পৃষ্ঠা 85: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the Wind and the Times of Its Occurrence

Mention of the Red Wind and What Has Been Narrated Regarding It

...with sashes around their waists; and this was established through a formal judicial record before the local judge, and its confirmation was then transferred to the judge of Hama. Thus it is recorded in "al-Sukkaradan", and Allah does whatever He wills.

And among them: the red wind, meaning a violent and severe storm, and momentous affairs:

On the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When the public treasury (al-fay') is treated as private wealth, a trust is treated as spoils of war, zakah is considered a financial penalty, knowledge is acquired for reasons other than religion, a man obeys his wife and defies his mother, brings his friend close and distances his father, voices are raised in the mosques, the transgressor of a tribe becomes their leader, the leader of a people is the vilest among them, a man is honored solely out of fear of his evil, singing-girls and musical instruments become widespread, intoxicants are consumed, and the latter part of this nation curses its beginning; then let them anticipate at that time a red wind, earthquakes, landslides, metamorphoses, peltings of stones from the sky, and signs following in rapid succession, just like a worn string of beads whose cord is cut, causing them to fall one after another." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi.

And on the authority of Abdullah ibn Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ): "When you see the caliphate descend upon the Holy Land, then earthquakes, tribulations, and momentous affairs have drawn near, and the Hour on that day will be closer than this hand of mine is to your head." Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Hakim.

And if what is meant by the caliphate descending upon the Holy Land is the dominion of the Umayyads, then there indeed occurred of momentous affairs that which we will mention part of.

And if what is meant is the caliphate of al-Mahdi, then what is intended by it are the proximate signs of the Hour, such as the Beast, the rising of the sun from the west, and other such events.

As for the wind: in the year two hundred and thirty-two, at the beginning of the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil, a fierce scorching wind blew over Iraq the like of which had never been known. It scorched the crops of Kufa, Basra, and Baghdad, killed travelers, persisted for fifty days, extended to Hamadhan where it burned crops and livestock, and reached Mosul and Sinjar, preventing people from earning their livelihoods in the markets.