mentioned specifically and is the method by which they derive
Laws from the Quran and Sunnah, this is in contrast to the Deviant sects who lie
and say the Madhhab's are an evil innovation that has no basis in Islam rather
they seek to dismantle Islam as the christians dismantled their own faith. These
sects are a product of the “Ruwaibidah” a group of people the prophet (saws) gave
this name to and said would come towards the end of time, the ahadith regarding
them are mentioned later in this book.
History has occurred as the prophet (saws) mentioned, the entire world adopt-
ing the methods of Imam Shafii, which makes the authenticity of the narration's
self evident.
He said "My nation will be divided into seventy-three sects, and only one
among them will attain salvation He was asked, "Who are they?" He replied,
"Those who follow me and my Companions,"(Abu Dawud); thus, he mentioned
the sects of innovation that would emerge afterwards and stated that the muslims
should stick to the main body of the Ummah, it’s largest group. He (saws) de-
scribed the reality after this time clearly, He said “One who defected from obedi-
ence and separated from the main body of the Muslims-if he died in that state-
would die the death of one belonging to the days of Jahiliyya (before Islam)” (Mus-
lim)
He advised “My community will not come together on misguidance”;”You
have to follow the congregation for verily Allah will not make the largest group of
Muhammad’s community agree on error.”, “Whoever among you wants to be in
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