প্রফেসি ও মিরাকেল (পর্ব-১)

মুকাদ্দিমাহ

পর্ব - ০১

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০১। পারস্যের বিরুদ্ধে বাইজেন্টাইনদের বিজয়।

"The Byzantines have been defeated. In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome. Within three to nine years." (Qur’an 30:2-4)

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২। মোঙ্গল/তাতারদের বাগদাদ আক্রমন।

Prophet (ﷺ) said that the Muslims would fight a people with flat faces and small eyes wearing shoes and clothes made of hair (i.e. fur) [24].

আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিতঃ রাসুলুল্লাহ (সাল্লাল্লাহু ‘আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম) বলেনঃ যে জাতি পশমযুক্ত জুতা পরবে সেই জাতির সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ না করা পর্যন্ত ক্বিয়ামাত হবে না। আর তোমরা ছোট চোখ, চেপ্টা নাক ও বর্মের মতো চওড়া ও মাংসল মুখমন্ডলবিশিষ্ট জাতির সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ না করা পর্যন্ত ক্বিয়ামাত হবে না। (সুনানে আবু দাউদ, ৪৩০৪, সহিহ)

মুসলিম ইবনূ আবূ বাক্‌রাহ (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিতঃ তিনি বলেন, আমি আমার পিতাকে বলতে শুনেছি, রাসূলুল্লাহ (সাল্লাল্লাহু ‘আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম) বলেছেনঃ দাজ্‌লা (তাইগ্রিস) নদীর তীরবর্তী নিচু এলাকায় ‘বাস্‌রাহ’ নামক স্থানে আমার উম্মাতের কিছু লোক বসতি স্থাপন করবে। সেই নদীর উপরে সেতু থাকবে আর নাগরিকের সংখ্যা হবে প্রচুর। আর এটা হবে মুহাজিরদের শহরসমূহের একটি। শেষ যামানায় চওড়া চেহারা ও ছোট চোখবিশিষ্ট ‘কানতূরা’ গোত্র সেই নদীর অববাহিকায় ঘাঁটি স্থাপন করবে এবং উক্ত শহরের বাসিন্দারা তিন দলে বিভক্ত হয়ে যাবে। এক দল গরুর লেজ ধরে মরুভূমিতে যাবে এবং ধ্বংস হবে। দ্বিতীয় দল নিজেদের জন্য নিরাপদ স্থান খুজবে এবং কাফির হয়ে যাবে। তৃতীয় দল তাদের পিছনে পরিবার-পরিজন ও সন্তানাদি রেখে দুশমনদের বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধে লিপ্ত হবে এবং শহীদ হবে। (সুনানে আবু দাউদ, ৪৩০৬, হাসান)

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৩। জেরুসালেম বিজয়।

Narrated `Auf bin Mali: I went to the Prophet (pbuh) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep, the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a truce between you and Bani Al-Asfar (i.e. the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers."

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In the year 637 AD, Jerusalem was captured from the Byzantines under the second Caliph.

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৪। মুসলিমদের প্লেগ দ্বারা আক্রান্ত হওয়া।

[A plague will ravage the Muslims.]

In the year 638 AD, a plague dubbed the “Plague of Amwas” or the “Plague of Emmaus” ravaged the Muslims in Syria and ended in tens of thousands of deaths. This was also under the rule of Umar. [3]

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৫। আরব বেদুইনদের ইমারত নির্মাণ।

The barefoot Bedouins competing in the construction of tall buildings.

Click here to read “Rags to Riches: The Bedouin Prophecy“.

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৬। খাওয়ারিজদের উৎপত্তি।

The emergence of the Khawarij (An extreme deviant group that was the precursor to ISIS and their ilk). [6][7][8]

The Prophet (pbuh) said: “There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur'an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game. [a hunted animal]”

Additionally, the Prophet ﷺ said that they would come from Iraq and that another distinguishing characteristic would be shaved heads. The Khawarij eventually appeared and fulfilled all of these signs. They came from Iraq and were extreme in their worship due to their flawed beliefs.

To them, a major sin like fornication meant apostasy. This idea made them fear so heavily that they would sin and apostate that they went to extremes in worship in an attempt to avoid those sins. Ironically, this same philosophy led to the other part of the prophecy coming true about them. That being the fact they would “go out of Islam as an arrow goes through the game”, i.e. they would apostate easily, which came from the burnout of acting in such a way along with attacking and excommunicating the rest of the Muslims.

