Is the Hadith About the Discovery of Gold in the Euphrates Connected to the Mahdi?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is there any hadith linking the discovery of gold in the Euphrates or a loud bang in Ramadan as signs preceding the Mahdi?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Below are hadiths related to the discovery of gold and the loud sound in Ramadan. The former is mentioned under the signs connecting with the emergence of the Mahdi in Shaykh Ali al-Muttaqi’s book, Al-Burhan Fi Alamat al-Mahdi. See the link below.
Sign of the Hour is Fighting for Wealth
Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “The Hour will not be established until the Euphrates river uncovers a mountain of gold and people will fight over it. Every ninety-nine people out of a hundred will be killed, and each man among them will say: Perhaps I will be the one who is saved!” [Muslim]
Loud Sound
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said that if the 14th of Ramadan was a Thursday, then during the night, a sound would be heard in the sky – the voice of Jibril. Due to this voice, seventy thousand people would die, seventy thousand people would become mute, seventy thousand people would become blind, and seventy thousand people would become deaf. Only those who remained in their houses prostrating to Allah and saying “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Great) in a loud sound would be safe.
[Tabarani and Ibn Abi ‘Asim narrated this hadith on the authority of Fayruz al-Daylami. However, Haythami said that this Hadith is very weak, so it should not be taken as proof]
Signs of the Hour
Below is a link to the Signs of the Hour by Ibn Kathir (Allah have mercy on him) and Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Adani (Allah have mercy on him)
- Al-Burhan Fi Alamat al-Mahdi – Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi – page 109-111
- Euphrates River
- Day of Judgment Reader
- The Concise Article
- The Signs Before the Day of Judgment
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَحْسِرَ الْفُرَاتُ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَقْتَتِلُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُقْتَلُ مِنْ كُلِّ مِائَةٍ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ وَيَقُولُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِّي أَكُونُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَنْجُو
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صوت في رمضان
فالحديث رواه الطبراني في الكبير (18/332) وابن أبي عاصم في الآحاد من المثاني (5/143) عن فيروز الديلمي أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:” يكون في رمضان صوت ، قالوا: يا رسول الله، في أوله أو في وسطه أو في آخره؟ قال: لا، بل في النصف من رمضان ، إذا كانت ليلة النصف ليلة الجمعة يكون صوت من السماء يصعق له سبعون ألفاً ، ويخرس له سبعون ألفاً ، ويعمى له سبعون ألفاً ، ويصم له سبعون ألفاً ، قالوا: يا رسول الله فمن السالم؟ قال: من لزم بيته ، وتعوذ بالسجود ، وجهر بالتكبير لله ، ثم يتبعه صوت آخر ، فالصوت الأول صوت جبريل عليه السلام ، والصوت الثاني صوت الشيطان ، فالصوت في رمضان ، والمعمعة في شوال ، وتمييز القبائل في ذي القعدة ، ويغار على الحاج في ذي الحجة ، والمحرم وما المحرم؟ أوله بلاء على أمتي ، وآخره فرج لأمتي ، الراحلة في ذلك اليوم بقتبها ينجو عليها المؤمن خير من دسكرة تُغِل مائة ألف”
قال الهيثمي في مجمع الزوائد (7/310): رواه الطبراني ، وفيه عبد الوهاب بن الضحاك وهو متروك” انتهى.
فالحديث ضعيف جداً لا يعتمد عليه. وما له من شواهد فإنها كلها ضعيفة جداً لا يتقوى بها.
والله أعلم.
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
