SOME OF THE MINOR SIGNS OF RESURRECTION – 215

 *SOME OF THE MINOR SIGNS OF RESURRECTION – 215*

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

 *THE SIGNS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED AND ARE ONGOING, OR WHICH OCCURRED ONCE AND MAY BE REPEATED*

(4) The focal point and source of tribulation

These ahaadeeth - which describe the point from which tribulations will come to the Muslim ummah - do not contradict the hadith narrated from the Messenger (ﷺ) by Usaamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both), in which he says, "The Prophet (ﷺ) looked out from one of the hills of Madeenah, and said, 'Do you see what I see?' They said, 'No.' He said, 'I can see tribulations falling among your houses like rain. (N1)  Bukari narrated it. (N2)

Ibn Hajar says in his commentary on this hadith: "This applies specifically to Madeenah because the murder of the third Caliph 'Uthmaan (رضي الله عنه) took place there, then the tribulations spread throughout the land after that. The battles of the Camel and Siffeen took place because of the murder of Uthmaan, and the battle at an Nahrawaan was fought because of the appointment of arbitratorsfrom both sides at Şiffeen. All of the battles that were fought at that time were as a result of that, or the result of a chain of events set in motion by that. The main reason for the murder of Uthmaan was the criticism about his governors, criticism concerning appointing them by 'Uthmaan as such. The first happened in Iraq, which is towards the east. So there is no contradiction between the hadith quoted here and the hadith which says that tribulation will come from the east." (N3)

[N1: In this hadith the Messenger (ﷺ) was referring to the large number of tribulations which would affect the people at large and would not be restricted only to certain groups, just as rain affects all of the areas on which it falls. Whoever studies history and what happened after the murders of Caliph Uthmaan and Husayn son of 'Ali, will know that what the Messenger (ﷺ) said was true.]

[N2:Bukhari, Kitaab al-Fitan. Baab Qawl an-Nabi 'Waylun lil-'Arab min sharr qad aqtarab', Fath al-Baari, 13/11 Muslim, 4/2211. This version is narrated by Bukhari.]

[N3: Fath al-Baari, 13/13]

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

_(To be continued…)_

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