An Increase in Earthquakes is a Sign of The End of Times

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An Increase in Earthquakes is a Sign of The End of Times | Shaykh Salih Al Fawzan

Our Father Allamah(Highly Learned Scholar) Shaykh Salih Al Fawzan rahimahullah said:

An increase in Al Zalaazil (earthquakes), which is plural for Zilzaal - and Allah's Refuge is sought - it is [described as] the shaking of the earth.

Allah has made the earth a resting place, firm, and stabilised it with mountains, so that people can live on its surface.

In the End of Times, the earth will become increasingly agitated, as well as earthquakes which will destroy many lands.

As you see occurring now and hear about, in which much of the creation and many lands are destroyed in.

And these are punishments. Allah brings them forth over his slaves when they become corrupted in the End of Times, Allah brings forth punishments over them.

So, from one angle they are a punishment and from [ another] angle they are a reminder - a reminder for the people of faith to wake up and repent to Allah The All Mighty and Majestic.

And it's not to be said that these are natural occurrences, as the people who gather in sittings and ignorant people say.

They say: "These are natural occurrences and don't mean anything; they don't mean anything and are simply natural occurrences which pass by."

No, they are not natural occurrences. Why didn't these "natural occurrences" take place in the past [this frequently]? Due to the fact that the people were righteous and steadfast.

This has only occurred in the End of Times as a warning and caution for the people to take heed from.

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Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until (religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time will pass quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and money will overflow amongst you." (See Hadith No. 85 Vol 1).

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ الْعِلْمُ، وَتَكْثُرَ الزَّلاَزِلُ، وَيَتَقَارَبَ الزَّمَانُ، وَتَظْهَرَ الْفِتَنُ، وَيَكْثُرَ الْهَرْجُ ـ وَهْوَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ ـ حَتَّى يَكْثُرَ فِيكُمُ الْمَالُ فَيَفِيضُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Sahih al-Bukhari 1036

Chapter 27: Earthquakes and (other) signs (of the Day of Judgement), Book 15: Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

Narrated AbuMusa:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: This people of mine is one to which mercy is shown. It will have no punishment in the next world, but its punishment in this world will be trials, earthquakes and being killed.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4278

Chapter 1585: Hope Of Forgiveness For Murder, Book 37: Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)

Narrated Ibn `Umar: (The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd(Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia) as well." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1037

Chapter 27: Earthquakes and (other) signs (of the Day of Judgement), Book 15: Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earthquakes will take place) and Allah will expel all the non-believers and the hypocrites from it."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1881

Chapter 9: Ad-Dajjal will not be able to enter Al-Madina, Book 29: Virtues of Madinah

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O Allah bless us in our Sham! O Allah bless us in our Yemen." They said: "And in our Najd" He said: "O Allah bless us in our Sham and bless us in our Yemen." They said: "And in our Najd(Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia) " He said: "Earthquakes are there, and tribulations are there." Or he said: "The horn of Shaitan comes from there."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3953

Chapter 75: About The Virtue Of Ash-Sham And Yemen, Book 49: Chapters on Virtues

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will establish cities, Anas, and one of them will be called al-Basrah or al-Busayrah. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its Kall, its market, and the gate of its commanders, and keep to its environs, for the earth will swallow some people up, pelting rain will fall and earthquakes will take place in it, and there will be people who will spend the night in it and become apes and swine in the morning.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4307

Chapter 1596: On The Mention Of Al-Basrah, Book 39: Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)

Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen." The People said, "And also on our Najd." He said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen." The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! And also on our Najd." I think the third time the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There (in Najd) (Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia)  is the place of earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan."

Sahih al-Bukhari 7094

Chapter 16: “Al-Fitnah will appear from the east.”, Book 92: Afflictions and the End of the World

Narrated Abdullah ibn Hawalah al-Azdi:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on foot to get spoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signs of distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: O Allah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak to care for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for they would be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care of men, for they would choose the best things for themselves. He then placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when you see the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes, sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that day the Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine is to your head.

Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Hawalah belongs to Hims.

Sunan Abi Dawud 2535

Chapter 884: Regarding A Person Going To Battle, Seeking Reward And Spoils Of War, Book 15: Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established (1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine, (2) till about thirty Dajjals (liars) appear, and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), (3) till the religious knowledge is taken away (by the death of Religious scholars) (4) earthquakes will increase in number (5) time will pass quickly, (6) afflictions will appear, (7) Al-Harj, (i.e., killing) will increase, (8) till wealth will be in abundance ---- so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Zakat, and whenever he will present it to someone, that person (to whom it will be offered) will say, 'I am not in need of it, (9) till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings, (10) till a man when passing by a grave of someone will say, 'Would that I were in his place (11) and till the sun rises from the West.

