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Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

common. (Muntakhab Kanz al-`Ummal)
At a time when the world will be in harj [utter confusion and disorder],
fitna [strife] will appear, people will be attacked. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi,
Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 12)

There will be widespread slaughter, and great strife will be seen. (Ibn
Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-
Muntazar, p. 37)
Judgment Day will not come to pass until these things come true: death
and slaughter will be widespread. (Musnad, 2:492, 4:391, 392)
Disorder, corruption, and fear will emerge in the West ... Corruption
will proliferate. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi, p. 440)
The poor will grow in number. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi, p. 455)

Hunger and the high cost of living will spread as widely as they can.
(Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi, p. 440)
… until innocent people are massacred, and when those on Earth and
up in the sky can no longer put up with such massacres ... (Ibn Hajar
al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-
Muntazar, p. 37)
… when Judgment Day approaches and the hearts of believers are weak-
ened for such reasons as death, hunger, strife, the loss of the Sunnah
[teachings of the Prophet (saas)], the emergence of religious novelties, and
the loss of means of enjoining good and prohibiting evil. (Al-Muttaqi al-
Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 66)

When the occurrence of such things grows more intense, the re-
sponsibility incumbent upon Muslims also increases in importance.
They must urge people to put an end to anarchy, conflict, and oppres-
sion; show them the true path; and help orphans, the poor, the aban-
doned, children without relatives to care for them, the aged, and those

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