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From: jzubairi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Junaid Ahmed Zubairi)
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Subject: A HADITH ABOUT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST ?? (or my misunderstanding)
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In an Urdu selection from Sahih Muslim, I read a Hadith 
which predicts events before the Dooms day (Qiamat).
I am surprised and confused by the words of this Hadith.
It says that there will be a war among the nations of the 
world in Middle East( near River Farat) in which 99% of the
people will be killed. (Maybe it means 99% of the armies
will be killed). The fight will be near river Farat and will be
over gold.


If you take GOLD = BLACK GOLD = OIL
and consider RIVER FARAT (IS IN IRAQ)
and the words (nations) then the conflict referred to can be the
present Gulf crisis.

But I am not sure so I am asking help of other knowledgable netters 
in understanding this hadith.

Junaid Zubairi