The signs of the appearance of the Mahdi are the collection of events, according to

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, that will occur before the arrival of the

Mahdi The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a Messianism, messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the Eschatology, end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a de ...

, The signs differ based on

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

and

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Sunni signs

Mahdi will be the last of the minor signs of the

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. Therefore all signs of the Judgement Day are also considered as the signs of the appearance of Mahdi.

Minor signs

# The coming of '' fitna'' ( tribulations) and removal of '' khushoo'' ( fearfulness of God, reverence of God, etc.)

Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...

, Book 1,

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

0213 # A person passing by a grave might say to another the following: "I wish it were my abode."

, Book 41,

6947 # The loss of honesty, as well as authority put in the hands of those who do not deserve it.

Sahih Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

, Volume 8, Book 076,

503 # The loss of knowledge and the prevalence of religious ignorance.

Volume 1, Book 3,

81 # Frequent, sudden, and unexpected deaths.

Book 41,

7040 # Increase in Al-Harj (pointless killings).

Volume 9, Book 88,

184 # Acceleration of time.

, Vol. 2, Book 17,

146 # Rejection of the

. Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 41,

4587 # The spread of ''

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, which includes both the

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and

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. See also

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, ''

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'', and ''

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''.For further informations, see the articles

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, Lut (prophet in Islam), and

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.For further informations, see the articles Cousin marriage in Islam,

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, and ''

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''. and the drinking of alcohol.

Book 41,

7015 # Widespread acceptance of

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

Volume 7, Book 69,

494 # Pride and competition in the decoration of mosques. Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 1, Book 4,

739 # Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man. # Abundance of

earthquakes An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...

Volume 9, Book 88,

237 # Frequent occurrences of disgrace, distortion, public humiliation and defamation.

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad ''Al-adab al-mufrad'' ( ar, الأدب المفرد) is a topical book of hadiths collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari addressing the question of perfecting Muslim manners. Description The book has hadith about the manners of Islamic prophet Muha ...

485, Book 1,

3 # When people wish to die because of the severe trials and tribulations that they are suffering.

Volume 9, Book 88,

231 # When paying charity becomes a burden.

Volume 9, Book 88,

236 # Nomads will compete in the construction of very tall buildings. # Women will appear naked despite their being dressed.

Book 40,

6840 # People will seek knowledge from misguided and straying scholars.

, Vol. 1, Book 3,

100 , Musnad Imam Ahmad (no.21,334 and no.21,335 # Liars will be believed, honest people disbelieved, and faithful people called traitors. Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book 36,

4036 # The death of righteous, knowledgeable people. # The emergence of indecency (obscenity) and enmity among relatives and neighbours.Musnad Ahmad # The rise of

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and

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within the

Ummah ' (; ar, أمة ) is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from ' ( ), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history. It is a synonym for ' ...

Jami` at-Tirmidhi Jami at-Tirmidhi ( ar, جامع الترمذي), also known as Sunan at-Tirmidhi, is one of "the six books" ('' Kutub al-Sittah'' - the six major hadith collections). It was collected by Al-Tirmidhi. He began compiling it after the year 250 A.H. ...

, Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2219 , Abu-Dawud, Book 36, Hadith 4239 # The

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will uncover a mountain of

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Book 041,

6918 # The land of the Arabs will return to being a land of rivers and fields.

Book 5,

2208 # People will increasingly earn money by unlawful (Haram) ways.

, Vol. 3, Book 34,

275 # There will be much rain but little vegetation.Reported by Anas and declared Sahih by Hasan al Albani # Evil people will be expelled from

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

Book 7,

3188 # Wild animals will communicate with humans, and humans will communicate with objects.

, Vol. 4, Book 7,

2181 # Lightning and thunder will become more prevalent.Ahmad # There will be a special greeting for people of distinction. # Trade will become so widespread that a woman will help her husband in business. # No truly honest man will remain and no one will be trusted.

, Vol. 9, Book 88,

208 # Only the worst people will be left; they will not know any good nor forbid any evil (i.e. No one will say there is no god but Allah). # Nations will call each other to destroy Islam by any and every means. # Islamic knowledge will be passed on, but no one will follow it correctly.

