What Is the Meaning of the Hadith About the Euphrates Uncovering a Mountain of Gold?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
What is the meaning of the hadith about the fourth tribulation lasting eighteen years and the Euphrates uncovering a mountain of gold?
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.
Some hadiths about the Euphrates drying up are weak, although there are authentic hadiths in Bukhari and Muslim.
Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “The Day of Judgement will not occur until the Euphrates recedes [dries up], revealing a mountain of gold, over which people will fight. Among every hundred, ninety-nine will be killed, and each one of them will say: “Perhaps I will be the one who survives.”
[Bukhari; Muslim]
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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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.
