Part 24

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A hadith That Is Ghareeb In Its Chain And Its Text

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr -& related that the Prophet #i said regarding the Dajjaal, “Verily, he is one-eyed, and indeed Allah is not one-eyed. He will come out and remain on earth for 40 mornings, going to every place of water except for the Ka’bah, Jerusalem, and AlMadeenah. A month will be like a week and week will be like a day. He will have with him a paradise and a fixe; his fire is in actuality paradise, and his paradise is in actuality fire. With him will be a mountain of bread and a river of water. He will call for a man to be brought to him, and Allah will not allow for him to have power over anyone except for him. The Dajjaal will say to him, ‘What do you say tegarding me?’ The man will say, ‘You are the enemy of Allah; you are Ad-Dajjaal, the Liar.’ The Dajjaal will call for a saw to be brought; he will lay him down, cut him in half, and then revive him. Then he will say to him, ‘What do you say?’ The man will say, “By Allah, I never had a clearer understanding of you than I do now. You are the enemy of Allah ’Azza wa-Jall (To Him belongs Might and Majesty); (you are) the Dajjaal that the Messenger of Allah 2% informed us about.’ The Dajjaal will pounce down on him with his sword but he will not be able to (harm him), and then he will say, “Take him away from me.” (Af-Tabaraanee) Our Shaikh, AdhDhahabee, said, “This hadith is Ghareeb.”

The hadith Of Asmaa Bint Yazeed Al-Ansaariyyah

Asmaa bint Yazeed Al-Ansaariyyah 4% said, “When the Messenger of Allah #% was in my house, he mentioned the Dajjaal, saying, ‘Before him are three years: a year in which the sky will hold back one-third of its rain, and the earth one-third of its crops; the second year, in which the sky will hold back two-thirds of its rain, and the earth two-thirds of its crops; and the third, in which the sky will hold back all of its rain, and the earth all of its crops. Every beast that has a molar or a hoof will be destroyed. His greatest Fitnah (trial) will be that he will go to a Bedouin and say, ‘Suppose that I were to bring your father and your brother back to life, would you then know that I am indeed your lord?’ He will say, ‘Yes’ Two devils will then appear before him in the shape of his father and brother.” Asmaa % said, “Then the Messenger of Allah % went out to fulfill a need, and by the time he returned, the people were in a state of anxiety over that which he related to them. He 2% took the

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In another narration, Asmaa related that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “As for whoever attends my gathering and hears my speech, then let the one who is present convey (my words) to the one who is absent. And know that Allah is sahih (well, perfect, and without defect) and not one-eyed. He (the Dajjaal) has an eye that is effaced, and written between his eyes is ‘Kaafir (disbeliever),’ which every believer will read, regardless of whether he is literate or illiterate.” We will mention a similar narration from Asmaa bint “Umais, yet this is the one that is Mahfooz (memorized by the trustworthy ones), and Allah % knows best.

The hadith Of ‘Aaisha 4

‘Aaisha % related that the Messenger of Allah # mentioned extremely difficult times just before the arrival of the Dajjaal. The Companions 4 asked, “What wealth will be of most value at that time?” He #8 said, “A black boy (or servant) giving water to his family; as for food, there is none.” They asked, “At that time, what will be the food of the believers?” He 2% said, “At-Tasbech (to say “Subhaanallah, how perfect Allah is!), At-Takbeer (‘Allahuakbar,’ Allah is the greatest), and At-Tahleel (‘Laailaha illallaah,’ none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).” ‘Aaisha & said, “Where will the Arabs be at that time?” He #@ said, “They will be few.” (Ahmad) Only Ahmad related it, and its chain contains some Gharaabah. But we have already mentioned the Ahaadeeth of Asmaa % and Abee Umaamah, both of which attest to this one, and Allah 4% knows best.

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Another Chain From ‘Aaishah

‘Aaisha “ said, “The Messenger of Allah 3% entered upon me as I was crying.” He #g said, “And what makes you cry.” “O Messenger of Allah, I remembered the Dajjaal, and I cried.” The Messenger of Allah #8 said, “If the Dajjaal comes out while I am alive, then | will be enough for you (against) him, And if he comes out after me, then indeed, your Lord is not one-eyed. The Dajjaal will issue forth from the Jews of Asbahaan until he arrives at Al-Madeenah. He will descend beside it, and at that time it will have seven gates, and at each of its mountain-passes there will be two angels (blocking the entry of the Dajjaal). Its evil inhabitants will come out to him (while the righteous inhabitants remain in Al-Madeenah). Then he will go to Ash-Sham, to the city Palestine, to the door Lud. ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will descend and kill him. ’Eesa will remain on the earth for 40 years — a just Imam and a fair ruler.” (Alimad)

The Dajjaal Will Neither Enter Makkah Al-Mukarramah Nor Al-Madeenah Al-Munawwarah

‘Aaisha % related that the Prophet #% said, “The Dajjaal will not enter Makkah and Al-Madeenah.” (Ahmad) An-Nasaaee related it through another chain, And it is established in As-sahih that Asmaa bint Abu Bakr # said in the hadith of the Eclipse Prayer, “That day the Messenger of Allah 2% said in his sermon, ‘It has indeed been revealed to me that you will be put to trial shortly or before the Fitnah of Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal,’ I do not know which of the two he said.”

