بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Ya Allah, send prayers and salutations on Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
“What are the disbelievers waiting for, other than the Hour which will come upon them unawares? Its signs are already here, but once the Hour has actually arrived, what use will it be then to take heed?” (47:18)
“Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.” (Al-Anbiya’ 21:1)
The Prophet Muhammad (saws) gave news about events from the beginning of time up to the commencement of his (saws) Ummah (nation) then to our present day and into the future, to the end of the World. He (saws) covered the span of time describing events until the coming of the Hour (The Hour the world will end in). He (saws) similarly gave news of events to occur on the day of Resurrection and finally what would happen after people enter their two abodes, the abode of Jahanam (Hell) and the abode of Jannah (Paradise) as well as a description of life therein.
There are more than 160 known and confirmed prophecies of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) which were fulfilled in his lifetime and the first few generations after him, while the number of prophecies regarding the Signs of the Hour are in the hundreds and even more.
Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) said, “One day the Prophet (saws) stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their places. Some remembered what he had said, and some forgot it”. (Bukhari)
Abu Zaid Al-Ansaaree (ra) said, “The Prophet led us in the morning prayer, after which he climbed the pulpit and addressed us until Dhuhr (noon). He descended, prayed ‘Asr (the late afternoon prayer), and then climbed the pulpit again, speaking to us until the setting of the sun. He spoke to us about what was and what will be; he informed us (thereof) and made us memorize (that information).” (Ahmad)
Hudhayfah (ra) said: “The Prophet stood up one day to speak to us, and told us everything that was going to happen until the Hour, and left nothing unsaid. Some of the listeners learnt it by heart, and some forgot it; these friends of mine learnt it. I do not remember it completely, but sometimes it springs to mind, just as one might remember and recognize the face of a man whom one had forgotten, when one sees him.” (Abu Dawud, Muslim)
Some of the prophecies that occurred during His (saws) lifetime or just after it will be mentioned in brief, though the full narrations give more detail regarding each event.
He (saws) said to His (saws) Companions, “This grandson of mine, Hasan, is a master of men by means of whom Allah will reconcile two great groups.”(Bukhari) Forty years later, when two Islamic armies confronted each other, Hasan (ra) mediated between them preventing the blood shed.
He (saws) said to Imam Ali (ra), “You will fight the perfidious people, those who will deviate from justice and those who exit Islam”(Tirmidhi), thus, He (saws) predicted the battles of the Camel and Siffin and the emergence of the Kharijites, a heretical sect who Imam Ali (ra) fought and is responsible for most fitnahs in the Islamic world.
He (saws) again said to Ali (ra), when he was displaying brotherly love for Zubayr (rah), “He will fight against you but he will be wrong.”(Ibn Kathir) Zubayr (ra) opposed Ali (ra) in the battle of the Camel. When Ali (as) reminded Zubayr (as) of the prophet’s words during the battle, Zubayr (as) decided to give up fighting and leave, but Allah granted him (as) martyrdom at the hands of a traitor.(Tabari)
He (saws) said to His (saws) wives, “One of you will take charge of a rebellion; many around her will be killed; (al-Asqalani, Fathu’l-Bari) and the dogs of Hawab will bark all around her.” (Ibn Hibban) Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked Ali (as) to find the murderers of Uthman (as) the third Khalif of Islam and punish them, as Imam Ali (as) was chosen as the Khaliph after him. Imam Ali (as) said the identities of the murderers were not clear at the time and postponed the matter to a later date as he (as) had just taken the position. Thereupon, some people who marshaled a force over the matter approached Aisha (as) and convinced her (as) to be at the head of the army to give the matter more weight in mediation, they then went against Imam Ali (as), leading an army which both Zubayr (as) and Talha (as), two Companions that were promised Paradise by the prophet (saws) Joined. When the army passed a place called Hawab, Aisha (ra) heard dogs barking she asked the name of the place. First, they said it was Hawab. When Aisha (as) remembered the words of the Prophet, she decided to give up and go back home; however, the people around her (as) deceived her (as) by telling her (as) that the name of the place was different and took her (as) to the battlefield. Because of their weakness tens of thousands of Muslims were injured or killed during the battle.
