পৃষ্ঠা 303: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

Mention of the Fire that will emerge from the depths of 'Adan (Aden), and that it is among the greatest signs.

Notice: Clarification that the saying of the Prophet (ﷺ), "The Soul of Allah will despise them," is among the ambiguous (mutashabihat) texts, which necessitates believing in it according to the intent of Allah and the intent of His Messenger (ﷺ).

Among the major signs, and it is the very last of them, is a fire that emerges from the depths of 'Adan, driving the people to the place of their gathering.

Ahmad and al-Bukhari narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "As for the first of the signs of the Hour, it is a fire that will emerge from the east and gather people toward the west; and as for the first food eaten by the people of Paradise, it will be the extra lobe of fish liver..." the hadith.

The six compilers of Hadith except al-Bukhari narrated from Hudhayfah ibn Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu' report: "The Hour will not be established until you see ten signs before it..." the hadith.

And in it: "And the last of that is a fire that will emerge from Yemen, driving the people to their place of gathering."

It is also narrated: "A fire that emerges from the depths of 'Adan, driving the people to the Mahshar (place of gathering)."

And in another wording: "From the depths of 'Adan Abyan."

And 'Abyan', on the morphological scale of 'Ahmar', is the name of the king who built it. The author of al-Nihayah said: The reconciliation between its being the first and its being the last has already been discussed previously.

Ahmad narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he (Ahmad), Abu Dawud, al-Hakim, and Abu Nu'aym narrated from Ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: "There will be migration after migration, and the best of the people of the earth will be those who adhere closest to the place of Ibrahim's migration. There will remain on the earth the worst of its inhabitants; their lands will cast them out, the Soul of Allah will despise them, and the fire will gather them alongside apes and swine. It will stay overnight with them whenever they spend the night, take a midday nap with them whenever they rest at noon, and consume whoever lags behind."

Notice:

His statement, "the Soul of Allah will despise them," is among the ambiguous matters (al-mutashabihat), so it is obligatory to believe in it according to the intent of Allah and the intent of His Messenger, and there is no need to allegorize it. For the Hadith, like the Qur'an, none knows its true interpretation except Allah and those firmly grounded in knowledge; because they say: "We believe in it; all of it is from our Lord." Thus, their faith in it yields for them knowledge of its true meaning.

Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi narrated, and the latter said: it is hasan sahih, from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both):