Consider these minor signs from the sayings of RasoolUllah (s.a.w): The courtyards of Masjids will be built beautifully and high mimbars (pulpits) will be erected. Hypocrites will be in control of the affairs of the community and evil, immoral people will be at the helm of business establishments. Hadhrat All (R.A.) says Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "A time is soon to come when Islam will remain only by name, and the Qur'aan will exist only in words. People will erect large and beautiful Masjids, but these Masjids will lack guidance and be deserted. The worst creation below the skies will be the Ulama-e-Sooʼ. Great Fitna (evils) will emanate from them and they themselves will promote fitna and they will be the center of Fitna. There will be a scarcity of (Islamic) knowledge and an increase in evil and anarchy. Then there will also come a time upon the Ummat when people will recite the Qur'aan, but it will not go further than their throats, (into their hearts, i.e. they will not be affected by it). Then that time will also come when a Mushrik and Muʼmin will debate on the Tauheed (Oneness) of Allah. The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance, with much killing; The Mahdi, one of my children, comes into being, by the blessing of God, upon the approach of the Day of Judgment; the weakening of the believers' hearts because of death, hunger, fitna and the disappearance of the Sunnah; and the emergence of innovations and the loss of means by which to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. A time will come when the Qur'an will remain only with its picture,(will not be acted upon) and Islam will remain only in name. Despite being the people who are most distant to Islam, they will be given Islamic names, and though prosperous in appearance, their mosques will be in ruins in the sense of guidance. (al-Hakim, ad-Daylami) Q: Is that time now? Your thoughts please. (Muslims only)