Kamal El-Mekki – Signs of the Hour #05 – Minor – Markets

			Lee
		

			Allahu anhu. The prophets, Allah Sallam said the hour will not be established. And we explain what
that means. That means that the Day of Judgment won't come until this thing happens. And that means
that becomes one of the signs. Before the Day of Judgment, what are the indicators that the day of
judgment is coming and or is near
		

			the hour will not be established until trials become apparent. So there'll be a lot of trials and
tests, lying becomes prevalent. And that's actually so simple right doesn't need much explanation.
Lying becomes prevalent we see lying everywhere, lying on the internet, lying on WhatsApp, videos,
hoaxes, lies, commercials, lies, all lines lies everywhere, and the lies spread so quickly as well,
because of the internet, I mean, in seconds or reach around the world. But this is the part we
really want from the Hadeeth. And markets become interconnected, markets become interconnected, it's
really amazing and beautiful, how the profits are seldom mentioned this 1400 years ago that nobody
		

			would have known that markets will be so connected, you know, meaning, if you look at Alibaba and
eBay, and Amazon, you've got all these, you've got everything basically under the sun in one place.
You see, that's one way the markets are connected under one banner. That's one example. Another
example, would be like, if you, for example, if you buy an automobile, if you buy a car. So now you
dealt with the automobile industry, right. But in order for you to drive that car, you have to go to
another industry, that's insurance, and then you have to go through the bank for the financing. So
you see all these markets coming together. In the case of the automobile, even in the case of
		

			building the automobile, it comes from all over parts from all over, you've got the you know, the
radio and the sound system, you've got the engine, you've got tires, you've got all these industries
coming together to create this one, you know, commodity,
		

			then markets being interconnected stock markets, for example, a powerful example of that stock
markets and is a powerful example of the market interconnected,
		

			or the dollar, you know, rising or, you know, the dollar increases or decreases in effects
currencies around the world that affects markets around the world. So all of that shows you markets
being connected together. And that's one of the signs before the hour, not necessarily how wrong or
bad or anything. But it's just amazing that the process I mentioned something like this 1400 years
ago, and it is it is the reality and the norm of markets and our life today.
		

			Others mentioned also that it could be that, you know, it could be that you could quickly find out
you know what's happening in other markets that they're connected in that sense that you can very
instantly or instantly find out, you know, what is rising, what is falling, what is doing well, what
is not doing well. And then other said it could be the ability to travel markets being connected
meaning now you can easily go from this market to that market or from you know, even though the
distance was is far you can easily connect you know, if you're doing business with China, for
example, you know, you can be on a plane and then within a day, you're in China, and you're
		

			connected with that market. Whereas, you know, without planes Look how far that would the distance
would be. Anyways, that was a really amazing and that's what's happening right now as we speak.
Another one mentioned by an ISA Rahim Allah
		

			the Prophet Salim said indeed from the sounds of the hour is a person will want to buy something,
but he will be told not until I seek the permission of the businessmen from such and such tribe, and
a person who will seek a scribe in a large area, but we'll find none. Okay, basically, this one is
talking about how few people will control the markets. And there is such an amazing visual here, you
know, even if you if you search, there's an image that has all the companies in America and their
parent companies and you'll see that almost every product, they just go back to five or six major
companies that own everything, and you just spend hours going through that document and you'd be
		

			amazed at how many this company is owned by that company. All of in the end go to it's going to be
you know, you know one of the three General Electric And
		

			don't forget, forget the rest of the major four or five, and everything else is owned by a company
owned by company owned by company then it goes back to those.
		

			That's the same also for for
		

			channels you know, or you know, TV stations, you'll see that in the end, they're just four or five
that own all of them. So that's something again, that's the reality of our world now and the Prophet
Allah mentioned that 1400 years ago. Next one is Al Bukhari narrated Bible hora. Allahu Allah la
hora Sallam said they will come upon the people at a time when a person does not care about their
wealth, whether it is from halal or haram, their wealth. So we're not talking about meat, or we're
talking about wealth, a person will not care if their wealth is from halal or haram.
		