Umm Shareek $ reported that the Messenger of Allah 4 said, "The people will flee from the Dajjaal until they reach the peaks of mountains.” Ummn Shareek +& said, “O Messenger of Allah, where will the Arabs be at that time?” He #% said, “They will be few.”

A hadith From Umm Salamah

Umm Salamah 4 said, “One evening, I remembered the Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal and sleep did not come to me. When 1 woke up, I entered upon the Messenger of Allah 2% and I informed him (of what happened). He #g said, “Do not do that, for indeed, if he comes out while Tam among you, Allah will make me enough for you; and if he comes out after I die, Allah will make the righteous ones

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sufficient for him (j.e., sufficient to fight him, and it will be “esa ss who will kill him).” He then stood and said, “Every single Prophet warned his nation about him (ie. the Dajjaal), and 1 am indeed warning you about him. He is one-eyed, and verily, Allah # is not one-eyed.” Adh-Dhahabee said, “Its chain is strong.”

And the following is mentioned in the hadith of Ton Khadeej, which is related by At-Tabaree: in it, the Qadariyyah are censured and are said to be the Zanaadigah of this nation. During their time, there will be the oppression of the ruler, as well as his injustice and his haughtiness. Then Allah will send a plague, and most of them will perish. Then there will be Al-Khasf (swallowing of the earth with those who are on it), Few are they who will be saved from them. At that time, the believer will rarely be happy, and his anxiety will be extreme. Then Al-Maseeh will come, and Allah will transform their general population into apes and pigs. Right after that, the Dajjaal will come out.” Raafai’ ibn Khaceej 2 said, “Then the Messenger of Allah # cried until we began to cry because of his crying. We said, ‘What makes you cry?” He said, ‘Mercy for those people, for among them is the just one and among them is the Mujtahid”

A hadith From ‘Uthmaan Ibn Abee Waqqaas 2

Abu Nazrah said, “We went to ‘Uthmaan ibn Abee Al‘ Aas on Friday in order to compare our Mushaf (copy of the Quran) with his Mushaf. When the time for the Jursu’ah (prayer) arrived, he ordered. us and we took a shower. Then Teeb (perfume) was brought to us, and we applied it. We then went to the Masjid and sat beside a man who was speaking to us about the Dajjaal. When ‘Uthmaan ibn Abee Al-‘Aas # came, we stood, but then he sat, and so we sat also.” ‘Uthmaan & said to them, “I heard the Messenger of Allah #8 say, “The Muslims will have three countries: a country at the meeting of two seas, a country in Al-Jazeerah, and a country in AshSham. People will become alarmed three times, and the Dajjaal will come out in the ‘Aaraadh of the people. He will defeat those in the East, The first country he will go to is the one that is at the meeting of two seas. Its people will become divided into three groups: a group that will settle down in Ash-Sham and see what he is, a group that will catch up to the Bedouins, and a group that will go to the country next to them. With the Dajjaal there will be 70,000, and

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upon them there will be crowns. Most of those who are with him will be Jews and women. Then he will go the country beside it, and they will become divided into three groups: a group that will settle down in Ash-Sham and see what he is, a group that will go to the Bedouins, and a group that will go to the country that is beside theirs, and it is in Western Sham. And the Muslims will betake themselves to ‘Aqabah Afeeq; they will send their livestock forth, and their livestock will become afflicted. That will be hard upon them, for they will be afflicted with severe hunger and harsh difficulties, to the extent that one of them will burn the string of his bow and eat it. While they are upon that state, a caller will call out in the late night, just before Al-Fajr, ‘O people, rescue has come to you.’ He will repeat that three times. People will say to one another, ‘Indeed that is the voice of a man who is full’ ‘Eesa ibn Maryam 3&8! will descend at the time of the Fajr Prayer, and the leader of the people will say, ‘O Roohullah, go forward and lead the prayer.’ He will say, ‘In this Nation, some of its members are leaders for the rest.’ So their leader will step forward and lead the prayer. When he will complete his prayer, ‘Eesa will take his spear and go toward the Dajjaal. When the Dajjaal will see him, he will melt like lead does. ‘Eesa will place his spear underneath the chest of the Dajjaal, and he will kill him. The Dajjaal’s companions will be defeated, and at that time, they will not have anything to hide behind. Even the tree will say, ‘O believer, this is a disbeliever.’ And the rock will say, ‘O believer, this is a disbeliever.”” (Ahmad) Orly Ahmad related this narration. By dint of what Imam Ahmad related, perhaps the two countries (or cities) referred to are Basrah and Kufa.