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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

have gone astray! These are the people who make religion a mat-
ter of commerce. They approach the chiefs of their time to earn
their living. (al-Hatim)

A time will come when everyone will read the Qur’an, perform
their acts of worship, and, meanwhile, engage in bid`a [innova-
tion in worship that must be avoided]. Yet little do they know
that they become idolaters in a way of which they are unaware.
They earn money in return for their reading and knowledge,
and consume the time of this life in return for the religion.
These will become the followers of the blind Dajjal. (ad-
Daylami)
Those people who show no respect for the laws of Islam and who
do not hesitate to use religion as a means for their own profit are de-
scribed in the following terms:

In the End Times of the community of the faithful, people,
those who adorn the mosques but leave their own
hearts in ruins, who fail to look after their reli-
gion as much as they do their clothes, who
forsake their religious obligations for the
sake of their activities in this world, will
increase in number. (al-Hakim)

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