Finally, the Khawarij also distinguished themselves by fully shaving their heads as a sign of asceticism which fulfilled the final part of the prophecy. [9]

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৭। বদরে নিহত হওয়া কাফিরদের নাম।

The locations and names of the fallen at the Battle of Badr.

Before the decisive Battle of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ went on the battlefield with at least one of his companions. He placed his hand on different areas on the ground and said, “this is the place where so-and-so will be killed”, naming the to-be-dead and their death-places. After the battle, that companion saw in the exact areas the Prophet ﷺ put his hand on the soldiers that were named. [10]

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas that when (the news of) the advance of Abu Sufyan (at the head of a force) reached him. the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held consultations with his Companions. The narrator said:

Abu Bakr spoke (expressing his own views), but he (the Holy Prophet) did not pay heed to him. Then spoke 'Umar (expressing his views), but he (the Holy Prophet) did not pay heed to him (too). Then Sa'd b. 'Ubada stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, you want us (to speak). By God in Whose control is my life, if you order us to plunge our horses into the sea, we would do so. If you order us to goad our horses to the most distant place like Bark al-Ghimad, we would do so. The narrator said: Now the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) called upon the people (for the encounter). So they set out and encamped at Badr. (Soon) the water-carriers of the Quraish arrived. Among them was a black slave belonging to Banu al-Hajjaj. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) caught him and interrogated him about Abu Sufyan and his companions. He said: I know nothing about Abu Sufyan, but Abu Jahl, Utba, Shaiba and Umayya b. Khalaf are there. When he said this, they beat him. Then he said: All right, I will tell you about Abu Sufyan. They would stop beating him and then ask him (again) about Abu Sufyan. He would again say', I know nothing about Abu Sufyan, but Abu Jahl. 'Utba, Shaiba and Umayya b. Khalaf are there. When he said this, they beat him likewise. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was standing in prayer. When he saw this he finished his prayer and said: By Allah in Whose control is my life, you beat him when he is telling you the truth, and you let him go when he tells you a lie. The narrator said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: This is the place where so and so would be killed. He placed his hand on the earth (saying) here and here; (and) none of them fell away from the place which the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had indicated by placing his hand on the earth. (Sahih Muslim 1779)

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৮. ফিতনার দরজা খোলার পূর্বে উমারের (রাযি) মৃত্যু।

The killing of Umar would be the door to the trials that will afflict the Muslims.

Umar was once sitting amongst some of the other companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked them if any of them remember what the Prophet (ﷺ) had said about the afflictions that the Muslims would face. Hudhaifa replied by telling Umar that there is no reason for him to be worried about those afflictions, as he will never experience them. He said, “Don't worry about it, O chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them.”. Umar said, "Will that door be broken or opened?" Hudaifa replied, "It will be broken." Umar asked further, "Then it will never be closed?" and Hudhaifa replied in the affirmative. [14]

Sahih al-Bukhari 7096

Narrated Shaqiq:

I heard Hudhaifa saying, "While we were sitting with `Umar, he said, 'Who among you remembers the statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the afflictions?' Hudhaifa said, "The affliction of a man in his family, his property, his children and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, Zakat (and alms) and enjoining good and forbidding evil." `Umar said, "I do not ask you about these afflictions, but about those afflictions which will move like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa said, "Don't worry about it, O chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them." `Umar said, "Will that door be broken or opened?" I said, "No. it will be broken." `Umar said, "Then it will never be closed," I said, "Yes." We asked Hudhaifa, "Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He replied, "Yes, as I know that there will be night before tomorrow morning, that is because I narrated to him a true narration free from errors." We dared not ask Hudhaifa as to whom the door represented so we ordered Masruq to ask him what does the door stand for? He replied, "`Umar."

Later, when Hudhaifa was asked what is meant by “the closed door”, he replied that it is Umar. This meant that Hudhaifa was saying that Umar would never face any of the large afflictions that were prophesied as Umar himself was the door to them, and this door would be “broken”, i.e. Umar would be killed.

Things ended up unfolding as Hudhaifa had known back then, for Umar was assassinated and a massive amount of trials had befallen the Muslims right after, many mentioned in the prophecy above this one.

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৯. জিহাদের ময়দানে সৈন্যর আত্মহত্যা।

The brave soldier in Hellfire.

During one of the battles the Muslims had with the pagans, there was a brave warrior amongst the Muslims which the other Muslims looked at in awe. As the two armies rested in their camps, the Prophet (ﷺ) heard this man being praised and said “He is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire." The people said were shocked and said, "Who amongst us will be of the dwellers of Paradise if this man is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire?". Thus, one of the men decided to follow this seemingly brave man in his next battle.

