Debunking the Euphrates river hadith

The prophecy says that a mountain of gold will be revealed under the dried up Euphrates river when it dries up and people will die fighting over the gold.

But the reality is:

  1. There has been no mountain of gold found, but only a little bit of gold. It is no where near a Mountain of gold like it is described in the hadiths.

  2. Nobody is fighting over the little gold they found, companies are taking it without fighting over it. Meaning Islam is wrong again.

  3. The Euphrates river drying up is also a sign of the end of times in the Bible.

Please stop posting about this hadith.

Sources:

Sahih Muslim, 2894d:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Euphrates would soon uncover a mountain of gold but he who is present there should not take anything from that.

Sahih Muslim, 2894a:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Last Hour would not come before the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold, for which people would fight. Ninety-nine out of each one hundred would die but every man amongst them would say that perhaps he would be the one who would be saved (and thus possess this gold).

Moreover, many Muslims do not know that the same prophecy about the Euphrates River already exist in the Bible.

Isaiah 11:15 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals.

Regarding the prophecy from the hadith, there are details that are not fulfilled, such as mountains of gold, war, 99 deaths, etc. And those details are not fulfilled. While in the Bible, there is no such detail, it just dries up. So which one is more accurate? I think Bible is more accurate, but why muslims who strongly believe in the prophecy as a sign of truth, why aren't they convert to Christianity?

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