Part 21

Al-Muhaaribee said, “Then we returned to the hadith of Abu Raafai’”: “From his Fitnah is that he will order the sky to give rain, and it will rain; and he will order the earth to give forth its crops,

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and it will give forth its crops, From his Fitnah is that he will pass by an area, and they (the people there) will disbelieve in him. Then all of their livestock will perish. And from his Fifnah is that he will pass by an area, where they (the people there) will believe in him. Then he will order the sky to give rain, and it will rain; he will order the earth to bring forth vegetation and it will give forth vegetation. Their livestock will return at the end of that day fatter and larger than ever before, with more meat than ever before, and with more milk than ever before. He will stamp his foot on every part of the earth, appearing there (in every place), except for Makkah and AlMadeenah. Whichever one of their mountain-passes he goes to, an angel with an unsheathed sword will meet him. Then he will go beside a small red mountain where the salty part of the land ends. Next, Al-Madeenah will have three tremors, and all male and female hypocrites will go out to him; thus it will be purified of filth just as the bellows are purified from the filth of steel. That day is called the Day of Deliverance.” Umm Shareek, the daughter of Abu Al Askar said, “O Messenger of Allah, where will the Arabs be during, those days?” He 2 said, “They will be few, and most of them will be in Jerusalem. Their Imam will be a righteous man. As their Imam will go forward and lead the people in prayer, ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will descend. That Imam will walk backwards so that ‘Eesa can move to the front and lead the Prayer. ‘Eesa will place his hand between his shoulders and say to him, ‘Move forward and pray, for it was indeed established for you (ie. for you to be the Imam). Their Imam will lead them in prayer, and when he will finish, ‘Eesa will say, “Erect the gate.’ It will be opened, and behind it will be the Dajjaal and with him 70,000 Jews, each one of them having a sword adorned with a cover. When the Dajjaal will look at him, he will dissolve, just like salt dissolves in water. He will leave, trying to flee, and ‘Eesa will say, ‘Indeed one blow to deliver to you, which you will not escape from.’ ‘Eesa will catch up to him at the Eastern door, where he will kill him. Allah will make the (remaining) Jews become defeated. A Jew will not hide behind anything Allah created, except that Allah will make that thing talk ~ whether it is a rock, a tree, a wall, a beast - except for the Ghargadah, for it is from their trees. (Everything else) will talk and only say, ‘O ‘Abdullah, (O) Muslim, this is a Jew, so come and kill him.” The Messenger of Allah 2 said, “His (ie. ‘Eesa’s) days are for forty years. One year (from those years) is like half a year; one year is like a month; and one month is

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like a Jusu’ah (i.e, a week). And the last of his days are short, In the morning, one of you will be at the gate of Al-Madeenah, and he will not reach its other gate until the night.” It was said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, how should we pray in those short days?” He 28 said, “Estimate prayer in them (i.e. estimate the intervals between one prayer and the next for normal days, and then pray) as you do in these long days; then pray.”

The Messenger of Allah i said, “’Eesa ibn Maryam will be a fair judge and a just Imam in my nation; he will crush the cross and kill the pig. He will remove the jizyah and leave the Sadagah (charity; this is because wealth will be abundant at that time); and so goats and camels will not be sought after (by a charity-tax collector). Also, mutual hatred and rancor will be lifted (from the people). Poison will be removed from all that have poison in them, so that a baby will place his hand in the mouth of a snake, but it will not harm him. A child will drive away a lion, but it will not harm him, and a wolf will be among sheep as if it is their dog. The earth will be filled with peace just as a container is filled with water. And the word will be one (i.e. there will be unity): none shall be worshipped but Allah. Wars will be over with and the Quraish will take their rule (ie. from those disbelievers who took it from them), and the earth will be like an ‘Aathoor (washbasin) of silver; its crops will grow as they did during the era of Adam. A group wiil gather over a bunch of grapes, and it will fill them, and a group will gather over a single pomegranate, and it will fill them. An ox will be worth such and such amount (i.e. a considerable amount), and a horse will be for a few dirhams.” It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, what will make horses so cheap?” He # said, “They will never thereafter be mounted for war.” It was said, “And what will make an ox expensive?” He 2% said, “To plow the entire earth. But before the Dajjaal comes out, there will be three extremely difficult years, wherein people will be afflicted with severe hunger. (In the first year) Allah will order the sky to hold back one-third of its rain, and He will order the earth to hold back one-third of its crops. Then in the second year, He & will order the sky to hold back two-thirds of its rain, and He ## will order the earth to hold back two-thirds of its crops. And in the third year, He a will order the sky to hold back all of its rain — so it will not even rain a single drop — and He ## will order the earth to hold back all of its crops, so it will not grow any vegetables. Also, every possessor of Dfwuif (a name for the feet of

