September the 11 was a decisive moment in modern history, it shaped the world we know today and created boundary lines between people none more obvious than between those who thought America orchestrated the Attack versus those who thought Osama Bin Laden was responsible. But the prophet (saws) said the boundary line it created in mankind was more horrific in nature it was nothing less than the boundary between people who had religion and people who didn’t, in effect a war was openly declared on religion itself because the secular world thought it occupied all the key positions and could win, but they didn’t count on one thing, the consequences to man’s actions in the universe, every action has an equal and opposite reaction and in reality they chose to ignore the fact “physics” exists, their total dominance only looked good on paper because it wasn’t anything other than a short term victory, the British Empire before them are a witness to this they where one of the largest empires on earth and literally the shortest lived of them all, even today the cracks in western dominance are showing, with the collapse of their economy and failure to pay of their debts the Western Empire looks to be even shorter lived than the British Empire.
The prophet (saws) called September the 11 the Duhaima, which means pitch darkness, it is the beginning of the era of darkness for the entire world because it will end with the emergence of the Dajjal (Allah’s curse be upon him) the same day it finishes or the one following it according to the prophet (saws), it’s severity will only increase in waves until this end comes about, the Dajjal (Allah’s curse be upon him) will then emerge and take charge of the camp full of Hypocrites and no religion and fight against the camp with religion and no hypocrites.
Each of these Ahadith gives us more detail about what the Prophet (saws) mentioned regarding September the 11th, they allow us to get a very clearer picture of what has been occurring in the world over the past decade or so and what muslims should do in these times;
The Prophet (saws) said, Woe to the Arabs from the great evil which is nearly approaching them: it will be like patches of dark night (The Duhaima). A man will wake up as a believer, and be a kafir (unbeliever) by nightfall (the Hypocrites will have perfected destroying a mans religion and will do it in the span of a day). People will sell their religion for a small amount of worldly goods. The one who clings to his religion on that day will be as one who is grasping an ember, or thorns (He will be going against society and isolated). (Ahmad.)
The Prophet (saws) pointed to the Arabs directly in this hadith because the Duhaima will be the beginning of their destruction along with their Kings, Allah’s judgment was passed on them during the time of Saddam Hussain which is why the prophet (saws) said ‘they have taken their leave’, after any crime is committed Allah’s punishment will then begin. The Duhaima is the beginning of this punishment, “There will be, after the fitnah in ash-Sham (wars during the 70’s and 80’s), the eastern one which will be the destruction of the Kings and the Humiliation of the Arabs.”
Patches of a dark night mean’s events will alternate over small periods of time between something dark and something darker, night in the wilderness is only lit up by the moon which is then covered by passing clouds, this is a time when man can not see his own hand in front of his face, so in the darkness of night you will come across patches of complete darkness with no moon light.
The Prophet (saws) said, Before the Hour comes, there will be a tribulation like patches of a dark night. A man will get up a believer and go to sleep a kafir, or will go to sleep a believer and get up a kafir. The one who sits (isn’t involved in anything at all) will be better than the one who stands, and the one who walks will be better than one who runs. Break your bows, cut their strings, and strike your swords against stones. If someone comes to kill any of you, then be like the better of the two sons of Adam (Abel and Cain, one killing the other out of Jealousy). (Abu Dawud)
The following hadith explains what is meant by the one who sits is better than the one who stands, Abu Huraira said that ― “The destruction of the Arabs is close due to an evil that is very near. Only those will succeed who will stop their hands (from acting or fighting).” (Ahmad)
It becomes increasingly clear that the destruction of the Arabs is mentioned a number of times in Ahadith and the one who doesn’t go out to fight or take any action in public or political affairs during this time will survive it’s fitnah (trial), the prophet (saws) lifted Fard Kifaya, community obligations, from all muslims during this time.
