Part 23

Another hadith From Samarah

Samarah ibn Junaadah ibn Jundub 4% related that the Messenger of Allah #% used to say, “Indeed the Dajjaal will come out, and he is ‘Aawar (one-eyed) from the left eye; over it is coarse skin. He will heal the one who was born blind and the leper, and he will bring life to the dead. He will say: ‘I am your lord.’ Whoever says, ‘you are my lord, then he has been put to trial. And whoever says, ‘my Lord is Allah,’ until he dies, then he is protected from the Fitnah of the Dajjaal and there is no Fitnah (trial) upon him, nor any punishment. He will stay on earth for a period that Allah wills, and then ‘Besa ibn Maryam will come from the West, confirming Muhammad upon his Millah (his creed and Shariah), and he will kill the Dajjaal. Then ail that remains is the arrival of the Hour.” (Ahmad)

Samarah % reported that the Messenger of Allah # used to say, “Indeed, the Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal is ‘Aawar (one-eyed) from the left eye; upon it is coarse skin that covers it. He will heal the one who is born blind and the leper, and he will bring life to the dead. And he will say, ‘I am your lord.’ Whoever seeks protection in Allah and. then says, ‘My Lord is Allah,’ and then continues to refuse (the Dajjaal’s invitation to follow him) until he dies, then there is neither punishment upon him nor Fitnah (trial). And whoever says, ‘You are my lord,’ then he will have been put to trial. The Dajjaal will remain on earth for a period that Allah wills for him to remain. Then ‘Eesa will come from the East, confirming Muhammad upon his Millah (ie. his creed and Shariah). Then he will kill the Dajjaal.” (Tabaraanee) This hadith is Ghareeb.

A hadith From Jaabir Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah said, “We were with the Messenger of Allah 2%

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as he overlooked one among other lowlands between hills in AlHarrah (literally, rocks that are black, as if they were burnefl. The Harrah of Madeenah is a well-known place). He 2% said, ‘Blessed is the land of Al-Madeenah; when the Dajjaal comes out, there will be an angel at each of its mountain-passes. He will not enter it} When that will occur, Al-Madeenah will shake its inhabitants with three quakes, and then every single male and female hypocrite will go out to him — most of them will be women. That is the Day of Deliverance, the day that Al-Madeenah gets rid of filth just as bellows get rid of the filth of metal. The Dajjaal will have with him 70,000 Jews, and upon each one of them is a shaw! and an adorned sword. He will strike his tent (and the place he is sitting upon) on this side where the streams meet.” The Messenger of Allah # then said, “There was never a Fitnah (trial) nor will there be one, until the coming of the Hour, that is greater than the Fitnah of the Dajjaal. Every single Prophet warned his nation about him. | will give you some information that no Prophet ever gave to his nation.” He 2 then placed his hands over his head and said, “I bear witness that Allah is not one-eyed (i.e. the Dajjaal is one-eyed).” (Ahmad) Imam Ahmad alone related this hadith; its chain is good, and Al-Haakim ruled it to be authentic.

Jaabir . related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “Verily, lam the Seal of 1000 or more Prophets, and every single one of them warned his people about the Dajjaal. A matter has been made clear to me that was not made clear to anyone from them: He is one-eyed, and indeed, your Lord is not one-eyed.” (Related by Abu Bakr Al-Bazzaar) AlBazzaar alone related it; its chain is Hasan but its wording is extremely Ghareeb. And in another narration, Jaabir #s related that the Messenger of Allah 4% mentioned the Dajjaal and said, “Verily, he is one-eyed, and indeed your Lord is not one-eyed.” (Related by ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad in As-Sunnah) ibn Abee Shaibah related it as well.

Another Chain From Jaabir

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah .4 related that the Prophet x said, “Ad-Dajjaal is one-eyed and he is the most severe of the liars.” (Ahmad) And in another narration, Jaabir .s related that the Prophet # said, “A

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A hadith Related From Ibn ‘Abbaas 2

There Is No Fitnah (Trial) In This World Greater Than The Fitah Of The Dajjaal

Hishaam ibn ‘Aamir Al-Ansaaree 2 related that he heard the Messenger of Allah # say, “Between the creation of Adam and the arrival of the Hour, there is no Fitnah greater than the Dajjaal.” (Ahinad}

Hishaam ibn ‘Aamir Al-Ansaaree said to his neighbors, “You go beyond me to men who were not more often present with the Messenger of Allah # (than me) nor more absorbing of his hadith than I. And verily, I heard the Messenger of Allah 2% say, “Between. the creation of Adam and the arrival of the Hour, there is no Fitnah greater than the Dajjaal.”“ (Ahmad) Muslim related this hadith from Ayyoob.

Hishaam ibn ‘Aamir 2 related that the Messenger of Allah i said, “Indeed, the head of the Dajjaal is Hubuk Hubuk (very curly) from behind. Whoever says (to him), ‘You are my lord,’ then he will be put to trial. And whoever says, ‘You have lied; my Lord is Allah and upon him I place my trust’ then the Dajjaal will not harm him,” or he said, “then there is no trial upon him.” (Ahmad)

A hadith Related From Ibn ‘Umar Tbn ‘Umar # related that the Messenger of Allah said, “The place

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come out to him will be women, to the extent that a man will return to his wife, his mother, his daughter, his sister, and his aunt, and he will tie her (or them) up with cord, fearing that she (or they) es go

of the Dajjaal is in this barren, salty land. ‘The most people ike will

out to him. Then Allah will give control to the Muslims over him, and they will kill him and kill his supporters. A Jew will hide underneath a tree and a rock, and the rock and tree will say to the Muslims, ‘This is a Jew underneath me, so kilt him.” (Ahmad)

Another Chain From Saalim

Tbn ‘Umar & said, “The Messenger of Allah 2% stood before the people. Next, he praised Allah 9% with praises that He ## is worthy of (in terms of His Greatness and Exaltedness). He then mentioned. the Dajjaal, saying, “Indeed, 1 am warning you about him, and every single Prophet warned his people about him. Noah warned his people about him, But I will say to you something about him that no Prophet said to his people: know that he is one-eyed and that, verily, Allah is not one-eyed.”

The Prophet # Foretold That The Muslims Will Fight The Jews And Be Victorious Over Them, To The Extent That A Jew Will Not Find A Hiding Place To Protect Him From The Sword Of A Muslim

We already related this from As-sahih in the hadith about Ibn Sayyaad; in it, Ibn ‘Umar 4 related that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “You will fight the Jews and you will be given power over them, to the extent that a rock will say, “O Muslim, this is a Jew behind me, so kill him.’ The source of this narration is in Bukhaaree and Muslim.

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not one-eyed.” (Alrmad, who was alone in relating it through this

Ibn ‘Umar - related that the Messenger of Allah #@ said, “There was not a single Prophet that did not describe the Dajjaal to his nation, and I will describe him with an attribute than no one before me described him with. Indeed he is one-eyed, and verily, Allah. is not one-eyed.” (Ahmad)

Ibn ‘Umar 2 xelated that the Prophet #¢ was asked about the Dajjaal, and he 2% answered, “Lo! Indeed your Lord ‘Azza wa-Jall (to Him belongs Might and Majesty) is not one-eyed, and verily, AdDajjaal is ‘Aawar (one-eyed) from the right eye, as if it is a floating grape.” (At-Tirmidhee, who said, “This hadith is Hasan sahih’’)

The hadith Of ‘Abdullah [bn ‘Umar