THE LESSER SIGNS

The lesser signs of the proximity of Qiyaamah mentioned by Rasoolullah (SAW) are:

19. Waqf wealth and property will be regarded as private property. Those people or trustees in charge of trust, property and money will misuse these to suit their desires.

20. Zakaat will be considered a fine or penalty. Those upon whom Zakaat is obligatory will be reluctant to pay up the Zakaat for which they are liable.

21. The husband will be subservient to the wife. She will lead him and he will submit to her unlawful dictates.

22. People will disobey their mothers and regard their fathers as strangers while considering friends to be their close associates.

23. The Knowledge of Deen will be pursued and acquired for motives other than the pleasure of Allah .

24. Such persons who are immoral, evil and the worst in character will assume the reigns of political power and government. Public and governmental leaders will be those smitten by greed and desire. They will be wholly unqualified for the posts they will be occupying.

25. People will praise and honour tyrants so as to be saved from their persecutions.

26. Alcohol will be consumed publicly.

27. Dancing and singing women will become rampant.

28. Musical instruments will be in abundance.

29. Ignorance of the Deen will increase greatly. The Knowledge of the Deen will rapidly decrease.

30. Speaking lies will be regarded as a profession. The western courts of laws with their prosecutors, lawyers and advocates are classical examples of this prophesy.

31. Fornication will become rampant. Shame and modesty will be eliminated.

32. The control and domination of the Kuffaar will be established all over.

33. False ways and evil practices will be on the rise.

34. People will expand their business to such an extent that they will introduce their womenfolk into their business ventures to assist them.

35. Increase in natural disasters, e.g. earthquakes.

36. Maskh or disfiguring of human faces.

37. The female population will increase so much that a single man will be the overseer (seeing to the needs) of 50 women.