Name: 5 Signs That Happened in the Prophet’s ﷺ Lifetime | Signs of the Hour Ep. 2
Uploaded: 2026-04-21 19:54:51
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: How many minor signs of the Day of Judgment are still left? The answer might scare you. History is full of people who saw the signs with their own eyes and still turned away. Understand the difference between the major and minor signs, why the minor signs actually demand more from you, and how to...

How many minor signs of the Day of Judgment are still left? The answer might scare you. History is full of people who saw the signs with their own eyes and still turned away. Understand the difference between the major and minor signs, why the minor signs actually demand more from you, and how to respond in a way that moves you forward.

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So last week, Alhamdulillah, we put forth a framework of how to prepare, how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam would generally say to someone who would ask him how to prepare for the Day of Judgment, for the Hour, with practical tips, Alayhi Assalatu Wa Assalam, and something that was consistent with the way that we view our deen. And I had gotten to the part of categorizing minor signs versus major signs. And to be honest, I rushed through that part because I was delaying A'ishah significantly and I was afraid that one of the ammas might make my Day of Judgment come quicker if I delayed it any further than I already did. And so I want to actually recap it insha'Allah ta'ala and fill in some of the blanks, bidna and then we'll continue to the signs that happened during the life of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. So first and foremost, when we talk about categorizing the signs, some of the ulama, they categorize them as follows. They said there are the signs of fasaad, evil, and those are the most instructive ones from a behavioral perspective. Then there are historical signposts, asarat, that are a warning. They're a warning of something to come. Then there are historical signposts that affirm iman. Like you see it, and we'll talk about that insha'Allah ta'ala, some of those signposts for ourselves, that you see them and you say, "Sadaqa Rasulallah, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam." The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has told the truth. Then you have bushra, glad tidings. Then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam gives glad tidings of something that is to come. And then finally, you have some signs that are moments, meaning they occur one time, and some signs that are regular occurrences. So basically a moment versus a trend. Something that's a trend and the trend is getting worse, it intensifies or it gets less. Or it's something that just happens one time and the ulama will categorize that. They'll say what the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said will happen here, happened here, and we move on. Now when you talk about the minor signs versus the major signs, categorizing the minor signs versus the major signs. One thing about the minor signs as well is that they can be past, present, or future. Past, present, or future. Whereas the major signs are only in the future. Now Subhan'Allah, you'll notice that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, when he speaks about the major signs, and this is why it's so important for us to be prepared. Like so many people are saying, "Well, this hasn't happened yet and this hasn't happened yet, so this major sign has not occurred yet. We still have time until the Day of Judgment, right? Similar to how we approach death. We still have time because I don't see any of the major signs. Anyone has a tasbih that they can hand me? Does anyone have a tasbih? They're going to say that people in Valley Ranch don't do tasbih. Can you bring me the tasbih, come here. Mashallah, that's a nice tasbih. Mashallah, this young sheikh is doing tasbih throughout my lecture. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said that the major signs are ten, and they're like the beads on a string. Imagine if you cut the string, how quickly the beads will fall. May Allah protect us. That's how quick it happens, right? So you're talking about it one day like something impossible, cut, then all ten fall very quickly. May Allah protect us. So the major signs of the Day of Judgment are like this. You can get your tasbih back. The major signs are like this. The minor signs can appear centuries apart, hundreds of years apart. And they can occur more than once in different manifestations. One of the distinctions the ulama also mention is that minor signs can affect a small group of people or they can affect a region, whereas major signs affect everyone. So it might be that this minor sign is seen in a particular country or region, but a major sign will happen to everybody and have a much broader impact in that sense. And as we said, as far as the Hour itself is concerned, many of the minor signs have already happened and they will continue to happen. Once the major signs happen, it's a sign of the imminence of the Day of Judgment. He divided the signs into four categories. So I'm giving you just various ways of categorizing the signs before I go into the way that I'm going to insha'Allah ta'ala for the rest of the series. He divided them into minor signs which have come and gone. And then the second category was minor signs that have happened, but they're still happening or they might be repeated again. So again, the first category was minor signs that have already come and gone. The second category was minor signs that have happened, but they still continue or they might come back. And then the third one are minor signs that have not yet happened. And Subhan'Allah, it's actually very scary that as I'm doing more and more research, there aren't many more of those left. Truly, there really ar…

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