The Categories of the Signs of the Hour, Major and Minor
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the minor sign refer to its severe occurrence or its beneficial one?
Answer:
They say the signs of the Hour are in three categories. Signs that have passed and ended, such as the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); this is one of the signs of the Hour. Such as the events that occurred during the time of the Companions, the signs about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, such as the emergence of the misguided sects. And such as the disagreement that occurred after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), after the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the fighting and trials that took place; this is one of the signs of the Hour. The emergence of the Khawarij, the emergence of the misguided sects; this is one of the signs of the Hour. This is something that has happened, and it is complete. So the emergence of the fire that occurred in al-Harra around Makkah, this has happened and ended.
And there are intermediate signs between the first signs and the major signs, such as the prevalence of riba (usury or interest) in the end times, raising voices in the mosques, boasting in the decoration of mosques, the multiplication of judges and the scarcity of jurists; all of this is among the intermediate signs of the Hour. The abundance of wealth and the overflow of wealth in people's hands; this is also among the signs of the Hour. The emergence of modern ranks and inventions, the shortening of time and the shortening of distance now; this is among the signs of the Hour, about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. As for the major signs, they are, as they mentioned, the rising of the sun from the west, the emergence of Imam al-Mahdi, the descent of Jesus (peace be upon him), his killing of the Dajjal, then the emergence of the beast. As Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) informed us about that in His Book.[An-Naml 27:82] They are reached. Then the emergence of Gog and Magog and their corruption in the land. All of this is among the signs of the Hour, the major ones. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, does the minor sign refer to its severe occurrence or its beneficial one?
Answer:
They say the signs of the Hour are in three categories. Signs that have passed and ended, such as the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); this is one of the signs of the Hour. Such as the events that occurred during the time of the Companions, the signs about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, such as the emergence of the misguided sects. And such as the disagreement that occurred after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), after the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the fighting and trials that took place; this is one of the signs of the Hour. The emergence of the Khawarij, the emergence of the misguided sects; this is one of the signs of the Hour. This is something that has happened, and it is complete. So the emergence of the fire that occurred in al-Harra around Makkah, this has happened and ended.
And there are intermediate signs between the first signs and the major signs, such as the prevalence of riba (usury or interest) in the end times, raising voices in the mosques, boasting in the decoration of mosques, the multiplication of judges and the scarcity of jurists; all of this is among the intermediate signs of the Hour. The abundance of wealth and the overflow of wealth in people's hands; this is also among the signs of the Hour. The emergence of modern ranks and inventions, the shortening of time and the shortening of distance now; this is among the signs of the Hour, about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. As for the major signs, they are, as they mentioned, the rising of the sun from the west, the emergence of Imam al-Mahdi, the descent of Jesus (peace be upon him), his killing of the Dajjal, then the emergence of the beast. As Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) informed us about that in His Book.
We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not
أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَابَّةً مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا لَا
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