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Unfolding of the Signs of the Advent of of Imam al-Mahdi
Author: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi
Details of these signs of the advent of Imam al-Mahdi have been mentioned in Islamic hadith sources from 13 or 14 centuries ago, and today, which we see many of them with our own eyes, we believe that they are indeed miraculous!
For instance, tens of these corruption, which a part of them have social and political aspect and another part has moral aspect, have been mentioned in a narratives from Imam Sadiq(as) that studying them makes the human to think deeply about the issue.
Here it is the text of the foresaid narrative with the English translation:
From Humraan (bin A`yan) said, Abu `Abd Allah Imam Sadiq (Úáíå ÇáÓáÇã) said:
You will see (a time) when haqq (truth) has died, and left its people
And you will see that tyranny has encompassed the countries
And you will see the Qur’an has become old, and new thing (innovations) about it when it is not there, and it (Qur’an) being directed by the desires
4. And you will see the religion turned upside down like water (bowl) being turned upside down
5. And you will see the people of falseness rise above the people of haqq (righteousness)
6. And you will see evil become apparent and no one prohibits it, and excuses its companions
7. And you will see fisq (immorality) become apparent and men being satisfied by men and women being (satisfied) with women
8. And you will see a believing person become silent and his words are not accepted
9. And you will see a faasiq (immoral person) lie and his lies and slander are not refuted
10. And you will see young (people) demean the older people
11. And you will see relations being severed
12. And you will see one who is praised for his fisq (immoral ways) and he laughs at it, and his saying are not refuted/rejected
13. And you will see a boy give what a women gives
14. And you will see women marry women
15. And you will see compliments become many
16. And you will see a man spend his wealth in something other than in obedience to Allah, and he is not prohibit, and his hand is not taken back
17. And you will see the onlookers seek refuge with Allah because of what they see a believer struggles to do
18. And you will see neighbors harm neighbors and no one will prevent it
19. And you will see the kaafir become happy because of what he see in the believers, and he will become happy because of the fesad (corruption) in the land
20. And you will see wine being drunk in public and gatherings about it, one who is not afraid of Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø)
21. And you will see Amr bil ma`roof (Commanding the good) become ignoble
22. And you will see a faasiq do what Allah does not love, (and is) mighty and praised
23. And you will see people of the signs despised, and the who like them despised
24. And you will see the path of good halted, and the path of evil adopted
25. And you will see the House of Allah being inactive and becoming abandoned
26. And you will see a man say what he does not do
27. And you will see men (use) oil (?) for men and women for women
28. And you will see men earn a livelihood from homosexuality and women earn a livelihood from prostitution.
29. And you will see women take to gatherings like men take (to gatherings)
30. And you will see feminine in the progeny of Al-`Abbas becoming apparent, and dyeing becoming apparent and combing like the combing of women for their husbands and men are awarded money for their sexual organs, and compete with a man, and dissimilarities for men and people of money are cherished from the believers, and riba (usury) becoming apparent and it is not taunted, and zina (adultery) praised in women.
31. And you will see women do a favor to her husband upon the marriage of men (?)
32. And you will see many people and the best houses are those who help women commit fisq (immorality)
33. And you will see the believer depressed and scorned and humiliated
34. And you will see bid`ah (innovation) and zina (adultery) become apparent
35. And you will see people argue with false witnesses
36. And you will see haram turn into halal
37. And you will see halal turn into haram
38. And you will see the religion taken by ra’y (personal opinion) and the book and its laws become neglected
39. And you will see (people) not hide in the night from their action against Allah
40. And you will see a believer cannot deny except with his heart
41. And you will see great (amounts) of wealth being spend in what Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø) gets annoyed
42. And you will see rulers become closer to the people of kufr (disbelief) and separate from the people of khayr (good)
43. And you will see rulers being bribed for a judgment
44. And you will see governing being obliged to those who are more (wealthy, status)
45. And you will relatives having marriage (with each other) and becoming satisfied by it
46. And you will see men murder for an accusation and upon dhan (conjecture) and differences with another man who gives himself and his wealth
47. And you will see a man…(?)
48. And you will see a man eat from the earnings of his wife, (which she got) from immoral actions and him knowing it, and being okay with it.