			Now, I'll give you an example. Look this, this young man came to me in Canada, and he said that I
have gas stations, but I am going to get rid of all of them. So why not? And he doesn't sell
alcohol, by the way, doesn't sell any alcohol. But he said, I'm going to get rid of all I'm going to
sell all of them. And he's a young man who's got a number of gas stations, good business, right?
just said, Why are you going to do that? He said, because up to 70%. And maybe this is just so don't
quote me on that. But that was related to his specific area in this part of Canada. He said, up to
70% of his from tobacco, from selling tobacco products, 70% of his income comes from that those of
		

			you who know about gas stations, you don't really make much money from selling gas, you know, it's
like you make 15 cents a gallon or something pathetic like that. But what they really where they
really make their money is from the convenience store inside, you know, from selling all these other
things. Of course, if you sell alcohol, that's where the majority of the money comes from right
after that would be the tobacco, and then people buying sodas and you and coffee and all that. But
		

			But it's interesting how I knew someone else who was looking for a gas station. And then I told him
what this guy said about, you know, 70% of his income being from tobacco, and he just kept looking,
it didn't faze him at all. Like a lot of times you'll find people, they couldn't care less, where
their income is coming from if it's halal or haram. They couldn't care less.
		

			I remember this man is simple man, really, this was many years ago, he was working
		

			and owned by a Muslim. And so all the other workers were Muslims. And then the owner gets them all
together for a meeting. And it says, I know all of you work here because we don't sell alcohol. And
but I am sorry, I'm not making enough money. So I'm going to have to sell start selling alcohol.
		

			So this guy, and he's just a simple man, but he tells him I have a better idea. Forget alcohol,
let's sell drugs. Let's sell drugs.
		

			Like a drug ring put together, you know, package it and sell it and all that stuff and cut it I
don't know. I'm gonna pretend like I know drug terms. All right.
		

			But in the end, he said we can make a lot more money than than alcohol. And the guy says, Oh, no,
no, we can't do that. You know, the police will get arrested will get in trouble. He says upon law,
you're afraid of the police. And you're not afraid of rubble. Al amin says that took the man was
taken by that. And he selling alcohol anyways, but the idea that a lot of people don't care where
the income comes from. They don't care if it's halal or haram. It's one of the signs before the day
of judgment. Okay.
		

			So,
		

			an interesting one here in another movie, narrated by Abu huraira.
		

			The Prophet sallallahu Sallam said, the hour will not be established until the people build houses,
which they adorn, like the way clothes are in a cow on clothing, you'll find embroidery, people will
adorn their homes in a similar way, in a very similar way, they're going to adorn their homes. Now,
what's interesting is that there's nothing wrong with designing and adorning your home. So it's just
towards the end, okay, let me put it this way. You live at the time of the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, and people have simple homes, that they mean they even have the concept of hanging a
painting on a mud wall or anything like that. So the concept of design home didn't even exist,
		

			really, for them, you know? So he's the problem. All he's doing is he's mentioning a time in the
future, when people will be able to design their homes now we can put lights on our walls, and we
can change the walls themselves and put pillars and put arches and put paintings and and put those
digital frames and I don't know what the point is. That is just to say that this is how much the
world will change that people will adorn and design their homes the same way you would design a
garment. No, and that's all it is. It's not saying it's Haram. It's not saying it's macro, right.
		

			Okay, then
		

			Another interesting one here.
		

			And we're just like I said, we're just trying to cover as many of the minor signs as possible. And
it's just they're so interesting, aren't they? Right? And it's so interesting that the prospect
lamp, who was in a completely different world knew and described our world so perfectly, which is,
again an indication of a genuine Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		

			noted by torani and symptomatic narrates the Prophet sallallahu Sallam said, the days and nights
will not stop, what does that mean? Same meaning when will the days and nights stop when the day of
judgment comes? The days and nights will not stop? Until the most prosperous person in this world
is? Look I know Luca, Luca, Luca, huh? All right. So
		

			laughing because I visited the country and they had a soda comes in a bottle and it was called look
up. Look up. Anyways.
		

			It's so what does it mean? Look? eigner? Luca, it's a generic term. That means most lowly, the Son
of the Most lowly, it means someone
		

			that
		

			someone that has a nobody
		

			one very rich,
		

			but it could be not necessarily through inheritance. So look at a person that is ready anessa what
it has a layer of law who also what are you mad la Hola. Hola. Hola. So when is someone have bad and
low lineage? Okay. And he's not his origin is not known. Nor is any good quality or mannerism known
to me and he's not known for having any good quality, or good manners or anything of that. So it
means these people they will be in charge of people's affairs and they will control things or and
		

			or control the wealth of others. So it's not a good thing. So don't go naming your son look out so
he becomes prosperous. And look out here mean someone who's unworthy someone, really, for lack of a
better term trashy who just becomes wealthy and prosperous. Now?
		