Later on, that man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him “I testify that you are the messenger of Allah.”. He explained that as he watched the brave warrior, the warrior was wounded. The soldier responded by immediately threw himself onto his sword, impaling it through his chest and committing suicide. As the Prophet (ﷺ) predicted, there was an insincerity in this warriors heart that the others could not see which was exposed by his suicide. The Prophet (ﷺ) then explained that a person may outwardly show the deeds of the dwellers of paradise his whole life, but in reality will be in Hell, and vice versa. [15]

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১০. দাওস গোত্রের যুল খালাসার রিভাইভাল

The revival of the cult of Dhul-Khalasa by the tribe of Daws.

Click here to read “Dhul-Khalasa Prophecy”.

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১১. সময় দ্রুত প্রবাহিত হবে

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The Hour will not begin until time passes quickly, so a year will be like a month, and a month will be like a week, and a week will be like a day, and a day will be like an hour, and an hour will be like the burning of a braid of palm leaves.” [20]

What is meant by “time passing quickly” is that the days will feel like they are passing quicker and that the people will do less beneficial deeds due to how fast time feels like it is going.

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১২. বিদ্রোহীদের হাতে আম্মারের (রাযি) হত্যা।

A band of rebels would kill ‘Ammar. [26]

‘Ammar, a companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), was told during the Battle of the Ditch that he would be killed by a band of rebels. Three decades after the prophecy was made, the Battle of Siffin, which is one of the battles between Ali and Muawiyah, had begun. Right before ‘Ammar had gone to battle, he asked for a drink. As ‘Ammar saw that he was given milk, he laughed and said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) told me that the last drink I would have from this world would be milk.” [27]. Finally, he went out to fight the rebellious group with Muawiyah and was martyred.

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১৩. সিযার ও কাইসারের মৃত্যুর পরে সাম্রাজ্যগুলো প্রতিপত্তি হারাবে।

The end of the Emperor’s influence.

The Arab tribe of Quraysh had embraced Islam, but something worried them. They relied heavily on the trade routes to and from Greater Syria and Iraq and they feared that they would be blocked from using them. What made them worry was the fact that both Greater Syria and Iraq were controlled by the Byzantium and Sassanid empires, empires that had their leaders reject Islam after being called to it.

When this worry was brought forth to the Prophet (ﷺ), he told them: “When Chosroes dies, there will be no Chosroes after him; and when Caesar dies, there will be no Caesar after him, [and] you will spend their treasures in the path of God.” [28] meaning that once these rulers pass away, their empires will lose their influence in these areas. As the Prophet (ﷺ) said, these empires lost their influence on these areas once their current rulers died, the Sassanid Empire even collapsing completely soon after.

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১৪. বাইযেন্টাইনদের সাসানিদদের বিরুদ্ধে বিজয়

Byzantine Comeback.

Click here to read “The Byzantine Comeback”

Allah the Almighty says in the Qur’an:

Th Byzantines have been defeated in the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will triumph within three to nine years. The whole matter rests with Allah before and after victory.

And on that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

Surah Ar-Rum, verses 2-5

There were two world superpowers at the time, the “Roman” Byzantines, and the Persian Sassanids. The two had begun a massive war with one another, with the Sassanids clearly coming out on top. The Sassanids had taken Byzantine Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Anatolia, and even the Byzantine True Cross artifact. Thus, the Byzantine empire was headed for ruin. They lost everything to the Persian Sassanids in a major war, and hope was low. [1]

During this time of absolute loss for the Byzantines, the Qur’an made a bold claim. It stated that the Byzantines would make a huge comeback against the Sassanian’s within 3 to 9 years. Imagine the consequences of this. The risk is immense with this claim. If 9 years pass and this prophecy does not come true, the Prophet ﷺ will be proven to be a false prophet. Does it make sense for a liar to do something so risky?

Here is what Edward Gibbon had to say in “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” about this prophecy:

“At the time when this prediction is said to have been delivered, no prophecy could be more distant from its accomplishment, since the first twelve years of [the Byzantine King] Heraclius announced the approaching dissolution of the [Byzantine] empire.” [2]

The only thing that an ordinary observer could have seen is the Sassanian’s demolishing the Byzantines and the incoming dissolution of the Byzantine empire. Of course, the prophecy did come true despite this. After about 7 years from the Byzantines defeat, they made a huge comeback and started to take back all of the lands they lost. No observer would have expected such a thing to happen, yet the Prophet ﷺ and the Muslims knew otherwise.

