When Gold Emerges: The Final Hour Approaches

The prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said the most beloved salat to Allah meaning of the week is salatul Fajr on the day of Jumu' in Jama'. So, you want to start a habit of coming to the masjid, you want to especially come to masjid at Fajr. Jumu' is a good day to start that habit. Especially young men, our young men, we need them to fill the masjid at all times.

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Continuing in Riyadh as-Salihin in the chapters in the book of al-Manthurat wal-Mulah the book of miscellaneous and interesting and beautiful stories. He begins this book of Riyadh as-Salihin with the chapters regarding ad-Dajjal and Ashrat as-Sa', the signs of the Day of Judgment which we have been reading through. The next narration that we mentions the narration of last night was regarding what? Last night. What did we talk about last night? Sometimes I feel I'm So, yesterday we spoke about Yathu aw Yahasiru al-Furatu an jabalin min thahab. No, that doesn't count. Yeah, you don't get to just finish my sentence for me and act like you Oh, I knew that all along. No, okay. So, that's what we mentioned yesterday. Today, the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentions to us a narration that is far after that incident. So, last night's narration and noble we tells us the narration in which the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam prophesied that at the at the you know, near the day of judgement, near the day of Yawm al-Qiyamah, before ad-Dajjal emerges that the Euphrates River will uncover a mountain of gold. In another wording, a mountain of golden treasure. And the people will then start to fight over it. Out of every 100 how many will die in its cause? 99. What is driving them to fight over this mountain of gold and accept these very dismal odds, 99 to 1, what call what drives them to or what conviction drives them to participate in such a in such an unwinnable I mean, 99 to 1, that's basically 100%. So, what drives people at that time in that area to fight that? Ignorance, the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam, well, that's implied, disintegration of values, dignity, right? That's implied because only such an environment would facilitate such behavior, but he tells us Yabunnu Annahu Najih. Each one of them, if you were to ask them, they are convinced that they are the ones who are going to be that one out of 99. Each of them is convinced that in spite of those dismal odds, 99 to 1, each of them is convinced that they are that one, right? They're special. They're very special. And this all leads back into the generalized attitude and behavior of people at the end of time just before the Dajjal emerges. So, for instance, our Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam tells us Idha ra'ayta al-nas.

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Bayna asabi'ihi yaqulu.

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Ra'yin bi ra'yihi He says that near the end of time when society starts to kind of fall apart and these giant mega huge international governments start to govern and people are viewed as numbers, this is all part of the prophecies that our prophet tells us will come to pass. He says, you will see in that environment that people there meaning that people will not be separated by values anymore. Everybody will all be one community. There's no good guys and bad guys. Everyone is good and everyone is bad simultaneously. It's all a mess, a tangled mess, right? he tells us that people's trust for each other and people's and people's trustworthiness will be almost all but absent, all but gone. That value of loyalty or that value of trustworthiness which will be incredibly rare. He says and people will be as such and he interlocked his fingers this. Meaning that the good and the bad, they're all twisted together, right? And one of the things that he tells us that every person will have an opinion and every person will be infatuated and set and enthralled by his or her own opinion. Where do opinions come from? Well, not really. When a person produces an opinion, let's say a person says, "This is wrong." or this is right or this is correct or this is incorrect. What is that? Where does it come from? It comes from what? From knowledge and conviction, correct? A person has experience, they have a history, and they also have certain knowledge. These things come together and they produce what we see as what? As an opinion. And so, opinions are only as relevant as the knowledge that they're based on, the knowledge that they draw from. And when opinions start to become "My opinion is this, my opinion is that." not based on knowledge and more specifically not based on the Quran and Sunnah, this is an incredibly dangerous phenomenon. And so, he tells us that everyone who has an opinion will be captivated, enthralled, convict convinced, and dead set on his or her own opinion. for instance, let's say I come to a person, let's say I come to Osama here, and I want to tell him something. I want to tell him this is right or this is wrong. Something he said, something he did, something he he values. I say, "This is right or this is wrong. Is it possible that I'm correct and he is incorrect? I'm the advisor, he is the advised. Is it possible that I am correct as the advisor and he is incorrect as the one being advised? Yes. But here's another question. Is it possible that even though I am going out of my way to moralize and advise, is it possible that I am mistaken and he is actually correct? Yes. But how many people when they seek out to state their opinion will be convinced or even even entertain the possibility that they could be incorrect? Very few. Very few people. And so opinions are only the the result of a person's knowledge, a person's experience, and a person's values. And for this reason the prophet alayhi wasallam he used to make dua that he would seek refuge in Allah.

