Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 105
105 The Moral Condition of Muslims One of the signs foretold by the Holy Prophet s as was that sex - ual immorality would become rampant, so much so that people would take pride in it. According to Ibn Ab i Shaiba, one of the signs of the proximity of Doomsday would be a great increase in immorality. 22 Similarly, according to Anas ibn M a lik, as reported in S a hih al-Muslim, one of the signs of the latter days would be the profusion of adultery. 23 Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra relates that one of the signs of that time would be the surge in illegitimate births. 24 Every kind of sexual depravity is to be found in the world today. Even aside from all-out indecency, we find that Western society has taken on a character whereby things that have been deemed indecent by Islam have become a part of their society. These include ballroom dancing, praising the beauty of women, spending holidays with other women, etc. In the past, such things were unthinkable anywhere in the world. India, despite its ram - pant idolatry, was free from such licentiousness. Iran, despite its tradition of pleasure-seeking, was free from such indulgences. Even the Romans, the pillars of Christianity, despite their dead morality, were free from indecency of this kind. If people of the past were told about what is happening today, they would never believe that nations that laid claim to civilization would not only indulge in such acts but consider them to be a part of their culture and etiquette. Dancing and entertainment existed in the past but nobody would have thought that women of noble families would make it their pastime, that it would be something to be proud of,