This is how much land the Sassanids lost control of by the end of the Byzantine comeback.

References:

Daryaee, Touraj. SASANIAN PERSIA: the Rise and Fall of an Empire. BLOOMSBURY, 2021, pp. 33.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, vol. 8, DeFau, 1907, p. 48.

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১৫. মুসলিমদের হাতে সাসানিদদের পরাজয়

The destruction of the Sassanid Empire.

Click here to read “The Destruction of the Sassanids”

The Muslims would be the ones to take over the Sassanid Empire.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There would lie open for a group of Muslims the treasures of the family of Chosroes, which would be in the white palace.” [29]. Not too long after the Prophet (ﷺ) passed away, the Muslims had become so powerful that they took over Persia and gave the final blow to the Sassanid Empire, destroying it forever. When the Muslims entered their conquered land, the white palace where the Chosroes kept an immense amount of treasure laid wide open for them.

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১৬. প্রকাশ্যে যৌনমিলন

Prevalence of fornication in public.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.” [30] meaning fornication in the public space will become common.

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১৭. প্রকাশ্য অশ্লীলতা নতুন ও অজানা রোগের জন্ম দিবে

Open sexual immorality will result in diseases unknown to the peoples’ predecessors.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “[Sexual] immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them.” [31].

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১৮. সন্তানেরা প্যারেন্টকে অসম্মান করবে

Children will treat their parents with disrespect, neglecting and insulting them.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “[One of the signs of the Hour is] that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master.” [32].

There are several views among the scholars as to what this means. The view favored by Ibn Hajar is that there will be widespread disobedience among children, so that a child will treat his mother as an oppressive master treats his slave woman, with negligence and insults.

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১৯. রাসুলুল্লাহ (সা) এর মৃত্যুর পরে সর্বপ্রথম কে মারা যাবেন

Who will be the first of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) family to pass away after him?

While the Prophet (ﷺ) was on his deathbed, he called his daughter, Fatima, to him. He whispered to her one thing, and she cried, then he whispered a second thing to her and she laughed. The Prophet (ﷺ) had told her at first, “Gabriel used to review the Qur’an with me one time each year, and he reviewed it twice with me this year. I do not see this [to mean] except that my time has arrived, and you will be the first of my family to catch up with me.” and she cried. Then he told her, “Are you not pleased to be the queen of the believers [in Paradise]?” so she laughed. [33]

This is two prophecies in one, but I will only count it as one. Since Gabriel reviewed the Qur’an twice with the Prophet (ﷺ) that year, that meant that the Prophet (ﷺ) would not survive to reach the next year. Additionally, he told his daughter Fatima that she would be the first to “catch up with him”, i.e. she would be the first to die after the Prophet (ﷺ). Things ended up unfolding exactly as he said, as Fatima died less than a year after the Prophet (ﷺ), being the first to catch up with him.

The next two prophecies are part of one hadith.

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২০. বড় সাহাবাদের মৃত্যু

The martyrdom of Umar.

The martyrdom of Uthman.

The Prophet (ﷺ) once climbed Mount Uhud with Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Umar, and Uthman, and the mountain shook. The Prophet responded by saying “Be firm Uhud, for upon you are none other than a Prophet, a Siddiq, and two martyrs.” [34].

The Prophet describes himself and Abu Bakr by their known titles, then he names Umar and Uthman as martyrs.

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২১. মুনাফিকেরা উসমানকে তার শার্ট খুলতে বাধ্য করবে

The hypocrites will demand Uthman to “remove his shirt”.

The reason is that the Prophet (ﷺ) knew that some evil people would demand Uthman to give up his leadership and threaten him, so he warned Uthman about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Uthman, “O 'Uthman! Indeed Allah may give you a shirt, and if [some of the people] wish that you take it off, do not take it off for them." [35].

২২. হাসান কর্তৃক আলী-মুয়াবিয়ার মধ্যে সন্ধি করাবে

Hassan will be the one to reconcile the groups of Ali and Mu’awiyah.

He took his grandson, al-Hassan, and said "This son of mine is a Chief and I hope that Allah will help him bring about reconciliation between two Muslim groups." [36].

২৩. উম্ম হারামের নৌযুদ্ধে অংশ নেওয়া

(36-39) Um Haram and the Muslim conquests.

