Allah says in the Kur'an-ı Kerim, "And when the word is fulfilled concerning them.

We
shall bring forth a Dabbet from the Earth to speak unto them because mankind had no
faith in our revelation." (Sure-i Neml, 27.82 )

Commentating on the above verse, İbn-i Kesir said that the Dabbet will appear very near the
end of Time. When disintegration, corruption, disbelief, and evil prevail, commands of Allah
are ignored, the religion distorted and be made a mockery of, it is then Allah will bring the
Dabbet out from the Earth. (İbn-i Kesir Tefsiri)

Abdullah bin Ömer said, "I memorized a Hadis-i Şerif from the Messenger of Allah which I
have not forgotten. I heard the Messenger of Allah say, 'The first of the Signs that will
come is the rising of the sun from the place of its setting and the emergence of
the Dabbet to people in Duha (later portion of the morning). Whichever of these two
occurs before the other, then the other is right behind it.'" (Sahih-i Müslim)

İmam-ı Hâkim, in the light of the above Hadis-i Şerif, has said that the rising of the Sun from

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the West will take place before the emergence of the Dabbet. The Dabbet will appear on the
same day the sun rises from the West or very soon thereafter.

İbn-i Hacer, after quoting İmam-ı Hâkim, mentions, "The wisdom in the Dabbet appearing
after the Sun has risen from the West is that the door of repentance will be closed at the
time the sun rises from the West. Thus, the Dabbet will emerge to distinguish the believers
from the non-believers completing the aim of closing the door of repentance." (İbn-i Hacer-i
Askalânî's book Feth'ul Bari)

Naim ibn-i Hammad, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated in his book El-Fiten: İbn-i
Ömer, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Hz. Peygamber, sallallaahu aleyhi ve
sellem, said: "When the Decree of Allah comes, as Allah says, We will bring forth for them
a creature from the earth speaking to them, this does not relate to the speech in words,
but rather a mark that characterizes whomever Allah orders the beast to characterize."

Narrated Ebû Hüreyre that the Messenger of Allah ( ) said: "A beast will emerge
from the earth. With it shall be the ring of Hz. Süleyman and the staff of Hz. Musa. It
will brighten the face of the believer, and stamp the nose of the disbeliever with the
ring, such that when the people gather to eat, it will be said to this one: 'O believer!' and to
that one: 'O disbeliever!'"

Câmi'ut-Tirmizî, Kitâb 47, Hadis 3490 (Arapça)

It was narrated from İbn-i Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The first thing
that Allah created was the Pen, and it wrote all that is to happen. Then water vapour was raised,
from which the heavens were created. Then the Nun – i.e., the whale – was created, and the
earth was spread out on the back of the noon, and the earth moved and shook. Then it was
made steady with the mountains, and for that reason the mountains boast to the earth. And he

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recited (interpretation of the meaning): “Nun. (These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the
miracles of the Kur'an-ı Kerim, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings). By
the pen and what the (angels) write (in the Records of men)” [El-Kalem 68:1].

This was narrated by Abdürrezak in his Tefsir (2/307); İbn-i Ebî Şeybe (14/101); İbn-i Ebî
Hâtim – as mentioned in İbn-i Kesir Tefsiri (8/210); et-Tâberî in Cami'ul Beyân (23/140); El-
Hâkim in El-Mustedrak (2/540); and many others. All of them narrated it via El-E'maş, from
Ebu Zabyan Hüseyin ibn-i Cündüb, from İbn-i Abbas. This is a sahih isnad. El-Hâkim said:
This Hadis-i Şerif is sahih according to the conditions of the Şeyheyn (Buhari and Müslim),
although they did not narrate it. Zahabi said in et-Telhis [It is sahih] according to the conditions
of Buhari and Müslim, as was narrated from Mücahid, Mukatil, es-Suddi and el-Kalbi. See:
Dürr-i Mensur (8/240); İbn-i Kesir Tefsiri (8/185) at the beginning of the commentary on Sure-i
Kalem.

It was narrated that Sa'd bin Ebî Vekkas said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) said: “There are four things that are essential for happiness: a
righteous wife, a spacious home, a good neighbour and a sound means of
transportation. And there are four things that make one miserable: a bad neighbour, a
bad wife, a small house and a bad means of transportation.”

Narrated by İbn-i Hibban in his Sahih (1232).

Münavi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

“a spacious home” means: it is very comfortable for its inhabitants, in which case its
spaciousness varies from one person to another, because what is spacious for one may be small
for another, and vice versa.

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Feydu'l-Kadir (3/302).

İmam-ı Ahmed (6768) and İbn-i Mâce (419) narrated from Abdullah bin Amr bin Âs (may
Allah be pleased with him) that the Hz. Peygamber (blessing and peace of Allah be upon him)
passed by Sa‘d when he was doing abdest, and he said, “What is this extravagance, O Sa‘d?”
He said: Can there be any extravagance in abdest? He said, “Yes, even if you are on the bank of a
flowing river.”