Abu Bakrah related from his father, who related that the Messenger of Allah said, “Indeed there will be a tribulation — the one who is lying down during it is better than the one who is seated; the one who is seated is better than the one who is standing; the one who is standing is better than the one who is walking; and the one who is walking is better than the one who is seeking it out.” Abu Bakrah said, “O Messenger of Allah, what do you order me to do The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “There will be a fitna that will destroy (tastanzifu) the Arabs, its dead will be in Hell. During which the tongue will be more severe (ashadd) than a blow of the sword.” (Ahamd, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah) The Ahadith draw a clear picture of what people should have been done during the Fitnah of the Duhaima, September the 11th, and looking back on history this was the one thing Muslims around the world were attacked and criticized over the most, it is amazing to see how the prophet (saws) saw this specific point from His own time. The prophet (saws) said during this fitnah the one who sits will be better than one who stands, and one who walks will be better than one who runs, people should avoid the general affairs of the public and He advised specifically not to go out and participate in any wars or so called Jihad’s during this period of time, He repeated it a number of time’s saying, cut your bow strings, break your swords, crush their blades, get rid of your weapons, don’t respond to anyone making the call to Jihad because the dead will be in Hell if they respond to Jihad. The oppression by the Americans was the rallying cry and banner for those calling to Jihad, they called on the Youth to respond and defend muslim lands, while in every other time in history this would have been correct the prophet (saws) said this is the only time in Islamic history when it isn’t. This is because the callers to Jihad during this time will be liars, the cause’s people will be fighting for will be manipulated and there will be much deception, “They will be assuming they have a (legitimate) cause, but they will not have a (legitimate) cause”, they will lie to them asking them to commit suicide, “their dead will be in hell”, and to kill civilians and the innocent, fighting a situation that can’t be changed because the prophet (saws) told us it’s outcome. The Arab world is not going to respond to them even if these groups had won every war in the region, the Arabs are now a people who Allah has passed judgment on already, can anyone avert Allah’s punishments from a people. To drive this point home the prophet (saws) repeated this very point to us in a number of Ahadith because He (saws) knew how the Arabs will behave in our life time, so we shouldn’t wonder if the outcome will ever be something else. The Army of the Mahdi (ra), the black flags will march from the east, they will conquer all of Arabia and even Israel, they will then demand the Arabs return to Islam but the Arabs will refuse even them, while the prophet (saws) clearly said we should respond to them and their call to jihad even if we have to crawl over ice to get to them, so what hope does a small fringe group fighting a false Jihad have of changing that situation, the fact is they are fake and that isn’t their aim at all. Allah has decreed “the destruction of the Kings and the Humiliation of the Arabs” and nothing can avert it. Jabir ibn Samurah said, “I heard the Prophet say, ‘Just before the Hour there will be many liars.’” Jabir said, “Be on your guard against them.” (Muslim). Abu Hurayrah said, “The Prophet said, ‘There will be “Dajjaals” and liars among my Ummah (literally lessor “Antichrists” and great liars). They will tell you something new, which neither you nor your forefathers have heard. Be on your guard against them, and do not let them lead you astray.’” (Ahmad) The wars during this time will be nothing than a front for foreign governments and their media outlets, this is why we see these small terrorist groups go into a country disrupt what ever unity the people have, only to be later followed by the Invasion of a foreign power wishing to dominate that people, this most certainly will be the case in Syria as the prophet (saws) already mentioned it, sanctions will be placed on it just as they were placed on Iraq, but this time it will be Europe doing this. Europe will succeed and be the dominant power at the end of times because this is mentioned in a number of Holy Books, not just ours, the final Great War will be between them and the Muslims who they will try to end entirely, this tyranny is itself mentioned in the Bible very clearly, it will lead to the destruction of Egypt by them and the coast of Sham and cause the people of the Maghreb (north Africa) to rise up against them. The prophet’s (saws) words “their dead are in Hell” can only be a judgment on an act that person involves himself in which is