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4042. 'Awf bin Mālik Al-Ashja'i said: "I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ during the campaign of Tabuk, when he was in a tent made of leather, so I sat in front of the tent. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Enter, O 'Awf.' I said, 'All of me, O Messenger of Allāh?' He said: "All of you.' Then he said: 'O 'Awf, remember six things (that will occur) before the Hour comes, one of which is my death.' I was very shocked and saddened at that. He said: 'Count that as the first. Then (will come) the conquest of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem); then a disease which will appear among you and cause you and your offspring to die as martyrs and will purify your deeds; then there will be (much) wealth among you, so that if a man were to be given one hundred Dinār he would still be dissatisfied; and there will be tribulation among you that will not leave any Muslim house untouched;[1] then there will be a treaty between you and the Romans, then they will betray you and march against you with
eighty banners, under each of which will be twelve thousand (troops).” (Sahih)
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[1] Which refers to the fitnah that occurred after the death of 'Uthman ﷺ, according to the commentaries. See no. 317 of Al-Bukhari and the comments of Ibn Hajar.
Commentary
‘Tribulation that will not leave any Muslim house untouched’ may refer to many things. For example, pictures of living things that are forbidden in Islam. Many people keep the pictures of their elders, pious people, children, scholars or their spiritual leaders to get the blessings through them. If one escapes from such pictures he cannot escape from the pictures that are in newspapers, magazines or in the course books of the children. Due to government orders in some Muslim lands, keeping pictures in every house in the form of passports, identity cards etc., became compulsory for everyone. The bad effects of pictures have also spread largely through TV, VCR, cable T.V., internet etc. Another example of temptation that has entered every house is music. Sometime ago it was used only with songs in films and special arrangements were made in order to listen to it, but later it became common through radio, television and the like media. Now it is played everywhere; in houses, shops, buses, cars, taxis etc. Moreover, its use in praise of the Prophet ﷺ, and polytheistic poetry made its prohibition so light that it is no more considered forbidden.