			Isn't that the case today? All right, I'm just speaking about America. Isn't that the case. And you
will see some trashy and, you know, family or a trashy person. And then they have their own reality
TV show. And what is on their show, the whole episode, she is fighting with the other one. And
they're calling each other names and bleeps bleeped bleeps, and therefore, the whole episode is just
garbage. You're just fighting over garbage and hitting each other beside of it. And then you go into
the store and you see a towel with their name on it pop into
		

			your
		

			I wouldn't buy trash can with your name on it, or a garbage bag with your name on it. But now, these
people and all we see from them is just bad manners and trashy behavior and fighting and cursing and
cussing each other on television. And now suddenly, they want me to buy a product and a frying pan
with their name on it. So people have no value intellectually bankrupt. But suddenly they're popular
and they're selling us products and they're making so much money. They're getting deals and and all
that look up, ignore just people who are not worthy. And they're the most prosperous. And that's the
situation we find all around us now.
		

			Yeah, okay.
		

			I've got another interesting one here. This is mentioned as a Muslim jarabe Abdullah Golan, he
mentioned the prophet SAW, Selim said, it will soon be that the people of Iraq cannot receive food,
nor money following it will soon be that the people of Iraq cannot receive food nor money. We asked
from whom would this be and he replied the non Arabs. He then said, it will soon be that the people
of a sham cannot receive food nor money. We asked him from whom would this be and he replied, The
Romans or Rome, which, at that time also meant the Europeans didn't mean just Romans in that sense.
He then remained silent for a while after which he said towards the end of my oma there will be a
		

			leader who will pour out wealth without counting towards the end of my oma, there will be a leader
who will pour out wealth without counting. All right.
		

			Now, then, and that's amazing, because it's happened and is happening. The problem said the people
of Iraq will not be able to receive food nor money. And we know, could this be referring to the
embargo that that happened to Iraq, you know, some years ago, it could very well be, and it could,
as the scholars always leave it open. It could be that event, and it could be another one coming as
well. But the point is that we did see this happen.
		

			We did see an embargo on Iraq, they were not able to receive food. They were not able to receive
money, people were not able to deal with them financially and so on and business. And one of the
amazing things I remember this, if you remember, Madeleine Albright two at the time of Clinton, they
were interviewing her they told her that it is. It's reported or an estimated that 1.5 million
babies died in Iraq because of the embargo. 1.5 million babies died in Iraq, because they weren't
able to bring medicine into the country, there was this embargo. And I'll never forget the interview
with her. She just looked right at the person interviewing her. And she said, that's just the price
		

			you have to pay 1.5 million babies, can you just
		

			1.5 million babies on the ground and tell me that's okay. Anyways, so yes, the embargo and it was
from non Muslims and non Arabs could have meant non Muslim because at that point, a lot of the Arabs
were a lot of the most or all the Muslims were Arabs. So at that point, at that time period, if you
said non Arab, it meant non Muslim. But as we know, the majority of Muslims are not Arabs. So
		

			then it
		

			shouldn't be that the people have,
		

			excuse me, a sham cannot receive food or money and the Sham and everybody immediately thinks of
Syria. And it could that be the only interpretation of the editor could be another one. We don't
hope there isn't. But this is happening, no food, no no money reaching the poor people in Syria or
people in the shop. And we've seen that
		

			and will also ask illogical to facilitate their affairs and give them
		

			so then, and he said this was from the Romans being the Europeans, then they proceeded to remain
silent for a while after which he said towards the end of my own mother will be a leader who will
pour out wealth without counting. Now, there is little disagreement that that is the Maddie because
we have another Hadith describing him in exactly this way. And that's why if you remember we said
from the guidelines, you put the nourishes together you get a more complete picture. Okay.
		

			is a beautiful one. And Hakeem Rahim Allah mentions in in the mustard rock, Abu hurayrah de la
narrated by the one in whose hand is my soul, so the problem is swearing by Allah. The error will
not be established until evil and stinginess are prevalent. And until the honest ones are thought
treacherous, and the treacherous honest.
		

			Okay.
		

			The hour will not be established until evil and stinginess.
		

			We see that and until the artists are thought to be treacherous and the treacherous thought to be
honest, I don't know Do I need to explain that one? We see that all okay? If you need an explanation
of that, for the most part,
		

			look to the Muslim lands and look at the leaders and that that's your explanation.
		

