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because of them, and the people will be more harmed by their corpses than they were harmed (by them) when they were alive. The people will invoke (Allah) for help, and He #¢ will send a wind...and over people will be anxiety and smoke, and they will be afflicted with colds. But after three, that situation will be removed from them. Their corpses (ie. of Yajooj and Majooj) will be thrown into the sea. Only a short time will pass before the sun rises from its West. The pens are dried and the scrolls are rolled up, and repentance will not be accepted from anybody (at that time). Iblees (Satan) will fall down in prostration, calling out, ‘My God, order me to prostrate to whomsoever You wish.’ The devils will gather to him and say, ‘O our leader, to whom are you turning for help?’ He will say, ‘I only asked my Lord to give me respite until the Day of Resuxrection, and the sun has indeed risen from its West. This is the well-known time.’ The devils will become visible on earth, to the extent that a man will say, “This is my Qareen (companion from the jinn) who used to entice me toward (evil). All praise is for Allah, Who has disgraced him.’ Iblees will continue to be in prostration, crying, until the Beast will come out and kill him while he is prostrating, The believers will enjoy themselves for forty years after that; they will desire nothing that is not given to them. The believers will be left until 40 years are completed after the beast. Then death will return among them, and it will come quickly, until there remains not a single believer, ‘The disbeliever will say, ‘Repentance will not be accepted from us: would that we had been believers.’ They will openly engage in sexual intercourse in the roads just as donkeys do, to the extent that a man will engage in sexual intercourse with his mother in the middle of the road. One will stand and another will descend (to do the same). The best of them will be he who says, ‘If you were to withdraw from the road, that would be better’ They will remain upon that state, and not a single one of them will be born through marriage. Then Allah will make the women sterile for thirty years, and they will all be the children of fornication - the worst of people, and upon them will the Hour come to pass.” This narration is related by Na’eem ibn Hammad in Kitaab AL-Fitan, and also by At-Tabaraanee.

A Narration That Is Rejected

Al-Hasan reported that the Messenger of Allah #4 said, “The Dajjaal will reach the clouds and plunge into the sea until his knee, and he

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will precede the sun from its West; and the hills will travel with him. On his forehead is a horn that is broken from one side. Drawn on his body are all weapons, even the spear, sword, and Dirq.” ‘Alee ibn Zaid asked Hasan, “O Abu Sa’eed, what is Dirg?” He said, “A shield.” Our Shaikh, Al-Haafiz Adh-Dhahabee, said, “This is from the Mursal narrations of Al-Hasan, and it is weak.”

Hudhaifah # related that the Messenger of Allah #¢ said, “I am more knowledgeable of what the Dajjaal has with him than he is, He has with him two rivers; one of them is a blazing fire in the eyes of one who sees it. And the other is white water, As for whoever from you reaches him, then let him close his eyes and drink from the river of fire that is with him, for it is in actuality cold water. Stay away and beware of the other, for it is Fitnah (a trial). And know that “Kaafir’ (disbeliever) is written between his two eyes: those who write and those who do not write (Le., the literate and the illiterate) will read it. One of his two eyes is effaced; upon it is coarse skin. At the end of his life, he will overlook the heart of Jordon from Thaniyyah Fee (a city in Sham, between Damascus and Tripoli). Every one who believes in Allah and the Last Day (at that time) will be in the heart of Jordon, He will kill one-third of the Muslims, he will vanquish one-third, and one-third will remain. The night will act as a barrier between them (between the army of Muslims and the army of the Dajjaal). Some of the believers will say to others from them, ‘What are you looking at (or waiting for)? Do you not want to catch up with your brothers in the pleasure of your Lord? Whoever has extra food should give it to his brother. When Fajr breaks forth, pray, and pray it early. Then head towards your enemy.’ When they will stand and pray, ‘Eesa will descend, and their Imam will lead them in prayer...The Dajjaal will dissolve like salt dissolves in water. ‘The Muslims will then be given power over them, and they will kill them. Even a rock and a tree will call out, ‘O ‘Abdullah, O Muslim: this is a Jew, so kill him.’ The Muslims will be victorious and the cross will be broken. The pig will be killed and ALJizyah will be removed. While they are upon that state, Allah will make Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog) come-out. The first of them will drink; the last of them will come dehydrated, and they will not find a drop. They will say, “Here is the trace of water.’ Allah’s Prophet and his Companions are behind them until they (.e. Yajooj and Majooj)