The Prophet (saws) said to Ali (as), “a man would stain your beard with the blood of your own head” (al-Hakim), informing him (as) that he (as) would be martyred. He (as) was killed by Abdurrahman b. Muljam, the Kharijite while he (as) was going to the mosque.
He (saws) said to Umm Salama (as), “Husain (his grandson) will be killed in Taff, which is in Karbala (Iraq).”(al-Haythami) Fifty years later, Husain (as) was martyred in Karbala.
He (saws) repeatedly said, “The people of my family will be murdered; they will suffer troubles and exiles.”(Ibn Majah) Thus, he predicted the incidents during the Khalifa of Uthman (ra) and the misfortunes Ali (as), Hasan (as) and Husain (as) would suffer.
The Prophet (saws) said as long as Umar (ra) the second Khalif of Islam was alive, no fitna (trials and mischief) would emerge among the Muslims. (Bukhari) Indeed, no trials took place among the Muslims until Imam Umar (ra) was martyred; immediately after his death, trials emerged during the Khalifa of Uthman (ra).
He (saws) said “After me, the Caliphate will last thirty years; (Musnad) then, it will be a sultanate. The beginning of this affair is prophet hood and mercy; then it will be mercy and caliphate; then it will be rapacious monarchy; then, it will be arrogance and tyranny” (Musnad). He thus predicted the period of the four Khalif’s and the sixth month long Khalifate of Imam Hasan (as) counting Him (as) among the Rashideen, it was a period whose total lasted exactly thirty years, and following that, the transition of the Khalifate into a Sultanate which began with the Umayyads and ending over a thousand years later with the Ottomans, finally after which the Ummah (nation) would be ruled by Dictators and Tyrants.
He (saws) said, “Uthman will be killed while reading the Qur’an.”(al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak), “Allah will definitely cause him to be dressed in the shirt of the Khalifate but they will try to remove that shirt.”(al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak), He (saws) informed about the second Khalifate and martyrdom of Uthman (ra) who was killed after his home was besieged. These events took place exactly as predicted and the very Quran with his blood stained on it is preserved to this day.
The Prophet Muhammad (saws) said much about the Martyrdom of Uthamn (as), He (saws) said:
“Give him [Uthman] the tidings of Paradise after a trial that shall befall him.”
“A dissension shall surge like so many bull’s horns. At that time, he [indicating a man wearing a veil] and whoever is with him are on the side of right.” Ka`b ibn Murra al-Bahzi then ran to the man, lifted his veil, and turned him towards the Prophet saying: “Him, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet said yes. It was `Uthman ibn `Affan.
`Uthman said: “The Prophet took a covenant from me [not to fight at the time of my martyrdom] and I shall fulfill it.”
“O `Uthman! It may be that Allah shall vest you with a shirt. If they demand that you remove it, do not remove it.”
He (saws) told his Companions about the conquests of Makkah (Ali al-Qari), Khaybar (Ali al-Qari), Damascus (Waqidi, Maghazi), Iraq (Ali al-Qari), Persia (Ahmad b. Hanbal), Jerusalem (Ali al-Qari), and Istanbul (Ahmad bin Hanbal); He (saws) said that his Ummah would be victorious over all enemies and be helped. He (saws) said they would capture the treasures of the rulers of the greatest empires, the Romans and the Persians (Bukhari). Events took place in the same manner He (saws) described.
He (saws) said this during a time when Islam had just began was mostly small tribes and was unknown in the world, during a time He (saws) was forced to migrate from His (saws) home land to Madinah with a handful of followers, because of persecution.
He (saws) stated that Abu Bakr (ra) and Umar (ra) would become Khalif’s after him, He (saws) said “Follow the way of Abu Bakr and Umar after me.” (Tirmidhi).
