How valid is the claim that the Asian earthquake is the Eastern "Khasf" (swallowing by the earth) that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) spoke of?
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned that among the major signs of the Hour are three landslides: a landslide in the East, a landslide in the West, and a landslide in the Arabian Peninsula. It cannot be definitively asserted that the landslide that occurred in East Asia is the landslide mentioned as a major sign, although these mentioned landslides will inevitably occur before the Hour. It appears that these major landslides will have an enormous and very significant impact, and many landslides have already occurred, but the three mentioned landslides will be of greater magnitude, place, and impact. And although the last landslide is distinctive for the destruction it caused, there is nothing to confirm that it is the landslide mentioned in the Hadith.
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