The 1st Jumadi al-Thani, 654 A.H. (approx 5th of June 1256 A.D.),
weak earth tremors were felt in Madinah.
The tremors increased each day. A strong earthquake
rocked Madinah on the 6th day.
The quake was caused by basaltic magma, welling up through
cracks in the 40-kilometer thick crust of the Arabian Peninsula. It was
followed by fiery volcanic eruptions for 52 days and spewed lava and ash
from a massive fissure (20 km) southeast of Madinah. The lava flowed for 23
kilometers and threatened Madinah, which is in the lowlands, itself. The lava eventually
reached within 4 km of the city. The light from the lava illuminated
the night to the point that it was almost as bright as day.The residents of
Madinah gathered at the Prophet's (peace be upon him) mosque to pray to Allah
to stop this impending doom. By the dominion and power of Allah, the lava
flow was diverted away from Madinah thus averting its complete
distruction.
Watch this speech of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
This volcanic erruption from Harrat Rahat is most probably one of
the signs of the day of Judgement.
Narrated Abu Hurairah (Radiyallahu Anhu), "The Hour
will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Hijaz, and it
will throw light on the necks of the camels at Busra." ►{Narrated by Bukhari:
9.234}
Various reports tells of how the Bedouins saw the necks of
their camels and the light was enough to read by in places as far away as a
five day journey!
The lava tracts cover an area from north to south of about 310 km,
and it has a width of about 75 km. It is a veritable wasteland; nothing grows
or lives there, just mounds of jagged, black rock as far as the eyes can
see.
From Global Volcanism Program website: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0301-07=
Saudi Arabia's largest lava field, 20,000 sq km Harrat Rahat extends for 300 km south of the holy city of Al Madinah (Medina). Four coalescing lava fields erupted from offset NNW-trending vent systems comprise Harrat Rahat, which has an average width of 60 km. Lava flows extend as far as 100 km west of the axis of the field. Basaltic scoria cones dominate Harrat Rahat, but the volcanic field has also produced more silicic trachy-basaltic to trachytic rocks. Small shield volcanoes and pelean-type lava domes with associated pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits are also present. Activity has migrated to the north, resulting in eruptions in historical time near Madinah. The best-known eruption took place in 1256 AD, when a 0.5 cu km lava flow erupted from six aligned scoria cones and traveled 23 km to within 4 km of Madinah.
The satellite image of the old volcanic flow (blackish earth), which clearly deviates when it is near Madina.
Saudi Arabia's largest lava field, 20,000 sq km Harrat Rahat extends for 300 km south of the holy city of Al Madinah (Medina). Four coalescing lava fields erupted from offset NNW-trending vent systems comprise Harrat Rahat, which has an average width of 60 km. Lava flows extend as far as 100 km west of the axis of the field. Basaltic scoria cones dominate Harrat Rahat, but the volcanic field has also produced more silicic trachy-basaltic to trachytic rocks. Small shield volcanoes and pelean-type lava domes with associated pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits are also present. Activity has migrated to the north, resulting in eruptions in historical time near Madinah. The best-known eruption took place in 1256 AD, when a 0.5 cu km lava flow erupted from six aligned scoria cones and traveled 23 km to within 4 km of Madinah.
The satellite image of the old volcanic flow (blackish earth), which clearly deviates when it is near Madina.
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