Best case scenario? 3 years

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

All praise is due to Allah ﷻ alone who is العليم and الحكيم, the Knower of everything, the All-Wise.

No human being, jinn, animal or artificial 'intelligence' can ever compare, even to the extent of an atoms weight, or even less than that, to the absolute and perfect knowledge, wisdom and intelligence of Allah ﷻ, as Allah ﷻ Himself is the Originator, Possessor and Creator of every type and branch of knowledge, wisdom and intelligence.

Allah ﷻ is the One Supreme Being, who knows, and has Himself determined in His ultimate wisdom, the taqdeer of every individual, and the measure and system of everything that exists.

Allah ﷻ alone knows when the Last Hour will occur. Allah ﷻ alone knows when, where and how much it will rain, what is in the womb of the mother from the moment of conception, what and how much exactly a person will earn tomorrow, where and when exactly a person will die. Allah ﷻ knows this and everything else about us even before we are born, and Allah ﷻ has not given any person, system or dajjali AI machine even an iota of this knowledge.

We have entered the zamana where shaytaan is presenting a duel with Allah ﷻ. In his effort and promise to lead mankind astray from the worship of Allah ﷻ he has been waiting for this zamaana since he made the fatal mistake of not prostrating down to Adam (AS) as Allah ﷻ commanded.

The 'knowledge' and 'intelligence' he thought he had made him arrogant and proud and prevented him from the quality of obedience to Allah ﷻ even against ones own understanding.

This arrogance and pride in his artificial abilities led him to believe that he was superior, which made him jealous of mankind, and in a challenge to Allah ﷻ he claimed that he would lead us all astray. He began using the tools at his disposal to first get mankind removed from paradise and then went on to influence mankind to engage in acts of sin and ultimately shirk and rejection of tauheed.

This is now the zamaana where all the tools given to shaytaan have reached its maximum and are converging together in the shaytaani agenda of prostrating to his dajjali world order.

We are now in the zamana where the total convergence of the dajjali system that precedes the actual dajjal's appearance is reaching completion, in readiness for the ushering in of the great deceiver that every Nabi (AS) warned his followers about.

The imposter dajjal, who will use every tool made available to Shaytaan, altogether converging at once in order to destroy the Imaan of those who believe in and worship Allah ﷻ alone.

Both spiritual and physical tools will be used in a formidable attack that is described in the ahadeeth as the greatest trial to face the ummah, as it comes in an authentic hadeeth narrated by Jabir (RA) that Nabi ﷺ said:

ما كانت ولا تكون فتنة حتى تقوم الساعة أعظم من فتنة الدجال، وما من نبي إلا وحذر قومه الدجال

There has never been and there will never be a fitnah more severe until the day of Qiyamah than the fitnah of Dajjal, and there has not come a messenger except that he warned his nation about Dajjal

Tools and methods being used by Shaytaan

The spiritual and physical attack tools to usher in this most severe trial of dajjal are already in place, such as:

• Police state governments and authoritarian laws (which were accelerated during the covid-19 scam and will continue to get worse in the name of 'medical emergency' and 'pandemics')

• School system brainwashing programs (that are destroying the Imaan and morals of our children and stripping them of the basic element of Imaan which is hayaa)

• 'Abrahamic accord' and the sinister unification of religion agendas to fool susceptible scholars and lead them astray, taking thousands with them

• Modernists, Salafi, Shia and other groups being supported and promoted while 'traditional' cautious muttaqee ulamaa are being vilified and called backward so that the masses do not realise the truth

• Film and movie industry proliferation to spread every type of shaytaani agenda to the masses

• Digital currencies which are stripping people of their assets of real value, under the shaytaani promise of becoming rich

• Advanced hybrid robotics being developed for military and population control

• Massive armies and constant war that destroy families and communities

• Nuclear and chemical arsenals and tyrant rulers who distort the deen

• Crowd control technology to force compliance and prevent rebellion

• Wide surveillance and data gathering

• Artificial intelligence to make people turn to machines for guidance

• Social media to create a nation of mindless celebrity worshippers whose only objective is dunyaa

• Censoring and misinformation to block the truth and promote the lies

• Depopulation agenda Vaccines and pharmaceutical cartels to decimate muslim populations

• Medical bullying, forced procedures and toxic contamination to weaken the people

• Compulsory Insurance industry and fear mongering to take away reliance on Allah ﷻ through a'maal

