Signs of the HourA minor sign

The Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold

انحسار الفرات عن جبل من ذهب

The Euphrates will recede and uncover a mountain of gold that people will fight over.

Sahih
Status
Not yet occurred

About this sign

The Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Euphrates would recede and uncover a mountain of gold, and that people would fight over it. islamweb's fatwa lists it among the minor signs that have not yet appeared, following Dr. 'Umar al-Ashqar's al-Qiyamah as-Sughra.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih Muslim 2894a

Grades
GraderVerdict
MuslimSahih (included by Muslim in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِيَّ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَحْسِرَ الْفُرَاتُ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَقْتَتِلُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُقْتَلُ مِنْ كُلِّ مِائَةٍ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ وَيَقُولُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِّي أَكُونُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَنْجُو ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The Last Hour would not come before the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold, for which people would fight. Ninety-nine out of each one hundred would die but every man amongst them would say that perhaps he would be the one who would be saved (and thus possess this gold)

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