			Are the honest ones the ones in power the ones that are thought to be treacherous or the treacherous
ones thought to be honest.
		

			decision for yourself. Okay, this one is interesting here and nurtured by him. I'm not gonna lie on
this road. For the long run, who narrated the Prophet sallallahu Sallam said before the hour
strikes, and before the day of judgment comes, people will only give Salaam to their acquaintances
to sleep, aloha sleep, to sleep and cost so people give salam to those that they know specifically,
only specific people. Commerce will be plentiful to the extent that a woman will help her husband
and his business, the ties of kinship. People will give false testimony and truthful testimony will
be hidden, and literacy will become widespread. Okay, so let's, let's see, there are a number of
		

			things in this howdy one.
		

			People will only give salam to those that they know. And this is so true right now, right now, if
you don't, a lot of times you find people giving serum to those that they know sometimes even in the
masjid, they'll see if they don't know someone they just then they see someone that knows that it
can get hot. Now
		

			if you give the lamp to someone that you don't know, sometimes they'll they'll be like, Do I know
you? I remember one time and this is like many years ago or maybe not that many but I was like 17 or
what have you sitting in front of the house and I must have walked by this is overseas so I said I
said I'm article. He said while he said um he went to the store or something. He came back maybe 20
minutes later walked by I said Salaam Alaikum. So he came up to me like I know son. Do we know each
other? I said
		

			you know, but Tim is like okay, you gave me some 20 minutes ago were you giving me some time again?
But and I don't I'm you must know me that the fact that you're giving me set up, but we said from
the signs of the hour and
		

			If this began, what's interesting is this began at the time of the companions when Tom with the tie
between a man came and give Salaam to just the companion. And the problem told him that the problem
said from the signs of the hour to sleep aloha so that people only give Sam to those that they know.
And of course, you can imagine becoming more pronounced towards as time progressed, though, is the
first one people only give Salaam to those that they know. The second one says commerce will be
plentiful to the extent that a woman will help help her husband in business in his business. And I
remember there used to be people whose to misunderstand this Hadith, they thought that if your wife
		

			helps you in your business, that means this is such a bad sign that you love the dunya so much that
your wife is not working with you. Okay? There's nothing wrong with your wife working with you and
helping you with your business. Because I think we can agree that a woman can go work somewhere,
right? She can go work at a company and get a paycheck. Hello, I hope everyone agrees with that.
Now,
		

			if she can work at some other men's company, which is better that he or she works at our own
husband's company, which one? So why would it be haram or bad Danny, which is hard for her to work
for someone other guy, but for her own husband, it's a bad thing. Because you know, of course, we
all know the advantage. If she works at her husband's company, then really, she's the president of
the company, true or false, right. But that's not the point is that what the problem is describing
is describing a different world to the companions. And to that generation, they were living in a
time where you would go out to the market, and this is what's interesting, they would just make
		

			enough money to pay for what they need for the day. Let's say I'm just throwing a false number out,
let's say someone knows that they need, let's just say three Durham's per day that that's their
daily expense. So if he opens a store, and he makes three items by mulgara, or by officer, he'll
shut down and come home. If he makes three Durham's in the early part of the day, he'll shut the
store and go home. Like they only got what they needed for the day. Now,
		

			even as a business mentality that's completely different today, like today, let's say I only need
three Durham's per day. But if I make him the early morning, I'll immediately start Okay, well, let
me keep working then, and put in extra hours. So I can make nine dividends per day, today. And now
I'm three days ahead, then I can hire other people like that, like that famous story, the funny
story about this man, who is sitting by, you know, by at the dock, you know, watching the sunset,
just enjoying it, watching the sunset and sitting on his chair, then a young man who studied
business comes down and says, He says, what do you do? He said, I'm a fisherman. And he says, How
		

			many he says, What do you look? How much do you work? He says, I know, I just get this much fish per
day. And then I sit and come and relaxing. And watch the sunset. He says you shouldn't do that the
young man tells him you should not do that. What you should do is you should work extra hours, push
yourself even four months, push yourself extra and make a lot more than what you need. He says then
what he says then you'll have extra money to get another boat. And he says then what he said push
that other boat as well. You work in both boats extra time overtime, making more than what you need.
He said then what said then you'll have a whole fleet of boats, she's then what do we do this is
		

			when you have that much fish, you can open your own fish warehouse, and then sell fish. And then
this is then what this is then you can get your own, you know, refrigerated trucks and you can be
delivering and you can have a whole Corporation. He says, then what he says once corporation is
making a lot of money. He says then you can finally retire. He says then what do I do when I retire?
He says you can sit by the dock. And watch the sunset.
		

			Basically brought them back exactly to where he already was, you know, long story. But the point is
that that was the same mentality that they that they had the early Muslims, like a man who just work
when he gets his what he needs for the day, sometimes he wouldn't, you know, shut down the store and
just that's it.
		

