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In the noble Hadith, what is meant by "then they will betray you to the extent that a woman will carry"? And does "whoever of them experiences anything, then is able to die, let him die" mean death in jihad? And how will "the servant awaken not knowing whether he is astray or guided" come to be? And will Islam be strange then?

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The meaning of the hadith is that the duration for which the Byzantines gather is like the period of a woman's pregnancy, i.e., nine months. The evidence for this is the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr: "And a truce will be between you and Banu al-Asfar (the Byzantines); they will gather against you for nine months, like the duration of a woman's pregnancy."

As for the phrase: "Whoever witnesses any of them, and then is able to die, let him die," its meaning is to show the abundance of evils and tribulations, to the extent that righteous people will wish for death.

And as for the phrase: "And a servant will wake up not knowing whether he is astray or guided?" This refers to the scarcity of knowledge, the prevalence of ignorance, and the death of scholars at the end of time, which causes an individual to fall into confusion and perplexity.

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