The Prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alaihi Wassallam) foretold 72 signs that would appear near Doomsday: 1. People will leave prayer 2. People will usurp Ama'naat 3. Lying will become an art 4. There will be murders on the slightest of disagreements 5. Interest will become common 6. There will be very tall buildings 7. People will sell Religion for the world 8. People will treat relatives badly 9. Justice will become a rarity 10. Lies will be considered truth 11. Clothes will be of silk 12. Persecution will become common 13. Divorces will become common 14. Sudden deaths will increase 15. The usurper of Ama'naat will be considered honest and honourable 16. The keeper of Am'naat will be called an usurper of things given to him for safekeeping 17. Liars will be thought of as honest 18. Honest people will be thought of as liars 19. False accusations will become the norm 20. It will be hot in spite of rain 21. Instead of wishing for children, people will pray ...

A long time ago, a girl named Tasnim got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Tasnim found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Tasnim was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Tasnim constantly. Days passed days, and weeks passed weeks. Tasnim and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to Asian tradition, Tasnim had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing the poor husband great distress. Finally, Tasnim could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it.   Tasnim went to see her father’s good friend, Mr. Halil, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could ...