وَنُؤْمِنُ بِأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ مِنْهَا: خُرُوجُ الدَّجَّالِ، وَنُزُولُ عِيسَى بْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، وَخُرُوجِ دَابَّةِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهَا
We believe in the signs of the Hour: the emergence of the Dajjāl, the descent of Jesus son of Mary from heaven, the sun rising from the west, and the Beast of the Earth coming forth from its place.
وَلَا نُصَدِّقُ كَاهِنًا وَلَا عَرَّافًا وَلَا مَنْ يَدَّعِي شَيْئًا يُخَالِفُ الْكِتَابَ وَالسُّنَّةَ وَإِجْمَاعَ الْأُمَّةِ.
We do not affirm a kāhin (soothsayer), an ʿarrāf (diviner), or anyone who makes a claim contrary to the Book, the Sunnah and the consensus of the Muslim community.
The apparent difficulty: If signs of the Last Hour are true, why reject an astrologer’s fixed date?
Resolution: Authentic revelation establishes the signs of the Hour; an astrologer’s constructed date has no equivalent revelatory authority. A claim’s source matters, not merely its topic.
Inference to avoid: Belief in the signs does not authorize anyone to invent certain dates of the Hour.
Application: Do not place the reports of the Dajjāl and Jesus’ descent on the level of astrological calculation.