Part 28

The Dajjaal will take countries one after the other, fortresses one after the other, cities one after another, and regions one after another. There will remain no city that he will not have landed on with his horse and feet, except for Makkah and Al-Madeenah. He will remain for a period of forty days on earth; one day will be like a year, one day will be like a month, and one day will be like a week; the rest of his days wilt be like the (normal) days of the people. This averages out to one year, two and a half months. Allah 4g will create many miracles at his hands, through which He 4g will lead astray those whom He # wishes, and He #g will make firm the believers, whose Eemaan will increase and whose level of guidance will increase.

It is during the days of Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal, the Maseeh of misguidance, that ‘Eesa ibn Maryam, the Masech of guidance, will descend. He will descend on the minaret of Eastern Damascus. 111 believers and righteous slaves of Allah will gather round him. AlMaseeh ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will lead them towards Ad-Dajjaal, who will be heading to Jerusalem. They will catch up to him at ‘Agabah Afeeq. The Dajjaal will be vanquished when ‘Eesa 3! catches up with him at the door of Lud. ‘Eesa s¢& will kill him with his sword, and before doing so, he will say, “Indeed, I have one blow to give you, which shall not evade me.” Then the Dajjaal faces ‘Eesa sea, and the former will dissolve just as salt dissolves in water. It is then that “Eesa $38 catches up to him and kills him with his spear at the door of Lud, There the Dajjaal will die — Allah’s curse upon him. This has been established by authentic narrations, which we have mentioned and (some of) which we will mention.

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. Yamaan , And when ‘Umar 4 asked a Jew about the Dajjaal, he said, “He was born a Jew so that ibn Maryam will kill him at the door of Lud.” (Related by Ibn Abee Shaibah)

A Description Of The Dajjaal - May Allah Disfigure Him

“By the heaven full of (Hubuk) paths.""! Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Messenger of Allah ig said, “...As

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for the night of Al-Qadr, seek it out in the odd nights from the last ten nights. And as for the Maseeh of Misguidance, he is one-eyed, with a large forehead, and a wide upper chest. He has a bowing (curvature) as if he is Qatun ibn ‘Abdul-’Uzza.”” Abu Hurairah 2s said, “O Messenger of Allah, will his doubt-provoking, specious arguments harm me?” He #% said, “No, you are a person who is a Muslim, and he is a man who is a disbeliever.” (Alimad) Sulaimaan ibn Shihaab Al-Qeesee said, “Abdullah ibn Mughnim, who was one of the Prophet's Companions, came down and related to me that he Prophet 48 said, ‘Ad-Dajjaal: there is nothing hidden about him. He will come from the East. He will call to the truth, and he will be followed. He will go on behalf of the people and fight them, and he will be victorious over them. He will continue upon that state until he reaches Kufa. There he will manifest Allah’s religion and apply it, and for that he will be followed and loved. But then after that he will say, ‘Indeed I am a Prophet.’ Every person of sound mind will be alarmed by that, and as a result will part from him. Later on he will say, ‘I am Allah.’ Allah will cover his eyes; his ears will be cut and “ Kaafir (disbeliever) will be written between his eyes, and that will not be hidden to any Muslim. Anyone who has a mustard-seed amount of Eemaan (faith) in his heart will then part from him. His companions will be from the Jews, the Magian, the Christians, and these foreigners from the polytheists. Then, according to what they see, he will call a man, order for him to be brought, and then he will kill him. Next, he will cut the body into (two) pieces, (displaying) each piece separately. He will separate between the two, so that the people can see them. After that, he will gather them back together, strike (the body) with a rod, and suddenly the man will be standing. The Dajjaal will say, ‘Iam Allah, I bring to life and cause death.” (At-Tabaraanee) That is magic which he will use on the people; he will not really do any of that.

In a narration mentioned by our Shaikh, Adh-Dhahaabee, ‘Alee ibn Abee Taalib . said about the Dajjaal, “He is Saafee Ibn Saaid (i.e. Ibn Sayyaad); he will come out from the Jews of Asbahaan upon an amputated donkey. Between one ear and the other (of that donkey) is the distance of 40 arm-lengths; and between one hoof and the other... Kaafir is written between his eyes, and he will say, ‘Iam your lord, most high.’ His followers are the people of Ar-Riyaa (those who do deeds for show) and the children of fornication.” Abu ‘Amr Ad-

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Daanee related this narration in Kitaab Ad-Dajjaal, but its chain is not authentic.

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the Dajjaal will say, ‘I will bring him back to life’ He will say, ‘Stand,’ and the man will stand by the permission of Allah. But permission to do the same again will not be given for any other soul. The Dajjaal will say to the man, ‘Did I not kill you and then bring you back to life?’ The man will say, ‘Now I reject you even more vehemently. The Messenger of Allah 2% gave me glad tidings that you will kill me, and then I will be brought back to life by the permission of Allah.’ Strips of copper will be placed on his skin (so as to prevent the Dajjaal from killing him). The Dajjaal will say, “Throw him in my fire.’ _.The people will then have doubts about him, and he will hasten to Jerusalem. When he will climb ‘Agabalt Afeeq, his darkness will sink over the Muslims. Then they will hear that, “Rescue has come to you.’ They will say, ‘This is the speech of a man who is full (i.e. not hungry like them),’ and the earth will shine with the light of its Lord. And ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will descend and say, ‘O group of Muslims, fear your Lord and glorify Him,’ and they will do so. They (ie. the army of the Dajjaal) will want to flee, but Allah 4 will straiten the earth for them, and when they reach the door of Lud, ‘Eesa will meet them there. When he (the Dajjaal) looks at ‘Eesa #44, he will say, ‘Establish the prayer.’ The Dajjaal will say, “O Prophet of Allah, the prayer has been established.’ ‘Eesa will say, ‘O enemy of Allah, you have claimed that your are the lord of all that exists — so then to whom will you pray?’ ‘Eesa 4 will strike him with a whip and kill h'm. Not a single one of his helpers will hide behind a thing, except that that thing will call out, ‘O believer! This is a dajjaal, so kill him.’ They (the believers) will be prevented {from harm) for forty years: no one will die and no one will become sick. A man will say to his sheep, ‘Go to the pasture; give birth and graze over there.’ Livestock will pass by crops and they will not eat even an ear (of corn, for example) from it. Snakes and scorpions will not harm anyone, and predatory animals will be at the doors of houses, without harming anyone. A man who is a believer will take grain, spread it (on the earth) without tilling (the land) and from it will (grow) 700. The people will remain upon that state until the barrier of Yajooj and Majooj will be broken. They will frolic and spread corruption. The people will seek help (from Allah), but they will not be answered. The people of the Sinai Mountain — Allah eI granted them victory over Constantinople — will supplicate (to Allah), and Allah will send from the earth an animal that has legs; it will enter into their ears, and they will all die. The earth will stink