Abu Musa Al-Ash’ary narrated: The Prophet
(God’s blessings be upon him) said: “Near the befalling of the Hour [the end of
the world], there will be much killing taking place”. The audience asked: Will it be more than the scale
of killing we inflict on enemies today? The
Prophet answered: “No, it is not your killing of enemies; it is rather inter-killing
among yourselves”. They asked again: And will that happen while we have our
minds? The Prophet answered: “the minds of people of that age will be
dysfunctional!”
(Sahih [The Correct Compilation of] Ibnu
Habban).
Many Muslims all over the world today feel bewildered
because of conflicting situations. They find almost everywhere tyrant authorities
torturing and killing innocent people, bombing and destroying houses, and expelling
so many families from their homes and countries, yet they claim that they do
this to defend their countries from terrorists who are now spreading so fast. At
the same time, those terrorists, who carry out almost the same brutal actions,
claim that they do so to change the situation to the better. Strange enough, some
of them even claim that they are applying Islamic law or Shari’ah.
In reality, both parties are losing their conscious
minds as has been described by the Prophet (peace and God’s blessings upon him)
quoted above. And in another hadith, the Prophet said: “Near the befalling the Hour there will be days during which ignorance
(of religious teachings) will spread, knowledge (of religion) will be vanish;
and there will be much killing” (Narrated by Abdullah and Abu Musa, rported
by Al-Bukhari in his “Collection of Hadith).
For all this, it is important for Muslims to remain
steadfast in the straight path, which shields them from the evils of the two
kinds of wrongdoers mentioned above and enables them to overcome them. God
says: “So be steadfast (in the straight path) as you have been commanded (by
God), and all who, with you, have turned unto Him; and let none of you behave
in an overweening manner: for, verily, He sees all that you do” (11:112).
This steadfastness is very important especially when people
of power and in position of control follow their desires. The observance of our
duty of steadfastness is made possible by the fact that God has granted us the
right guidance: “Then We set you upon a (clear) course of the commandment, so follow
it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know” (45:18).
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