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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

105. Epidemics

Epidemics such as plague, that is, the disease that hits sheep; it will
seize you... (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 417, no. 761)

"O Awf ibn Malik! Shall I recite you six
signs preceding Doomsday?" I [Awf ibn
Malik] said: "What are they, o
Resullulah?" He [The Prophet (may God
bless him and grant him peace)] said:
"Two fatal diseases, such as cholera
and anthrax, will spread among you."
(Sahih Bukhari)

Two fatal diseases will spread among you, such as the Ikasu'l-Ganem
[a fatal and epidemic animal disease]. (Jami` al-Ushul, vol. 10, p. 412)

Throughout history, epidemics have always raged among peo-
ple. However, compared to the ones in the past, today's epidemics
spread much faster. Moreover, those that used to affect only a certain
part of the world now can spread to many countries simultaneously.
This aside, in our day, new and unknown epidemics appear.

Within the last 20-30 years, we have had to deal with AIDS, SARS,
Ebola, and Mad Cow, which have become great threats.
In 2002-03, the following news items appeared regarding dangerous
diseases:

The Death Toll of Malaria in Ethiopia: 4,200
Local authorities stated that the epidemic became the leading cause of

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