Madinah returns to center-stage
This essay presents arguments and evidence that Madinah will soon be liberated from being a back-water, silent Saudi-Wahhabi university town into a city that will dramatically occupy center-stage in the affairs of the world, and this should warm the hearts of Muslims around the world.
Central to this thesis is the End-Time prophecy that the Arabs will be destroyed by epidemics (formerly referred to as plagues):
عن عَوْف بْن مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ فَقَالَ اعْدُدْ سِتًّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ مَوْتِي ثُمَّ فَتْحُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ثُمَّ مُوْتَانٌ يَأْخُذُ فِيكُمْ كَقُعَاصِ الْغَنَمِ ثُمَّ اسْتِفَاضَةُ الْمَالِ حَتَّى يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَظَلُّ سَاخِطًا ثُمَّ فِتْنَةٌ لَا يَبْقَى بَيْتٌ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ إِلَّا دَخَلَتْهُ ثُمَّ هُدْنَةٌ تَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ بَنِي الْأَصْفَرِ فَيَغْدِرُونَ فَيَأْتُونَكُمْ تَحْتَ ثَمَانِينَ غَايَةً تَحْتَ كُلِّ غَايَةٍ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا (صحيح البخاري
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Narrated Auf bin Malik: I went to the Prophet during the Ghazwa of Tabūk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep, the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinārs, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a Truce between you and Banū Al-Asfar who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.
(Sahīh Bukhārī
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ تَسْتَنْظِفُ الْعَرَبُ قَتْلَاهَا فِي النَّارِ اللِّسَانُ فِيهَا أَشَدُّ مِنْ السَّيْفِ . (سنن الترمذي وسنن ابن ماجه
Abdullah bin Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: "There will come a calamity which will wipe out the Arabs. Their slain will be in hell. The tongue will be more severe in this than the blow of the sword."
(Tirmīidhi, IbnMājah)
There is evidence that the present Arab Spring which commenced more than one year ago, like the one which preceded it one hundred years before, was Judeo-Christian-European crafted, and is meant to prepare the way for an Arab slaughter which will facilitate the imposition of Israeli political and economic dominion over the Arabs.
It is almost certain that Zionists will soon wage biological war against the Arabs (on Dajjāls behalf) as prophesied by the Prophet, with which to bring about a substantial reduction in the population of the Arab world.
There are several Ahadīth which inform us that neither plague nor Dajjāl can enter Makkah and Madinah:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أَنْقَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَلَائِكَةٌ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا الطَّاعُونُ وَلَا الدَّجَّالُ (صحيح البخاري
Abu Huraira(radiallahu 'anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alaihiwasallam) said: There are angels at the entrances of Madinah. Neither plagues nor Dajjāl shall enter it.
(Sahīh Bukhārī
Our view, and Allah Knows best, is that this prophecy pertains to the biological attack on the Arabs that would be launched on Dajjāls behalf (hence the juxtaposition of plague with Dajjāl in the Hadīth). Hence our conclusion is that Makkah and Madinah are destined to dramatically recover center-stage in Islamic and world affairs when the two cities provide dramatic and providential safety at that time when the biological attack on the Arabs is launched.
But Madinah, the university town with the purest expression of Saudi-Wahhabi Islam, is destined to play an even greater and more dramatic role in history, - a role that will be profoundly embarrassing for the Saudi-Wahhabi expression of Islam.
Madinah will eclipse Makkah at center-stage
It is not at all difficult for us to anticipate large-scale movement of Arabs to Makkah and Madinah as soon as Israel commences her great wars. One can even expect that this essay might possibly provoke that movement to commence even before the wars begin. The Arabs will do so since they will be in a state of expectation of the epidemics that are prophesied to decimate or wipe out the Arabs. When Makkah and Madinah are over-flowing with Arabs seeking safety and refuge from death by plague, that mass gathering will surely provoke a spontaneous and volatile combustion between those with the chemical of faith in Islam in their hearts on the one hand, and those who serve Dajjāl on the other.
It is easy today to recognize those Arabs who serve Dajjāl since they are the ones who are shamelessly and sinfully supported the recent unjust NATO overthrow of the Libyan regime, and are now beating drums in support of an equally unjust Israeli/Turkish/NATO war on Syria and on Iran. They have forgotten that the Quran has prohibited Muslims from being friends and allies of a Judeo-Christian alliance (al-Maida 5:51) and has also prohibited unjust war while enjoining absolute justice!
