Major Signs Intro

The major portents of the Hour are those which were mentioned by the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْ in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid, and there are ten signs:

  • the Dajjal ;
  • the descent of ‘Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary);
  • Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog);
  • three landslides, one in the east,
  • one in the west
  • and one in the Arabian Peninsula;
  • the smoke;
  • the rising of the sun from its place of setting;
  • the Beast;
  • The fire which will drive the people to their place of gathering.

The major portents of the Hour are those which were mentioned by the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْ in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid, and there are ten signs.

Hudhaifa b. Usaid al-Ghifari reported:

Order of the signs of the Day of Judgement

Section titled Order of the signs of the Day of Judgement

There is no sahih text which states the order in which these signs will occur, rather the order of some of them is to be understood from the context of the texts.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Salih al-‘Uthaymin رَحِمَهُ الله was asked: Will the major portents of the Hour occur in a certain order? He replied:

“The order of some of the major portents is known , and in the case of others the order is not known. Among those whose order is known are the descent of ‘Isa ibn Maryam, the emergence of Yajuj and Majuj, and the Dajjal, for the Dajjal will be sent, then ‘Isa ibn Maryam will come down and kill him, then Yajuj and Majuj will emerge.