Fwd: The Prophecy about High Rise buildings in Makkah (End of Time)
Zaid Hamid
Prophecy about High Rise buildings in Makkah
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Few years back, pilgrims in Mecca could sit at the cube-shaped Kaaba and look out at the serene desert mountains where the Prophet
Muhammad(peace be upon him) once walked. In the mid-2000s, the kingdom launched its most ambitious overhaul ever with a series of
mega-projects that have reshaped Mecca. Old neighborhoods have been erased for hotel towers and malls built right up to the edge of the Grand Mosque.
Historic sites significant for Islam have been demolished. Now the Monumental luxury hotel towers crowd around the Grand Mosque where the Kaaba is
located, dwarfing it. Steep rocky hills overlooking the mosque have been leveled and are now covered with cranes building more towers in row
after row. Next to the Kaaba soars the world's third tallest skyscraper, topped by a gigantic clock, which is splashed with colored lights at night.
Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) prophesized these developments which are taking place in the historic city.
Hadith #1
..Abdullah ibn Umru (Radiyallahu Anhu) said:
'If you see Mecca, with holes pierced through it’s mountains and it’s buildings reach the mountain tops then know that the
hour has cast it's shadow.'►{Al Musannaf of Ibne Abi Shay’ba, Hadith #124}
"itha ra'aitun mecca bu'ijat katha'ima”
Translation: “If you see mecca with holes in it’s mountains” -
This could be reference to tunnels which have been dug up through the mountains of Mecca.
“wa ya-tasawa bunyanuha ru'usa jibaliha”
Translation:“And when it’s buildings reach (or surpass) the mountain tops” -
The clock tower, and buildings in Mecca now built surpass the mountains in height.
“faqad athalati sa'atu"
Translation :“Then the hour has cast it’s shadow”
This could be a reference to End of Time drawing close as mentioned by Imam Suyuti (RA) or
if taken literally , could be a reference to the Clock Tower( called as Burj as Sa'ah in Arabic) which now casts shadow on K'aaba .
The following ahadith foretell that Arabs would be the people who would compete to build high buildings.
Hadith #2
Hazrat Abu Hurayra(Radiyallahu Anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"The Final Hour will not come until people COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER in the height of their buildings."
►{Al-Adab al-Mufrad Al-Bukhari by Imam Bukhari,Hadith #449}
Hadith #3
'Abdullah ibn 'Ata(Radiyallahu anhu) narrated this hadith from 'Abdullah ibn Buraydah(Radiyallahu anhu) and he said in it,
"And that you see deaf, dumb, blind, barefoot shepherds of sheep competing with each other in building as if the kings of people."
He said, "So the man [Jibril] stood up and left, and we asked, 'Messenger of Allah, who are these you describe?"
He answered, "They are the Arabs."
►{This is how this hadith is narrated with these last words by 'Ali ibn Zayd from Yahya ibn Ya'mar from Ibn 'Umar.
As for the first wording it is in the Sahih from the hadith of Abu Hurairah.}