Introduction to Islamic Eschatology - Study of End Times

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL Islamic Eschatology is the branch of knowledge, which deals with the " study of End Times ". Unfortunately, this part of knowledge has not been seriously considered to be developed and studied as a " branch of knowledge " by the mainstream Islamic scholarship, rather treated as the collection of some Ahadees (prophecies by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him), merely to be read and transmitted without deep and careful explanation and / or interpretation!  Without going into details of why this happened, we'll just focus on introducing the subject of  End Times and why is it extremely important to study this branch of knowledge, under current circumstances! When we see lot of mysterious and unusual events happen before our eyes, bearing global impacts on the religious, economic, social and political lives of the people, there are those who really think critically and not just brainwashed