Payg'ambar ﷺ shuningdek, shahvoniy ehtiroslar faqat uning ummatini zararlantirib qolmay, balki ularning inqirozi va halokatiga sabab bo'lishini ham bashorat qilgan edi. Savbon rivoyat qiladi: Payg'ambar ﷺ shunday degan: "Yaqinda xalqlar sizni yeyish uchun bir-birini chaqiradi, xuddi ziyofatdagilar bir taomga chaqirilgandek." Shunda so'radilar: "Bu o'sha kunda bizning sonimiz oz bo'lgani uchunmi?" U zot ﷺ dedi: "Yo'q, aksincha, o'sha kuni sizlar ko'p bo'lasiz, lekin daryo ustidagi ko'pik kabi vaznsiz ko'pik bo'lasiz. Alloh dushmanlaringizning qalblaridan sizning haybatingizni olib tashlaydi va qalblaringizga zaiflik soladi." Kimdir so'radi: "Ey Allohning Elchisi, bu zaiflik nima?" U zot ﷺ dedi: "Dunyoni sevish va o'limdan nafratlanish."333 Qanchalik ajoyib, bir asr avval Belgiya qiroli Leopold o'zining mustamlakachilik orzularini juda mashhur tarzda "bu ajoyib Afrika torti" deb atagan, uni 1884-yilgi Berlin konferensiyasi davomida Yevropa davlatlari xohlaganicha bo'lib olishgan. Shu davrdagi ko'plab siyosiy karikaturalarda bu konferensiya oziq-ovqat tushunchalari bilan tasvirlanganini osonlik bilan topish mumkin, bu deyarli yuqoridagi hadisda aytilganidek.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also prophesied that carnal pursuits would not only infect his nation but would be the cause of their downfall and devastation. Thawbān  reports that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The nations will soon invite one another to devour you, just as diners are invited to a dish.” It was said, “Will it be because of our small number on that day?” He said, “No, rather you will be many on that day, but you will be weightless foam, like the foam on the river. And Allah will remove the fear of you from the hearts of your enemies and will cast weakness into your hearts.” Someone said, “O Messenger of Allah, what will this weakness be?” He said, “The love of this world, and the hatred of death.”333 It is incredible how one century ago, King Leopold of Belgium very famously referred to his colonial ambitions as “this magnificent African cake,” which the European powers carved at will during the Berlin Conference of 1884. A person can easily find the many political cartoons of that day conceptualizing this conference in food terms, almost exactly like the hadith above had stated.

Bu, qisman Qirol Leopold metaforasi tufayli sodir bo‘ldi, lekin shu bilan birga, ishtirokchilar faqat Afrikaning bo‘linishini rasmiylashtirish uchun yig‘ilgan edilar, chunki ular katta va boy-bisotli bu qit’a o‘zining shafqatsiz ochko‘zligi va imperiya ishtahasiga qarshi mazmunli qarshilik ko‘rsata olmaydi, deb to‘liq ishonch bilan o‘ylar edilar.

This was in part due to King Leopold’s metaphor, but also because the attendees were only there to formalize the divisions of Africa, fully confident that the large and resourceful continent could not hold its weight in any meaningful resistance to their ravenous greed and imperial appetite.

Shu narsani tasdiqlash uchun, Anas ibn Molik rivoyat qiladi: Payg'ambar ﷺ shunday degan: "Mening ummatim beshta narsani halol deb hisoblay boshlasa, ularga halokat yetadi: bir-birini la'natlash paydo bo'lganda, sharob ichilganda, ipak kiyilganda, musiqa asboblari chalinganda, erkaklar erkaklar bilan, ayollar esa ayollar bilan o'zlarini qondirsa."334 Albatta, bugungi musulmonlar ham bir jinsdagilar o'rtasidagi munosabatni qabul qiladigan mafkuralardan xoli emas. Bu hatto namozxon, masjidga qatnaydigan musulmon uchun ham mumkin, agar u o'z dindorligini faqat madaniy o'ziga xoslikka aylantirib qo'ysa. Payg'ambar ﷺ 'Abdulloh ibn 'Amr rivoyat qilgan hadisda shunday degan: "Shunday zamon albatta keladiki, odamlar masjidlarga yig'ilib namoz o'qiydilar, lekin ular orasida bitta ham mo'min bo'lmaydi."335

Reinforcing this point, Anas ibn Mālik  narrates that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Once my nation considers five things permissible, then destruction will befall them: when cursing one another appears, wine is drunk, silk is worn, musical instruments are played, and men suffice themselves with men and women suffice themselves with women.”334 Certainly, Muslims today are not insulated from the ideologies that accept same-sex acts. This is even imaginable for a practicing, mosque-attending Muslim, if they allow their religiosity to be reduced to a cultural identity, as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said in a hadith narrated by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr , “An age will surely come when people gather and pray in the mosques, while there is not a single believer amongst them.”335