, Vol. 5, Book 39,

2653 # Muslim rulers will come who do not follow the guidance and tradition of the

Sunnah In Islam, , also spelled ( ar, سنة), are the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time evidently saw and followed and passed ...

. Some of their men will have the hearts of devils in a human body.

1847 # Stinginess will become more widespread and honorable people will perish.Mujamma'uz-Zawaa'id 7/327 # A man will obey his wife and disobey his mother, and treat his friend kindly while shunning his father.

Sunan al-Tirmidhi Jami at-Tirmidhi ( ar, جامع الترمذي), also known as Sunan at-Tirmidhi, is one of " the six books" (''Kutub al-Sittah'' - the six major hadith collections). It was collected by Al-Tirmidhi. He began compiling it after the year 250 A.H. ...

, Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2211 and Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2210 Grade:

Da'if Hadith terminology ( ar, مصطلح الحديث, muṣṭalaḥu l-ḥadīth) is the body of terminology in Islam which specifies the acceptability of the sayings (''hadith'') attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by other early Islamic f ...

(Darussalam) # Voices will be raised in the mosques.Sunan al-Tirmidhi # The leader of a people will be the worst of them. # People will treat a man with respect because they fear the evil he could do. # Much

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will be drunk. # Muslims shall fight against a nation who wear shoes made of hair and with faces like hammered shields, with red complexions and small eyes.

, Book 41,

6960 # The emergence of the

Sufyani Sufyani ( ar, سفیاني) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, usually portrayed in hadith as a tyrant who will spread corruption and mischief. According to Shia Hadith, Sufyani will rise in the month of Rajab. The predicted location of hi ...

within the

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

region.

, Book 41,

6926 # The truce and joint Roman-Muslim campaign against a common enemy, followed by al-Malhama al-Kubra (

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), a Roman vs. Muslim war.Narrated with sound chains from Dhu Mikhbar al-Najashi by Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim who declared it sahih and al-Dhahabi concurred. See Shaykh Shu`ayb Arna'ut's documentation of this hadith in his edition of Sahih Ibn Hibban (15:101–103 #6708–6709). # The

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will come from

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(see

Hadith of black flags The hadith of black flags (Arabic: أحاديث الرايات السود) is a motif featured in Islamic apocalyptics, about people carrying black banners. These hadith were used by some to justify following the Abbasid Revolution.TOURAJ DARYAE ...

), nothing shall turn them back until it is planted in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

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, 2269 Grade:

(Darussalam) # Emergence of an army, from

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

, that will make Islam dominant.

Hadith of Aden-Abyan Hadith of Aden-Abyan (Arabic: حديث عدن أبين) is a prophecy revealed by the Islamic prophet Muhammad predicting the appearance of an army from the Aden and Abyan regions in Yemen who will make Islam victorious over its opponents. Prophec ...

# An Arab king will die. There will be disagreement concerning succession. Then a man will emerge from Medina. He will hurry to Mecca, and the people of Mecca will come out to him and urge him and try to force him to accept the Bai'aa. One of the last of the lesser signs, and which will signal the coming of the 10 major signs is the appearance of the

Sunan Abu-Dawud ''Sunan Abu Dawood'' ( ar-at, سنن أبي داود, Sunan Abī Dāwūd) is one of the ''Kutub al-Sittah'' (six major hadith collections), collected by Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (d.889). Introduction Abu Dawood compiled twenty-one books related to ...

: Book 36, Hadith 4273 Grade:

( Al-Albani) #

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in middles of the month of

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and

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

in the end of that month #Seeing fire in the sky #Successive wars and death of many people in the world #Creation and development of science and knowledge in Qom #Increasing injustice and corruption in the world # All Islamic knowledge will be lost to the extent that people will not say "Lā ilāha illā llāh" (There is no god but Allah), but instead old people will babble without understanding, "God, God". # People will fornicate on the roads "like donkeys". # A pleasant breeze will blow from the south that shall cause all believers to die peacefully.

