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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

43. People Flee from One Another in Confusion

"O, Messenger of God, what is the
fitna of Akhlas?" He said: "Fleeing –

that is, the fleeing of people from
one another due to mistrust and the
looting of people’s possessions.”
(Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi,

p. 386, no. 714)

The hadith states that people will flee from one another due to

mistrust and fear. This might be a reference to those who are forced to
flee their homelands. Indeed, the number of refugees and exiles had
increased greatly by the beginning of the twentieth century.