petroleum must, according to this view, also hold that taking petroleum is forbidden—something no one has ever maintained (1).

Al-Hāfiz Ibn Hajar considered the stronger view to be that taking this gold is forbidden because of the turmoil and fighting that would arise over it (2).

49 — Wild Beasts and Inanimate Objects Speaking to Human Beings

Among the signs of the Hour are wild beasts speaking to human beings, inanimate objects speaking to people and telling them what occurred in their absence, and parts of the human body speaking—such as a man’s thigh telling him what his family did in his absence.

It is related in the hadith from Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A wolf came upon a shepherd’s flock and seized one of the sheep. The shepherd pursued it until he wrested the sheep away. The wolf then climbed a hill, sat back on its haunches (3), and tucked its tail between its legs (4). It said, “You came after sustenance that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, had provided for me and wrested it away!” The man exclaimed, “By Allah, I have never seen anything like today—a wolf speaking!” The wolf replied, “More astonishing than this is a man among the date palms between the two lava fields