A word by the Shaykh on the signs of the Hour and their categories

The Shaykh : And we return now to the lesson that we will establish, if Allah wills, starting from this evening, which is the lesson on the signs of the Hour, as you agreed with us on that. And let it be known that the Hour is a matter of great magnitude and its affair is significant, because it is the divider between this world and the Hereafter. When the Hour stands, the world moves from one abode to another, the entire world. For this reason, it has a great status, and Allah has made for it signs. Allah the Exalted said: meaning its signs. And the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the signs of the Hour are divided into three categories: a category that has already passed, a category that continues to come bit by bit, and the third category is the major signs that occur at the end of time.