He (saws) also said, “The earth was laid out before me, and its eastern and western extremities were displayed to me. The realm of my nation shall extend over whatever was laid out before me.” (Muslim) Thus, he(saws) informed them that his Ummah would extend from the east to the west and His (saws) words proved to be true.
Before the Battle of Badr, he showed his friends the places were the Qurayshi pagans would die, saying, “This is were Abu Jahl will be killed; this is were Utba will be killed; this is were Umayya will be killed, and so on.” The dead bodies of those people were found in exactly the same places as he showed.[Muslim] Before Badr, he said that he would eventually kill Ubayy bin Khalaf [Al-Hakim] Ubayy, who survived the Battle of Badr, was wounded by a spear thrown by the Prophet (pbuh) in the Battle of Uhud and died on the way to Makkah (Sirah, 3:89).
He did not take part in the Battle of Muta, however, he informed his Companions about what was happening in the battle as if he was watching it through a television screen: He said “Zayd has taken the (battle) standard and has been shot; now Jafar has taken the (battle) standard and has been shot; now Ibn Rawaha has taken the (battle) standard and has been shot; now one of Allah’s swords…”(Bukhari); He informed them that all of the commanders that he had appointed, one after the other were martyred and Khalid bin Walid, who he honored with the title the sword of Allah, now commanded the army. Ya’la b. Munabbih returned from the battle front a few weeks later and when the Messenger of Allah described the details of the battle, Ya’la stated that the battle took place in exactly the same manner as the prophet had described (al-Khafaji).
He predicted that the Umayyad state would be established (Qadi Iyad), and that Yazid and Walid would be their cruel tyrants (al-Asqalani). He also stated that Muawiyah would become a ruler, and in fact he founded the Ummayid Dynasty. He ordered Muawiyah, “When you become the ruler, forgive people and treat them justly.”(al-Haythami) Thus, he informed his Ummah and family about the actions of the Ummayyid’s when they came to power.
He predicted that the Abbasid dynasty would emerge after the Umayyads by saying, “The Abbasids will come forth with black flags and rule for many times more than the previous rulers.”(Qadi Iyad).
When Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas was very ill, the Prophet said to him, “You will live a long time and lead the army. In the end, you will be beneficial for some nations and you will harm some nations.”(Bukhari) Indeed, he led the Islamic army and gained many victories like the conquest of the Persian Empire.
When the Negus, the ruler of Ethiopia, who had accepted Islam years earlier, died in the seventh year of Hijra, Allah’s Messenger informed his companions about it and performed the funeral prayer for him in Madina (Bukhari), One week later the news came confirming the death of the Negus at the very same moment the Prophet (saws) had said it occurred.
When Allah’s Messenger was with Imam Abu Bakr, Imam Umar, Imam Uthman and Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with them), on the top of Mount Uhud, the mountain began to take quake. He said “Steady! For on you are a prophet, a siddiq (Abu Bakr’s title) and martyrs.”(Bukhari) He informed of the martyrdom of his Companions and indeed they were all martyred.
Once, as he stayed in the house of Anas b. Malik’s aunt, Umm Haram, he woke up smiling and then later said he had seen Muslims getting on ships and going on expeditions, they were a desert people with no ocean near them. Umm Haram said, “O Messenger of Allah! Pray that I too will be with them.” The Prophet said, ‘You shall be.” Forty years later, she accompanied her husband, Ubada b. Samit, in the expedition of Cyprus under the command of Muawiyah during the Khalifate of Imam Uthman. They landed on the island, but she later fell off the mule she was riding and died there. Her grave has been one of the most frequently visited places in Cyprus (Bukhari).
The Prophet (saws) said, “From the tribe of Thaqif, a liar will claim prophethood, and a bloodthirsty tyrant will appear.” (Muslim) Mukhtar, who claimed prophethood, and Hajjaj az-Zalim (the Oppressor), who killed more than a hundred thousand people were both from the tribe of Thaqif, as the Prophet (saws) stated.
