What is the fate of the rest of the world's nations, where will they be, and how will they be gathered, given the immense water barriers between them and the Hijaz, if the prophecy of a fire emerging from the land of the Hijaz that drives people to the land of gathering is true? And is this gathering partial and exclusive to Arabs?

It has been authentically reported in the hadith that a fire will emerge from the depths of Aden in Yemen, driving people to their place of gathering (mahshar). This is one of the major signs of the Hour. The fire of Hijaz, which illuminated the necks of camels in Busra, is also one of the signs of the Hour, but it does not mention the gathering. This fire already appeared in the seventh century AH. It appears that the first fire will begin in Aden and then spread throughout the earth to gather people from east to west. This view is supported by the fact that the seas will erupt into fire on the Day of Resurrection, as stated in His (Allah's) saying: "And when the seas are set aflaze" (Quran 81:6).