Signs of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi

According to some Shia narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior to the reappearance of the twelfth Imam. The hadith of Ja'far al-Sadiq mentions these signs: "there are five signs for our Dhuhur (the reappearance of the twelfth Imam), the appearance of Sufyani and Yamani, the loud cry in the sky, the murder of a pure soul (Nafs-e-Zakiyyah), and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda.[1][2]

There are many signs in the tradition whose occurrence is dependent on certain conditions. These signs are uncertain signs. Some of them:

1. Solar eclipse in middle of the month of Ramadhan and lunar eclipse in the end of that month[15][16]
2. Seeing fire in the sky[17]
3. Successive wars and death of many people in the world[18]
4. Creation and development of science and knowledge in Qom[19]
5. Increasing injustice and corruption in the world[20]
6. The coming of fitna (tribulations) and removal of khushoo' (fearfulness of God, taqwah, reverence, etc.)[note 1]
7. The coming of 30 Dajjals, each one of them presuming himself an apostle of God.[note 2]
8. A person passing by a grave might say to another: I wish it were my abode.[note 3]
9. The loss of honesty, and authority put in the hands of those who do not deserve it.[note 4]
10. The loss of knowledge and the prevalence of religious ignorance.[note 5]
11. Frequent, sudden, and unexpected deaths.[note 6]
12. Increase in pointless killings.[note 7]
13. Acceleration of time.[note 8]
14. Rejection of Hadith.[note 9]
15. The spread of riba (usury, interest), zina (adultery, fornication), and the drinking of alcohol.[note 10]
16. Widespread acceptance of music.[note 11]
17. Pride and competition in the decoration of mosques.[note 12]
18. Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man.[note 13]
19. Abundance of earthquakes.[note 14]
20. Frequent occurrences of disgrace, distortion, and defamation.[note 15]
21. When people wish to die because of the severe trials and tribulations that they are suffering.[note 16]
22. Jews fighting Muslims.[note 17]
23. When paying charity becomes a burden.[note 18]
24. Nomads will compete in the construction of very tall buildings.[note 19]
25. Women will appear naked despite their being dressed.[note 20]
26. People will seek knowledge from misguided and straying scholars.[note 21]
27. Liars will be believed, honest people disbelieved, and faithful people called traitors.[note 22]
28. The death of righteous, knowledgeable people.[note 23]
29. The emergence of indecency (obscenity) and enmity among relatives and neighbours.[note 24]
30. The rise of idolatry and polytheists in the community.[note 25]
31. The Euphrates will uncover a mountain of gold.[note 26]
32. The land of the Arabs will return to being a land of rivers and fields.[note 27]
33. The Romans will form a majority amongst people.[note 28]
34. People will increasingly earn money by unlawful (Haram) ways.[note 29]
35. There will be much rain but little vegetation.[note 30]
36. Evil people will be expelled from Al-Madinah.[note 31]
37. Wild animals will communicate with humans, and humans will communicate with objects.[note 32]
38. Lightning and thunder will become more prevalent.[note 33]
39. There will be a special greeting for people of distinction.[note 34]
40. Trade will become so widespread that a woman will help her husband in business.[note 35]
41. No truly honest man will remain and no one will be trusted.[note 36]
42. Only the worst people will be left; they will not know any good nor forbid any evil (i.e. No one will say there is no god but Allah).[note 37]
43. Nations will call each other to destroy Islam by any and every means.[note 38]
44. Islamic knowledge will be passed on, but no one will follow it correctly.[note 39]
45. Muslim rulers will come who do not follow the guidance and tradition of the Sunnah. Some of their men will have the hearts of devils in a human body.[note 40]
46. Stinginess will become more widespread and honorable people will perish.[note 41]
47. A man will obey his wife and disobey his mother, and treat his friend kindly while shunning his father.[note 42]
48. Voices will be raised in the mosques.[note 43]
49. The leader of a people will be the worst of them.[note 44]
50. People will treat a man with respect because they fear the evil he could do.[note 45]
51. Much wine will be drunk.[note 46]
52. Muslims shall fight against a nation who wear shoes made of hair and with faces like hammered shields, with red complexions and small eyes.[note 47]
53. The emergence of the Sufyani within the Syria region.[note 48]
54. The truce and joint Roman-Muslim campaign against a common enemy, followed by al-Malhama al-Kubra (Armageddon), a Roman vs. Muslim war.[note 49]
55. The Black Standard will come from Khorasan, (see Hadith of black flags) nothing shall turn them back until it is planted in Jerusalem.[note 50]
56. Quran will be forgotten and no one will recall its verses.
57. All Islamic knowledge will be lost to the extent that people will not say "Lā ilāha illā llāh" (There is no god but Allah), but instead old people will babble without understanding, "God, God".
58. People will fornicate in the streets "like donkeys".
59. The first trumpet blow will be sounded by Israfil, all that is in heaven and earth will be stunned and die except what God wills, and silence will envelop everything for forty undetermined periods of time.
60. There will be disagreement concerning succession. Then a man will emerge from Madina. He will hurry to Makkah, and the people of Makkah will come out to him and urge him and try to force him to accept the Bai'aa.[note 51]
61. Mecca will be attacked and the Kaaba will be destroyed.[note 52]
62. A pleasant breeze will blow from the south that shall cause all believers to die peacefully.
63. The Moon will split in two, but non-believers will insist it isn't happening for real.[note 53]
64. There are two groups of ummah whom God will free from the fire: The group that invades India (Ghazwa-e-Hind), and the group that will be with Isa bin Maryam.[21][note 54]

• The Occultation
• The Fourteen Infallibles
• Dua-e Ahad
• Apocalypse in view of Shia
• Reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi
• Messianism
• The Second Coming
• Hadith of Jesus Praying Behind Mahdi
• The Four Deputies
• Shu'ayb bin Salih