Um Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Paradise is granted to the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition." Um Haram added, I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Will I be amongst them?' He replied, 'You are amongst them.' The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, 'The first army amongst my followers who will invade Caesar's City [Constantinople] will be forgiven their sins.' I asked, 'Will I be one of them, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?' He replied in the negative." [37]

A/ and that [it would be so soon that] Um Haram would live until that time,

B/ Um Haram ended up being in the first Muslim army unit which took a naval expedition

C/ died shortly after and did not live to witness or partake in the conquest of Constantinople.

২৪. উম্ম হারামের কনস্টান্টিনোপল বিজয়ের পূর্বে মৃত্যু

36-39) Um Haram and the Muslim conquests.

A/ and that [it would be so soon that] Um Haram would live until that time,

B/ Um Haram ended up being in the first Muslim army unit which took a naval expedition

C/ died shortly after and did not live to witness or partake in the conquest of Constantinople.

২৫. উমাইয়া বিন খালাফের মৃত্যু

The killing of Umaya bin Khalaf.

Umaya bin Khalaf was a heinous man. Once Islam was beginning to be preached in public and idolatry was spoken against, the pagans of Quraysh increased in animosity towards the Muslims. They started to torture and kill the Muslims in the streets to force them to renounce their Islam for years on end. Umaya was one of these men, as he took his slave, Bilal, and force him to lie on the hot desert sand while a large rock was placed on his chest.

Despite his staunch resistance against Islam, he subconsciously accepted it as the truth. When he heard that the Prophet (ﷺ) had predicted that the Muslims would kill him, Umaya was terrified. He took every precaution to avoid any conflict with the Muslims as he knew that the Prophethood of Muhammad (ﷺ) was true, and thus heeded this warning. He swore to himself, “By Allah, I will never leave Mecca.”.

Then the day came when Abu Jahl was rallying the pagans to fight the Muslims. Umaya still had fear in his heart due to the prophecy, and thus refused to go, but Abu Jahl would not relent on Umaya. Eventually, Umaya broke and said that he would go out to fight the Muslims, but on the condition that he would buy the best camel he could and that he would only go for a short distance to protect himself.

Umaya’s wife knew of the prophecy and was also scared for him so she reminded him of it as he was heading out, but he comforted her by telling her he would take the precautions and not be out for long. Despite his best efforts to avoid battle and to take as many precautions as possible, he was caught in battle with the Muslims and was killed in the Battle of Badr [44].

Sahih al-Bukhari 3950

Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud:

From Sa`d bin Mu`adh: Sa`d bin Mu`adh was an intimate friend of Umaiya bin Khalaf and whenever Umaiya passed through Medina, he used to stay with Sa`d, and whenever Sa`d went to Mecca, he used to stay with Umaiya. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived at Medina, Sa`d went to perform `Umra and stayed at Umaiya's home in Mecca. He said to Umaiya, "Tell me of a time when (the Mosque) is empty so that I may be able to perform Tawaf around the Ka`ba." So Umaiya went with him about midday. Abu Jahl met them and said, "O Abu Safwan! Who is this man accompanying you?" He said, "He is Sa`d." Abu Jahl addressed Sa`d saying, "I see you wandering about safely in Mecca inspite of the fact that you have given shelter to the people who have changed their religion (i.e. became Muslims) and have claimed that you will help them and support them. By Allah, if you were not in the company of Abu Safwan, you would not be able to go your family safely." Sa`d, raising his voice, said to him, "By Allah, if you should stop me from doing this (i.e. performing Tawaf) I would certainly prevent you from something which is more valuable for you, that is, your passage through Medina." On this, Umaiya said to him, "O Sa`d do not raise your voice before Abu-l-Hakam, the chief of the people of the Valley (of Mecca)." Sa`d said, "O Umaiya, stop that! By Allah, I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) predicting that the Muslim will kill you." Umaiya asked, "In Mecca?" Sa`d said, "I do not know." Umaiya was greatly scared by that news. When Umaiya returned to his family, he said to his wife, "O Um Safwan! Don't you know what Sa`d told me? "She said, "What has he told you?" He replied, "He claims that Muhammad has informed them (i.e. companions that they will kill me. I asked him, 'In Mecca?' He replied, 'I do not know." Then Umaiya added, "By Allah, I will never go out of Mecca." But when the day of (the Ghazwa of) Badr came, Abu Jahl called the people to war, saying, "Go and protect your caravan." But Umaiya disliked to go out (of Mecca). Abu Jahl came to him and said, "O Abu Safwan! If the people see you staying behind though you are the chief of the people of the Valley, then they will remain behind with you." Abu Jahl kept on urging him to go until he (i.e. Umaiya) said, "As you have forced me to change my mind, by Allah, I will buy the best camel in Mecca. Then Umaiya said (to his wife). "O Um Safwan, prepare what I need (for the journey)." She said to him, "O Abu Safwan! Have you forgotten what your Yathribi brother told you?" He said, "No, but I do not want to go with them but for a short distance." So when Umaiya went out, he used to tie his camel wherever he camped. He kept on doing that till Allah caused him to be killed at Badr.

