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The inquirer asked again, ‘Tell me about the Hour of Judgement.’ The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) replied, ‘He who is being asked knows no more about it than the one who asks.’ So the inquirer asked, ‘Tell me about some of the signs of its approach.’ To this the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) replied, ‘The female slave will give birth to her master, and the bare-footed, naked, penniless goat-herders will live arrogantly in high mansions.’
The inquirer departed, and I remained for a while. The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) asked me, ‘Omar, do you know who the inquirer was?’ I replied, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ So he told me, ‘It was Gabriel who came to teach you your religion."
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL,
THE MOST MERCIFUL
The inquirer departed, and I remained for a while. The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) asked me, ‘Omar, do you know who the inquirer was?’ I replied, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ So he told me, ‘It was Gabriel who came to teach you your religion."
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL,
THE MOST MERCIFUL