By Mujlisul Ulama

MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING:

IS THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY-SYRIA A PUNISHMENT?

ANSWER

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:

“When Amaanat is destroyed, then await the Hour (of Qiyaamah)” Someone asked: ‘How will Amaanat be destroyed?’ Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “When affairs (of trust and importance) will be entrusted to those who are unfit. Then, await the Hour.”

“When Ilm (of the Deen) is taught for purposes other than the Deen; when a man obeys his wife; when a man is insolent to his mother; when he draws his friend close to him and distances himself from his father; when voices are raised in the Musaajid, and when a community appoints its scoundrel to be the leader (ruler, etc.), then at such a time expect Red Winds (hurricanes and the like), EARTHQUAKES, swallowing by the earth (of people and buildings), disfigurement (of faces- faces becoming like apes and…