২৬. উয়াইস আল-কারনীর সাথে উমারের সাক্ষাৎ

The history of Uwais al-Qarani.

While the Prophet (ﷺ) was still alive, he told Umar ibn al-Khattab about a pious man that he would meet in the future. He told Umar that this man would be named Uwais coming as reinforcements from Yemen, being from the tribe Qaran of Murid. Additionally, Uwais would have had his leprosy cured except for the space of a coin and that his mother would be alive and his treatment of her would be well.

Years later, after the Prophet (ﷺ) had passed away, reinforcements from Yemen came to aid the Muslim army and Umar was there. He remembered what he had heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked around for Uwais.

Umar went around asking “Is there amongst you Uwais b. 'Amir?” until he met Uwais. Umar continued to check every attribute of Uwais that the Prophet (ﷺ) had described and they were all accurate. Umar then said, “I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: “There would come to you Uwais b. Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. (He would be) from Qaran, (the branch) of Murid. He had been suffering from leprosy from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been excellent. If he were to take an oath in the name of Allah, He would honour that. And if it is possible for you, then do ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from your Lord).”” So Uwais prayed for Umar. Then Umar asked Uwais where he was going and offered to make his living easier there, but Uwais replied that he would rather live amongst its poor [45].

Sahih Muslim 2542 c

Usair b. Jabir reported that when people from Yemen came to help (the Muslim army at the time of jihad) he asked them:

Is there amongst you Uwais b. 'Amir? (He continued finding him out) until he met Uwais. He said: Are you Uwais b., Amir? He said: Yes. He said: Are you from the tribe of Qaran? He said: Yes. He (Hadrat) 'Umar (again) said: Did you suffer from leprosy and then you were cured from it but for the space of a dirham? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: Is your mother (living)? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: There would come to you Uwais b. Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. (He would be) from Qaran, (the branch) of Murid. He had been suffering from leprosy from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been excellent. If he were to take an oath in the name of Allah, He would honour that. And if it is possible for you, then do ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from your Lord). So he (Uwais) begged forgiveness for him. Umar said: Where do you intend to go? He said: To Kufa. He ('Umar) said: Let me write a letter for you to its governor, whereupon he (Uwais) said: I love to live amongst the poor people. When it was the next year, a person from among the elite (of Kufa) performed Hajj and he met Umar. He asked him about Uwais. He said: I left him in a state with meagre means of sustenance. (Thereupon) Umar said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: There would come to you Uwais b. 'Amir, of Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murid, along with the reinforcement of the people of Yemen. He had been suffering from leprosy which would have been cured but for the space of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been very kind. If he would take an oath in the name of Allah (for something) He would honour it. Ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from Allah) in case it is possible for you. So he came to Uwais and said.: Beg forgiveness (from Allah) for me. He (Uwais) said: You have just come from a sacred journey (Hajj) ; you, therefore, ask forgiveness for me. He (the person who had performed Hajj) said: Ask forgiveness for me (from Allah). He (Uwais again) said: You have just come from the sacred journey, so you ask forgiveness for me. (Uwais further) said: Did you meet Umar? He said: Yes. He (Uwais) then begged forgiveness for him (from Allah). So the people came to know about (the status of religious piety) of Uwais. He went away (from that place). Usair said: His clothing consisted of a mantle, and whosoever saw him said: From where did Uwais get this mantle?

২৭. তাবুকে বাতাসের ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী

The windy night.

“When we [were traveling and] reached Tabuk, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be a strong wind tonight and so no one should stand and whoever has a camel, should fasten it." So we fastened our camels. A strong wind blew at night and a man stood up and he was blown away to a mountain called Taiy.” [48].

২৮. মুসলমানদের সংখ্যা বেশি হয়েও পরাজিত থাকবে

Muslims will be many but the non-Muslims will devour them.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The people will soon summon one another to attack you just as people eating invite others to share their dish.” Someone asked: “Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?” He replied: “No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the chests of your enemy and cast wahn into your hearts.” Someone asked: “What is wahn?” He replied: “Love of the world and hatred of death.” [49].