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He would seek refuge in Allah from knowledge that is unbeneficial, that is inconsequential. Why? Because it may seem neutral. However, it all plays into what comes out of a human being as far as actions or statements or opinions. So, this is a snapshot of things before the emergence of a Dajjal. Here we have a narration after a Dajjal when Allah commands that the actual horn be blown by by which angel? Israfael alayhis salaam. So, listen to this narration. He says.

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This is a truly haunting narration. He tells us that at the end of time Medina will be uninhibited by human beings. Because after the jail and after the jail is slain and after Yajooj and Majooj and after Isa alayhis salaam passes away in Sahih Muslim, the prophet tells us that Allah will send a kind of breeze that will go under or as it comes in it will affect everyone who has in his heart even a grain weight of belief and it will claim their life. Every single person. Even in one narration, the prophet tells us even if that person were in the belly of a mountain, that breeze will come to collect him. And so, everyone with any belief in their heart will be taken by that light breeze. After that, there will only be the worst of humanity on the earth. Medina Medina, why do people live there? What's the only incentive to live in Medina? Huh? Islam, right? Belief. That's the only driving force to live in Medina. And so, Medina will be completely uninhabited near the end of time. He tells us, and he paints for us a picture that the only thing that will be running in Medina will be wild animals. Foxes and And he tells us in Muwatta Malik, another wording of this narration, that hatta yabulu yabulu al tha'labu ala al minbar. To the point that even a fox will be in the masjid, wild animals running around, and a wild fox or animals will even urinate in the place where the minbar is, where the prophet's minbar once sat. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. During this time, the Kaaba will be dismantled. It'll be taken apart brick by brick. Right? Who will destroy the Kaaba? Does anyone know? -huh. What's he What What is he called? Do you remember? Dhu way right? He will destroy the Kaaba trying to extract the treasure that is buried underneath the Kaaba. And so this place will be completely desolate. He tells us of two He tells us of two shepherds that are from the area of Muzaynah. Muzaynah is an area on the outskirts of Medina. They will be headed with their flocks to Medina for whatever reason. They're going to Medina. They have their flocks of livestock and they are on their way to Medina. They will be yelling at their sheep to try to control their sheep. A shepherd, you know, when sheep stray a little bit, you they learn commands to try to keep the shepherd to try to keep the flock together and headed in in a coherent direction. And so as the sheep start getting closer and closer to Medina, the sheep will start to be misbehaving and they will start yelling at their sheep. So terrifying. And what a what an eloquent description. He says they'll be yelling at their sheep to try to control them as they head into Medina, but suddenly they will find that their sheep are acting skittish and wild. The sheep sheep are tame and controllable. But they will suddenly start to see that the sheep are acting wild and uncontrollable. Why is that? Huh? No, not because of wild animals. The sheep will start acting wild animals. They won't be able to control these sheep. Why? What would cause an animal to behave this? Huh? Well, you know that you ever see animals before an earthquake, for instance? Or before a tornado? They they sense something is off. If a predator comes into a particular area of the forest, what happens? You stop hearing anything. It's dead quiet in the forest. Right? Because there's a predator around. Animals sense things that we don't sense. As a matter of fact, animals can hear the the torment of people in their graves. Is that not correct? They can hear the torment of people in their graves. And so, the animals will sense that something is wrong. Something is wrong and and crazy something is off balance. There's something off kilter. And so, these shepherds, they don't sense what the animals sense. So, they're yelling at their sheep. They're We're speaking about moments before the the blow into the horn. We're speaking about minutes before the blow into the horn. As they get close to Medina, suddenly their sheep will start acting wild, and they will be yelling at their sheep, and their sheep will be acting crazed and wild. He says, He says, He says, "And they will make their way through Thaniyyatul Wadaa'." Do we know what Thaniyyatul Wadaa' is? Thaniyyah, this is a a path on the outskirts of Medina that is referred to as the area of of departure. You know, in airports where we have kiss and goodbye areas. Do you guys ever see that? Those are in smaller airports small towns, but it's where it's referred to as Thaniyyatul Wadaa', the the place of farewell, it's because usually people when they would leave Medina, they would be accompanied by their family members or friends or whatever until they reach that area of Thaniyyatul Wadaa', and they would hug each other goodbye, and they would bid one another farewell, and that is where the traveler departs Medina officially. It's referred to as Thaniyyatul Wadaa', and that's the place where the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam what? arrived through when he made Hijrah, right? Min Thaniyyatul Wadaa'. All right? and so, when they reach Thaniyyatul Wadaa', meaning they're just about to enter Medina, they will fall flat their faces, meaning the horn will be blown. They will be frozen in place, and then their souls will be collected, leaving their bodies as empty husks. They're just about to enter Medina at Thaniyyat al-Wada. So, this is a kind of image of you know, what will happen when the horn is actually blown.

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