Part 4

Then in the evening, their pasturing animals will come to them with their humps very high, their udders full of milk and their flanks distended. He will then come to another people and invite them. But they will reject him so he will go away from them. They will have a drought and nothing will be left with them in the form of wealth.

He will then walk through the desert and say to it: Bring forth your treasures. The treasures will come out and gather before him like a swarm of bees. He will then call someone in the flush of youth, strike him with the sword, cut him into two pieces and make these pieces lie at the distance which is generally between the archer and his target. He will then call (that young man) and he will come forward laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness). It will at

this very time that Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will descend at the white minaret on the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he lowers his head, there will fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he raises it up, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every unbeliever who smells the odour of his body will die and his breath will reach as far as he is able to see. He will then search for him (Dajjal) until he catches hold of him at the gate of Ludd and kills him.

Then a people whom Allah had protected will come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he will wipe their faces and inform them of their ranks in Paradise. It will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal to Jesus #8) these words: | have brought forth from among My servants such people against whom none will be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur, and then Allah will send Gog and Magog and they will swarm down from every slope. The first of them will pass the lake of Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them passes, he will say: There was once water there. Jesus 888) and his companions will then be besieged here (at Tur, and they will be so hard pressed) that the head of the ox will be dearer to them than one hundred dinars. Allah's Apostle, Jesus 8¢£), and his companions will cry to Allah 4 Who will send insects upon their enemies (which will attack their necks) and in the morning they will perish as one single person. Allah's Apostle, Jesus 5), and his companions, will then come down to Earth and they will not find on Earth as much space as a single span that is not filled with putrefaction and stench. Allah's Apostle, Jesus 82), and his companions will then beseech Allah who will send birds whose

necks will be like those of Bactrian camels, and they will carry them away and throw them where Allah wills.

Then Allah will send rain which no house of mud-bricks or (tent of) camelhair will keep out and it will wash the Earth until it resembles a mirror. Then the Earth will be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, there will grow (such a big) pomegranate that a group of people will be able to eat

it and seek shelter under its skin, a dairy cow will give so much milk that a whole party will be able to drink it. The milking camel will give such (a large quantity of) milk that a whole tribe will be able to drink from it, and the milking-sheep will give so much milk that the whole family will be able to drink from it. At that time Allah will send a pleasant wind which will soothe (people) even under their armpits. He will then take the life of every Muslim and only the wicked will survive, who will commit adultery like asses, and the Last Hour will come to them."

In another version Imam Muslim added, "There was once water there" the following, "they proceed until they reach Jerusalem Mountain. Then they say: "We have killed all that is on earth. Let's go on and kill all that is in heaven. They throw their arrows which Allah turns back to them blood-tinted"

On the authority of Abu Said al-Khudri, Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim reported: "One day Allah's Apostle 4 narrated to us a long narration about AdDajjal; among the things he narrated to us was: 'Ad-Dajjal will come, and he will be forbidden to enter the mountain gateways of Madinah. He will encamp in one of the salt areas neighbouring Madinah and there will appear to him a man who will be the best or one of the best of the people. He will say, 'I testify that you are Ad-Dajjal whose story Allah's Messenger 2% has told us.’ Ad-Dajjal will say (to his audience), ‘Look, if I kill this man and then give him life, will you have any doubt about my claim?’ They will reply, 'No,' Then Ad-Daijjal will kill that man and then will make him alive. The man will say, ‘By Allah, now I recognize you more than ever!’ Ad-Dajjal will then try to kill him (again) but he will not be given the power to do so."?

Muslim narrated it once again with a chain of authorities to

Abi al-Waddak Jabr Ibn Nawf, on the authority of Abu Said alKhudri, that the Messenger of Allah ## said: "Ad-Dajjal will come