equal to this kind of punishment by Allah, because He is not unjust, and during this time we saw a new type of warfare in Islamic war being utilized and manipulated, they came with false Ijtihad (new legal ruling’s) by fake scholar’s to justify it, “They will tell you something new, which neither you nor your forefathers have heard. Be on your guard against them, and do not let them lead you astray”. This new thing is the act of suicide bombing, it was the one thing the Ummah was severely attacked and criticized over, many people responded to the call of these people only to be fooled into attacking civilian targets like we saw in Iraq and other Muslim countries, these people were manipulated for the sake of politics and a cause that lead to nothing Islamic, only those manipulating public affairs on a greater scale than the common soldier could perceive benefit from the situation. The act of suicide is the only act that will take a person directly to hell, if you commit murder there is still a chance for tawba (repentance) in life, but not suicide it’s consequences are immediate, and this is exactly as the prophet (saws) described, the dead during this time of fitnah were those who went out to war and became suicide bombers, they attacked civilians, shopping centres and people not involved in any war. A person who commits normal suicide will go directly to hell, so then what of a person who commits suacide to kill innocent people not involved in war, these murderers have ended their own life so their fate is sealed by their own hands. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, ‘If such a thing is not true then I am a Jew,’ he has then left Islam and become a Jew). And whoever commits suicide with a piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire.” the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him.” (Bukhari) These people have sworn by a way of life other than Islam and committed acts not permitted by it, the prophet (saws) saw who they are and passed judgment upon them. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills himself, will be in the Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever.” (Bukhari) Abu Huraira narrated: We were in the company of Allah’s Apostle in a ghazwa (battle), and he remarked about a man who claimed to be a Muslim, saying, “This (man) is from the people of the (Hell) Fire.” When the battle started, the man fought violently till he got wounded. Somebody said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The man whom you described as being from the people of the (Hell) Fire fought violently (and fiercely for us) today and died.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “He will go to the (Hell) Fire.” Some people were on the point of doubting, while they were in this state, suddenly someone said that he was still alive but severely wounded. When night fell, he lost patience and committed suicide. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was informed of that, and he said, “Allah is Greater! I testify that I am Allah’s Slave and His Apostle.” Then he ordered Bilal to announce amongst the people: “None will enter Paradise but a Muslim, and Allah may support this religion even with a disobedient man.” (Meaning, even if he helped Islam in the war, his act did not save him because his suicide took him to hell) (Bukhari). The recruiters of these false Jihad’s are mentioned in ahadith very clearly, Hudhaifah Bin al Yamaan (ra) said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (saws) about the good times, but I used to ask him about bad times fearing lest they overtake me. I said: Messenger of Allah, we were in the midst of ignorance and evil, and then Allah brought us this good (through Islam). Is there any bad time after this good one? (this Hadith speaks about the different stages of good and evil that will exist throughout Islam’s history on earth). He said: Yes. I asked: Will there be a good time again after that bad time? He said: Yes, but therein will be a hidden evil. I asked: What will be the evil hidden therein? He said: (That time will witness the rise of) the people who will adopt ways other than mine and seek guidance other than mine. You will know (their) good points as well as (their) bad points (this was during the Dynasties of Islam). I asked: Will there be a bad time after this good one? (After the Dynasties was the time of Dictators, our time) He said: Yes. (A time will come) when there will be people standing and inviting at the gates of Hell. Whosoever responds to their call they will throw them into the fire (the time which the Duhaima occurred in) I said: Messenger of Allaah, describe them for us. He said: All right. They will be a people having the same complexion as ours and speaking our language. I said: Messenger of Allaah, what do you suggest if I happen to live in that time? He said: You should stick to the main body of the Muslims and their leader (meaning these people will speak