Hamza Asadullah
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My dear Brothers and sisters the belief of the sun rising in the west and other major signs of the day of judgement being figurative rather than literal is a deviant belief and not one adopted by the majority of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah.
The sun WILL literally rise from where it emerges from in the west and all the major signs of the day of judgement WILL literally take place. They are NOT figurative.
Consider the following:
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,
The Hour will not be established until the sun rises from where it sets. When that happens and people see it, all of them will believe. This is when "it shall not profit a soul to believe that never believed before, or earned some good in its belief." (Quran, 6:158) Surely, the Hour will happen when two men have spread out a piece of cloth between them, which they will neither buy or fold up. Surely, the hour will happen when someone has just finished milking his camel, but he will never drink what he milked. Surely, the hour will happen when someone is making a water reservoir which he will then never drink from. Surely, the hour will happen when one of you has raised a morsel to his mouth which he will then never eat. (Bukhari)
The great hadith scholar Ibn Kathir said that the sun's rising from where it sets towards the end of time is mass-narrated (mutawatir) from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) [1], which is why classical manuals of Islamic belief, such as the celebrated creed of Imam Tahawi, include it as an article of belief. [2]
According to the order of the events of last days, there are many signs that precede the sun's rising from where it sets, including the Dajjal, the Mahdi, and the heavenly descent of the Prophet Jesus (upon him be peace). The great turmoil and subsequent peace and prosperity will be followed by a gentle wind that will take the soul of every believer, which will then be followed by the sun's rising from where it sets, and the emergence of the Beast of the Earth. [3] When these last two signs occur, the period of human responsibility (taklif) will come to an end and the door of repentance will be closed: the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "Whoever repents before the sun rises from where it sets, Allah will relent to him." (Muslim)
Even a casual perusal of the hadiths about the sun's rising from the West or the events surrounding this momentous event will clearly reveal that the current spread of Islam in the West is not what is meant by the hadiths. Plugging this figurative meaning into the hadiths would mean that the long hadith mentioned at the beginning of this answer would not make sense, that the Dajjal, the Mahdi, and the Prophet Jesus (upon him be peace) would already have appeared, and that the door of repentance would already have been closed, none of which is actually the case. There is complete scholarly agreement that the sun will really and literally rise from where it sets shortly before the end of the world, and this is what we are religiously obligated to believe.
And Allah Most High knows best.
[1] Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya: al-Nihaya wa Dhikru Ahwaliha, Dhikru tulu` al-shamsi min maghribiha
[2] Hamza Yusuf (translator), The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Article #125
[3] There are numerous hadiths regarding all these events in the collections of Bukhari and Muslim.
Source: http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=20824&CATE=145
The sun WILL literally rise from where it emerges from in the west and all the major signs of the day of judgement WILL literally take place. They are NOT figurative.
Consider the following:
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,
The Hour will not be established until the sun rises from where it sets. When that happens and people see it, all of them will believe. This is when "it shall not profit a soul to believe that never believed before, or earned some good in its belief." (Quran, 6:158) Surely, the Hour will happen when two men have spread out a piece of cloth between them, which they will neither buy or fold up. Surely, the hour will happen when someone has just finished milking his camel, but he will never drink what he milked. Surely, the hour will happen when someone is making a water reservoir which he will then never drink from. Surely, the hour will happen when one of you has raised a morsel to his mouth which he will then never eat. (Bukhari)
The great hadith scholar Ibn Kathir said that the sun's rising from where it sets towards the end of time is mass-narrated (mutawatir) from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) [1], which is why classical manuals of Islamic belief, such as the celebrated creed of Imam Tahawi, include it as an article of belief. [2]
According to the order of the events of last days, there are many signs that precede the sun's rising from where it sets, including the Dajjal, the Mahdi, and the heavenly descent of the Prophet Jesus (upon him be peace). The great turmoil and subsequent peace and prosperity will be followed by a gentle wind that will take the soul of every believer, which will then be followed by the sun's rising from where it sets, and the emergence of the Beast of the Earth. [3] When these last two signs occur, the period of human responsibility (taklif) will come to an end and the door of repentance will be closed: the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "Whoever repents before the sun rises from where it sets, Allah will relent to him." (Muslim)
Even a casual perusal of the hadiths about the sun's rising from the West or the events surrounding this momentous event will clearly reveal that the current spread of Islam in the West is not what is meant by the hadiths. Plugging this figurative meaning into the hadiths would mean that the long hadith mentioned at the beginning of this answer would not make sense, that the Dajjal, the Mahdi, and the Prophet Jesus (upon him be peace) would already have appeared, and that the door of repentance would already have been closed, none of which is actually the case. There is complete scholarly agreement that the sun will really and literally rise from where it sets shortly before the end of the world, and this is what we are religiously obligated to believe.
And Allah Most High knows best.
[1] Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya: al-Nihaya wa Dhikru Ahwaliha, Dhikru tulu` al-shamsi min maghribiha
[2] Hamza Yusuf (translator), The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Article #125
[3] There are numerous hadiths regarding all these events in the collections of Bukhari and Muslim.
Source: http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=20824&CATE=145
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I didnt go. I was waiting for my sister to return from her shopping trip but shes not back yet and its too late 
Its only like £5 people, I would advise you to get it from there if you want to buy one.
