In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Signs Before  the Day of Judgement
Surely, knowledge of the Hour is with Allah  alone.
Holy Qur’an 31:34

In light of the common links between Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions  
and teachings, it is interesting to look at what is said regarding the Day of  
Judgement and the signs of its approach. Judeo-Christian sources mainly 
consist  of the Book of Daniel, Ezekiel, and the Book of Revelations, as well as 
some  scattered sources within other books of the Old and New Testaments. 

Islamic sources include the Qur'an and the multiple volumes of the sayings  
and traditions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), called ahadith. There  
are many similarities between what these great traditions say regarding the  
signs of the Day of Judgement. Even a minimal exposure to Judeo-Christian signs 
 of the End of Time is enough to see that many of the same prophesies exist 
in  the Islamic tradition. 
However, the differences are important to point out.  Much of the 
Judeo-Christian teaching regarding these signs are based on frequent  reinterpretations 
of vague Scripture. Whereas the signs enumerated by Islamic  sources are quite 
clear and concrete, with little, if any, room for  interpretation. In 
addition, the vastness of the material available within the  Islamic tradition points 
to the finality of Allah's Message. Prophet Muhammad  (peace be upon him), the 
Last Messenger sent to humanity, said that Allah has  never sent a messenger 
who did not warn his people about al-Masih ad-Dajjal (the  AntiChrist). And it 
only follows that Allah would give the Last Messenger the  most information 
relating to this subject, as his followers will be the ones  experiencing these 
signs. 
What follows is a small sample of the signs which  Prophet Muhammad (peace be 
upon him) enumerated for us. They have been divided  into minor and major 
signs... 

The Minor Signs: 

The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance (Bukhari,  
Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad) 
Books/writing will be widespread and  (religious) knowledge will be low 
(Ahmad) 
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, Ibn Majah, & 
Al-Haythami) 
When fornication becomes  widespread among your leaders (The Prophet, peace 
be upon him, said that this  will happen when the people stop forbidding evil) 
(Ibn Majah) 
Adultery and  fornication will be performed in the open 
The consumption of intoxicants  will be widespread (Bukhari & Muslim) 
Women will outnumber  men......eventually 50:1 (Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad) 
Killing, killing,  killing (Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad) 
People will beat others  with whips like the tails of oxen (Muslim) ?The 
Slave Trade 
The children  will be filled with rage (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) 
Children will be foul  (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) 
Women will conspire (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) 
Rain  will be acidic or burning (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim) 
Children of fornication  will become widespread or prevalent (at-Tabarani, 
al-Hakim) 
When a trust  becomes a means of making a profit (at-Tirmidhi, Al-Haythami) 
Gains will be  shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor 
(at-Tirmidhi)  
Paying zakat becomes a burden and miserliness becomes widespread; charity is  
given reluctantly (at-Tirmidhi & Al-Haythami) 
Miserliness will be thrown  into the hearts of people (Bukhari) 
Episodes of sudden death will become  widespread (Ahmad) 
There will be people who will be brethren in public but  enemies in secret 
(He was asked how that would come about and replied, "Because  they will have 
ulterior motives in their mutual dealings and at the same time  will fear one 
another.") (at-Tirmidhi) 
When a man obeys his wife and  disobeys his mother; and treats his friend 
kindly while shunning his father  (at-Tirmidhi) 
When voices are raised in the mosques (at-Tirmidhi) 
People  will walk in the marketplace with their thighs exposed 
Great distances will  be traversed in short spans of time 
The people of Iraq will recieve no food  and no money due to oppression by 
the Romans (Europeans) (Muslim) People will  hop between the clouds and the 
earth 
A tribulation will enter everyone’s  home (Ahmad) 
The leader of a people will be the worst of them (at-Tirmidhi)  
Leaders of people will be oppressors (Al-Haythami) 
People will treat a  man with respect out of fear for some evil he might do 
(at-Tirmidhi) 
Men  will begin to wear silk (at-Tirmidhi) 
Female singers and musical instruments  will become popular (at-Tirmidhi) 
When singers become common (Al-Haythami)  
People will dance late into the night 
When the last ones of the Ummah  begin to curse the first ones (at-Tirmidhi) 
People will claim to follow the  Qur'an but will reject hadith & sunnah (Abu 
Dawood) 
People will believe  in the stars (Al-Haythami) 
People will reject al-Qadr (the Divine Decree of  Destiny) (Al-Haythami) 
Time will pass rapidly (Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad)  
Good deeds will decrease (Bukhari) 
Smog will appear over cities because  of the evil that they are doing 
People will be carrying on with their trade,  but their will only be a few 
trustworthy persons 
Wealth will increase so  much so that if a man were given 10,000, he would 
not be content with it (Ahmad  & Bukhari) 
A man will pass by a grave and wish that he was in their  place (Bukhari) 
Earthquakes will increase (Bukhari & Muslim) 
There  will be attempts to make the deserts green 
The appearance of false  messengers (30 dajjals) (Bukhari) 
Women will be naked in spite of being  dressed, these women will be led 
astray & will lead others astray (Muslim)  
The conquest of Constantinople by the Muslims (Ahmad) 
The conquest of  India by the Muslims, just prior to the return of Jesus, son 
of Mary (peace be  upon both of them)(Ahmad, an-Nisa'i, at-Tabarani, 
al-Hakim) 
When people  begin to compete with others in the construction of taller 
buildings (Bukhari)  
There will be a special greeting for the people of distinction (Ahmad)  
The Euphrates will disclose a treasure (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said  
that whoever is present should not take anything from it) (Bukhari & Muslim)  
Two large groups, adhering to the same religious teaching will fight each  
other with large numbers of casualties (Bukhari & Muslim) 
Wild animals  will be able to talk to humans (Ahmad) 
A man will leave his home and his  thigh or hip will tell him what is 
happening back at his home (Ahmad) 
Years  of deceit in which the truthful person will not be believed and the 
liar will be  believed (Ahmad) 
Bearing false witness will become widespread (Al-Haythami  & Ahmad) 
When men lie with men and women lie with women (Al-Haythami)  
Trade will become so widespread that a woman will be forced to help her  
husband in business (Ahmad) 
A woman will enter the workforce out of love for  this world (Ahmad) 
Arrogance will increase in the earth (at-Tabarani,  al-Hakim) 
Family ties will be cut (Ahmad) 
Men will begin to look like  women and women will begin to look like men 

The Major Signs:

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... 
Masih ad-Dajjal (The AntiChrist) 
The Mahdi 
The  appearance of Masih al-’Isa (Jesus Christ), the son of Mary (peace be 
upon him)  
Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog) 
The destruction of the Ka’bah and the  recovery of its treasure 
Emergence of the Beast 
The smoke 
Three  major landslides (one in the East, one in the West, and one on the 
Arabian  peninsula) 
The wind will take the souls of the believers 
The rising of  the sun from the west 
The fire will drive the people to their final  gathering place 
Three blasts of the trumpet (fear & terror, death,  resurrection) 
 



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