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Sahih Bukhari 7116 — Return to Dhi-al-Khalasa
Time will change until idols will be worshipped
Hadith About Dhi-al-Khalasa and a Sign of the Hour
Sahih Bukhari : 7116
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7116
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَضْطَرِبَ أَلَيَاتُ نِسَاءِ دَوْسٍ عَلَى ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ ". وَذُو الْخَلَصَةَ طَاغِيَةُ دَوْسٍ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ.
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till the buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daus move while going round Dhi-al-Khalasa." Dhi-al-Khalasa was the idol of the Daus tribe which they used to worship in the Pre Islamic Period of ignorance.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7116In-book reference : Book 92, Hadith 63USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 232
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 7116
This hadith about Dhi-al-Khalasa mentions one of the signs before the Hour. The Prophet said the Hour will not be established until women of the tribe of Daus move while going around Dhi-al-Khalasa. The narration itself explains that Dhi-al-Khalasa was an idol of the Daus tribe which they used to worship in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. The message is direct: a form of old idol worship would appear again among that people before the Hour. The hadith about return to idolatry is not giving a broad history lesson here. It simply states a future sign and identifies the idol mentioned in the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet named a future sign connected to old idol worship.
- The narration identifies Dhi-al-Khalasa as an idol once worshipped by Daus.
- Returning to practices of ignorance is shown as a serious end-times sign.
- The hadith reminds readers that faith must be guarded from old forms of shirk.
