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"RUM" - was the Byzantine church, Eastern Orthodox Church - which split from the Roman Empire Churches. The head of the church is in Moscow and has been for a long time. Its adherents number in the 300 million, which is the second largest church in the world after the Catholic church. It is not confined to Russia, but include Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. At the time of the prophet, the Roman empire had shifted its focus from Rome, and moved towards a Greek based civilisation, Byzantium, in a similar way that the UK anglo saxon power base, moved to the US. So RUM is not JUST Russia, but all the countries mentioned above, given the alliance is a future event from when related. At the time of the prophet, the Western Roman Empire had virtually all but lost its power, so why would the prophet refer to Rome?

Also its the peoples of RUM, not the governments, as the people will follow the church over the governments.

Why couldnt the boat of Tamim al Dari, have been pushed in a storm for a month and landed on an Island? That Island doesnt have to be Britain, but it makes sense given its historical and present significance, and the appearence of Al Jassasa, and the timeline of the dajjal appearence matching very precisely the rule of Britain over the last milennium.

Why is spacetime such an issue in the Tamim al Dari hadith, or even in the case of Dajjal? Noah (as) was said to have lived for 1000 years and no one mentions space time?

THis is an interesting thread