Sunan Abi Dawud 4297

Narrated Thawban:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their dish. Someone asked: Will that be because of our small numbers at that time? He replied: No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the breasts of your enemy and last enervation into your hearts. Someone asked: What is wahn (enervation). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): He replied: Love of the world and dislike of death.

২৯. হেজাযের আগুন

The appearance of a Fire from Hijaz which would illuminate the necks of the camels of Busra.

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৩৮

The Muslim conquest of Greater Syria

“One of the greatest hardships to befall Muhammad was the Battle of the Trench. In the year 627 CE, a coalition army of pagan Arabs, numbering 10,000 men, attacked the only Muslim city in the world at the time, Medina. This was a good opportunity for the enemies of Islam to wipe out Muslims from the face of the earth. The Muslims were outnumbered three to one, and for two whole weeks they were under siege….

Shortly before the battle commenced, whilst the Muslims were digging a trench around the city of Medina in preparation for the impending attack, when they were facing impossible odds and were staring in the face of certain defeat, Muhammad made a bold prediction:”

The Prophet (ﷺ) then prophesied that the Muslims would conquer Greater Syria, as well as

The Muslim conquest of Persia, and

The Muslim conquest of Yemen. [3]

“Muhammad (ﷺ) made the astonishing claim that the Muslims would not only take the lands of Yemen and Greater Syria, which was under the occupation of the Roman empire, but that they would also defeat the mighty Persian empire, one of the world’s great superpowers.”.

৩০. খিলাফত ৩০ বছর থাকবে

The caliphate will be for thirty years, then there will be a monarchy after that.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The Caliphate will be in my Ummah for thirty years, then there will be monarchy after that.”

Abu Bakr ruled for approximately two years, then Umar for ten, then Uthman for twelve, then Ali for five, then after Hassan ruled for a while, he gave Mu’awiyah leadership and the Umayyad dynasty came.

Safinah, the narrator of this hadith who was a companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), said to Sa’id, “Count the Caliphate of Abu Bakr,” then he said: “Count the Caliphate of 'Umar and the Caliphate of 'Uthman.” Then he said to me: “Count the Caliphate of 'Ali.", then Sa’id said: "So we found that they add up to thirty years." [7].

Ibn al-Arabi al-Maliki (not the heretic) said, “And the promise of the Truthful (ﷺ) came to pass… [the period of the caliphate] neither exceeded nor fell short a day, so glory be to the All-Encompassing; there is no other Lord but He.” [8].

৩১. সাকিফের হত্যাকারী আর মিথ্যুক

A great murderer would be born from Thaqif.

One of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), Abdullah ibn Zubair, was crucified on the road from Medina to Mecca by the tyrant king Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. Hajjaj was a Thaqafi and had killed many of the companions. After a while, Zubairs corpse was thrown into the graveyard of the Jews as an insult towards him. Feeling proud with his sin, Hajjaj called for Zubairs mother, Asma’, to come meet him. She refused multiple times, and his ego was hurt. So he went to her instead.

Hajjaj went to the mother of Zubair and boasted, “What do you think of what I’ve done to the enemy of Allah?”. She replied, “I think that you’ve destroyed his worldly life and destroyed your own afterlife.”. Then, she narrated something she heard from the Prophet (ﷺ), “The Prophet (ﷺ) told us that from Thaqif, there would be born a great liar and great murderer. The liar we have seen, and as far as the murderer is concerned, I do not find anyone else besides you.”. Hajjaj then got up and left with no reply [9].

A great liar would be born from Thaqif.

As mentioned in the previous prophecy, a great liar was prophesied to come from Thaqif (a tribe). The question is, who is this great liar? Asma’ knew who it was while she spoke to Hajjaj and it was al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi.

Mukhtar deceived many people and gathered a following before telling them that Gabriel is bringing him revelation. Eventually, Mukhtar became bold enough to proclaim prophethood. Mukhtar brought a lot of trouble to the Muslims due to his cunning deceit. His deceit eventually brought the Kaysaniyya sect, and his lies still lives on today as the Shia fell for his tricks and see him as a good man despite his evil.

৩২. রিবার ছড়িয়ে পড়া

Interest will become so widespread that even the one who tries to avoid it will still feel its consequences.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A time will come upon people in which they will consume usury.” It was said, “All of the people?”. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Whoever does not consume it will be affected by its dust.” [10].

৩৩. রাসুল (সা) এর পরে যাইনাবের মৃত্যু

The first wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) to pass after him will be the most generous.