Shia signs

According to some narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior to the appearance of the

. The

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

Ja'far al-Sadiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...

mentions these signs: "the appearance of

and Yamani, the loud cry in the sky, the murder of Nafs-e-Zakiyyah, and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda which is a desert between Mecca and Medina.Mikyalul Makarim fee Fawaaid al-Duaa lil Qa'im, Page v2al-shia.org

Appearance of Sufyani

According to some narrations

, one of the descendants of

Abu Sufyan Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ( ar, صخر بن حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس, Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams; ), better known by his '' kunya'' Abu Sufyan ( ar, أبو سفيان, Abū Sufyān), was a prominent ...

, will arise before Mahdi's appearance. He has been depicted as an outwardly devout man that will take care to remember

Allah Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...

at all times. But in reality he will be the most wicked man in the world. He will upraise during the

Rajab Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative. This month is re ...

. After he realizes that Mahdi has appeared, he will send away an army to fight him. Some books say that the army of Sufyani before getting to the army of Mahdi will sink into the earth in the Bayda, a desert between

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...

and

.Gheybah of Nu’mani, Page 9Amini, Chapter 10Al-Kourani, Page 30 The appearance of Sufyani is mentioned in both Shia and

narrations.Hashemi Shahidi, Page 524

Appearance of Yamani

In some narrations, the appearance of Yamani is mentioned as one of the certain signs of twelfth Imam's reappearance. The fifth Shia Imam,

Muhammad al-Baqir Muḥammad al-Bāqir ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱلْبَاقِر), with the full name Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, also known as Abū Jaʿfar or simply al-Bāqir () was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succee ...

, described Yamani in detail in a hadith:"... among these individuals (Sufyani, Yamani and Khorasani) the Yamani is the closest to guidance, for he calls the people to join the Mahdi. When he rises, the trading of weapons will be prohibited for every

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

. When he rises, join him immediately, for his flag is the flag of guidance and prosperity and no Muslim should oppose it. Any one who does so will go to hell, because the Yamani calls to the right path." Some sources mention that the Yamani and the Khurasani will be allied against the Sufyani.

The loud cry in the sky

The third certain sign that is mentioned in the above narration is the loud cry in the sky. According to tradition two cries will be heard. In the first of them

Gabriel In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...

will call the name of Al-Qa'im and his father and say that truth is with

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

and his Shia. All people will hear Jibreel's cry in their own language. In a tradition of Ja'far al-Sadiq that is narrated by Zurarah ibn A'yan, it is said that after this cry

Shaitan ' (; ''devils'' or ''demons''), singular: (شَيْطَان) are evil spirits in Islam, inciting humans (and jinn) to sin by "whispering" (وَسْوَسَة, “waswasah”) to their qalb, hearts (قَلْب ''qalb''). Folklore suggests that t ...

will call certainly, so and so and their followers are victorious ones and his meaning is a man from

Banu Umayya Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In the ...

. He adds that the person who make the first cry says the truth.

The murder of Nafs al-Zakiyyah

Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah Al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah ( ar, النفس الزكية, , the Pure Soul, fa, نفس زکیه, Nafs-e-Zakiyyah), according to Shia Islamic eschatology, is one of the apocalyptic characters that Mahdi will send as his envoy to Mecca before his reappe ...

will be one of the descendants of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

. He will be without any sin or crime; yet he will be murdered. According to many narrations, he will be the envoy of Mahdi to

before his reappearance. When he arrives in Mecca and delivers his message, the people of Mecca will slay him near the

Kaaba The Kaaba (, ), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah ( ar, ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit=Honored Ka'bah, links=no, translit=al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah), is a building at the c ...

Earth sinking in the land of Bayda

The sinking of

's army into the earth is a certain sign of reappearance of Mahdi. In addition to above-mentioned hadith of Ja'far Sadiq, in a hadith

Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

mentions that Sufyani's army will sink into the earth, and be swallowed up, in the land of Bayda.Sadr, Page 648

Notes

References

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{cite web , url=http://english.almaaref.org/essaydetails.php?eid=2285&cid=211 , title=The Signs Before Reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi (A.S) , publisher=Al-Maaref, access-date=2 September 2015 Islamic eschatology Jesus in Islam