about the madhhabs, which is the main body of muslims not being the right group, so don’t believe them). I said: If they have no (such thing as the) main body and have no leader? (What if their isn’t a Khalifah or leader for the Muslims) He said: Separate yourself from all these factions (that will appear), though you may have to eat the roots of trees (in an isolated place) until death comes to you and you are in this state, (leave of the affairs of the general public, their leaders will deceive you and throw you into hell). (Bukhari and Muslim). Ibn Masood (ra) said the fitnah of the Duhaima will be so sever and it’s deception so great, that a muslim will not be safe from his own companion, he should be like a statue in his own house to avoid it; Amr ibn Waabisah related from his father from Ibn Mas’ood who said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah say (and he mentioned part of Abu Bakrah’s Hadeeth, mentioned earlier, “let him betake himself to his sword, crush its blade with a rock”) “All of those killed in it (the fitna) are in the Hellfire.” Waabisah asked, “And when is that, O Ibn Mas’ood?” He said, “Those are the days of much killing, when a man will not be safe from the companion he sits with.” Waabisah said, “And what do you order me to do if I reach that time?” He said, “Restrain your tongue and your hand, and be a fixture from the fixtures of your house.”(Abu Dawwud) Imam Ibn kathir, who related these ahadith, said ‘it is a trial in which the impact of the tongue is more harsh than the impact of the sword’… a time when Mass Media will have worse consequences and sway on society than the wars and deaths they report on, modern technology only evolved as we know it after 2001 with the Internet that fuelled and created entire industries, mass telecommunication and mobile phones almost did not exist before 2001. Abdullah ibn ‘Amr related that the Messenger of Allah said, “Indeed there will be a trial and it will afflict the Arabs. Those killed in it are in the Hellfire. The effect of the tongue (on society) during it is more severe than the effect of the sword.” (Abu Dawwud) Imam Ibn Kathir related the following Ahadith about this fitna specifically; The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, “When you see that my nation dreads saying to the oppressor, ‘Indeed you are an oppressor,’ then they have taken their leave (i.e. their existence and non-existence amounts to the same thing).” (Ahmad) They failed to stop oppression in Islamic lands so Allah decreed their humiliation and destruction. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, “There will be Qadfh (heavy winds with stones flying, this is a simile for heavy bombardment by missiles, like what occurred in Baghdad and Afghanistan as well as the wars in Lebanon, Palestine and Syria during this time when they would literally trade missile for missile), Khasf (swallowing of the earth, the 2004 Tsunami that occurred because of a land slip, and the earthquakes in Turkey and Pakistan), and Maskh (stunting of peoples character and intelligence with miseducation, sihr, manipulated beliefs and sects)”. It’s very significant the prophet (saws) mentioned Maskh with the most severe things occurring to the Arabs during this time, the bombardment killed thousands upon thousands of people and the earthquakes killed over 400, 000 people together, this lets us know how sever and widespread Maskh would be in our time. In the Quran the word Maskh refers to transformation of people into animals, but Maskh also refers to the changing of a person’s appearance as well as the deliberate transformation or stunting of a persons character or personality. The word Maskh is synonymous with stunting a person’s growth or development but refers to appearance or demeanour at the same time. One type of Maskh are people who wear heavy makeup or follow trends, something unique to modern society. These are trends whether fashion, music, a scene, or a group and generally termed a subculture, people usually wear heavy makeup with unique hair styles and unique clothes, they look a certain way and behave a certain way that is not normal to society or Deen, the most obvious example is the Goth subculture. In this context Maskh can also refer to unique but general fashion trends that are followed by society at large because as a person takes on a persona which is the act of maskh that stunts their personality by limiting their behaviour and beliefs to that of the group. Maskh of a persons personality can also be done with Sihr (dark magic) as people attack each other with it to stunt a person’s character and capacity so they can take advantage of him, the prophet (saws) said towards the end of time Sihr would be widespread in society this is despite the fact we are in a technological age, it is one of the main reasons why Paganism will again spread on the Arabian peninsula as the narration’s mention, they will call on their Shayateen and Jinn to aid