He also said, according to an authentic narration “If the Religion were at the Pleiades (in Persia), even then a person (muslim) from Persia would have taken hold of it, or one amongst Persian descent would surely have found it”(al-Ajluni, Kashfu’l-Khafa) Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated:”We were sitting in the company of Allah’s Apostle (saw) when Surat al-Jum`a was revealed to him and when he recited (it) amongst them, (those who were sitting with the prophet) said `Allah’s Messenger?’ but Allah’s Apostle (saws) made no reply, until he was questioned once, twice or thrice, and there was amongst us Salman the Persian. Allah’s Apostle (saws) placed his hand on Salman and then said:”Even if faith were near the Pleiades (in Persia), a man from amongst these would surely find it.”
When Muslim’s conquered Persia it became a great centre for knowledge and many of the worlds greatest scholars came from there like Imam al Ghazali, Imam Abu Dawwud, Imam Bukhari, Ibn Sina, Ibn Haytham one could name well over 200 prominent and well known Islamic figures, Scholars, Scientists, Philosophers, and Physicians in world history that came from Persia, but Imam as-Suyuti (ra) remarked:”It has been communicated unanimously that this hadith refers to Imam Abu Hanifah (who was a Persian) and founded the Hanafi Madhhab (School of Law)” which 45% of muslims around the world follow today.
Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150) is the first in Islam to organize and categorize fiqh (Islamic Law), at a time when it was simply the Quran and the Narrations so information could be easily researched and found. This was a Sunnah (example) he began and as the prophet (saws) said regarding those who begin beneficial Sunnah’s they will have the reward of all those who adopt it after them and indeed the entire Ummah adopted this after Him.
He gave rulings on matters relating to various topics, and organized the religion under sub-headings categorizing everything and embracing the whole of Law, beginning with purity (tahara) followed by prayer (salah), an order which was retained by all subsequent scholars such as Imam Malik, Shafi`i, Abu Dawud, Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, and others.
The Prophet once made a dua, “O Allah! Guide (the tribe of) Quraysh, for the science of the scholar that comes from them will encompass the earth. O Allah! You have let the first of them taste bitterness, so let the latter of them taste reward.”
The Scholars agreed that this Dua was referring to Imam al Shafii whose work “al Risala fi Usul al Fiqh” (The Treatise on the Principles of Legal Jurisprudence) was the first work to define and develop the Legal science of Usul al Fiqh (Principles of Law). This legal science is at the heart of all modern legal systems on earth toady.
“In its comprehensive character, legal science developed among Muslims very early. They were the first in the world to entertain the thought of an abstract (theoretical and conceptual) science of law, distinct from the codes of the general laws of the country. The ancients had their laws, more or less developed and even codified, yet a science which should treat the philosophy and sources of law, and the method of legislation, interpretation, application, etc, of the law was wanting, and this never struck the minds of the jurists before Islam”. Since the second century of the Hijra (800 C.E.) many Islamic works of this kind began to be produced, called Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Law).
In addition, the prophet (saws) said, “A scholar from Quraysh will fill all regions of the earth with learning.” (al-Ajluni)
The entire Ummah utilized and benefited from the work of Imam Shafii, it systemized Law itself for the other Schools of Law that emulated it’s structure.
The Prophet also said: “Truly, Allah shall send forth for this Community, at the onset of every hundred years, someone who will renew their Religion for them.” The scholars agreed, among them Abu Qilaba (d. 276) and Imam Ahmad, that the first narration above signified Imam al-Shafi`i, and the second signified Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, a just Khalif who apposed the tyrants around him, as the first person Allah sent for the Ummah and then Imam al-Shafi`i after him as the second person Allah sent.
