The Hour and Its Signs
171 questions
Is the repentance of one who apostatized and reached the point of disbelief accepted, when he fears his repentance may not be accepted due to the appearance of the Hour's signs and his despair, citing the verse "When they saw Our might" and Ibn Kathir's interpretation that repentance is not accepted upon witnessing death?
What is the ruling regarding the call of Salah Abu Arafa from Jerusalem, who believes that it is impermissible to author and disseminate knowledge, and that knowledge is found only in the Qur'an and Sunnah, considering books other than the Qur'an and Sunnah as innovations, and who considers the terms (Aqidah, Sifah, Mu'jizah) as bid'ah?
Is there a Prophetic Hadith reported concerning high prices at the End of Time?
Why did Jesus (peace be upon him) not die, and why will he appear at the End of Time as one of the signs of the Hour?
Is it true that the death of pigs is one of the minor signs of the Day of Judgment?
What are the most prominent major tribulations and trials that precede the Day of Resurrection and distinguish between the believer and the disbeliever?
Is it true that the three eclipses and the fire are among the major signs of the Hour that only disbelievers will witness, while believers will witness the rest of the signs?
Did the Qur'an mention when the Mahdi will emerge to save Muslims?
What are the minor signs that have not yet appeared, except for the Mahdi?
What is the validity of the statement of one who claims that Gog and Magog have already emerged?
Is it a sign of the Hour that days will pass quickly and be short?
Is the sudden heart palpitation that afflicts me when committing a sin a punishment from Allah? And do the verses apply to me: "So their faith did not profit them when they saw Our might. [This is] the established way of Allah which has passed concerning His servants; and the disbelievers then lost [all means of defense]" and "Do they await but that the angels should come to them or that your Lord should come or that some of the signs of your Lord should come? The Day some of the signs of your Lord come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, 'Wait; indeed, We are waiting'"? Especially after I pledged to Allah to abandon this sin, then broke my pledge. And is my cessation from sins and my beginning of new acts of obedience an indication of the acceptance of my repentance?
Will all people and all countries see the sun rise from the west at the same time, despite the variation in its rising from one country to another?
What is the meaning of "al-mathnāt" mentioned in the noble Prophetic Hadith: "Among the signs—and in another narration, portents—of the Hour is that the wicked will be elevated, and the good will be debased; speech will be abundant, and deeds will be scarce; and 'al-mathnāt' will be recited among the people, with no one among them condemning it," which was interpreted as "whatever was written down other than the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted"?
Why did the Messenger, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, inform us of the signs of the Hour, and does the fact that an action is one of the signs of the Hour necessitate abandoning it?
How was the Prophet afraid of the Hour suddenly commencing in his time, despite the non-completion of its signs, which would require many long years?
Do the events in Syria and elsewhere indicate the approaching of the Hour, and what are the authentic hadiths that point to this and their explanations? Is there a verified book about the Hour and its signs, and what is the believer's duty concerning these tribulations?
Why didn't the signs of the Hour rapidly manifest after the appearance of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as the first of these signs, and how do you explain Israel's current power on Earth?
Is the Hadith: "Faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni" intended to refer to the Household of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt), given the phrase "and I am from Yemen" or "and I am Yemeni" in some of its narrations, and because the Household of the Prophet resided on the right side of the Prophet's Mosque? Or does it refer to the people of Mecca and Medina? And what is the reason for specifying the people of Yemen with wisdom in this Hadith, given that their wisdom has not been historically prominent compared to their jihad? And does the name "Yemen" historically include the southern regions of the Arabian Peninsula, from Hadhramaut in the east to Aden and Bab al-Mandab in the west, or is it limited to Sana'a and its surroundings?
Is the dome of the mosque an innovation?
To what extent is the hadith "Watching an hour is better than seventy years of worship" authentic, and does it have a basis in the books of the Six Hadith Collections?
How authentic is the Hadith that mentions the disappearance of humility, the increase of sudden death, earthquakes, and killing (al-harj), the decrease of greetings among Muslims, and boasting about sin in the End of Times, and that these are signs of the Hour's approach?
Is it permissible to pray for a longer life in order to witness the descent of Jesus (peace be upon him) and the major signs of the Hour, for the purpose of strengthening one's faith?
Is it permissible to obligate a Muslim to perform the Fajr prayer half an hour after the Adhan based on the Almighty’s saying: "until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]," and on the Hadith about the two dawns? And does performing the prayer immediately after the Adhan invalidate it?