তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ সতর্কবাণী ও বিশ্লেষণধর্মী পর্যালোচনা

Among the second category are: the Smoke, the rising of the sun from the west, the emergence of the Beast, and the Fire that emerges from the depths of Aden herding the people. Thus, what is intended by the long duration is in consideration of the first category, and the short duration is in consideration of the second category. However, the report explicitly states that the one hundred and twenty years are after the rising of the sun.

Supplement: Al-Hulaymi mentioned that the first of the major signs is the Dajjal (the Antichrist), followed by the descent of 'Isa (peace be upon him), and then the rising of the sun from the west.

I say: What is correct in my view is that the first of the signs is the emergence of al-Mahdi, then the Dajjal, then the descent of 'Isa, then the emergence of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), through to the end of them in the sequence we have mentioned.

As for the emergence of al-Sufyani, even though it precedes the emergence of al-Mahdi, the scholars did not count his emergence as a major sign; rather, it is merely an indication of the emergence of al-Mahdi, and Allah is the Grantor of success.

The fourth point of clarification: A group of scholars claimed that the acceptance of faith and repentance is only withheld at the very moment the sun rises, meaning precisely during that state, but whoever repents after that or embraces Islam, it will be accepted from him. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "Fath al-Bari," the gist of which is: What is indicated by the established sound (sahih) and good (hasan) hadiths is that the acceptance of repentance is negated by the rising of the sun from the west, and its implication is that it will not be accepted thereafter. Indeed, in some narrations there is explicit mention of its non-acceptance, as recorded by Imam Ahmad, al-Tabari, and al-Tabarani on the authority of Malik ibn Yukhamir,