When will Dajjal Emerge:
- The abandoning of commanding what is right and forbidding from evil
- Life shall have no value
- True rulership shall be non-existent
- Usury shall be the order of the day
- Strong buildings shall be constructed
- Liquor shall be drunk in abundance
- Dancing and singing girls shall be utilized as a pastime
- Silk shall be worn (by men)
- The clothing of the family of Firoun shall be common (Fancy dressing making one appear as ‘royal’ shall be worn by the commoner)
- Promises and treaties shall be broken
- Islamic knowledge shall be sought, merely for worldly purposes
- The Masajid shall be adorned
- Hearts shall be void of Islamic character
- Family ties shall hold no value
- Beautiful reciters of the Quran shall be many, but pious, learned men shall be few
- Islamic legal punishment (hadd) shall be abandoned
- Men shall imitate women and vice-versa
- Homosexuality and lesbianism shall be rife
- When Salaah shall be discarded openly
- When the sighting of the moon shall be discarded (indicating a new calendar system i.e. Islamic calendar replaced by the Gregorian calendar)
- When lying shall not be regarded as a wrong
- When usury and bribery shall be rife
- When man shall be a slave of his desires
- When tolerance shall be regarded as a sign of weakness, whilst oppression shall be a sign of prestige
- When leaders shall be open transgressors, their ministers shall misappropriate funds and their military/ police force shall oppress the masses
- When the beautiful reciters of Quran/ scholars shall openly transgress the laws of Shariah
- When harsh, oppressive laws shall spread
- When the rate of divorce shall climb sky high
- When “sudden death” shall occur abundantly
- When false accusations shall be made regularly
- When the Quran shall be decorated, the Masjids beautified and the minarets shall be high
- When crowding queues (in shopping centers, banks, areas of entertainment etc) shall be frequent
- When women shall join their spouses in business, merely in order to earn more of the world
- When women shall abandon the lower garment
- When only he shall be greeted who one has acquaintance with
- When people shall come forward to give witness, without even being asked to do so (As is common today on ‘social media’, where every individual feels it’s his duty to offer his comments on an issue, despite having no real substance for his statements)
- When woolen garments (worn by sufis) shall be worn by people whose hearts are of wolves, whose hearts shall be more bitter than aloe and filthier than carrion
- When people shall seek the world with the actions of the Hereafter, and when deep knowledge shall be sought, but void of the recognition of Almighty Allah
At such a time one should take full guard and place himself on full alert. Yes, a place to be at such a time is Baitul-Maqdis (Aqsa). And there a time shall come when one shall desire if only he were a mere brick in the walls of Al Aqsa!
(Indication that life for the inhabitants of Al Aqsa shall be made quite difficult)