{"id":4666,"date":"2025-10-15T23:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:37:57","slug":"is-coronavirus-a-sign-of-the-end-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4666","title":{"rendered":"Is Coronavirus a Sign of the End Times?"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Shaykh Abdool Rahman Khan<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
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Coronavirus does not fit any of the ten major signs of The Last Hour.<\/p><\/div>\n
The world is witnessing some tough times these days, with the appearance of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Life situations are changing rapidly. How should one process all this information that is changing every hour?<\/p>\n
People are asking: Does Coronavirus<\/a> have anything to do with the end times? After all, this generation has not witnessed anything so humongous and scary like the Coronavirus. People have become perplexed and confused.<\/p>\n
Prophet Muhammad<\/a> (peace be upon him) did predict many happenings among the signs of The Hour but could The Coronavirus be one of them? Could the Coronavirus be one of the major signs of The Last Day?<\/p>\n
The major signs are ten in number based on the Hadith<\/a> of Prophet Muhammad narrated by Hudhaifah ibn Usaid al-Ghifari\u00a0(may Allah be pleased with him) who said:\u00a0 Prophet Muhammad came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion) He said:<\/p>\n
What do you discuss about? They (the Companions) said. We are discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: It will not come until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made a mention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), the Gog and Magog, and land-slides in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly.\u00a0(Muslim<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em>For sure, Coronavirus does not fit any of the ten major signs of The Last Hour. Or so it seems!<\/p>\n
The appearance of The Mahdi and the return of Prophet Jesus<\/a> (peace be upon him) and the coming of Dajjal all of which will follow one another still yet to come. None of these has yet happened. Are they far away? Only Allah the Almighty knows.<\/p>\n
But then there are the minor signs or \u201cAlamaatus Sughraa<\/em>\u201d meaning other than the ten major signs.<\/p>\n
No doubt there are some traces of end time signs. To pinpoint them would be a difficult task.<\/p>\n
Even though the Coronavirus is still wreaking havoc in the world and no one knows when it would end and what would be the death toll.<\/p>\n
What is clear is that the Coronavirus is still far less mortality rate than some of the most devastating pandemic in human history.<\/p>\n
Take the Bubonic Plague of 1346-1353, for example, it was estimated that 100 million people died by the plague which was spread by rats and fleas. Those days the world population was barely 500 million people. One can do the math.<\/p>\n
Then there was The Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 flu which infected 500\u00a0million people around the world,\u00a0or about 27% of the world population of that time which was between 1.8 and 1.9 billion.<\/p>\n
The death toll was estimated to have been anywhere from 17\u00a0million to 50\u00a0million, and possibly and as high as 100\u00a0million, making it one of the\u00a0deadliest epidemics\u00a0in human history.<\/p>\n
Certainly, living at that time would be a lot scarier than living today with the Coronavirus. Not that anyone should underestimate the danger and power of viruses. It is very difficult to fully protect against something so microscopic and powerful and its transmission from person to person is still not fully known. We surrender to what Allah says:<\/p>\n
It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allah Knowing and Wise.<\/strong>\u00a0(Al-Fath 48:4)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Test of Faith<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
While living through perhaps one of the most difficult times a believer must know that at the end of the day it is a test from Allah.<\/p>\n
He says:<\/p>\n
Alif-Lam-Mim.\u00a0Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: \u201cWe believe,\u201d and will not be tested.\u00a0And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars.<\/strong>\u00a0(Al-Ankabut 29:3<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em>The Almighty knows who the human beings are but it is in His Wisdom and justice that He brings about these tests.<\/p>\n
A Believer does not beg for difficulty but he prepares for it when it comes. The trial is what sorts out:<\/p>\n