JESUS, IMAM AL-MAHDI AND THE END OF RIBA
This very important section
of the subject, which informs of the prophecies of Prophet Muhammad (s)
in which he prophesies the collapse of the capitalist riba-based
world economy should not only bring sense of relief to the believers but also,
strengthen their resolve to resist riba.
The Prophet (s) has
first of all prophesied the collapse of artificial (paper, plastic and
electrode) money in the following hadith:
Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib
said that he heard Allah's Messenger say: A time is certainly coming to mankind
when only the dinar (i.e. a gold coin) and the dirham (i.e. a silver coin) will
be of use.
(Ahmad)
The event which is likely to
bring about that meltdown of artificial money can be the sudden introduction of
huge quantities of real money into the market. That influx of real money can
take place if there occurs a discovery of a huge quantity of gold outside of
the control of the dominant civilization. If that gold were to be minted and
then used anti-systemically, i.e. used to destabilize the market, paper-money
will collapse. The Prophet has prophesied precisely such an event in the
following ahadith:
Abu
Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: The Euphrates is soon to uncover
a treasure of gold but those who are present must not take any of it.
(Bukhari. Muslim) (Please note
that this hadith is mutafaqqun alaihi, i.e. it is the strongest possible
hadith)
Abu Huraira
also reported that Allah's Messenger said: The last hour will not come before
the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold for which people will fight, ninety
nine out of each hundred of whom will be killed; but every man among them will
say that perhaps he will be the one who will escape.
(Muslim)
Abu
Huraira also reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: The earth will vomit oblong
pieces of its liver like columns of gold and silver. . .
(Muslim)
Now it is in the very nature
of riba that it so corrupts an economy that it eventually leads to
the impoverishment of the society. This is precisely what the Prophet said:
Ibn Mas'ud
reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: Even though riba be much, it leads in the
end to penury (i.e. lack of money, extreme poverty, destitution).
(Ibn Majah. Baihaqi, Ahmad)
And this is what has now
happened to the masses around the world who live in the periphery of the riba-based
economy. And so a change which will bring about an abundance of wealth in the hands
of the masses would indicate the collapse of riba. This is what
Prophet Muhammad (s) has prophesied:
Abu
Said al-Khudri reported the Prophet as saying in the course of the story about
the Mahdi, that a man will come to him and say: Give me, give me, Mahdi; and he
will pour out into his garment as much as he is able to carry.
(Tirmidhi)
Abu Huraira
reported Allah's Messenger as saying- The last hour will not come before wealth
is abundant and overflowing, (and) before a man brings the zakat on his
property and cannot find anyone to accept it from him. ..
(Muslim)
Jabir
reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: In the last days there will be a khalifa
who will distribute wealth without reckoning it. In another version of the
hadith he said: Among the last of my people there will be a khalifa who will
pour out wealth without counting it.
(Muslim)
Abu
Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: By Him in whose hand is my soul,
the son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break the
cross, kill swine and abolish jizyah (since Christianity i.e. breaking the
cross and Judaism, i.e. killing the swine, will cease to exist as religions
upon the return of Jesus), and wealth will pour forth to such an extent that no
one will accept it; and one sajda (prostration) will be better than the world
and what it contains.
(Bukhari, Muslim) (This hadith
also, is muttafauqun alaihi and hence of the greatest possible authenticity)
Abu
Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: I swear by Allah that the son of
Mary will descend as a just judge and will break crosses, kill swine, abolish
jizya and leave the young she-camels so that collectors of zakat will not he
employed for them. Spite, mutual hatred and jealousy of one another will
certainly depart, and when he summons people to accept wealth no one will do so
(since there will be an abundance of wealth and none will be in a state of
need).
(Muslim)
The advent of Imam al-Mahdi
will be followed quickly by the descent of Jesus (s). This will happen
since al-Masih al-Dajjal will attempt to destroy Mahdi and Allah,
the Most High, will respond by sending Jesus (s) back to earth to kill Dajjal.
Thus Mahdi will be saved when Jesus (s) appears and kills Dajjal.
The death of Dajjal will be quickly followed the release of (the last
wave of) ya'jooj and ma'jooj. They will then be killed by Allah,
the Most High, Himself.
Now Ibn Abbas has spoken of
a link between riba and Dajjal. Obviously he could not
have done so had he not been so informed by the Prophet (s):
Ibn
Abbas said: The first people to follow Dajjal will be seventy thousand Jews . .
. and among the signs of the release (i.e. the coming out) of Dajjal are . . .
the consumption of riba. .
(Ishaq Ibn Basheer and Ibn Asakir
in Kanz al Ummal)
It would thus appear that
the klling of Dajjal by Jesus (s) and the destruction of ya'jooj
and ma’jooj by Allah the Most High, will cause the very backbone of that
godless civilization which today dominates the world to be broken. The
challenge of that dominant civilization by Imam al-Mahdi and Jesus (s)
and the collapse of the evil empire of riba, will then witness
the total collapse of the world order created by the West and the triumph of
Islam over all rivals. It is in this context that we envisage the end of riba.
And Allah the Most High knows best!
The evil age of ya’jooj
ma’jooj and Dajjal will of course, be followed by the triumph of
Islam and then will come youm al-qiyamah, the end of the world. Of those
who lived through the evil age, however and who had to face the challenge of riba,
very few would enter into heaven. The following hadith should be studied with
fear and with care by those who still remain to be persuaded about the great
danger of riba:
Abu Said narrated that the
Prophet said: Allah will say: O Adam! Adam will reply: labbaik and sa'daik (I
respond to Your Calls. I am obedient to Your orders) wal khair fi yadaik (and all
the good is in both Your Hands)! Then Allah will say (to Adam): Bring out the
people of the Fire. Adam will say: What (how many) are the people of the Fire?
Allah will say, Out of every thousand (take out) nine-hundred and ninety-nine
(persons) (i.e. for jahannam). At that time children will become hoary-headed
and every pregnant female will drop her load (i.e. miscarriage) and you will
see the people as if they were drunk; yet not drunk; But Allah’s punishment
will be very severe.
That news distressed the companions
of the Prophet very much and they said; O Allah’s Apostle! Who amongst us will
be that man (the lucky one out of one-thousand who will be saved from the
Fire)? He said: Have the good news that one-thousand will be from ya'jooj and
ma‘jooj and the one (to be saved will be) from you. The Prophet added: By Him in
Whose Hand my soul is. I hope that you (Muslims) will be one third of the
people of paradise. On that we glorified and praised Allah and said: Allahu
Akbar. The Prophet then said: By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I hope that you
will be one half of the people of paradise, as your (Muslims) example in
comparison to the other people (non-Muslims) is like that of a white hair on
the skin of a black ox or a round hairless spot on the foreleg of a donkey.
(Bukhari)
to be continued . . . .
