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This Book

It is among the most exquisite treatises written concerning the signs of the Hour, from their onset to their conclusion until the chapter of this worldly life is folded up, relying in its presentation upon the clear elucidation of the one who does not speak of his own desire (ﷺ).

It is well-known that the deep comprehension of the signs of the Hour is among the vital matters of the religion. This is evidenced by the conclusion of the famous Hadith of Jibril, wherein he questioned the Prophet (ﷺ) concerning the Hour, and then regarding its signs.

Its mention alongside Islam, Iman, and Ihsan was solely to signify the utmost gravity and importance of this subject.

Indeed, for

this book,

there are distinctive merits that elevate it above others and set it apart from the rest. For it is not among those books that concocted novel interpretations of the texts, nor did it restrict the signs of the Hour to specific historical events based on speculative conjectures, whereby the steed of ijtihad stumbled beneath its authors and failed to strike the heart of truth.

Nor did it record the idle delusions babbling from some writers regarding the signs, which resembled the embellished fabrications of conjurers and soothsayers in their pretension to pierce the veil of the unseen and extract future events from the Preserved Tablet.

Despite the vast amount written and yet to be written on this subject, there remains

this blessed book

an authoritative scholarly reference and an indispensable resource for anyone seeking knowledge, insight, and comprehensive understanding of the events of the End Times.

Indeed, the distinguishing virtue of

this book

is that it is purely text-based and tradition-grounded (athari), and its author is an eminent, accomplished master of hadith who adhered to the methodology of the righteous predecessors in its compilation. He deposited within it hadith insights and signs rarely found elsewhere, accompanied by the annotations of the erudite hadith scholar Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi (may Allah have mercy upon him), which further enhance the book's prestige.

It is truly among the works worthy of being read and acquired, and the discerning person holds fast to the likes of it with molar teeth, owing to its distinct authenticity, profound depth, meticulous exhaustiveness, and distant remove from deviation and conjecture.

In brief:

This book

contains:

The prospective vision of future events through the truthful prophetic perspective.