The spontaneous combustion in Madinah is destined to lead to dramatic events with a potential to profoundly embarrass that purest expression of Saudi Islam. The Prophet prophesied the following:
عن أَنَس بْن مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَّا سَيَطَؤُهُ الدَّجَّالُ إِلَّا مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةَ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ نِقَابِهَا نَقْبٌ إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ صَافِّينَ يَحْرُسُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَرْجُفُ الْمَدِينَةُ بِأَهْلِهَا ثَلَاثَ رَجَفَاتٍ فَيُخْرِجُ اللَّهُ كُلَّ كَافِرٍ وَمُنَافِقٍ . (صحيح البخاري
AnasIbn Malik (radiallahu 'anhu) said: The Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihiwasallam) said: There is no town that Dajjāl will not enter except Makkah and Madinah. There is no entrance of its entrances that is not guarded by angels in rows. Then, Madinah will quake with its people three times, and then Allah will bring out of it every kāfir and munāfiq (hypocrite).
(Sahīh Bukhārī
قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَّا سَيَطَؤُهُ الدَّجَّالُ إِلَّا مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةَ وَلَيْسَ نَقْبٌ مِنْ أَنْقَابِهَا إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ صَافِّينَ تَحْرُسُهَا فَيَنْزِلُ بِالسِّبْخَةِ فَتَرْجُفُ الْمَدِينَةُ ثَلَاثَ رَجَفَاتٍ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهَا كُلُّ كَافِرٍ وَمُنَافِقٍ . ورواية مماثلة بنفس الإسناد غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَيَأْتِي سِبْخَةَ الْجُرُفِ فَيَضْرِبُ رِوَاقَهُ وَقَالَ فَيَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ كُلُّ مُنَافِقٍ وَمُنَافِقَةٍ . (صحيح مسلم
AnasIbn Malik said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alaihiwasallam) said: There is no town that Dajjāl will not enter except Makkah and Madinah. There is no entrance of its entrances that is not guarded by angels in rows. Dajjāl will camp at a salty barren area, then Madinah will shake three times, and then every kāfir and munāfiq (hypocrite) will come out of it to join him. In a similar narration with the same final chain of transmission, he says instead: He shall come to the barren salty area of Juruf and set up his camp. And he also said: And then every male and female hypocrite will come out to join him.
(Sahīh Muslim)
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَأْتِي الْمَسِيحُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ هِمَّتُهُ الْمَدِينَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ دُبُرَ أُحُدٍ ثُمَّ تَصْرِفُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَجْهَهُ قِبَلَ الشَّامِ وَهُنَالِكَ يَهْلِكُ . (صحيح مسلم
Abu Huraira said: The Messenger of Allah sallallahu 'alaihiwasallam said: The False Messiah will come from the east, intending to go to Medina, until he encamps behind Uhud. Then, angels will divert his face (his direction) toward Shām (The North, i.e., Greater Syria), and there he dies.
(Sahīh Muslim)
These Ahadīth indicate that Israel will eventually attack the Hijāz. At that time Dajjāl will be the leader of the Jewish State. Perhaps the Israeli forces will launch that attack because of the belief that Madinah is a part of the Holy Land (since the Jews lived in Madina for a long time).
When Israeli forces land outside Madinah, every supporter of the Zionists will leave the city to join the Israelis. The three times that Madinah will shake (resulting in the city being emptied of all Kuffāror disbelievers and Munāfiqūn or hypocrites) could, perhaps, represent three revolutionary Islamic uprisings that would send tremors around the world.
In addition of course, there is also the well-known phenomenon of rats leaving a sinking ship. But this ship would not sink. Instead the angels would then divert the Israeli attack to Damascus and it would be at that time that Nabi Isa(alaihi al-Salām) the true Messiah would dramatically descend to kill Dajjāl the false Messiah.
It should please the heart of every sincere Muslim that the city of the Prophet (sallalahu alaihiwasallam) is destined to play such a dramatic and strategic role in Ākhir al-Zamān when it returns to center-stage in both International and Islamic Affairs to separate those who remain faithful to Islam from those who have become Kuffār and Munāfiqūn while serving the Anglo-American Judeo-Christian Zionist alliance. How wonderful it would be on that day for the world to witness the angels purifying and defending the city of the blessed Prophet (sallalahu alaihiwasallam) and diverting the Israeli attack to Damascus. One can only wonder how many scholars if any - would be left in the Saudi-controlled Islamic University of Madinah after Madinah has shaken three times! May Allah guide and strengthen the sincere scholars of Islam in Saudi Arabia to rise up before Madinah shakes three times. Amīn!
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