9. The Appearance of a Fire in Hijaaz

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Hour will not be established until a fire will come out of the land of hijaaz that will throw a light on the necks of the camels of Busra.” Busra is a town in Syria (different from Basra in Iraaq). Hijaaz is Makkah and Madinah – that area. Busra is hundreds of miles away. This sign actually occured. The fire was a volcano that was close to Madinah.

In the time of An-Nawawi, it was seen. An-Nawawi says, “In 1654 Hijri, a big fire came out in Madinah.”

Ibn Katheer says, “The bedouins were able to see the spark of light in Busra, on their camels.” (They saw it like lightening.)

Ibn Hajar says, “We think that this volcano that happened in Madinah was the one RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was talking about.” And it was discussed by Qurtubi, and other scholars.