1. Hadith Sahih: Reported by Imam Muslim (p. 2250-2255) on the authority of an-Nawwas Ibn Sam‘ an.

and one of the believers will go out towards him, but ad-Daijjal’s army will say to him: 'What's your destination?’ He says: ‘I am heading for that man who has come out (i.e. ad-Dajjal).' They will ask him, "Don't you believe in our God?" He replies, 'Our Lord is manifest.’ They will say: 'Kill him.' They will tell one another: 'Has your Lord (ad-Dajjal) not forbidden you to kill anyone without his approval?’ Then, they will rush to AdDajjal. When the believer sees him he will say, 'O mankind! This is Ad-Dajjal, whose story Allah's Messenger ## told us.’ Ad-Daijjal will order him to be tied up. He will say, Take him and split him into two halves.' His body and abdomen will be beaten. Ad-Dajjal will ask the believer, ‘Don't you believe in me?’ The believer will say, 'You are the False Messiah!’ Ad-Daijjal will order him to be cut into two pieces with a saw. AdDaijjal will then walk between both halves and say, 'Stand up!’ He (the believer) will rise upward.' Then, he asks, 'Do you believe in me?’ The believer will reply, "Now I recognize you more than ever!’ and he will add, O Mankind! ad-Dajjal will never do this to anyone after me.' Ad-Dajjal will take him to the slaughter but he will not be given the power to do so as the believer's neck and clavicle be will changed into copper. Ad-Daijjal will take hold of his hands and legs to throw him in the fire, as people imagine, but, in fact, he will throw him into Paradise." The Prophet #, then, said: "This believer is the best martyr according to Alklah."

1. Hadith Sahih: Reported by Iman Muslim (2938).

Other Assorted Hadith On Ad-Daijjal

1Hadith of Abu Bakr As-Siddigq

On the authority of Amru' Ibn Huraith, Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal reported that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq % said: "Ad-Daijjal will come forth from a land in the East called Khurasaan, followed by people whose faces resemble shields covered with skin." Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah also reported this Hadith and Al-Tirmidhi classified it as Hasan Gharib.!

2Hadith of Ubai Ibn Kaab &

On the authority of Ubai Ibn Kaab, Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal narrated that the Messenger of Allah 8% mentioned Ad-Daijjal saying: "One of his eyes looks like a green bottle, so seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave."?

1. A Hadith of denounced chain of transmission and text (Munkar: is a narration reported by a weak reporter which goes against another authentic Hadith) Reported by Al-Tirmidhi (2237), Ibn Majah (4072), Ahmed (1/4-7), Abu Ya'la' (33 to 36), Abu Bakr Ahmed Ibn AualAmawi in "Musnad Abu Bakr" (57-58-59) and Al-Hakim (4/527-528), on the authority of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. However, this Hadith contradicts that included in Sahih Muslim, as aforementioned, that ad-Daijjal will appear in a place between Syria and Irag and not in Khurasaan.

2. Text of this Hadith is odd and repudiated! Reported by Ahmed (5/123124), Tayalisi in his 'Musnad” (27780, al-Bukhari in his book, "At-Ta'rikh al-Kabir" (5/78-79), Abu ash-Sheikh Ibn Hayyan in "Taba qua't alMuhaditheen Bi Asbahan" (1/374) and Abu Naeem in "Ta'rikh Asbahan" (1/347), on the authority of Ubai Ibn Kaab. Al-Bukhari's wording is too

3. Hadith of Anas Ibn Malik 2

On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, Imam Ahmed narrated: "The Messenger of Allah 4% said: "There will be no town which Ad-Daijjal will not enter except Makkah and Madinah, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Makkah and Madinah) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it against him. AdDaijjal will come and encamp at a place close to Madinah and then Madinah will shake thrice (i.e. three earthquakes will take place) and all the male and female hypocrites will come up to him." Related by alBukhari and Muslim, too, on the authority of Anas in the same wording.!

On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik <4, Imam Muslim reported that the Prophet # said: "The Dajjal will be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Asbahaan wearing Persian shawls."*

Ahmed related, on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik > who said that the Messenger of Allah $3& said: "Allah did not send any Prophet but that He warned his nation of the one-eyed liar (AdDajjal). He is one-eyed while your Lord is not one-eyed, the word Kafir (unbeliever) is written between his two eyes." Imam Al-

Bukhari and Imam Muslim also reported it on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik.*

= short. However, the text of this Hadith is uncommon and repudiated since Ad-Dajjal's eyes have not been so depicted in a sound hadith. 1. Hadith Sahih: Ahmed (3/19 1), Muslim (2943) and al-Bukhari (1881).