them. The Other Kind of Maskh is the kind popularized by spy films such as the Bourne Identity, loosely based on Soviet and U.S programs, where the individual is put through a program by which his personality is wiped, then he is reprogrammed and turned into a specialized government agent. In fact this type of Maskh fits the definition and context of the hadith perfectly because it is the internal change in personality that causes a change in appearance, while the Maskh of subcultures is an external change that then causes a persons character to change with it. One change is from the inside out while the other is from the outside in, and it is the former that is more relevant to these Ahadith. The principles and methods used in these programs where first developed by the Hashashin (Assassins, the word in arabic means those who use drugs to indoctrinate people) and later adopted by occult societies that now dominate the upper class, the modern form of this is used by organizations, advertising companies, and governments on the wider society to push people, such as politicians, leaders, business people and private individuals, in specific career related direction’s through out their life and while it is not a complete form of Maskh it is a more subtle version of it where the person doesn’t notice they are being manipulated or limited, the prophet (saws) said: “No, no, the intellects of the general masses at that time will be deceived!”. Both these types of internal Maskh can similarly be done with Sihr (dark magic) by dominating a persons character, his intelligence is limited through it which leaves him open to suggestion as his normal perception of the world is degraded. These kinds of Maskh where practiced by various heretical sects throughout history such as the Hashashin (Assassins) and the Templar’s who they worked for and took from them, both employed the use of drugs to speed up the transformation in a person. The domination of a persons mind would be so complete because the process was prolonged over time, that the Hashashin’s where famous for committing suicide on command for the sake of demonstration to others. All these types of Maskh, which now are no longer limited to these occult sects, appeared around the world at the same time as the prophet (saws) said, we would see heavy bombardment of muslims lands, large scale earthquakes and the wide spread use of Maskh on people because technology allowed it through Mass media. There are other Ahadith that mention maskh and animals literally but that is a specific incident being mentioned and the word has a different meaning in that context, it is a punishment from Allah against one group of people, those involved in subcultures and music, while this hadith is referring to the wider Arab society from which entire tribes are heading towards outright paganism because of the Sihr (dark magic) and maskh they practice. If this subject is new to some we should understand that in the Hadith the prophet (saws) mentions three things equivalent to each other in severity, widespread bombing, severe Earthquakes and Maskh, if Maskh in this hadith was referring to subcultures and simply fashion trends then the prophet (saws) would not have mentioned it in this context of large wars and mass death, this is also a rule in the tafsir of Ahadith. Literally the prophet (saws) was saying during this time the suicide bombers who follow these false Jihads would be brainwashed and deluded, under the influence of Sihr and drug cocktails. The ability to transform a persons personality is clearly mentioned in the Quran, it is part of Human nature, so it shouldn’t be surprising that there are people who would want to learn how to do this forcefully to people through deception, drugs and Sihr (Dark Magic) to use them. In the first verse Allah is speaking about man changing himself and adopting religion, He uses the example of a plain piece of cloth that is the died with color, which is the simile for change in character. [2:138] The colouring of Allah (sibghata Llahi: a verbal noun reinforcing “we believe” in 2:136 which implies: sabaghana Llāhu “Allah has coloured us” ) – and what colouring could be better than Allah’s (i.e, none is better.) What is meant is the Deen on which He naturally formed people so that its effect appear on the person who adopts it, as the dye shows in a garment. There is nothing better than it. It is him we worship. [Tafsir al Jalalaiyn by Imam Suyuti] In the Second verse Allah refers to a Man who sheds his skin, literally as a snake, to wear a new one which shaytan chose for him. [7:175] And recite, O Muhammad (s), to them, that is, the Jews, the tidings, the tale, of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he cast them off, emerging in his disbelief in the same way that a snake emerges from its [shed] skin, he rebelled in disbelief, this was Bal‘am b. Ba‘ura’, a scholar from among the Children of Israel, who had been given some knowledge [of the Scriptures], and who was asked [by his followers] to invoke Allah against Moses. And when he did, the invocation turned against him and his tongue fell out onto his chest, and Satan pursued him, catching up with him and so he became his comrade, and he became of the perverse. [Tafsir al Jalalayn by Imam Suyuti]. The destruction of the Arabs shouldn’t be looked at in isolation because this hadith was telling us about the punishment Allah was enacting on the larger muslim world to prepare it for what is coming, while the bombardment was referring to Arab lands, the earthquakes were referring to Pakistan, Turkey and the coastal regions of Indonesia and Malaysia and the most corrupt regions in these lands, they where entirely dominated by alcohol and prostitution. Malaysia itself built the pertains towers, it was literally a sign of the hour as they joined the race to build tall buildings, even ahead of the Arabs, Pakistan is known for its corruption and Turkey a now secular country is itself the subject of numerous Ahadith during the time of the Mahdi (ra), when He emerges He will need to re-conquer it because they will not respond to his call for Jihad, seven months after He (ra) does the Dajjaal (Allah’s curse be upon him) will emerge so what time is left for them before the end ? About our time the Prophet Muhammad (saws) said: “No! You’d be as great in quantity as the foam of the sea is, seen werever the eye can reach. But you’ll be overtaken by ‘wahn’.” The Sahabah asked, “O Prophet of Allah! What is ‘wahn’?” He replied: “Love of this world and fear of death!” Unless Allah does something to shake this situation up, the Muslim world will not take responsibility for what needs to be done, this is why Allah is punishing the muslim world to prepare it for fitnah’s that are far worse than these wars, the Last Great War with the Mahdi (ra) and the trial of the Dajjaal (Allah’s curse be upon him) described as the worst trial this world will face since the time of Adam (as), He is purifying the Arabs of the people among them who adopted Sihr (Dark Magic), Maskh and secularism just like He did with the prophet Nuh (as) killing all the wicked so those better than them can be Allah’s Khalifah on earth. Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah said, “There will be a trial that is Sammaa (people during the trial will not listen to the truth or to advice), Bakmaa (during it, no one will speak the truth), Amyaa (people will become blinded, not seeing matters clearly). Whoever seeks it out, the trial seeks him out and attracts him. The effect of the tongue during it is more severe than the effect of the sword.” (Abu Dawwud) Samaa (hear no evil), Amya (see no evil), Bakmaa (speak no evil), in other words turn a blind eye to all evil, this is the fitnah of the Duhaima during which people were threatened and attacked, technology and espionage was used against them if they spoke out to improve the situation, and the media was silenced, forced to push the party line in the same way they once criticized the media of communist countries for pushing the party line. Suicide bombing was the major issue this Ummah was criticized and attacked over in the past decade, while muslims during this time should have been like a fixture in their own home not being involved in the general affairs of people, and we have seen from the example of ISIS, how false groups can be set up to recruit naive people who are not educated and then manipulated through sophisticated methods. Had a single one of these groups in reality been following the madhhabs, Islam’s schools of Law which the main body of muslims follow, this would not have occurred because not a single school of Law, after investigating the permissibility of suicide bombings permitted it as an act, only those calling to new ideologies that neither they or their fathers had heard before permitted all things during war, this wasn’t religion in the end it was a method. The Prophet (saws) said, “There will be “Dajjaals” and liars among my Ummah. They will tell you something new, which neither you nor your forefathers have heard. Be on your guard against them, and do not let them lead you astray.” Suicide bombing is entirely modern and the Fiqh (legality) regarding it required new Ijtihad (jurisprudential reasoning) while the door of Ijtihad (jurisprudential reasoning) had been closed for hundreds of years in Islam, no one was permitted to carry it out because people could no longer reach the degree of qualifications required for it. These qualifications were equivalent to 10 Phd’s, literally you would need to master 10 sciences, past scholar’s that stood out in History were genius in their Iq’s, earning title’s such as “The Scholar of that Century” (Mujadid), “The Proof of Islam” (Hujatul Islam) and “The Scholar of Islam” (Shaykh al Islam), they are all proper titles not forms of flattery earned for specific qualifications or accomplishments, they have only been granted