Question
I want know about the Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) . I want to know that when will they come , what will they do , where are they now . Please answer my question with the details .
Fatwa
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) are two populated nations. They are from the offspring of Adam (Peace of Allah be upon him) as it is proved in al-Bukhari and Muslim. The Messenger of Allah (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah, the High and glorious, would say: O Adam! And he would say: At Your service, at Your beck and call, O Lord, and the good is in Your Hand. Allah would say: Bring forth the group of (the denizens of) Fire. He (Adam) would say: Who are the denizens of Hell? It would be said: They are out of every thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. He (the Prophet) said: It is at this juncture that every child would become white-haired and every pregnant woman would abort and you would see people in a state of intoxication, and they would not be in fact intoxicated but grievous will be the torment of Allah. He (the narrator) said: This had a very depressing effect upon them (upon the companions of the Prophet) and they said: Messenger of Allah, who amongst us would be (that unfortunate) person (who would be doomed to Hell)? He said: Good tidings for you, Yajuj and Majuj would be those thousands (who would be the denizens of Hell) and a person (selected for Paradise) would be amongst you!"
Allah has mentioned in the Holy Qur'an that the barrier raised by Dhul-Qarnain (A good powerful man) prevents them from getting out. If they get out, they will destroy crops, cattle and progeny. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word. They said: "O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya'juj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute in order that you might erect a barrier between us and them?" He Said: "That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier. "Give me pieces (blocks) of iron," then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: "Blow," till when he had made it (red as) fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over it". So they [Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog)] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it.} [18: 93-97].
Allah and His Messenger have stated that appearance of Yajuj and Majuj is among the signs of the Day of Resurrection.
Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise of my Lord is ever true.}[18: 98].
At that time they will appear like the waves of ocean. This will take place just before the Day of Resurrection.
Allah describes their condition when they will get out from behind the barrier. He says: {Until, when Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) are let loose (from their barrier), and they swiftly swarm from every mound. And the true promise (Day of Resurrection) shall draw near (of fulfillment).} [21: 96-97].
And Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) has informed that a hole through the barrier of Gog and Magog has been made. Imam Bukhari and Muslim narrated from Zainab Bint Jahsh, who reported that one-day Allah's Messenger came out in a state of excitement with his face quite red. And he said: "There is no God but Allah. There is a destruction in store for Arabia because of the turmoil which is near at hand as the barrier of Gog and Magog has been opened like it, and he (in order to explain it) made a ring with the help of his thumb and forefinger. I said: Allah's Messenger, would we be destroyed despite the fact that there would be pious people among us? He said: Yes, when the evil would predominate".
They (Gog and Magog) will appear after the descent of the prophet Isa (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who will kill the Dajjal as Imam Muslim narrated from al-Nawas Ibn Sam'an, who reported in his long Hadith "Then a people who Allah had protected would come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he would wipe their faces and would inform them of their ranks in Paradise and it would be under such conditions that Allah would reveal to Jesus these words: I have brought forth from amongst My servants such people against whom none would be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur, and then Allah would send Gog and Magog and they would swarm down from every slope. The first of them would pass the lake of Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: There was once water there. Jesus and his companions would then be besieged here (at Tur, and they would be so much hard pressed) that the head of the ox would be dearer to them than one hundred dinirs and Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would supplicate Allah, Who would send to them insects (which would attack their necks) and in the morning they would perish like one single person. Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then come down to the earth and they would not find in the earth as much space as a single span which is not filled with their putrefaction and stench. Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then again beseech Allah, Who would send birds whose necks would be like those of bactrin camels and they would carry them and throw them where God would will. Then Allah would send rain which no house of clay or (the tent of) camels' hairs would keep out and it would wash away the earth until it could appear to be a mirror".
Finally, although no one knows where they are living now, but there is no doubt in their existence on this earth.