			So anyway, selasa lamb here is telling you that how the world will become commerce will be so
plentiful. So in the old days, you know, I sold onions, let's say I would sell onions. And when I
make what I need for the day or I sell the onions that I have, I go home and my wife is sitting at
home, there isn't even if she comes to work with me, there is nothing but to sell these onions. But
the problem is saying that commerce is going to be so plentiful in the future that I'm gonna have to
instead of my wife staying home waiting for me, I'm gonna have to I'm gonna need her to come to work
and help me out. That's how much business and money there is. So it's not saying there's anything
		

			wrong with if your wife helps you out in your business.
		

			The ties of kinship will be severed, we understand what that means. And we've seen that we see
sometimes family members that don't speak to
		

			each other at all some others who have been speaking spoken to each other for years,
		

			over whatever it is, but we've seen that and relationships severed completely. People will give
false testimony and truthful testimony will be hidden and literacy will become widespread meaning a
lot of people will know how to read. Now if you compare this one to the one before to the one coming
up now and say Bukhari and Muslim, the prophet lamb narrated by NSF nomadic said, the hour will not
be established.
		

			Or he could have said the narrative since from the signs of the hour is that knowledge will be
lifted, ignorance will become prevalent, alcohol will be consumed, adultery will be widespread, men
will decrease and woman will increase until there is a single man to 50 women and each 50 woman will
have 1am someone looking over their affairs. Okay, so we've got ignorance becoming prevalent was the
one before we had literacy becoming widespread. Literacy increasing, and ignorance increasing? How
is that possible? One explanation, it could be that we're talking about different time periods.
Alright. So it could be that literacy increasing, that's one period of time, and then time
		

			progresses, and then
		

			ignorance increases. That's one. Another explanation could be a lot of people know how to read. But
we're talking about ignorance and their religion. If it's talking about ignorance in the religion,
knowing how to read has nothing to do with it, which is very similar to what's happening today.
Today, most people know how to read meaning. Let's just let's just stick with North America, like
most people know how to read, and how much ignorance is there about people with concerning their own
religious religion about Islam. So they don't have to contradict that's one. But let's see if we can
finish this one, at least today, in the time we have left, there will not be established until
		

			knowledge will be lifted. We explained last time how knowledge is lifted, its knowledge is lifted,
when the souls of scholars are taken, it's not by them suddenly becoming ignorant. Ignorance will
become prevalent when that happens. So that that's why many believe that this hadith is towards the,
towards the end of time, even though some of the things are happening today. But it's towards the
end of time, especially the 50 woman to one man. So when knowledge is lifted from the hearts of the
scholars are taken, knowledge is lifted, ignorance will become prevalent, that's towards the end of
time, alcohol will be consumed that started already, you know, if you look at most, you know,
		

			whatever they're about 60 Muslim countries or something like that. How many of them have alcohol
prohibited, like for real for real?
		

			it's debatable, like something we used to have this debate in class.
		

			One or two countries actually, really have alcohol prohibited. But then the rest have it by law. But
you there's no punishment if you're consuming alcohol, and so on and so forth. Adultery will be
widespread. And we'll see that we're seeing that happening in Muslim lands increasing so much, that
you wouldn't think something of the top major sins would be increasing so much. I remember I was in
a Muslim country. And there was a joke in the newspaper about, you know,
		

			it was just someone read it to me, and I was so offended. Like, how could you put a joke like this
for the believing men and women? Look, what is funny about that, like, now, I have no hatred of a
major sin. I hear about it. And I laugh. That's one problem. And number two, when you keep joking
about things like that, what happens is that it becomes the norm like I'm not shocked or turned off
when I hear about that anymore, because it's such so much of a joke. And that's why By the way,
		

			I never ever, ever, just sharing this with you, about my school wide was stolen.
		

			If even if it's funny, I'll change it to a hobby
		

			shop, you know, but never ever told these Mostel jokes ever. It's kind of folly. And when you read
all these jokes, you just think that alarm and ARB is nothing but massarotti bus running around
women local mostoles jerky with harminder ECMO is only one who gets it. But
		

			anyways, the point is that for those who didn't understand what I was saying, you know, all these
jokes about people being high and being smart, and so many jokes about people being high that it
becomes the norm if someone's high, what's the big deal? That's, that's what so make sure do not
joke, you know, jokes about adultery in Zina and things like that nature. And if you really think
it's funny, you want to share it, tweak it and master copyright tweak it and make it about something
else. Anyways, that's all the time we have. We'll continue next
		

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