to a small number of people in the past 1400 hundred years which this Ummah has followed. The leaders of these sects, none of whom were qualified to give basic rulings, had hardly opened a book and just made up what they wished to justify these act’s, they turned their claims into slogans that attracted those uneducated and moved by such methods. Imam Ibn Kathir said the Messenger of Allah (saws) intimated that a destructive fitnah will occur in or time and safety from it is achieved by staying far away from it and from the ways that lead to it, he then related the following hadith; ‘Amr ibn Waabisah Al-Asdee related that his father said, “As I was within my home in Kufa, I heard ‘Assalaamu ‘Alaikum’ at the door. And I said, ‘Alaikum As-Salaam’ The visitor entered and when he came in, (I saw that) it was ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood I said, ‘O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahmaan, what time is this to visit?’ The time was high noon. He said, ‘The day is long for me and I remembered one to whom I can speak.’ He began to relate to me from the Messenger of Allah saying, “There will be a trial werein the one who is sleeping during it is better than the one who is lying down (the person who is doing the least amount of action is the better one); and the one who is lying down during it is better than the one who is seated; the one who is seated during it is better than the one who is standing; the one who is standing during it is better than the one who is walking; the one who is walking is better than the one who is riding; the one who is riding is better than the one who is going forth quickly (seeking it out). All of those killed during it are in the Hellfire.” ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood asked, “O Messenger of Allah, and when is that?” He said, “The days of much killing, when a man will not be safe from the companion he sits with.” He said, “And what do you order me to do if I reach that (time)?” The Prophet said, “Restrain yourself and your hand and enter your home.” “O Messenger of Allah, and suppose a man enters upon me in my home?” The Prophet said, “Then lock your house.” ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood asked, “Suppose he enters (forcefully) upon my house?” The Prophet said, “Then enter your Masjid and do like this,” and he then closed his right (hand) on his wrist (restrain your arm), “and say, ‘ My Lord is Allah’ until you die upon that”” (Ahmad) Why would death be acceptable to Rasul Allah (saws) over any other action? This simple fact alone establishes the nature of the situation, it is because in these affairs Sihr is being used constantly to change peoples minds on issues, Sihr isn’t instant it is something that occurs over time, once it has a hold of your mind you are manoeuvred without realizing it, so the best way to avoid this is to not get involved at all this is why the prophet (saws) said death is better than being involved in public affairs which is a sever contrast meaning there are sever circumstances. In this narration we find a summation of all other Ahadith and proof that all these Ahadith are speaking about the same matter because we find parts of the hadith in the various ahadith mentioned earlier tying them all together. Husain Ibn ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ashja’ee related that he heard Sa’ad Ibn Abee Waqqaas say, “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, suppose one enters my home and extends his hand to kill me?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘ Be like the son of Adam, and he recited: “If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you: for I fear Allah, the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists).”(Quf an 5:28).”‘ (Abu Daawood) لءن بسط إلى يدك لتقتلنى ما أنا بباسط يدى إليك لأقتلك إنى أخاف الله رب العلمين Abu Umayyah Ash-Sha’bani (ra) reported: I asked Abu Tha’labah Al-Kushani (ra), “What do you say about the verse: Take care of yourselves?” (5:105) He said: By Allah, you have asked one who knows. I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about it and he said, “You must enjoin good and forbid evil, until you see greed being obeyed and it is followed (capitalism), the worldly life is preferred, and everyone is impressed with his own opinion, then your duty is for yourself and to ignore the common people (this last phrase indicates this events timing because during the time of the Khalifah a muslim was responsible for his fellow muslim under Law, here Fard Kifaya is being removed). Verily, ahead of you are days of patience, werein patience will be like grasping hot coals, and the one who does good deeds will have the reward of fifty men who do likewise.” (Abu Dawud) Allah revealed this verse in preparation for our time and we should use it to protect our self. “O you who have attained to faith! It is [but] for your own selves that you are responsible: those who go astray can do