Assalamualaykum and greetings,
The following is a narrative from Moulana Ashraf Ali's [ra] book: behesti zewaar [heavenly ornaments]:
The Sheikh lists some signs of the last day [which have all appeared] and then he writes:
When all of the above mentioned signs will have appeared, the Christians will dominate the world and will become its rulers. ... [the sheikh then describes times of war and blood shed between corrupt arab rulers, christians and the Muslims, untill the Muslims are driven back to Makkah and Medinah and the Christian Rule extends up to khyber, a place near Medina, and then the Sheikh writes]:
Under such circumstances, being dismayed and dissapointed, the Muslims will become anxious to find the Imaam Mehdi to get rid of all the calamaties. At this time Imaam Mehdi will be at Medina, but anticipating that people will press him to take over the administration, he will go to Makkah. Some pretenders will also appear, claiming to be the Mahdi.
Imaam Mehdi will be recognised by some pious persons while he will be engaged in the circumbulation of the Ka'aba. He will be pressed by those pious men to accept their pledges as their ruler. During this course of pledge, a voice will come from the sky which will be heard by all those present that "this is the caliph of Allah, Imaam Mehdi".
After the appearance of Imaam Mehdi, the most significant signs of the last day will begin to apppear, With the spread of the news of Imaam mehdi and the pledges, the Muslim army of Medina will come to Makkah and devotees from Syria, Iraq,Yemen and many other arab armies will join Him. A man from Khurasan [some say that this place is a region in the east where afghanistan, pakistan etc, lies] will march as the head of a large army to help Imaam Mehdi and the vanguard of this army will be under the command of a man named mansoor. This army will destroy a large number of infidels in its way.
[here, the sheikh describes how a corrupt arab ruler will send an army to fight with the Imaam but the army will be swallowed up by the earth in an earthquake]
The Christians will collect armies from all corners to resist the Muslims. The Muslims will also make preperations, the Muslim army shall have eighty banners and under each banner, there will be twelve thuosand soldeirs. Imaam Mehdi will march from Makkah to Medinah and after visiting the tomb of the holy Prophet [sm], will proceed towards damascus in syria. The Christian army will also advance to confront him. The army of Imaam Mehdi will split into three groups, one group will desert, the other will be martyred, and the third, by the grace of Allah, will be victorious. THe Imaam will establish his rule over the country. Then he will advance towards constantinople [turkey]. On reaching thr river rome, he will depute seventy tohusand soldiers from the clan of Abu Ishaq to attack the city. On reaching the parapats of the city, the soldiers will cry aloud "Allahuakbar" and by its blessnigs, the walls of the city will fall down and they will enter and conquer the city. They will rule with justice and fairness and will restore order. All this will be done within six or seven years after the pledge taken by Imaam Mehdi.
When Imaam Mehdi will be busy setting right the affairs of constantinople, a rumour will spread that the Dajjal [the one eyed imposter; anti Christ] has appeared in Syria. Hearing this, Imaam Mehdi will proceed towards Syria and will send some horsemen in advance to ascertain the rumour. one of these will return to inform that the rumour was baseless. Being satisfied, the Imaam will slow down his speed and will reach Syria after settlin the affairs of countries on his way.
soon after the arival of the Imaam in Syria, the Dajjal will actually appear. He will be from the Jews. He will appear between syria and Iraq and will claim to be a Prophet, he will go to asfahan where seventy thousand Jews will join him, then he will declare himself to be God. Trampling and over-running several countries, he will reach the boundaries of yemen. Everywhere infidels will join him in large numbers till he will reach the outskirts of Makkah; but he will not be able to enter it as it will be guarded by angels, he will then proceed on to Medina but will find that Medina too is guarded by angels, thus he will not be able to enter it. At this stage, Medinah will be rocked thrice by earthquakes and all those who will be weak in faith will rush out of Medina and will fall pray to the Dajjal.
Dajjal will then proceed towards syria but before he will reach damascus, Imaam Mehdi will be there preparing for the battle. During this, at the time of Asr prayer [mid-afternoon prayer], Adhaan [call of prayer] will be called out, and the Muslims will be preparing to offer prayer, Just then, The Prophet Jesus [pbuh] will be seen decending from the sky keeping his hands on the shoulders of two angels and will alight on the eastern minaret of Juma'a Mosque, and will come down from there by a ladder. Imaam mehdi will offer to hand over all the administration and charge of the battle to Jesus [pbuh] but he will decline the offer and would ask Imaam Mehdi to remain in charge as he, [Jesus pbuh] has come to kill the Dajjal.
Next mornnig Imaam Mehdi will lead the Muslim army to battle and Jesus [pbuh] will adavance toward Dajjal on horseback, with a spear in his hand. The Muslim Army will attack the army of Dajjal and there will be a severe fight, During the battle, the holy breath of Jesus [pbuh] will reach as far as the eye can see and all the infidels that will come nito contact with his holy breath, will die. On seeing Jesus [pbuh], the Dajjal will flee, and will be pursued by Jesus [pbuh]. Dajaal will be killed by Jesus [pbuh] with his spear, at a place called Ludd [some say its in Palestine]. Jesus [pbuh] will go from place to place, consoling the people who were oppressed by the Dajaal, and by the grace of Allah, no infidels will be left.
Then Imaam Mehdi will die, and the administration will be taken over by Jesus [pbuh]. Gog and Magog [yajuj Majuj] will come out. There abode is beyond the last limit of population in the north of the world where the oceons are frozen [north pole], the Gog and Magog will create mischief and trouble in the earth. Jesus [pbuhy will go up the Toor mountain, with all the Muslims, as commanded by Allah. Allah will kill all the Gog and Magog and Jesus [pbuh] and the Muslims will come down again.
After 40 years, Jesus [pbuh] will die and will be buried next to the holy Prophet Muhammed [sm]. Jesus will be succeeded by a person named Jahaj from the caln of Qahtan, He will rule with great justice and fairness and their will be several rulers after him. Then virtues and good deeds will begin to decrease and immorality and vice will be on the increase....
Peace