49. And you will see women overcome her husband and work for what he desires and she spends for husband
50. And you will see men hire his women and slave girl and accept with worthless things from food and drinks
51. And you will see Iman (faith) in Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø) (be based) on many falsehoods
52. And you will see gambling become apparent
53. And you will see wine vendors become apparent and no one prevents it
54. And you will see the women give themselves to the people of kufr
55. And you will see amusements become apparent, and (people) pass by it and no one prevents it, and no one will dare to stop it
56. And you will see the Sharif (the dignified/reputable) become humbled because he fears his ruler
57. And you will see the closest people to the rulers will be praised for cursing the Ahl Al-Bayt (Úáíå ÇáÓáÇã)
58. And you will see whoever loves us are (called) liars and their testimonies are not accepted
59. And you will see those who compete over false words
60. And you will see the Qur’an will become heavy on the people to listen to, and it will be light upon the people to listen to falsehood
61. And you will see a neighbor honor another neighbor because of fear of his tongue
62. And you will see punishments become neglected and people will act according to their desires
63. And you will see the masjid (pl. masjid) being adorned / beautified
64. And you will see the truthful people from the people are the slanderers and liars
65. And you will see evil and tale bearing become apparent
66. And you will see adulteresses become rampant
67. And you will see gheebah (backbiting) become likeable and the people give it as good news to one another
68. And you will see seek for hajj and jihad for other than Allah
69. And you will see rulers humiliate the believers for the unbelievers
70. And you will see destruction pass from ages
71. And you will see men earn a livelihood from cheating in measuring and scaling
72. And you will see bloodshed being undervalued
73. And you will see a man seeking leadership for the sake of the world and to make himself famous through maligning with his tongue, and the affairs are supported by him
74. And you will see Salah being belittled / undervalued
75. And you will see men who have great wealth, and then he does not pay zakat for his country
76. And you will see the dead exhumed from his grave and being harmed and selling his kafan (clothes for the dead)
77. And you will see commotion becoming many
78. And you will see men becoming drunk and turning into a drunkard and no one from the people cares about him
79. And you will see bestiality (sex with animals)
80. And you will see animals devour one another
81. And you will see men come out from the prayer area and return, without anything from his clothes (on him)
82. And you will see the hearts of people become tough and their eyes become hard, and remembrance (of Allah) becomes heavy for them
83. And you will see (people) competing in unlawful things becoming apparent
84. And you will see someone praying and he prays so the people can see
85. And you will see a faqih (Islamic scholar) learn for other than the religion and seek the world and leadership
86. And you will see people with who overpower (others)
87. And you will see a person seeking halal being defamed and humiliated, and the person seeking haram praised and dignified
88. And you will see actions in haramayn (two holy mosques in Makkah and Medina) that Allah does not like and no one will prevent it and try to change anyone between them and between the ugly actions.
89. And you will see musical instruments being apparent in the haramayn (two holy mosques in Makkah and Medina)
90. And you will see a man who speaks something that is haqq (the truth) and commands the good and forbids the evil and (someone) will stand up and recommend him and say: ‘This is not your responsibility’
91. And you will see people see one another and emulate the people of evil
92. And you will see the path of good and its path being empty that no one wants to pursue
93. And you will see the death being ridiculed and no one being afraid of it
94. And you will see that every year newly invented things from the evil and many bid`ah (innovation) will come
95. And you will see the creations and gatherings not following (anyone) except the wealthy
96. And you will see the poor receive (help) so that (people) can laugh at him, and have mercy on him for other than for the sake of Allah
97. And you will see signs in the earth and no one will fear
98. And you will see people have sex like animals have sex, and no one will deny this because of fear from the people
99. And you will see a man spend a lot in other than obedience to Allah and denies little in obedience of Allah
100. And you will see ungratefulness becoming apparent and belittling to the parents and they will be from the worst condition of people for the children and they will be happy defaming them (their parents)
101. And you will see the women become powerful in the land, and have power over all the affairs and does not come except what she desires
102. And you will see the son of man defame his father and curse his father, and become happy when he dies
103. And you will see a man when a day passes and he has not earned a great sin in it from tyranny, or cheating in measuring, or scale, or committing an unlawful act, or drinking wine, he becomes sad and depressed and counts that day as a day lost in his life
104. And you will see a ruler monopolize on the food
105. And you will see the assets of relatives distributed in falsehood and gambled with to drink wine
106. And you will alcohol being used as a cure and form to heal the sick
107. And you will see the people equal in abandoning commanding the good and forbidding the evil and abandoning the religion
108. And you will see the munaafiqeen and people of hypocrisy on the rise and the people of haqq do not move
109. And you will see money asked for doing the Adhan and Salah
110. And you will see the masjid crowded with those who do no fear Allah, they father for gheebah and they eat flesh of the people of haqq and prescribed wine and intoxicants
111. And you will see the drunkards from the people lead Salah and he has no understanding and he is not ashamed of being drunk, and when being drunk is honored and feared, and abandoning him is feared, and no punishment for being drunk.
