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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

70. Propagandists Distancing People from Islam’s Morality

… At that period, there will be some summon-
ers [propagandists] who will call people to
the gates of Hell. Whoever answers the call of
these summoners, they will cast him into Hell.
“O Messenger, can you tell us the characteris-
tics of this group of summoners?” The Prophet
(may God bless him and grant him peace) an-
swered: “I will answer, they are a group of
people from our nation who speak our lan-
guage.” (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi,
p. 382, no. 698)

There exists a great blind and deaf fitna [that is, the kind of fitna that makes one
blind from seeing the truth and deaf from hearing the just], grand evil. Within
this fitna, there exist some summoners [propagandists] who call people toward
the gates of Hell. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 380, no. 696)
In the near future, there will be horrible fitnas that will render one blind, deaf,
and mute from seeing the truth; rendering them deaf from hearing the just
words … In the turmoil of fitnas, the interference of language into the fitna and
its propaganda will, like a sword blow, ensure its spread. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah
al-Qurtubi, p. 390, no. 720)
As the hadiths reveal, our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him
peace) informed us that some people will make propaganda in favor of im-
morality and irreligion. The present-day moral and social structures of some
countries reveal the truth of this news. In fact, such propaganda spread by

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