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When goods entrusted to the care of a person becomes booty;<br />
When Zakctht is being looked upon as a tax (given vety reluctantly); When wives are<br />
obeyed and mothers disobeyed;<br />
When friends and companions are treated amicably;<br />
While fathers are treated with scorn and harshness;<br />
When noise is heard in the Mosques;<br />
When uncouth villians become the leaders of men;<br />
When an unfit man is being honoured for fear of the evil that can proceed from him;<br />
When wine is being drunk openly (and boldly);<br />
When silk is being worn by men;<br />
When it sh<strong>al</strong>l become a habit to acquire singing girls;<br />
When the use of music<strong>al</strong> instruments will be common occurance; When the latter of this<br />
Ummat sh<strong>al</strong>l curse and criticise their predecessors (the Sahabah, Taab ‘een and the<br />
righteous Aiemma-e-Mujtahideen), then await red dust storms, earthquakes, caving in of<br />
the earth, transfiguration and the raining of stones from the heavens”.<br />
In another Hadeeth Hazrat Abu Hurayrah (Radi<strong>al</strong>lahu anhu) reports that<br />
Rasulullah (S<strong>al</strong>l<strong>al</strong>lahu Alayhi Was<strong>al</strong>lam) said: “When we<strong>al</strong>th of the Baytul Ma<br />
sh<strong>al</strong>l be considered as private property:<br />
When we<strong>al</strong>th left in trust becomes booty;<br />
When Zakaah begins to be regarded as a tax;<br />
When knowledge is acquired not for the purpose ofdeen; When a man sh<strong>al</strong>l obey his w(fe<br />
and disobey his mother;<br />
When one sh<strong>al</strong>l draw near to friends and disassociate himselffrom his father; When<br />
voices sh<strong>al</strong>l be raised in the Masjids;<br />
When the evil-doer among a tribe sh<strong>al</strong>l hold responsible positions of power over them;<br />
When low villains sh<strong>al</strong>l be the leaders of men;<br />
When an unfit man sh<strong>al</strong>l be honoured for fear of the evil he may cause; When music<strong>al</strong><br />
instruments sh<strong>al</strong>l be openly used;<br />
When wine sh<strong>al</strong>l be drunk and when the latter ones of this Ummat sh<strong>al</strong>l curse and<br />
criticise the predecessors, then await red dust storms, earthquakes, caving in of the earth,<br />
transfiguration and the raining of stones from the heavens.”<br />
In the third Hadeeth the contents are basic<strong>al</strong>ly the same as the above except that there,<br />
mention is made of “young boys sitting on mimbars to deliver lectures.”<br />
Al- Eti’da<strong>al</strong> Fi Maraatibur- Rija<strong>al</strong> 57
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