after me a landslide in the east, a landslide in the west, and a landslide in the Arabian Peninsula.” I asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Will the earth sink while righteous people are upon it?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, “When its people commit much wickedness.” (1)
- Have These Landslides Occurred?
These three landslides have not yet occurred, like the other major signs, none of which has yet appeared. Some scholars hold that they have already occurred, as al-Sharīf al-Barzanjī maintained (2), but the correct view is that none of them has occurred to date. Some landslides have occurred in various places and at widely separated times, but those are among the minor signs of the Hour.
As for these three landslides, they will be immense and widespread, affecting many regions of the earth in the east, the west, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Ibn Hajar said, “Landslides have occurred in various places, but the three landslides may refer to something exceeding what has already occurred—something greater in geographical extent or magnitude.” (3)
This is supported by the hadith stating that they will occur only when wickedness becomes prevalent among people and sins spread widely among them. Allah knows best.