Frankly I am grateful for every Muslim who just plain projects his beliefs about the Dajjal, the Mahdi, and the Signs of Qiyamah into the distant future and leaves me the #$@% out of it!
The Prophet Muhammad(saw) prophecised events that marked the approaching and closeness of the Day of resurrection. These signs are classified as minor and major ones. The minor signs are further classified into three categories. These are those which will appear before the coming of the major signs, those which will appear during the happening of the major signs and those that will appear after the occurance of the major ones.
The very first major sign that indicates that closeness of the resurrection Day are the coming of Imam Al-Mahdi. His coming will be immediately followed by the Great War b/w Christians and Muslims in Syria and Anatolia.this event will be succeeded immediately by the appearance of the Jewish AntiChrist in the region b/w Syria and Iraq. The time span b/w the coming of Imam Al-Mahdi and the appearance of the Jewish Dajjal is about 9 months. Amongst the minor signs that preceed the coming of Imam Mahdi and the Jewish Dajjal, 95% of them have already come to pass. the reason why I am saying that there is a 90% chance that we shall see the Dajjal in our lifetime can be understood from the following sayings of the Prophet:
Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman reported that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said, "Prophethood (meaning himself) will remain with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then Allah will raise it up wherever he wills to raise it up. Afterwards, there will be a Caliphate that follows the guidance of Prophethood remaining with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, He will raise it up whenever He wills to raise it up. Afterwards, there will be a reign of violently oppressive [The reign of Muslim kings who are partially unjust] rule and it will remain with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, there will be a reign of tyrannical rule and it will remain for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, Allah will raise it up whenever He wills to raise it up. Then, there will be a Caliphate that follows the guidance of Prophethood."
Then Hudhaifah said, "The Prophet stopped speaking." [As-Silsilah As-Sahihah, vol. 1, no. 5]
According to the above narration of the Prophet the Ummah or Islamic nation will pass through five stages. The first one is Prophethood, meaning the times when the Prophet was alive and lead the muslims. this has already come to pass.The second category that succeeded this stage was that of the rightly guided caliphate, meaning the reign of the 4 pious caliphs who ruled according to the Quran and the Sunnah.this era too has come to pass.This was followed by the reign of violently oppressive Muslim rulers who would rule partially unjust. This reign began from the era of Yazid ibn Muawiyah(It should be noted that this stage does not include the caliphate of Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufiyan for the Prophet said that the (pious)caliphate will last for 30 years--or so--and it would be succeeded by a merciful kingship afterwards God will give authority to whom ever he wishes[authentic narration reported by Dirami], and infact the pious caliphate did last for 30 years and so and the caliphate of Muawiyah was a mercy to the ummah) and included the caliphs of Banu Ummayah, Banu Abbas, Mamlukes and Ottomons with the exception of the pious Umar ibn Abdulaziz, Mahdi ibn Mansur and Sultan Mehmet al Fatih whose era did not face any opposition.
History is a witness that All of these 4 dyansty had a unique feature that was they assumed the rule on the entire muslim community, made the Quran and sunnah their sole reference/constitution but were partially unjust in their conducts and approached their opponents with violent oppression. This stage is succeeded by the era of rulers who are tyrannts and treat others with iniquity. Without doubt this stage includes our era for the Muslim nation is ruled by tyrannts who not only oppress and treat them harshly but have also replaced God's Law with man made laws which is the greatest of all trangressions. They promote and work for the interests of the enemies of the Islamic nation and keep the muslims divided and weak. This stage by the grace of God will be wiped out by the era of pious caliphate again which will be marked by the coming of Imam Mahdi. During that era God will grant victory and glory to muslims who will conquer the entire earth and make God's word supreme. The enemies of Islam will be wiped out and be eliminated. The Prophet said that Mahdi will come and will fill the earth with justice after it was filled with oppression and tyranny[an authentic narration]
Without any doubt the world is now filled with oppression and tyranny. From the social system to the political and economical arena, everything is conducted through self interest and trangression. The weak is mistreat by the strong and the poor are neglected and looted by the rich. Humanity is suffering everywhere from Palestine, Chechenya,Afghanistan, Kashmir to Iran, Iraq, India etc. Zionist's & their cronies' & other enemies of Islam's lies and their media, has coloured black to white and has decorated falsehood to truth , truth to falsehood and has made oppression and tyranny apprechiable and justified. Humanity is passing through a stage of dehumanization not seen in history. The Prophet said,"Islam started as a stranger and will return as a stranger". Allahu Akbar! dont we see that this is happening? How the ummah is totally unaware of its religion and its teachings? How they have abandoned its principles and instructions? Cant one not see how our societies have turned back to the days of Jahiliyyah?Our societies now match exactly how it was during the pre-Islamic era. this never happened before till the previous century. We have fallen back in large masses from morality, righteousness and virtue. We have accepted the system of the kuffar/infidels and have given their traditions priority over the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah. We have choosen darkness instead of light. As a result we have sunk low at all times and our current situation and helplessness is a proof of that.It is one of the minor signs that muslims will place Quran and verses of the quran in their houses only as decoration pieces and will not pounder and abiding by what is says.Cant we not see that this happening?Isnt the Quran getting more and more strange to us? As Islam began 1400 years ago in Makkah as a stranger in an era when humanity was sunk in ignorance and darkness, similarly it will appear as a stranger from the same place and will wipe out the pillars of injust and tyranny. This glorious era will be the era of Imam Mahdi. It will be soon inshallah very soon.