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camels, goats, and sheep) will perish, except for what Allah % wills.” It was said, “What will keep people alive in that period?” The Prophet #¢ said, “At-Tahleel (to say: Laailaha illallaah — none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), At-Tasbeeh (to say: Subhaanallah — How perfect Allah is!), and At-Tahmeed (to say: Alhamdulillah — all praise is for Allah); that will flow upon them (or through them) like the flow of food.” (Ibn Maajah)

Sayings Ascribed To The Messenger Of Allah 2% About Strange And Wonderful Matters

About the previous hadith, ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Muhaaribee said, “This hadith must be given to the instructor, so that he teaches it to children...”

Abu Lmaamah related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “A group irom my nation will remain victorious over their enemies and they will be strong. Those who oppose them will not harm them, nor will what befalls them from distress harm them, until Allah’s matter comes to pass (i.¢., just before the Hour, when the soul of every believer will be taken), while they are upon that state.” The Companions asked, “O Messenger of Allah, and where are they?” He 2 said, “In Jerusalem and in areas surrounding Jerusalem.”

Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudree 4 related that the Messenger of Allah said, “One day, the Messenger of Allah 2% spoke to us at length about the Dajjaal. Among the matters he mentioned is the following: “He will come and it will be forbidden upon him to enter the mountain-passes of Al-Madeenah. So he will end up on barren, salty Jand that is next to Al-Madeenah. At that time a man who is the best of people — or from the best of people — will come out and say to him, ‘I bear witness that you are indeed the Dajjaal, whom the Messenger of Allah #@ spoke to us about’ The Dajjaal will say, “Suppose I kill this (man) and then bring him back to life. Will you then doubt about the matter.’ The people present will say, No.’ He will kill him and then revive him, and upon being revived the (righteous) man will say, ‘By Allah, I have never understood you (and your situation) more clearly than I do now.’ The Dajjaal will then want to kill him, but he will not be given power over him.” (Muslim) Abu Ishaaq said, “It is said that that man is Khidr.”’

Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudree . related that the Messenger of Allah 2%

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said, “When the Dajjaal will come out, a man from the believers will set out to meet him. He will be met (on the way) by armed men — armed men of the Dajjaal. They will say to him, ‘Where do you intend to go? He will say, ‘I intend to go this one who has come out.’ They will say to him, ‘Do you not believe in our lord?’ He will say, ‘Our Lord does not have Khafaa (literally, concealment; perhaps referring to the Dajjaal being one-eyed).’ They will say, ‘Kill hin.’ But some of them will say to the others, ‘Did not your lord forbid you to kill anyone outside of his presence?’ So they will go to the Dajjaal, and when the believer sees him, he will say, ‘O people, this is the Dajjaal that the Messenger of Allah # mentioned.’ The Dajjaal will make an order and he will be dealt a blow to the head; then the Dajjaal will say, ‘Take him and strike him in the head.’ He will be given many severe blows to the back and the stomach, after which the Dajjaal will say to him, ‘Do you not believe in me?’ He will say, ‘You are indeed Al-Maseeh, the Liar.” Then an order will be made, and the man will be cut with a saw, from the parting of his hair until he is cut asunder between the legs. Then the Dajjaal will walk between the two halves, after which he will say, ‘Stand’ and the man will stand up straight. The Dajjaal will say to him, ‘Do you believe in me?’ He will say, ‘I have gained only a clearer perception of you (i.e. that you are indeed the Dajjaal). O people, he will not do to anyone after me the same as he did with me.’ The Dajjaal will take him to slaughter him, but hv. will be prevented by a barrier of copper that will be between his (i.¢., the man’s) neck and his collarbone, and so the Dajjaal will have no way to get at him. So the Dajjaal will take him by his hands and legs and cast him away. The people will think that he threw him into the Fire, but in fact, he will have been thrown into Paradise.” The Messenger of Allah 2g said, “With the Lord of all that exists, this is the highest martyr among people.”