Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 110
110 requires no elaboration as its effects can be seen in every village, town and household. Another moral change predicted by the Holy Prophet s as was that while people would not show kindness to their parents, they would hold their friends in great regard. Ab u Na‘ i m relates in H ilyia , on the authority of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yam a n, that a boy will disobey his parents while being kind to his friend. 31 This sign has become so apparent that people of decency are distressed by what they see. Young people who are fond of Western culture and Western education look upon their elders as primitive and naïve and try to avoid their company, preferring to spend their time in shameless pursuits with their friends. They have all the money to entertain their friends but are unable to take care of the needs of their poor parents. In our country, there are thousands of cases of parents who endured hunger and thirst and worked hard in order to educate their children, and yet when these children grew up and started earning they did not even want to sit with their par - ents. They treated them almost like servants. While we can find thousands of such examples today, it would be rare to find one in past ages. The Intellectual Condition of Muslims Describing the intellectual condition of the time of the Promised Messiah as , the Holy Prophet s as said that one of the signs of the time would be that knowledge would be lifted and ignorance would take its place. 32 With minor variation, a similar Hadith is recorded in S a hih al-Bu k h a r i. 33 This sign, too, has come to pass.