Signs of the Last Day

Video by Harun Yahya

By Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye'

TANBEEHU'L-UMMA
`ALA QURBI HUJUUM ASHRAAT'L-SAA`A

Admonitioning the Muslim Ummah About the Beginning and Nearness of:

An Explanation that the Occurrence of the Hour and Its Signs are Only Known by Allah:

It has reached us in the tradition of Jibril, (upon him be peace) when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The one questioned knows no more about it than the one questioning." It was narrated by Muslim. Likewise, in a narration by as-Sha`bi who said, "Jibril met Jesus, upon them be peace, and Jesus asked Jibril, 'When is the Hour?' Then Jibril's wings began to tremble uncontrollably and he said, 'The one questioned knows no more about it than the one questioning. Knowledge of it has burdened the heavens and the earth and it will only come suddenly'."

If you were to say that it has been established that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about the Hour and he said, "The one questioned knows no more about it than the one questioning." This is a proof that he did not possess knowledge of the time of its occurrence. It has also been related that he said, " I and the Hour have been sent like this (he then put up his index finger and middle finger together)." This meant that 'I am the Last of the Prophets. There will not come after me another Prophet. I will only be followed by the Day of Judgement, just as the middle finger follows the index finger. For there is no finger between the two fingers. This is a proof that he did have knowledge of that. So therefore, how can there be agreement between these two traditions? The answer is that the Qur'an explained it by its words, "Verily its knowledge is only with my Lord."

Neither was he nor anyone else aware of it. And as for his saying, "I and the Hour have been sent like this." It means, I am the last of the Prophets for no other Prophet will come after me. That which will come after me will be the Day of Judgment, like the index finger which comes after the middle finger - with no other finger coming between them. This does not in any way necessitate that he possessed knowledge of the Hour itself, but it does indicate that the Hour is near and that its signs are consecutive. Allah has mentioned its signs when he said, "Its signs have appeared." meaning that it is near because its signs have appeared. The scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, have said that there have been no traditions related from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning the designation of the exact time of the occurrence of the Hour or the exact time of its signs.



“The prophet (PBUH) said that when the signs start to come, they will come FAST-like a string of beads falling one after the other.”