you no harm if you are on the right path. Unto Allah you all must return: and then He will make you [truly] understand all that you were doing [in life]” (5:105). يأيها الذين ءامنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يظركم من ظل إذا اهتديتم إلى الله مرجعكم جميعا فينبءكم بما كنتم تعملون The prophet (saws) said “There will be a tribulation in which a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening, except the one to whom Allah grants Knowledge.” (Ibn Maaja, Vol1, Book 36, Hadith 3954) When Looking for verses in the Quran to recite or to use in Taweez to protect ourself from the fitna of our time, we should use the above two verses as well as the verses regarding Yajuj wa Majuj, “I will erect a barrier between you and them”(18:95) along with Surah al Kahf (chapter 18 the Cave), the prophet (saws) said the verses in surah al Maidah (5) and chapter 18 (al Kahf) will protect us nearing the end of time, the time when these Major events and signs of the hour will occur, we should Aquire knowledge during this time and we should be staying at home. The following Dua it probably the single most important dua for our time, it removes stress, worry and anxiety because of the parts of the body it mentions and works on, but more importantly it breaks a type of sihr that is used to manipulate man, control his sense of direction, and the direction he is headed towards in life. If one can’t remember it all we should make a smaller dua mentioning the Nasiya (forehead) at least because the Jinn target this area to control man, it is the part of the brain that gives man his sense of direction and judgment as Allah mentioned in the Quran, the Jinn (and people) will do sihr on the part of the body responsible for specific actions in man to influence him through it, these dua counter that. للّهُـمَّ إِنِّي عَبْـدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْـدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِـكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَـدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤكَ أَسْأَلُـكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّـيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أِوْ أَنْزَلْتَـهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْـتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِـكَ أَوِ اسْتَـأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الغَيْـبِ عِنْـدَكَ أَنْ تَجْـعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيـعَ قَلْبِـي، وَنورَ صَـدْرِي وجَلَاءَ حُـزْنِي وذَهَابَ هَمِّـي Transliteration: Allaahumma ‘innee ‘abduka, ibnu ‘abdika, ibnu ‘amatika, naasiyatee biyadika, maadhin fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qadhaa’uka, ‘as’aluka bikulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, ‘aw ‘anzaltahu fee kitaabika, ‘aw ‘allamtahu ‘ahadan min khalqika, ‘awista’tharta bihi fee ‘ilmil-ghaybi ‘indaka, ‘an taj’alal-Qur’aana rabee’a qalbee, wa noora sadree, wa jalaa’a huznee, wa thahaaba hammee. The prophet (saws) said “O Allah, I am Your slave and the son of Your male slave and the son of your female slave. My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). Your Judgment upon me is assured and Your Decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with, revealed in Your Book, taught any one of Your creation or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You, to make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness and the reliever of my distress.” (Ahmad) We should also recite the last part of Surah al Alaq (96) where Allah mentions the things the Nasiya (Forehead) is used for against man to stop him from worship and being aware of Allah; “HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent a servant [of God] from praying?, Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way (his sense of direction in life), or is concerned with God-consciousness? (Capable of awareness) Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]? (What muslims are being asked to do today), Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]? (Perfecting this understanding is Human perfection, but they want the opposite for us) Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead (Nasiya) the lying, rebellious forehead! (This is it’s role in sin and moving away from Allah, so it is the part that is punished) (96:9-16) If we are afflicted with anything especially a spiritual attack reading the part of the Quran that mentions anything to do with it works against it’s effects, this is the basis for dua, ruqyah and using he Quran to help man. Mankind is deliberately being fooled and given a wrong direction in life these verses counter that. What is happening in the world today is leading to the Major Signs of the Hour and these verses will help us avoid being involved in the events and fitna’s that will take us to them, just like surah al Kahf we should be building our own Kahf (cave), making our home a fortress, to protect ourselves. أجعل بينكم وبينهم ردما