The Prophet (saws) said: “Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge, and they shall find no-one more knowledgeable than the knowledgeable scholar of Madina.” Imam Tirmidhi, al-Qadi `Iyad, Dhahabi and others relate from Sufyan ibn Uyayna, Abd al-Razzaq, Ibn Mahdi, Ibn Ma`in, Dhu’ayb ibn `Imama, Ibn al-Madini, and others that they considered that scholar to be Malik ibn Anas the founder of the Maliki Madhhab.
Imam Malik was responsible for preserving the Sunnah of Madina for latter generations, this was the way of life the people of Madina lived shortly after the prophets (saws) death, it gave the clearest picture of life in those times we have today and the Imam and his Madhhab (school of Law) are famous for taking the actions of the people of Madina as a source of legislation in Islamic law because it was the prophet (saws) himself who established that community.
Thus in this way the Prophet (saws) foretold the Madhhab’s (Islam’s Schools of Law) and all the scholars they would be named after, the Hanafi Madhhab, Shafii, Maliki and Hanbali, all of whom adopted the science of Imam Shafii that the prophet (saws) mentioned specifically and is the method by which they derive Laws from the Quran and Sunnah, this is in contrast to the Deviant sects who lie and say the Madhhab’s are an evil innovation that has no basis in Islam rather they seek to dismantle Islam as the christians dismantled their own faith. These sects are a product of the “Ruwaibidah” a group of people the prophet (saws) gave this name to and said would come towards the end of time, the ahadith regarding them are mentioned later in this book.
History has occurred as the prophet (saws) mentioned, the entire world adopting the methods of Imam Shafii, which makes the authenticity of the narration’s self evident.
He said “My nation will be divided into seventy-three sects, and only one among them will attain salvation He was asked, “Who are they?” He replied, “Those who follow me and my Companions,”(Abu Dawud); thus, he mentioned the sects of innovation that would emerge afterwards and stated that the muslims should stick to the main body of the Ummah, it’s largest group. He (saws) described the reality after this time clearly, He said “One who defected from obedience and separated from the main body of the Muslims-if he died in that state-would die the death of one belonging to the days of Jahiliyya (before Islam)” (Muslim)
He advised “My community will not come together on misguidance”;”You have to follow the congregation for verily Allah will not make the largest group of Muhammad’s community agree on error.”, “Whoever among you wants to be in the middle of Paradise, let him cling to the congregation.”, “Shaytan is a wolf like the wolf that preys on sheep, taking the isolated and the stray among them; therefore, avoid factionalism and keep to the congregation and the collective and the masjid.”, “Allah’s hand is over the group, and whoever dissents from them departs to hell.”
Thus he advised Muslim’s should stick to Islam’s four schools of Law and they would attain the middle of Paradise if they did so. Islam’s four schools of Law have been the main Body of the Ummah from the beginning of Islam until our time, almost 90% of Islam’s 1.7 billion Muslim’s around the world today follow them.
He also said, “The Qadariyya are the Magians of this nation”(Abu Dawud), foretelling the emergence of the Qadariyya sect that rejected Destiny.
He stated that some people would transgress the limits in loving Ali just as Christians transgress the limits in loving Jesus and that those people would be called Rafizis (Musnad). (Mustadrak)He stated that Shiites, who produced various offshoots, would emerge many years before they did, the term Shia meaning Partisans, and the Rafizi are a specific sect with in them, the term is used for soldiers who abandon their commander, the first of this sect abandoned Imam Zaid the son of Imam Husain when he refused their request to abuse Abu Bakr (ra) and Umar (ra), they abandoned Him to the Tyrant Hajjaj who was pursuing him and his family, He killed Imam Zaid along with his companions. The ruling sect in Syria which are part of the Shia, deify Imam Ali exactly as the Christian deify Jesus (saws).
