Major signs before the Day of Judgement: the concept of a star in religion Essay

"A star with a luminous tail will rise from the east before the Mahdi emerges. (Muhammad ibn Abd alRasulBarzanji, AlIshaah li Ashrat asSaah, p.123)

"When this comet first appeared, the people of Prophet Noah (pbuh) perished, Prophet Abraham (pbuh) was cast into fire, Pharaoh and his people who fought against Prophet Moses (pbuh) perished, and John [Yahya] (pbuh) passed away. When you see that comet, take refuge in God from the evil of fitna (upheaval and chaos). (AlMuttaqi alHindi, AlBurhan fi Alamat alMahdi Akhir azZaman, p. 32) "

The star (comet) is a sign of wars and chaos. According to another Hadith (Prophetic Information) "the star will appear after an unexpected double eclipse in the month of Ramadan"

[alFadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of Ahmad b.Muhammad b. Abi Nasr ,

Abu Jafar (alBaqir), peace be on him, said "Two signs will come before the one who will arise (alQa'im/Imam Mahdi), peace be on him there will be an eclipse of the sun in the middle of the month of Ramadan and an eclipse of the moon at the end of it."

"Son of the Apostle of God," I said, "usually the eclipse of the sun occurs at the end of the month and the eclipse of the moon occurs in the middle of it?"

"I know what I have said," replied Abu Jafar (alBaqir), peace be on him. "They are signs which have not occurred since Adam came down."

According to hadiths, three banners will fight in Syria for government before the rise of the Mahdi (A.S.). One will be the red and white striped banner.

The Messenger of God (pbuh) said "There will be a Fitna (upheaval and chaos) in AshSham (Syria). Its beginning will be like a play of boys. Then, the affairs of people will not settle on anything and unity will not be achieved until a caller calls from Heaven 'Follow this person'(The Mahdi),................ (Nuaim Ibn Hammad's Kitab AlFitan)

The End of Time Dajjal (Anti Christ)

Dajjal (AntiChrist) will claim to be a social reformer. The advent of Dajjal is one of the indisputable signs of the reemergence of the Mahdi to which all previous religions have also alluded. Dajjal literally means one who covers truth with falsehood and deceit. Dajjal is not a proper name of a single person rather it is a general title for all devious and deceitful individuals and regimes who deceive the masses and bar the path of truth.

The end of this dangerous criminal and sinner shall be at the hands of the Awaited Imam (a.s), the Great reformer of humanity. His Eminence, Imam Sadiq (a.s) narrates from his father and he from his great grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (a.s) that he mentioned about the advent of Dajjal, the place of his appearance and some of his characteristics and said that the Dajjal would claim divinity and on the first day of his appearance, seventy thousand Jews of illegitimate birth, habitual drinkers, singers, musician, bedouins and