Prophet Muhammad ﷺ revealed that the day would come when sexual immorality would become so normalised that it would be carried out in public: “The Hour will not be established until people fornicate with each other in the road just as donkeys fornicate.” [1]
What makes this prophecy impressive is at the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, people were generally modest; this was the case with both Muslims and the non-Muslims including the Jews and Christians.
With both the East & West being largely conservative due to the spread of Abrahamic religions like Christianity & Islam, this prediction of widespread sexual immorality by Prophet Muhammad went completely against the tide of morality that was sweeping the world during him time.
Muhammad ﷺ even described what the consequences of such sexual immorality would be: “Never does sexual perversion become widespread and publicly known in certain people without them being overtaken by disease that never happened to their ancestors who came before them” [4]
This has also happened. Increase of sexual immorality has seen the emergence of previously unheard-of diseases such as AIDS. it is believed In Africa, HIV–the virus that causes AIDS–had jumped from chimpanzees to humans sometime early in the 20th century. [5]
Similarly, another sexually transmitted disease, monkeypox, was first identified in humans in 1970 [6] and saw a recent transmission surge in 2022.
In conclusion, the Prophet ﷺ was absolutely spot on with his predictions:
1) The 20th and 21st centuries saw an uptick in sexual immorality to the point fornication on the streets has become legalised.
1) The 20th and 21st centuries saw an uptick in sexual immorality to the point fornication on the streets has become legalised.
2) Due to such levels of sexual immorality, unheard of diseases have formed.
The Prophet ﷺ predicted all of this in a time where religious values were commonly respected and valued.
The Prophet ﷺ predicted all of this in a time where religious values were commonly respected and valued.
REFERENCES:
[1] Ibn Hibban, Hadith #6767.
[2] See article: archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu
[3] See article: independent.co.uk
[4] Ibn Majah, Hadith #4019.
[1] Ibn Hibban, Hadith #6767.
[2] See article: archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu
[3] See article: independent.co.uk
[4] Ibn Majah, Hadith #4019.
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