• LGBT agenda and LGBT lobby groups to distort the appearance and fitrat of mankind and set them on a path to Jahannam

• Internet and the porn industry to destroy marriages and break the family structure

• IMF and the World Food Programmes to keep muslim populations in poverty

• Genetically modified food to prevent self sufficiency

• Terminator seed technology to control the food supply

• Pollution of rivers and oceans and privatisation, restriction and monetisation of water resources

• Weather manipulation to alter weather patterns and bring in the dajjali influence on rain and crop production for those who worship him

These and many other shaytaani tools and agendas are now converging as the arrival of Dajjal is becoming imminent. For example:

• the recently released AI chatbots that are being lauded are giving responses which are pro LGBT,

• surveillance data is being used to control a persons use of digital currencies and access to transport and services in what is called 'social engineering' in some countries which will spread to other countries as well,

• a persons medical and vaccination record is being used to determine benefits and services from governments.

• Armies are integrating robotics, hybrid technology and AI to develop super soldiers.

• Historical data, AI image and video generation is being used to bring people 'back to life' at their eulogies etc.

People are in this way being prepared for accepting a person that fits the description of Dajjal and then worshipping him because of his 'abilities' and 'intelligence', that are based upon both these new technologies and the power of force that he will be allowed to wield in this great test for mankind.

All of this, together with the signs of the last day that we are seeing, indicates that we are very near and should begin to prepare if we are not doing so already.

Allah ﷻ through His Nabi ﷺ has advised us of the signs to look out for which are known as the ashraatus saa'at, the signs of the Last Hour. Nabi ﷺ also gave us information on what will be the method of safety in that zamaana as well which I will discuss further in the article ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

The Ulamaa agree that ALL the minor signs have already appeared and we are now in the period waiting for the first major sign to appear.

Significant signs that are already present

Let me list some significant signs which have just appeared some of which are a 'bridge' between the minor and the major signs. The fact that these are now present simultaneously in this zamana indicates that the time for the appearance of the major signs is very near.

• Hijaz returning to a lush land with rivers

the above is a very recent image while the top one shows that there is a progression and it is not a regular event as some have claimed

• River euphrates drying up

• Bedouins competing to build higher buildings (as we are seeing in UAE, Saudi, Qatar etc)

• A Muslim army will join a roman army and defeat a common enemy (There is speculation that this is related to the current Russia-Ukraine war as Russia is regarded as the "third Rome" as described in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_third_Rome , Allah ﷻ knows best)

• The people of Iraq and Syria will be deprived (some interpretations of the hadeeth indicate towards the sanctions that have been placed on these countries in recent years)

• Natural disasters, earthquakes, flooding, drought, landslides, sinkholes are in abundance

• Knowledge of deen is disappearing through passing away of great Ulamaa of our zamana

• Women will be clothed but appear naked as is the norm today

• Drinking and zina will be widespread

• Musical instruments entering the Masjid (which we never thought could happen but we now experience on a daily basis with the musical ringtones on mobile phones)

The above are some of the signs which come in the hadeeth. There are others which are also present which I have not listed.

Allahﷻ alone knows when the next coming events will occur and nobody can put a date or a year to it as this is only in the knowledge of Allah ﷻ, however it is apparent that we are already living in a time of great fitnah and upheaval and the signs are that this is going to increase in the coming months and years. We have already had interference in the greatest aspect of our deen, our salaah, during the covid hoax and resultant enforced closure of the masaajid and the alteration to how salaah is peformed, which was largely accepted by the muslim medical fraternity and many so called 'pious' muslims. Now that the door has opened for them so easily to interfere with our salaah, with the help of some our own modernist, 'tolerant' Muslims, it is likely to occur again in future.

While it is natural to be hopeful and have a positive outlook, it is also pragmatic and intelligent to take steps to protect ourselves from what is to come and this involves both spiritual and physical action.

Spiritual steps to protect oneself from the fitnah

Amongst the spiritual steps, the most essential action is to remove all forms of sin and haraam activity from one's life and to observe all the faraaidh with regularity especially the performance of fardh salaah and payment of zakaat.

Together with this one should keep the company of the people of Allah ﷻ, the ones who are involved in His dhikr day and night and are not interested in fame, social media and new innovations and a fancy life. Their interest is in following Quran and sunnah. If one finds such an aalim then one should be regular in attending their majaalis and following their guidance.

