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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

34. Pervasive Corruption

Islamic literature defines fitna as “hard times,” such as
civil strife, war, or riots, during which evil forces attempt to
weaken and even eradicate people's faith.

One hadith, which reveals that the believers' faith will
weaken in the End Times, also provides information about the
developments that will lead to this:

The Mahdi, one of my children, comes
into being, by the blessing of God, upon
the approach of the Day of Judgment; the
weakening of the believers’ hearts because

of death, hunger, fitna and the disappear-
ance of the Sunnah; and the emergence of
innovations and the loss of means by
which to enjoin the right and forbid the

wrong. His justice and prosperity will
ease the believers’ hearts, and friendship
and love will settle between the non-Arab
and the Arab nations. (Al-Muttaqi al-

Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir az-Zaman, p. 66)

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