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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming
raid confirms the rest of this hadith.
Seven years later, an even bloodier incident happened during the
pilgrimage. In this incident, 402 demonstrating pilgrims were killed.
Both the Saudi soldiers and the Iranian pilgrims committed great sins,
for they killed one another. These bloody incidents have great paral-
lels to the environment described in the hadiths.
The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) said:
"There will be a voice in Ramadan, a noise in Shawwal, and war
between the tribes in the month of Dhu al-Qa`dah. Pilgrims
will be despoiled. There will be a war in Mina in which many
will die, to such an extent that so much blood will flow as to
leave the stones there in a lake of blood." (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi,
Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 31)
There will be a voice in Ramadan, and a voice in Shawwal. In
Dhu al-Qa`dah, the tribes will fight one another. In Dhu al-
Hijja, pilgrims will be despoiled. In Muharram, there will be a
shout from the sky: "Take heed. Such a person is of the auspi-
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