In addition to this, a tremendous amount of istighfaar and tauba must be made. Istighfaar and tauba attracts the mercy of Allah ﷻ and prevents from calamities. It increases rizq and brings rain and children as well and it cools the anger of Allah ﷻ. One should make istighfaar on behalf of ones parents, those muslims who have passed away and the entire muslim ummat as well.

Nafl ibaadaat should also be done in the form of dhikr, Quraan Tilawat, Manzil, sending excessive durood, reading the 40 Rabbanas, morning and evening duaas, reciting Surah Kahf on Fridays and the first or last ten ayat daily.

Taleem should also be done in the home, reading from the books of virtues and other books advised by the ulamaa and mashaaikh.

Physical steps to protect oneself from the fitnah

Together with the spiritual steps one should also take practical steps to avoid and be safe from the encroaching fitan. The level of physical steps required will be dictated by the level of fitan but one should also prepare for what is to come as it requires preparation. These steps include:

1. Keeping to your home. Only going out for deeni necessity and earning and striving in the path of Allah ﷻ. In this time it is difficult to go out for permissible recreation without exposing oneself to fitnah so one should avoid this as well. In this way it will be easier to protect ones gaze from falling upon the wrong things, which is a great method of strengthening and increasing one's imaan and acquiring the sweetness of Imaan. One will also be safe from many fitan that one could get involved in unknowingly.

It comes in the hadeeth of Nabi ﷺ recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud:

إذا رأيتَ النَّاسَ مرِجَت عُهودُهم وخانَت أمانتُهم وَكانوا هَكذا وشبَّكَ بينَ أصابعِه فقمتُ إليهِ فقلتُ لهُ كيفَ أصنعُ عندَ ذلِك يا رسولَ اللَّهِ جعلَني اللَّهُ فداكَ قال الزَم بيتَكَ واملِك عليكَ لسانَكَ وخذ ما تعرفُ ودع ما تُنكرُ عليكَ بأمرِ خاصَّةِ نفسِك ودع عنكَ أمرَ العامَّةِ

Nabi ﷺ said: "When you see people not fulfilling their covenants, and committing mistrust and they are such (and he ﷺ indicated with his fingers close to each other indicating that they would mix with each other not differentiating between haqq and baatil and not shunning the wrongdoers)". So the narrator says I got up and went to him ﷺ and asked what should I do in that time O Nabi of Allah ﷻ, may Allah ﷻ cause me to be sacrificed for you!. Nabi ﷺ said: "Keep to your home, and control your tongue and take that which you recognise (clearly as right) and leave that which you reject (not knowing it to be right) be concerned with your own matter and do not engage in the peoples matters

The hadeeth clearly informs us that in the zamana of such fitnah that we are living in we should keep to our homes. This of course does not mean that a person does not go for salaah to the masjid or attend proper deeni gatherings where there is no intermingling or innovation. It rather means that we should avoid all other outings and unnecessary trips and events no matter how 'halal" they may seem. This also does not mean that one should not engage in amr bil maroof and nahi anil munkar as this will always be a persons responsibility, especially the ulamaa who must speak out on haqq and against the baatil in different ways and forms (which are permissible and devoid of fitnah in themselves.)

2. Becoming self sufficient in the meaning of producing your own food. In this zamana the dajjali system that has been in play for a long time is to make us slaves by taking us away from growing our own food, establishing our own water supply and looking after our own safety and handing over these functions to governments and large corporations. This has made our food supply contaminated and dangerous to our health and it has also made it necessary for us to continuously work to acquire our daily needs and that of our family. This was not the norm in the past. People kept animals, goats, chickens etc and they would be able to continue for a long time without working or engaging in trade. Because of this they could engage in more ibada of Allah ﷻ and they could go for long periods out in the path of Allah ﷻ more easily.

Today the cost of food is rising tremendously and is set to continue rising and this means a person has to constantly work with the majority of their income going towards food, water, electricity and other basic necessities which could have been produced at home. We have already seen what happens when these systems collapse with the food riots experienced in Peru, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Haiti and other countries.

We all know and have yaqeen that Allah ﷻ is the Provider of rizq. This yaqeen remains, but we should change the method in which we make effort for our rizq by transitioning to growing our own food and rearing animals. Both of these are encouraged in the ahadeeth and are a source of great barakah for a Muslim.

