Wednesday, June 13, 2012

46. Reign of Qahtaan


Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Hour will not be established until a man from Qahtaan appears, driving the people with his stick.” [Bukhaari V.9, B.88, #233]
The hadith may sound as if the man is evil because he is described as “driving the people with his stick”, but another hadith explains that he is righteous and one of the khulafaa`. So he is righteous, but strict and tough. Ibn Abbaas commented and said, “….all of them are righteous.”
Qahtaan is the ancestor of the Arabs of Yemen. He will be a khaalifa. He is very righteous, but he’s strict and tough. That means he will be very severe in his punishment as evil. That is why he is described as “pushing the people with a stick.” Allahu ‘Alam, this could be before Mehdi, but most likely it will be after.

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