It was said to İmam-ı Ahmed (may Allah have mercy on him): Does a man find any softness
and humility in his heart when he is full? He said, I do not think so.

It was narrated that Nâfi’ said: İbn-i Ömer used not to eat until a poor man was brought to eat
with him. I brought a man in to eat with him and he ate a great deal. He said: O Nâfi’, do not
let this man enter upon me, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) say: “The kâfir eats in seven intestines.” Narrated by Buhari (5393) and Müslim
(2060).

Nevevî said, commenting on this Hadis-i Şerif (14/25):

The ulema said: What the Hadis-i Şerif means is to be content with little in this world and
encouraging asceticism and contentment, in addition to the fact that eating little is a good
characteristic, and eating a great deal is the opposite. As for the words of İbn-i Ömer
concerning the poor man who ate a great deal in his presence, “Do not let him enter upon me,” he
only said that because he was behaving like a kâfir, and if a person behaves like a kâfir it is
mekruh to mix with him unnecessarily; moreover, the amount that this man ate could had fed a
number of people. End quote.

İbn-i Kayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) has summed up for us the teaching of the Hz.

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Peygamber (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with regard to food and drink, which he
derived from the sahih Ehadis-i Şerifler. He says in Zad'ul-Mead (1/147):

Similarly the practice of the Hz. Peygamber (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was not
to reject what was available, and not to go out of his way to seek that which was not available.
No good food was brought to him but he ate it, unless he had no appetite for it, in which case
he left it but did not forbid it. He never criticized any food. If he wanted it he ate it, otherwise
he would leave it, as he refrained from eating lizard meat because he was not used to it, but he
did not forbid it to the Ümmet. He ate sweets and honey, which he liked. He ate camel meat,
mutton, chicken, bustard, onager, rabbit and seafood. He ate grilled meat and both fresh and
dry dates. … He did not refuse good food, and he did not go out of his way to seek it, rather he
would eat what was available, but if it was not available he would be patient, and he would tie a
stone to his stomach because of hunger. Three new moons in a row would be sighted, and no
cooking fire would be lit in his house. End quote.

The ulema have mentioned the benefits of moderation in food and not being extravagant.
These include:

1 – Purity of heart, mental alertness and deep insight. Satiety generates stupidity and blinds the
heart. Hence the proverb says “The one whose stomach is hungry will become able to think deeply and his
intelligence will honed.”

2 – Humility and the loss of pride, joy and insolence, which are the foundation of tyranny and
neglect of Allah.

3 – One does not forget the wrath and punishment of Allah, or the people who are afflicted by
calamity. For the one who has his fill forgets the one who is hungry and he forgets hunger, but
the one who is smart does not see someone else afflicted by a calamity but he is reminded of

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calamity in the Hereafter.

4 – One of the greatest benefits is that it puts an end to all sinful desires, and brings control
over the self that is inclined towards evil, because the source of all sins is desires and energy,
and the fuel for energy and desires is food. Zünnûn-ı Mısrî said: I never ate my fill but I sinned
or thought of sinning.

5 – Warding off sleep and being able to stay up. For the one who eats a lot will drink a lot, and
the one who drinks a lot will sleep a lot. Sleeping a lot wastes one’s time and causes one to miss
out on tehecüd namazı; it makes one slow and hardens the heart. Time is the most precious gift
and it is the person’s capital, but sleep is death and sleeping too much shortens one’s life.

6 – Physical health and warding off disease, which is caused by eating too much and mixing
foods in the stomach. The doctors say that gluttony is the cause of disease and restraint leads to
a cure.

Summarized from İhya-u Ulumi'd-din (3/103-104).

When he (i. e., the Hz. Peygamber, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) raised the food
to his mouth, he would say, “Al-hamdu Lillahi hamdan katiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi ghayri
makfiyyin wa la muwadda’ wa la mustaghni ‘anhu Rabbana ‘azza wa jall (Allah be praised with an
abundant, beautiful, blessed praise. He is the One Who is Sufficient, Who feeds and is
never fed, The One Who is longed for, along with that which is with Him, and the One
Who is needed. He is Our Lord, may He be glorified).” Narrated by Buhari (5142).

He never criticized food at all. If he liked it, he would eat it, and if he did not like it, he would
leave it and not say anything. Narrated by Buhari (3370) and Müslim (2064).

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 Or he would say, “I do not feel like eating this.” Narrated by Buhari (5076) and Müslim
(1946).

Sometimes he would praise the food, as when he asked his family for food, and they said, “We
have nothing but vinegar.” He asked for it and started to eat it, saying, “What a good food is
vinegar.” Narrated by Müslim (2052)