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lar, our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
provides important information about the beginning of human
history by saying that 5600 years had passed up until his
own day:
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal transmitted in his 'Ilal:

FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED YEARS HAVE PASSED
FROM THIS WORLD. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 89)
Many other hadith contain explicit references to the life
span of the world being 7000 years:
Anas Ibn Malik narrates that the Messenger of Allah
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: THE
LIFE SPAN OF THE WORLD IS SEVEN DAYS IN THE
DAYS OF THE HEREAFTER. Almighty Allah has said:
ONE DAY IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR LORD IS LIKE A
THOUSAND OF YOUR YEARS. Allah will ASCRIBE THE
EQUIVALENT OF GOOD DEEDS OF THE SEVEN
THOUSAND YEARS OF THE AGE OF THIS
WORLD to the one who meets the need of any
of his brothers in the faith on the path of Allah
as if he spends his days in fasting and his
nights in worship. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-
Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 88)

Narrated from Daqqaq Ibn Zaid al-Juhani:
I told the Messenger of Allah (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) of a

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