 So when the sun will rise and the people will see it (rising from the West) they will all believe (embrace Islam) but that will be the time when: (As Allah said,) 'No good will it do to a soul to believe then, if it believed not before, nor earned good (by deeds of righteousness) through its Faith.' (6.158) And the Hour will be established while two men spreading a garment in front of them but they will not be able to sell it, nor fold it up; and the Hour will be established when a man has milked his she-camel and has taken away the milk but he will not be able to drink it; and the Hour will be established before a man repairing a tank (for his livestock) is able to water (his animals) in it; and the Hour will be established when a person has raised a morsel (of food) to his mouth but will not be able to eat it."

Sahih al-Bukhari 7121

Chapter 25: Chapter, Book 92: Afflictions and the End of the World

The Ḥadīth on Najd

Many of the lying Ṣūfīs(barelvi, deobandi) & people of desires have utilized the aḥādīth pertaining to Najd as an evidence against the daʿwah of Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. AH 1206) – raḥimahullāh. And they use it to this day to fight Ahl al-Sunnah. However, if they only knew that this ḥadīth is in fact an evidence against them, not an evidence in their favour.

Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia by Shaykh Ḥasan Ṣomālī

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Answer:

The questioner is referring to the ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ which is muttafaqun ʿalayhi, where he said, on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (رضى الله عنه):

عن ابن عمر قال: قال: اللهم بارك لنا في شامنا، وفي يمننا قال: قالوا: وفي نجدنا؟ قال: قال: اللهم بارك لنا في شامنا وفي يمننا قال: قالوا: وفي نجدنا؟ قال: قال: هناك الزلازل والفتن، وبها يطلع قرن الشيطان

“O Allāh! Bless our Shām and our Yemen.’ And the people said, ‘And in our Najd?’ He said, ‘O Allāh! Bless our Shām and our Yemen.’ And the people said, ‘And in our Najd?’ He said, ‘There will appear earthquakes and tribulations, and from there will come the horn of the devil.” [Saḥīḥ Bukhārī 1037]

We have to understand Al-Najd in this ḥadīth based upon the other authentic aḥādīth that exist. Obviously, the logistic location, is what was considered Al-Najd from Madīnah at that time. If we look in versions of this ḥadīth, there is an authentic ḥadīth that clearly mentions that the prophet ﷺ said, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās (رضى الله عنه):

اللهم بارك لنا في شامنا ويمننا. فقال رجل من القوم يا نبي الله وفي عراقنا . قال : إن بها قرن الشيطان

“O Allāh! Bless our Shām and our Yemen. A man from the people said, “O Messenger of Allāh! And our ‘Iraq?” He said, “Indeed there is the horn of the devil….” [At-Tabarani 1204]

This mentions ‘Iraq specifically, and this ḥadīth is authentic. So, we see that Al-Najd is referring to ʿIraq and the surrounding areas. This was also mentioned by Al-Khaṭṭābī (رحمه الله), who was quoted and cited by Al-Ḥafiẓ Ibn Ḥajar (رحمه الله) in his classical explanation of Al-Bukhāri, Fatḥul Bārī. Al-Khaṭṭābī (رحمه الله) said, “As for the people of Al-Madinah, their Najd would be Al- ʿIraq and the surrounding areas.”

The reasons the Prophet ﷺ highlighted that many fitan (tribulations and afflictions) will appear from Al-ʿIraq.

For example, the Khawārij appeared from ʿIraq, the Shiīʿah, the Rawāfiḍ, the Bāṭiniyah, the Qadariyah, the Jahmiyah, the Muʿtazilah, and many of the deviant sects appeared from ʿIraq. This does not mean that everyone in ʿIraq is like that. The Prophet ﷺ was referring to the fitan that occurred there because there were also many righteous people from ʿIraq.

We have to be aware of the corrupt interpretation of Al-Najd that is offered by the Ṣūfīs who want to attack the daʿwah of tawḥīd, the call to monotheism of Shaykh al-Islām Al-Mujaddid Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdul Wahhāb (رحمه الله). They twist and distort the meaning and say that Najd in these aḥādīth refers to Saudi Arabia.

Look at the danger of al-hawá – desires.

One of the fundamentals of Ahl Al-Sunnah is what? Our belief is in accordance to the text.  Whereas the people of innovation, they have a belief, and then they look to justify it with texts, even if that requires them distorting the meaning of the texts of the Book of Allāh and the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ because every person of innovation distorts the correct meanings of the texts.

End of Speech [ Source: Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia by Shaykh Ḥasan Ṣomālī | Questions & Answers ]

Allamah Muhaddith, Mujaddid Imam Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani said Same thing: “Najd in the hadith refers to Iraq” & he continue to provide explanation based on proofs.

Below are the more sources regarding Najd Hadith:

1. Does The Ḥadīth About The Devil’s Horns Coming From Al-Najd Refer To Iraq or Modern Day Najd in Saudi Arabia by Shaykh Ḥasan Ṣomālī | Questions & Answers 
2. The Ḥadīth on Najd - troid.org | Digital Daʿwah
3. Salafi Publications | Concerning the Ahadeeth of Najd
4. SalafiTalk.Net - Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abd-al-Wahab and Najdis