You will notice many people do NOT care. With "people" i by majority even point to the Muslims. Go and tell a brother or a sister that looking at worldly events it almost looks like the time of arrival of dajjal is within our generation, although Allah knows best if that indeed is like that. They will look at you as if you are a fool. You then ask yourself how come they brand you as a fool for saying such a thing while you base your saying on your observation that are parallel to many ahadith of the end times.
You will notice that when somebody's imaan is weak or never even tasted imaan maybe they exactly approach it like how a kafir approaches religion. In what way? A kafir you will notice says "it is too far far-fetched that a God is controlling things". Then you ask them based on what might it be "too-far-fetched" for this to be true? They have NOTHING to back up their claim..only just mere feelings.
"They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth.
It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allah , but most of the people do not know."" Qur'an 7:187
Many Muslims expect things to comes as if Allah will send them a postcard in announcing dajjal to come tomorrow, dressed in a blue suit with white lines will arrive at your door at 15:08 PM. While by mercy of Allah, Allah has permitted Rasullah(saws) to tell us about the signs of the hour. The minor and major signs. If one says it is not visible, for sure they are blind. Allah's tradition is always doing the UNEXPECTED to bring out what we try to hide in our hearts. Look at Adam(as) and iblies. Iblies tried to hide that which Allah(swt) knew he was harboring. Or Musa(as) with firaun..Allah does that which one does not expect.
With people of other faiths(including atheists) i have dialogue. But there is the huge difference as the person of other faith who is honest does not see something because he is looking at a different direction, while the Muslim is looking at the right direct and still does not see. Rather brands you a lunatic for seeing something that he does not care in spending time on it. Rather too busy in collecting money and chasing that which is haram.
"Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy.
And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you." Qur'an 47:38
We Muslims think that because we are Muslims we will die as Muslims. Why did Allah say such a thing? You think it is ONLY a threat? Rather to me it looks like it is going to happen and already is happening. Just look how many of us Muslims cannot refute atheism simply based on logic, rational and reasonable argument. When that happens, our imaan is shaken. How come, because we never have cared about our deen to begin with. We rather take it as "the religion of our parents"..see some very coincidence.
"And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "
Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?" Qur'an 2:170
How many of us when born as Muslims pray and fast because of our parents, not because we pray and fast because Allah has said so. We Muslims when i look i see us as a lost cause, because we follow what our forefather did. While logically speaking you follow what your forefather did, because they had learned from their fathers and their fathers have learned from their fathers. However as Muslims we have the scripture in our own hand, yet we do not care about what the scripture itself says. Just...BEEEEHHH..follow like a sheep.