Some of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest hand.".

Aisha then says, “It was the hand of Zainab that was the longest amongst them, as she used to work with her hand and spend (that income) on charity.” and Zainab was the first wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) to pass after him [18].

৩৪. মুনাফিক রিফা বিন যাইদের মৃত্যু

The wind that brought news.

Jabir reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) came back from a journey, and as he was near Medina, there was such a violent gale that the mountain seemed to be pressed. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “This wind has brought news of the death of a hypocrite.”. As they reached Medina, they were told a notorious hypocrite from amongst the hypocrites had died [23].

The notorious hypocrite was Rifa’ah bin Zayd, an influential Jew who pretended to be Muslim to try and destroy Islam from within.

৩৫. মিসর বিজয়

The Muslims will conquer Egypt, along with some advice about it.

Abu Dharr reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:

“You will soon conquer Egypt... So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well, for they have a right of kinship upon you. And when you see two persons falling into dispute amongst themselves for the space of a brick, then get out of that land.”. Abu Dharr said: I saw Abd al-Rahman bin Shurahbil and his brother Rabi'a disputing with one another for the space of a brick. So I left that land [25].

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৩৬. রোমের আগে বাইযানটাইন বিজয়

Constantinople will be conquered by the Muslims before Rome.

Someone asked the Prophet (ﷺ), “Which city will be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome?”, and the Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “The city of Heraclius will be liberated first.”, meaning Constantinople [26].

800 years later, Constantinople was conquered by the Muslims, and Rome is yet to be liberated.

৩৭. লোকজন মোটা হবে

Obesity/fatness will spread amongst Muslims.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best of my nation is the generation among whom I was sent, then those who follow them, then there shall appear people who testify while their testimony was not sought, who are treacherous, not trusted, and fatness shall spread among them." [32].

৩৮. পরিচিতদের সালাম দেওয়া হবে শুধু

People still stop greeting each other in the street, saving their greetings only for those they know.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Verily, before the Final Hour, people will only greet those that they know.” [34].

৩৯. আয়েশার (রাযি) সাথে আলীর (রাযি) কনফ্লিক্ট

The issue between Ali and Aisha, and advice to Ali.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to ‘Ali, “There will be an issue between you and Aisha.” He said, “Me, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Me?!” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Then I would be the worst of them (i.e. the worst of people).” He said, “No, but when this occurs, return her to her safe quarters.” [35].

৪০. Battle of the Trench এর পরে মুসলিমরা প্রথম আক্রমন করবে

The disbelievers would not attack Muslims after the Battle of the Trench.

Narrated Sulaiman bin Surd:

When the clans were driven away [after the Battle of the Trench], I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "From now onwards we will go to attack them (i.e. the Pagans and Jews who fought the Muslims at the time) and they will not come to attack us, but we will go to them." [38].

The Prophet (ﷺ) knew what would come to pass, as the Battle of the Trench was one of the pivotal moments of Islamic history. After it, the Muslims stopped being the ones in a weaker position of power and the Muslims would initiate the battles, one of them being the Conquest of Mecca (although it was barely a battle since there was little fighting). It ended with the Muslims enacting a rule of justice on those around them, as the Muslims were given authority over the rest.

৪১. কুরাইশদের কাছে হাতিবের চিঠি

Hatibs’ letter to the polytheists.

Ali, Zubair, and Abu Marthad were once called by the Prophet (ﷺ) and told, “Go to Raudat Hajj, there will be a woman carrying a letter from Hatib to the Pagans, bring that letter to me.”. The three went off on their horses and found a woman in that same place on a camel, so they stopped her. “Where is the letter?” Ali asked, and the woman replied, “I don’t have any letter.”. Her luggage was searched and nothing was found, so the others said to Ali, “We think she doesn’t have a letter.” to which Ali replied, “We know the Prophet (ﷺ) has not lied to us.”

Eventually, the woman broke and gave them the letter, which they brought back to the Prophet (ﷺ) [40].

৪২. যাইদ, জাফর, ইবন রাওয়াহার মৃত্যুর ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী

The news of a far army.

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) had informed the people about the death of Zaid, Ja`far and Ibn Rawaha before the news of their death reached them.

He said with his eyes flowing with tears, "Zaid took the flag and was martyred; then Ja`far took the flag and was martyred, and then Ibn Rawaha took the flag and was martyred. Finally, the flag was taken by one of Allah's Swords (i.e. Khalid bin Al-Walid) and Allah gave them (i.e. the Muslims) victory." [43].