أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَرْوِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ: «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحِجَازِ تُضِيءُ أَعْنَاقَ الْإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى» (بُصْرَى: في سوريا).316 وَكَمَا يُؤَكِّدُ عُلَمَاءٌ مِثْلُ ابْنِ حَجَرٍ، وَابْنِ كَثِيرٍ، وَالنَّوَوِيِّ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ النَّارَ الْعَظِيمَةَ اندَلَعَتْ فِي مَدِينَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، الْخَامِسِ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ 654هـ، وَاسْتَمَرَّتْ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا. وَقَدْ شَهِدَ الْمُؤَرِّخُ الْكَبِيرُ أَبُو شَامَةَ هَذِهِ الْحَادِثَةَ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَوَثَّقَ كَثِيرًا مِنْ تَفَاصِيلِهَا، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ رُؤْيَتُهَا مِنْ مَسَافَاتٍ تَبْعُدُ مِئَاتِ الْأَمْيَالِ، وَكَيْفَ لَجَأَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَتَابُوا جَمِيعًا مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي الَّتِي كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَهَا. وَتُشِيرُ السِّجِلَّاتُ التَّارِيخِيَّةُ إِلَى أَنَّ هَذَا كَانَ ثَوَرَانًا بُرْكَانِيًّا، وَمَا تَزَالُ حُقُولُ الْحُمَمِ الْبُرْكَانِيَّةُ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرْئِيَّةً إِلَى اليَوْمِ.

Abū Hurayrah  narrates that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The Hour will not take place until a fire emerges from the lands of Ḥijāz (central Arabia) that illuminates the necks of camels in Bosra (Syria).”316 As scholars such as Ibn Ḥajar, Ibn Kathīr, and al-Nawawī all confirm, this enormous fire erupted in the city of Madinah on Friday, 5th of Jumādah Thāni, 654H, and lasted for an entire month. The great historian, Abū Shāmah, experienced it firsthand and documented much of its details, including its visibility from hundreds of miles away, and how the Madinans sought refuge in the Prophet’s Mosque and collectively repented from the vices they had been engaging in. Historical records seem to indicate that this was a volcanic eruption, and the lava fields around Madinah remain observable today.

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَرْوِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ: «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحِجَازِ تُضِيءُ أَعْنَاقَ الْإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى» (بُصْرَى: في سوريا).316 وَكَمَا يُؤَكِّدُ عُلَمَاءٌ مِثْلُ ابْنِ حَجَرٍ، وَابْنِ كَثِيرٍ، وَالنَّوَوِيِّ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ النَّارَ الْعَظِيمَةَ اندَلَعَتْ فِي مَدِينَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، الْخَامِسِ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ 654هـ، وَاسْتَمَرَّتْ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا. وَقَدْ شَهِدَ الْمُؤَرِّخُ الْكَبِيرُ أَبُو شَامَةَ هَذِهِ الْحَادِثَةَ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَوَثَّقَ كَثِيرًا مِنْ تَفَاصِيلِهَا، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ رُؤْيَتُهَا مِنْ مَسَافَاتٍ تَبْعُدُ مِئَاتِ الْأَمْيَالِ، وَكَيْفَ لَجَأَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَتَابُوا جَمِيعًا مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي الَّتِي كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَهَا. وَتُشِيرُ السِّجِلَّاتُ التَّارِيخِيَّةُ إِلَى أَنَّ هَذَا كَانَ ثَوَرَانًا بُرْكَانِيًّا، وَمَا تَزَالُ حُقُولُ الْحُمَمِ الْبُرْكَانِيَّةُ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرْئِيَّةً إِلَى اليَوْمِ.

Abū Hurayrah  narrates that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The Hour will not take place until a fire emerges from the lands of Ḥijāz (central Arabia) that illuminates the necks of camels in Bosra (Syria).”316 As scholars such as Ibn Ḥajar, Ibn Kathīr, and al-Nawawī all confirm, this enormous fire erupted in the city of Madinah on Friday, 5th of Jumādah Thāni, 654H, and lasted for an entire month. The great historian, Abū Shāmah, experienced it firsthand and documented much of its details, including its visibility from hundreds of miles away, and how the Madinans sought refuge in the Prophet’s Mosque and collectively repented from the vices they had been engaging in. Historical records seem to indicate that this was a volcanic eruption, and the lava fields around Madinah remain observable today.