Why Makkah Is Protected: From the Elephant to the End of Time

One night, رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم did something in his sleep that those around him had never seen from him before. When they asked him about it, he spoke of an army that would march toward the House of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and be swallowed by the earth on an open plain. From the army of the elephant to that final army, Makkah has faced threat after threat. In this documentary, we follow them in order and look at what the Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah really say about the sanctuary Allah سبحانه وتعالى made safe. We begin with the verse in which Allah سبحانه وتعالى reminded قريش that He made Makkah a safe sanctuary while people all around it were snatched away. We follow the army of أبرهة and its elephants, stopped in the valley of Muhassir in the year رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم was born. We hear the narrations of عائشة رضي الله عنها and حفصة رضي الله عنها about the army swallowed at البيداء, and why those who passed the hadith on said, when the army of الحجاج came, "We thought it was them." We look at the siege of عبد الله بن الزبير رضي الله عنهما, the Qarmatians who carried the Black Stone away for more than twenty years, and the seizure of Al-Masjid Al-Haraam in 1400 AH by men who claimed the Mahdi had come. Then we turn to the end of time: الدجال, who cannot enter Makkah or Madinah because angels stand guard at their entrances; the Hajj that continues even after يأجوج ومأجوج; and the last man who will ever raise his hand against the Ka'bah, at a time when no one remains on earth who says "Allah, Allah." No one can name the army mentioned in the hadith, and Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows best. Write in the comments where you are watching from, and let us make dua together for the people of Makkah and Madinah. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:05 A Sanctuary While People Are Snatched Away 04:23 The Year the Elephants Stopped 08:02 The Day the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Spoke of the Army 11:31 "We Thought It Was Them" 14:49 1400 AH: The Man They Called the Mahdi 18:07 Is This the Army? Why No One Can Name It 22:18 Where الدجال Cannot Enter 25:40 The Last Hands Raised Against the House Qur'an Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:67 — https://quran.com/29/67 Surah Al-Fil 105:1–5 — https://quran.com/105 Surah Al-Hajj 22:25 — https://quran.com/22/25 Hadith The army swallowed at Al-Bayda', narrated by عائشة رضي الله عنها — Sahih Muslim 2884: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2884 Resurrected according to their intentions, narrated by عائشة رضي الله عنها — Sahih al-Bukhari 2118: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2118 The narration of حفصة رضي الله عنها and the army of الحجاج — Sunan Ibn Majah 4063 (graded Sahih by Darussalam): https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:4063 The narration linking the army to the Mahdi — Sunan Abi Dawud 4286 (graded Da'if by الألباني رحمه الله): https://sunnah.com/abudawud:4286 Angels guarding Makkah and Madinah from الدجال, narrated by أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه — Sahih al-Bukhari 1881: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1881 الدجال، عيسى ابن مريم عليه السلام، and يأجوج ومأجوج, narrated by النواس بن سمعان رضي الله عنه — Sahih Muslim 2937: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2937 Hajj continues after يأجوج ومأجوج, narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه — Sahih al-Bukhari 1593: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1593 The demolition of the Ka'bah by Dhul-Suwayqatayn, narrated by أبو هريرة رضي الله عنه — Sahih al-Bukhari 1591: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1591 "As if I were looking at him…", narrated by ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما — Sahih al-Bukhari 1595: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1595 Scholarly explanations When the Ka'bah will be destroyed — IslamQA, answer 3096: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/3096 The wisdom behind the signs of the Hour — IslamQA, answer 282168: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/282168 Belief in the Mahdi and false claimants — IslamQA, answer 1252: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/1252 ابن حجر رحمه الله on the destruction of the Ka'bah — IslamWeb, fatwa 91543 The incident of the elephant — IslamWeb: https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/150981/the-incident-of-the-elephant The siege of عبد الله بن الزبير رضي الله عنهما — IslamWeb, article 160835 The Qarmatians and the Black Stone (317–339 AH) — IslamWeb Note: Historical details about أبرهة, the siege of عبد الله بن الزبير رضي الله عنهما, and the Qarmatians come from later historical reports, not from the Qur'an or authentic Sunnah. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows best. #Makkah #Kaaba #EndTimes #Dajjal #IslamicHistory #YearOfTheElephant #ImanAldeenTV