The hadeeth also indicate that a time will come when a Muslim will not be able to continue earning in the way that most are accustomed to. The best wealth of a muslim in that time will be sheep that he takes into the mountain and the places where it rains. He will flee (from the cities and area where fitnah has taken over) with his deen to be safe from the fitan.

In this is also the storing of food that can be used in an emergency. Storing food for a emergency is not against tawakkul. Yusuf (AS) also advised that the king should store food for the times of famine that are coming ahead. In the same way we should make an effort to keep a store of food, not to be used to gain profits when there is a shortage, but as a practical measure for ourselves and our families and others who can be helped during times of crisis. Items such as honey and other non-perishable foods are good for this purpose.

3. Preparing a place of safety to go to permanently when the need arises. In the ahadeeth of Nabi ﷺ regarding the time of fitnah the words ومَن وجَدَ مَلْجَأً أوْ مَعاذًا فَلْيَعُذْ بهِ appear, which means if you can find a place of safety and escape then seek refuge to this place. The reality is that the situation encroaching the world is such that chaos will eventually take over, as it already has at times, and we should learn from it before it becomes a more lasting state. According to the hadeeth a Muslim does not fall into the same hole twice, which indicates that we should be even more prepared if something has occurred once already.

An environment of chaos and danger is not conducive to guarding ones deen. A time will come when one will be forced to flee so this should be prepared beforehand in whatever way a person is able to. Many non-muslims have realised this aspect and have been preparing places to go to when things go bad in their areas, realising that the time will come. As muslims we have already been told that the muslims will definitely flee from Dajjal into the mountains in a hadeeth recorded in Tirmidhi and other kitaabs of hadeeth. So it will definitely without a doubt occur and it is prudent to prepare for this in advance.

Some will be able to do this alone as a single family if they have the resources but we have found that the most practical way is to do this with a group who have the same mindset and deeni outlook. It should not be done purely to be "off grid" as is the trend today. The main criteria should be the safety from fitan. There are many who want to be off grid and live self sufficient but they are involved in haraam such as shaving their beards and they do not have an inclination to deen. There is no use trying to achieve the objective of being safe from the fitan with such people, who should first adopt the spiritual safety measures which are more important as their actions are bringing the anger of Allah ﷻ no matter where they go.

Preparing a place as a community who can share the work and establish taleemi structures and look after the many aspects involved is more conducive to it being sustainable and achieving the self sufficiency needed ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

The importance of this aspect cannot be overstressed as we are living in a time where such laws are being passed that often encroach on our deeni responsibilities. In some countries people are being forced to teach their kids lewd and immoral subjects even for homeschooling, while others are being forced to undertake medical procedures and vaccines etc. The only solution to escape this will be to isolate and become self sufficient in a strong deeni environment with the structures of maktab, tahfeedh of Qur'aan, dars of uloomud deen and tazkiya established.

4. Moving away from digital and paper money to assets of real value. Real value is in gold, silver, livestock, food, clothing and items of utility Let not the day come when all you have is paper in your wallet and numbers on an app.

5. Becoming physically fit and healthy. In times of turmoil you will need to move quickly and you will need to work hard and you may need to defend yourself and your family as well as go without food for periods of time, may Allah ﷻ make it easy for all of us. In order to do this easily you need to be fit and healthy. This comes primarily from what we eat. Eliminate junk foods and sugar from the diet and begin a gradual program of exercise.

6. Learning to ride a horse. The time is coming soon when horses will become the preferred mode of transport. Nabi ﷺ indicated that horses would always be beneficial and that it would be needed close to Qiyamah when he ﷺ said:

الْخَيْلُ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

There will be goodness in the foreheads of horses until Qiyamah

7. Practicing archery. Nabi ﷺ placed great emphasis on learning archery and continuing to practice it for this ummah. The time will come when this skill will be needed

8. Learning survival skills, including fishing and hunting.

3 years?

The title of this article is "Best case scenario? 3 years", because people often ask me: "how long before we need to go into the mountains?".

Allah ﷻ knows best.

