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The Minor Signs: (in no particular order): -The coming of the last Prophet, Mohammad (SAW). This has already happened of course. -The slave will become the master. -The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance. The leaders of the Muslims will be chosen from ignorant people, and they will rule according to their whims. (Bukhari & Muslim) Today, studying Islam is formally considered to be an inferior career in most of the Muslim world. The leaders of the Muslim world are more known for their political or military prowess rather than knowledge of Islam. -Adultery and fornication will be prevalent. (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said that this has never happened without new diseases befalling the people, which their ancestors had not known.) (Bukhari & Muslim) -Adultery and fornication will be performed in the open. -The consumption of intoxicants will be widespread. (Bukhari & Muslim) This is referring to the drinking of alcohol and spirits, which is indeed widespread in today's world. -Women will outnumber men... eventually 50 women to 1 man. (Bukhari & Muslim) -Killing, killing, killing. (Bukhari & Muslim) Killing will increase. -The children will be filled with rage. (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) -Rain will be acidic or burning. (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) The increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will inevitably result in the increase of acid rain. -Children of fornication will become widespread or prevalent. (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) -When a trust becomes a means of making a profit. -Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor. -Paying zakat (alms) becomes a burden and miserliness becomes widespread. -When a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly while shunning his father. This is evident especially in the western world where wives and friends are treated better than parents. -When voices are raised in the mosques. -People will walk in the marketplace with their thighs exposed. -Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time. Plains, trains and automobiles. -The people of Iraq will receive no food and no money due to oppression by the Romans. (Europeans) (Muslim) -People will hop between the clouds and the earth. Is this referring to the idea of airline travel? -The leader of a people will be the worst of them. -People will treat a man with respect out of fear for some evil he might do. -Men will begin to wear silk. Inevitable in the fashion of the western worlds. -Female singers and musical instruments will become popular. Today, there are many female singers and music is very popular. -People will dance late into the night. -When the last ones of the Ummah begin to curse the first ones. -People will believe in the stars. -People will reject al-Qadr. (the Divine Decree of Destiny) -Time will pass rapidly. (Bukhari) This is very apparent especially in First World countries. -Good deeds will decrease. (Bukhari) -Miserliness will be thrown into the hearts of people. (Bukhari) -Smog will appear over cities because of the evil that they are doing. -People will be carrying on with their trade, but there will only be a few trustworthy persons. -A man will pass by a grave and wish that he were in their place. -Earthquakes will increase. California, Mexico, Japan... -The appearance of false messengers (30 dajjals). -Women will be naked in spite of being dressed. In the fashion of the Western world, women are beginning to wear very revealing clothes. -The conquest of Constantinople by the Muslims. This has happened and has been renamed Istanbul. -When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and begin to compete with others in the construction of taller buildings. (Bukhari) The modern ex-nomads of Saudi Arabia are an excellent example of this. -Wild animals will be able to talk to humans. Some scientists are able to speak in sign language with wild monkeys. -A man will leave his home and his thigh or hip will tell him what is happening back at his home. Mobile phone in his pocket? -The truthful person will not be believed and the liar will be believed. -When men lie with men and women lie with women. Referring to homosexuality which is verily accepted in today's society. -Trade will become so widespread that a woman will be forced to help her husband in business. -A woman will enter the workforce out of love for this world. -Books will be widespread and knowledge will be low. -Arrogance will increase in the earth. (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) -Family ties will be cut. -Men will begin to look like women and women will begin to look like men. Referring to transsexuals and transvestites. The Major Signs: (in rough chronological order): -Although they appear here in no particular order, it is important to point out that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that these last, major signs will follow each other like pearls falling off of a necklace... -Al-Dajjal. (The Anti-Christ) He will come claiming to God holding Heaven and Hell. His purpose is to deceive, and unbelievers will follow him. He is short, red-faced, blind in the right eye, and has hair that sticks up. He will go around the world but will be unable to enter Madinah or Makkah.-Al-Mahdi. He will come at the time of the Dajjal. He will call to the true Islam, and will be a military leader. His name will be exactly like that of the Prophet Mohammad (SAW), and his father's name will match the Prophet's father's name also. He will be a descendant of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet. -The appearance of Masih al-'Isa (Jesus Christ), the son of Mary. (peace be upon him). He will come at the time of the Dajjal and the Mahdi also. He will descend at the time of Fajr prayer on a masjid in Damascus, the capital of Syria. He is of medium height, red-faced, and his hair is as if he just took a shower. He will call people back to Islam, but he will also be a military leader. The people of the Book will revert to Islam, and wealth will be super-abundant. Isa will break the cross, kill the swine, and personally slay the Dajjal. He will stay on Earth for a long time thereafter, and then die. -Ya'juj and Ma'juj. (Gog and Magog) Two hidden tribes of people will break free of the dam that hold them back, and ravage the Earth. They will drink all the water, and kill people until Allah sends against them a worm which will wipe them out. -The destruction of the Ka'bah and the recovery of its treasure. -Emergence of The Beast. This Beast will call people back to Islam and he will place the word mu'meen (believer) on the foreheads of the believers, and will plot the word kufar (disbeliever) on the foreheads of the disbelievers. -Three major landslides (one in the East, one in the West, and one on the Arabian peninsula). -The rising of the sun from the west. -The smoke. The smoke will appear all over the Earth which will cause all believers to catch something similar to a slight cold, whereas the unbelievers will be hit harder by it. -The wind will take the souls of the believers. -The fire will drive the people to their final gathering place. Three blasts of the trumpet (fear & terror, death, resurrection).
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