The Signs of the Hour and Their Division into Minor, Intermediate, and Major
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih, does the division of the signs of the Hour into minor, intermediate, and major have a basis in the Shari'ah? And what of them has appeared?
Answer:
Yes, the Shari'ah states that the Hour has signs, which are the indicators pointing to its near occurrence, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-An'am 6:158] the Hour? As He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Muhammad 47:18] its signs, meaning its indicators. The scholars divided these signs into light signs, intermediate signs, and heavy or major signs; major signs and minor signs, minor signs and major and intermediate signs. The scholars made this division based on the texts that came regarding this. As for the minor signs, they have occurred, or most of them have occurred. As for the intermediate ones, Allah knows best that we are living in them. As for the major signs, these are such as the sun rising from the west, the appearance of the Dajjal, the appearance of the Mahdi, the appearance of the Dajjal, and the emergence of the beast. These are major signs that follow one after another until the Hour stands at that time. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Honorable Shaykh Salih, does the division of the signs of the Hour into minor, intermediate, and major have a basis in the Shari'ah? And what of them has appeared?
Answer:
Yes, the Shari'ah states that the Hour has signs, which are the indicators pointing to its near occurrence, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
Do they [then] wait for anything except that
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُThen do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have
فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَاءَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/200 — archive.org (4:12)
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