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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

15. The Killing of the Rulers of Damascus and Egypt

Before he comes, the inhabitants
of Egypt and Sham will kill their
rulers and their commanders...
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-
Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat

al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 49)

This hadith draws attention to the fact that the rulers of Damascus
and Egypt will be killed before the Mahdi comes.
In 1981, Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat (1970-81) was assassi-
nated during a military review. Other Egyptian leaders who have been
killed include the prime ministers Boutros Ghali (1910) and Mahmoud
Nukrashy Pasha (1948).
The word "Sham" is not only used for Damascus, for it also means
"left" and has long been used to refer to those countries to the left of the
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Hijaz (where the cities of Makka and Madina stand). Many leaders have
been killed in the region, among them former Syrian prime ministers
Salah al-Din Bitar (1920), Droubi Pasha (1921), and Muhsin al-Barazi
(1949); King Abdullah of Jordan (1951); and the Lebanese Phalange leader
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