RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was asked about the Hour. RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Only Allah know, but I will tell you some of the
signs. There will be fitna and haraj.” The Sahabah asked, “What is haraj?”
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “It means, in the language of
Abyssinia, Killing.” Then he said, “People would not know each other.” During
that time, it will be the law of the jungle. People would know each other [in
the technical sense], but they would act like they don’t in their treatment of
one another. There would be hostility between people. People would treat others
as if they are nothing.
The Sahabah knew
about this, and they would advise each other. In a narration by At-Tabarani,
Mu’aadh ibn Jabal and Abu ‘Ubaydah advised ‘Umar ibn AlKhattab [when he was
khalifa] in a letter and they gave him advice. Amongst the advice they gave
him, they said: “We were talking amongst ourselves about the end of time for
this Ummah and the people will be like brothers in public, but be enemies in
private.” ‘Umar responded to them and said, “You sent me a letter, warning me
of a time when the people will act like brothers in public, but be enemies in
private, but I am telling you that this is not talking about you or this age
and time. These people would have interests and fear. They have interests among
themselves only for benefit in the world. Nothing will be for the sake of
Allah.”
We find this a
lot now – it is rare to find people who know each other and love each other for
the sake of Allah alone.
Whatever is
based on the interest of this world will not continue. And whatever is based on
the akhirah will continue. The only unified direction is the direction towards
the hereafter. In dunya, people’s interests will also conflict, in one place or
another; they cannot agree on everything.
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