112. And you will see whoever eats the wealth of orphans will be praised as being good
113. And you will see judge will judge against what Allah has commanded
114. And you will see the rulers trust the treacherous one for greed
115. And you will see inheritors become vilifies and rulers of the people of fisq and against the commandment of Allah who take form them and leave in them what they desire
116. And you will see the pulpits command those to act pious, but they do no act on what they command
117. And you will see the timing of Salah belittled
118. And you will see charity given through intercession and not for the sake of Allah and of the people demands and pleasures
119. And you will see the people who take care of their stomachs and their sexual organs and do not pay attention to what they eat and who they have sex with
120. And you will see the world following them
121. And you will see the flag of haqq has become old
So you must beware and request for Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø) salvation, and know that Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø) is angry with the people and He delays in command for (a matter) what he wants them. Strive and remain watchful so that Allah (ÚóÒóø æó Ìóáóø) will see you do the opposite of what they do…”( Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 8, pg. 36 - 42, hadeeth # 7, Mir\'aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 25, pg. 82, Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar, vol. 52, pg. 256 - 260, hadeeth # 147)
As we have said before, what has been mentioned above is a part of a long hadith, which points on corruptions, which expand near the great revolution.
These various corruptions can be divided into three groups:
1) Corruptions related to legal issues and governments like expansion of oppression, dominance of adherents of untruth, nonexistence of freedom of speech and action, in the way that believer people can only express their hatred from oppression and oppressors in their hearts, also spending large assets in useless, harmful or destructive consumptions, advancement of bribery, auctioning the positions, inclination of weak people who don’t have constructive culture to any power which wins (anyone who it is); also spending the capitals in wars and destructive armament competitions and noticing to these issue more than construction (until the costs of war becomes more than the costs of constructions).
Also, each year new ways of corruption, oppression, exploitation are invented, and nobody feels responsible for social disharmonies except a few, and even they advise each other to disregard these issues.
2) Another part of these corruptions are related to moral issues, like: expansion of adulation, emulation, choosing trite jobs (like making money through prostitution of the wife  by men, also advancement of wine, gambling and different kinds of unhealthy entertainment, speeches without action, hypocrisy, affectation and influencing the authorities even in helping the poor, evaluation of people by their wealth and like them.
3) Another part of these corruptions are related to particularly religious aspects like imposing lust-soaked self desires to Qur’an and interpretation by opinion, and material and personal inclinations in religious matters, congestion of polluted and sinner persons in mosques, extraordinary notice to ornamentation of mosques and emptying their contents, reducing the value of prayer and ignoring that and like them.
If we carefully notice then we see that many of these corruptions have become practical in present complexes and the other ones are also expected; so what don’t we have for preparing the background of that great revolution?
The answer of this question is that we have also previously mentioned; we have few knowledge, and in other words, constructive and revolutionary reaction against these corruptions.
Anyway, appearance of these signs is not solely the condition of establishment of that great revolution, but it is a beginning for awakening the thoughts, lashes for awakening the sleeping souls, and it is a background for preparing social and psychological readiness.
The people of the world will have to analyze the sources of these disharmonies, and their results and effects anyway, and it founds a general self-awareness and accordingly, they become certain that continuing the current conditions are not possible, but should make a revolution.
A revolution in all aspects for finding a just, divine and popular system
It is also necessary to remind that it is not necessary for these corruptions to appear all around the world and if some small environments are pure then this conditions is not fulfilled; but the criterion is the typical feature of the people of the world whether in the East or in the West; and in other words, this ruling is based on majority method like many other rulings.
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