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Amr ibn Al-As reported: The Quraish importer said to him that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, “The Hour will be established and the Romans will be a majority of the people.” Amr said, “Be careful what you say.” The man said, “I have said what I heard from the Messenger of Allah.” Amr said, “If the Prophet said that, indeed, there are four qualities in them: they are the most judicious of people during a tribulation, they are the quickest to recover after a calamity, they are the quickest to return to battle after a retreat, and they behave well with the poor and weak. Their fifth quality is good and beautiful: they are best at preventing the oppression of their kings.”
Source: Sahih Muslim 2898
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Imam Muslim
قَالَ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ الْقُرَشِيُّ عِنْدَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو أَبْصِرْ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ أَقُولُ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ فِيهِمْ لَخِصَالًا أَرْبَعًا إِنَّهُمْ لَأَحْلَمُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ فِتْنَةٍ وَأَسْرَعُهُمْ إِفَاقَةً بَعْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ وَأَوْشَكُهُمْ كَرَّةً بَعْدَ فَرَّةٍ وَخَيْرُهُمْ لِمِسْكِينٍ وَيَتِيمٍ وَضَعِيفٍ وَخَامِسَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ وَأَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الْمُلُوكِ
2898 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْفِتَنِ وَأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ بَاب تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ
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Reflections
Fascinating hadith showing how spot on the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) was, the 'Romans' is a term still used by even present day Bedouin Arabs to refer to people of European descent, to be more specific European 'whites'.
The Europeans are a minority currently, at roughly 1.3 billion and that number is dwindling fast. For them to become a majority a cataclysmic event will need to happen that wipes out much of the others.
This tells me they will win the coming nuclear war were much of the rest of humanity would perish, this is one plausible explanation, it also coincides with the 'smoke' as the one of the 10 major signs (the Mushroom clouds blocking the sun)
OR
If that is not the case that wind described in the hadith that will take every believing soul and that which has any good in it, just before the hour is established on the worst of the worst, and that could also make the Europeans a majority.
Which of these do you guys think is more likely and what is you guys take on the hadith, @Layth @The Ash'ari @hodon @Armadillo @Sakandari @jugjugwacwac @Unstable @XamarCade @Rorschach @Prince of Lasanod @DeathWish @Canuck
Source: Sahih Muslim 2898
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Imam Muslim
قَالَ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ الْقُرَشِيُّ عِنْدَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو أَبْصِرْ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ أَقُولُ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ فِيهِمْ لَخِصَالًا أَرْبَعًا إِنَّهُمْ لَأَحْلَمُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ فِتْنَةٍ وَأَسْرَعُهُمْ إِفَاقَةً بَعْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ وَأَوْشَكُهُمْ كَرَّةً بَعْدَ فَرَّةٍ وَخَيْرُهُمْ لِمِسْكِينٍ وَيَتِيمٍ وَضَعِيفٍ وَخَامِسَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ وَأَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الْمُلُوكِ
2898 صحيح مسلم كِتَاب الْفِتَنِ وَأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ بَاب تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ
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Reflections
Fascinating hadith showing how spot on the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) was, the 'Romans' is a term still used by even present day Bedouin Arabs to refer to people of European descent, to be more specific European 'whites'.
The Europeans are a minority currently, at roughly 1.3 billion and that number is dwindling fast. For them to become a majority a cataclysmic event will need to happen that wipes out much of the others.
This tells me they will win the coming nuclear war were much of the rest of humanity would perish, this is one plausible explanation, it also coincides with the 'smoke' as the one of the 10 major signs (the Mushroom clouds blocking the sun)
OR
If that is not the case that wind described in the hadith that will take every believing soul and that which has any good in it, just before the hour is established on the worst of the worst, and that could also make the Europeans a majority.
Which of these do you guys think is more likely and what is you guys take on the hadith, @Layth @The Ash'ari @hodon @Armadillo @Sakandari @jugjugwacwac @Unstable @XamarCade @Rorschach @Prince of Lasanod @DeathWish @Canuck