My estimation is that the best case scenario is 3 years, which means it could be much earlier, even as early as 6 months. These are my reasons:

1. The signs of the Last Day mentioned earlier above which have appeared recently

2. Impending World War. Right now we are in the period where the next world war has already started, and war accelerates all types of chaos. We have already seen what happened in Syria and other countries due to war. A world war however has consequences for the entire world and that is what shaytaans cronies, what others call the 'elites' want, as it serves multiple purposes for them including depopulation, killing of Muslims, destruction of Islam, arms sales profits, plundering of resources etc etc

There are those who can see the writing on the wall and are not fooled by the false hope portrayed by the governments that 'everything will be okay' while they go into hiding themselves in their bunkers. It is possible that this war that has started, and which is already involving many countries is the prelude to the malhama kubra, the great war wherein 99 out of 100 will die according to the hadeeth, which indicates a nuclear war according to the current arsenal. There are a number of reasons that this may be that war, including the current geopolitical state in the hijaz and khurasan area, the composition of the russian army, the type of weapons that the opposing sides now possess etc.

3. Rising food prices and shortages occurring as a result of the war as well as climate factors (as the asbaab) means we will see the price of food soar with a manifold increase over the next 6 months to two years. When people are unable to afford or obtain food, theft, looting and rioting will occur very quickly and high walls will not be able to keep hordes out.

4. Announcement of the Jewish messiah and the red heifers. The jews as I have mentioned in previous articles are also awaiting their messiah, who is in reality the dajjal as he will arise amongst the jews and be followed by them. Last year it was announced that the jewish messiah has arrived, whom Jewish rabbis the world over have been visiting and claiming that he has been performing miracles and he is either the messiah or the one who will usher in their messiah. The latter case seems more likely as the person they have identified does not have the features of dajjal as mentioned in the hadeeth.

Coinciding with this the jews are also ecstatic that they finally have the red heifer cows that they need for their ritual that they wish to perform which they say will bring a new age where they can rebuild their temple at the site of the dome of the rock and allow their messiah (dajjal) to appear. They have been trying to breed the particular cow which has the same qualities as that mentioned in Surah baqara and they now just last year in September (https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2022/september/texas-red-heifers-arrival-stirs-prophetic-excitement) obtained some red heifer cows for the ceremony, but as they are still young it is still a year before the ritual can be performed as according to their books the cow needs to be 2 years old

So it seems they have their high priest and the red heifer cows for this ceremony to usher in their messiah who is the dajjal. Allah ﷻ knows best the reality of these matters and how dajjal will make his appearance.

5. Rapid progression of AI, hybrid robotics and quantam computing this year. Many will be aware of the release of some AI software at the end of last year which I do not want to mention the name of. I have had a chance to experiment with it and as others have also pointed out as well, AI like these are going to take over many functions and aspects of regular life, although the real danger is that one can see how it can be used to fool people into accepting these machines and those who own and control them as an object of worship.

This is why I began this article declaring that Allah ﷻ alone is the Knower of everything, the Possessor of Supreme Intelligence, the Wise, the Aware. The current AI model that was released is still in its infancy and this year they intend releasing the next version which is 500 000 times more powerful. Some people already regard Google as an object of worship and refer to it for solving their problems. This new AI technology takes it to a dajjali level and we will see it this year. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Together with this here have been major advances in hybrid robotics where there is integration of machines into human tissue such as the neuralink programs and there is also advancement of quantam computing all of which when it comes together indicate that there will be major changes to the world over the next few months and years.

6. Hints of more 'pandemics'. The 'elites' have not achieved their targets of their vaccine agenda and they are pushing for more pandemics which they will engineer again and again, while they are also trying to introduce the mRNA vaccine into the regular food supply through GM foods. You may need to take your family into the mountains only for the purpose of saving yourself from this dajjali vaccine.

7. Accelerated LGBT agenda. Nobody can deny that we are now seeing an increased push for immorality from the authorities and all are being affected. The symbols and propaganda are all around us

These and other signs that are occurring indicate that we are already in the phase where it is better to retreat to the mountains and live a pure lifestyle free from the fitnah and start preparing to become self sufficient so that when things are really bad we have already established ourselves ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ. In fact there are muslim communities in different regions of the world who have already done this many years ago seeing the fitnah that was enveloping the world already, and who did not wait for the signs that have become apparent today.

With all of the above, Allah ﷻ knows best what will occur and when it will occur. He alone is the controller of the world and will make things happen according to His own wisdom. In the end we know what will happen but only Allah ﷻ knows when.

May Allah ﷻ grant all the ability to prepare spiritually and physically for the coming days and months ahead and save all from the fitnah of Dajjal. May Allah ﷻ forgive you and me and our family members and asaatidha who have passed away and the entire Muslim ummah, those who have gone and those who are living and those who are to come until the day of Qiyamah. Aameen.