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enter a city from the cities of Palestine, which is called Baab Lud. They will say, ‘We have triumphed over those on the earth, so come and let us kill whoever is in the sky.’ Allah’s Prophet will supplicate to Allah, and Allah 4 will send upon them an ulcer in their throats (ie. the throats of Yajooj and Majooj), and not a single one from them will remain. But their smell will harm the Muslims. ‘Hesa will supplicate over them, and Allah will send a wind upon them, which will throw them all into the sea.” Ibn Mundah, in Kitaab Al-Eemaan, relates this narration. Our Shaikh, Abu ‘Abdullah Adh-Dhahabee, said, “This chain is good.” However, its context and phrasing is Ghareeb and it mentions Munkarah things, and Allah 4% knows best.

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The Messenger of Allah ‘Eesa Ibn Maryam Will Descend From The Heaven Of The Earth To The Earth At The End Of Time

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“And because of their saying (in boast), “We killed Messiah ‘Eesa Qesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allah,” — but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of ‘Eesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that tan), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not (i.e. ‘Fesa (Jesus), son of. Maryam (Mary). But Allah raised him (‘Eesa) up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he Agel is im the heavens). And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, AllWise]

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“And there is none of the people of the Seripiure (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him (‘Eesa, as only a Messenger of Allah and a human being), before his death’! Regarding “before his death’ in this last Verse, Ibn Jareer related in his Tafseer that Ibn ‘Abbaas 4 said, “Before the death of ‘Eesa Ibn Maryam.” The chain of this narration is authentic.

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“And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him (‘Eesa, as only a Messenger of Allah and a human being), before his death’)

Regarding this verse, Abu Maalik said that it is referring to when

‘Besa ibn Maryam 28% will descend and that he is now alive with

Allah #&. When he 2 will descend, all will believe in him. Tbn Jareer related this.

Ibn Abee Haatim related that a man asked Al-Hasan about this Verse:

“And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and

Christians), but must believe in him (‘Eesa, as only a Messenger of

Allah and a human being), before his death’? Al-Hasan said, “Before the death of ‘Eesa 842, Allah % raised ‘Eesa to Him and He # will send him (back) before the Day of Resurrection, in a situation wherein both the righteous one and the wicked one will believe in him.” Qataadah ibn Du’aamah, “Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Yazeed Ibn Aslam, and others have said the same, which is also established in Bukhaaree and Muslim from Abu Hurairah . As we will mention, one narration is mawquf (i.e. Abu Hurairah & said it) and another is Marfoo’ (ie, Abu Hurairah & related it from the Prophet #%). And Allah #% knows best. The point is that ‘Eesa 388 is alive now in the heavens, and he was not, as the People of the Book claim, crucified; instead, Allah #% raised him to Him. Before the Day of Resurrection, ‘Eesa $28 will descend from the sky; such is related in Mutawaatir hadith narrations, both in the Ahaadeeth we related regarding the Dajjaal and the Ahandeeth we will mention shortly. We seek help from Allah and depend upon Him alone. There is neither might nor power

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except with Allah, the Most-Powerful, the All-Wise, the Most High, the All-Mighty. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the Noble ‘Arsh (Throne).

It is related from Ibn ‘Abbaas #: and others that the antecedent of the pronoun in “before his death’ is every individual from the People of the Book; if this is authentically narrated from him, then it is contrary to what we have said. But in actuality, the correct meaning and chain of narration is what we have previously mentioned, and what we have explained in sufficient detail in the Book of Tofseer. All praise is for Allah, and all favors and blessings are from Him.

Narrations Pertaining To Issues That We Have Not As Of Yet Discussed