Before becoming a Muslim, Sahl b. Amr, who was one of the notables of the Qurayshi Pagan’s and one of the leading figures of Hudaybiya, had been captured in the Battle of Badr. Umar asked the Prophet (pbuh) to allow him to torture Sahl in retaliation for his crimes prior to the battle. The Prophet (pbuh) said, “O Umar! It may be that he will assume a stance pleasing to you.” and did not allow him to be tortured (Ali al-Qari). In fact, when the Prophet died and the Muslims had hard times, Sahl after accepting Islam, with his well-known eloquence, calmed and comforted the Companions in Makkah who at the time felt lost seeing all the turmoil occurring regarding who they should look to, just as Abu Bakr comforted and warned the Companions in Madinah after the prophets (saws) death. Allah had thus turned one Islam’s greatest enemies into one of it’s major supporters in defending the religion and maintaining Unity.
The Prophet (saws) told Suraqa who was a lowly tracker, and who had not informed on the prophet’s (saws) location when he was fleeing Makkah, that he would wear the bracelets of Chosroes the Persian Emperor” (Ali al-Qari). Many years later Persia was conquered during the Khalifa of Imam Umar (ra), the jewelry of Chosroes was sent to Him, Umar (ra) put the bracelets on Suraqa, saying, “Praise be to Allah Who took these of Chosroes and put them on Suraqa.” Thus, he reminded them of the statement of the Prophet (Ali al-Qari).
The Prophet said about Abu Lahab’s son Abu Utayba, who had been the son-in-law of the Prophet, and had divorced the daughter of the Prophet due to his parents’ sedition and insulted the Prophet, that “A dog of Allah (a Lion) will eat him.” (al-Khafaji) Utayba set off with a caravan of the tribe of Quraysh. They spent the night at a place called Zarqa. When a lion came and started to walk around the caravan, Utayba said, “O my God! I swear by Allah that it will eat me as Muhammad said. My murderer is Ibn Abi Kabsha (the prophet), even if he is in Makkah and I am in Damascus!” The lion left after walking around them that night.
His friends placed Utayba in the middle and slept around him, the lion returned, He walked among them and approached Utayba by sniffing everybody and killed him but did not eat him. In the throes of death, Utayba said, “Did I not tell you that Muhammad is the most truthful person among human beings?”; then, he died. When Abu Lahab (one of the major oppressors of Quraysh about whom Allah had revealed surah 111) heard that his son had been killed by a lion, he said, “Did I not tell you that I was worried about the prayer of Muhammad regarding my son?”
After the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (pbuh) told Bilal al Habashi (the Ethiopian) to go up on the roof of the Kaa’ba and call the adhan (call to prayer). When Bilal started to call the adhan, Abu Sufyan, Attab b. Asid and Harith b. Hisham from the leaders of the Quraysh started to talk. Attab said, “My father Asid was fortunate enough not to witness this moment.” Harith said, “Could Muhammad not have found someone other than this black crow to make the muadhdhin?” (caller of prayer) Abu Sufyan who had accepted Islam beforehand was nervous due to those talks and said. “I am afraid to say anything. I will not utter a word. Even if nobody were around, the rocks of this Batha (Makkah) would inform him.” Indeed, a little later the Prophet approached them and told them exactly what they had said. Attab and Harith became Muslims when they observed that miracle (al-Khafaji and others).
Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) informed people that a widespread epidemic would break out during the conquest of Jerusalem. As he said, such an epidemic broke out, seventy thousand people died in three days during the conquest (Bukhari).
A few months prior to his death, the prophet (saws) said to his companions, “Allah let his slave choose and he chose that which is with Allah” (Bukhari), informing people about his death, the prophet (saws) died two months later.
The Prophet informed his daughter, Fatima, that she would be the first member of his family to die after him, six months after the prophet (saws) death at a very young age she passed away.
He said after him Muslims would defeat the Roman, Persian and Yemen empires, he was informed of this during the Battle of Confederates in 626 AD, under extreme circumstances, as is described by the Quran:
“[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you (companions) assumed about God [various] assumptions. There, the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking. And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, ‘God and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion.’” (Quran 33:10-12)
These Empires were all defeated by his companions after his death.
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