The
Dajjaal will be a man, created by Allaah to be a test for people at the end of
time. Many will be led astray through him, and many will be guided through him;
only the sinful will be led astray.
Al-Haafidh
Ibn 'Alee al-Aabaar wrote in his book of history (at-Taareekh) that the
Dajjaal's Kunyah (nickname or paternal title) would be Abu Yoosuf. [1]
Abu
Bakrah said,
"The
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, 'The Dajjaal's parents will
remain childless for thirty years, then a one-eyed child will be born to them.
He will be very bad and will cause a great deal of trouble. When he sleeps, his
eyes will be closed but his heart (or mind) will still be active.'
Then he
described his parents: 'His father will be a tall and bulky man, with a long
nose like a beak; his mother will be a huge, heavy-breasted woman.' " [2]
Abu
Bakrah said,
"We
heard that a child had been born to some of the Jews in Madeenah. Az-Zubayr ibn
al-'Awaam and I went see his parents, and found that they matched the
description given by the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). We saw the
boy lying in the sun, covered with a blanket, murmuring to himself. We asked
his parents about him, and they said, 'We remained childless for thirty years,
then this one-eyed boy was born to us. He is very bad and causes a great deal
of trouble.' When we went out, we passed the boy. He asked us, 'What were you
doing?' We said, 'Did you hear us?' He said, 'Yes; when I sleep, my eyes are
closed but my heart (mind) is still active.' That boy was Ibn Sayyaad."
[Ahmad, Tirmidhee; this Hadeeth is not very strong] [3]
As we
have already seen in the Saheeh Ahaadeeth, Maalik and others think that Ibn
Sayyaad was not the Dajjaal; he was one of a number of "lesser
dajjaals." Later he repented and embraced Islaam; Allaah knows best his
heart and deeds.
The
"greater" Dajjaal is the one mentioned in the Hadeeth of Faatimah bint
Qays, which she narrated from the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), from
Tameem ad-Daaree, and which includes the story of the Jassaasah. The Dajjaal
will be permitted to appear at the end of time, after the Muslims have
conquered a Roman city called Constantinople.
He will
first appear in Isfahaan, in an area known as the Jewish quarter (al-Yahoodiyyah).
He will be followed by seventy thousand Jews from that area, all of them armed.
Seventy thousand Tatars and many people from Khuraasaan will also follow him.
At first
he will appear as a tyrannical king, then he will claim to be a prophet, then a
lord. Only the most ignorant of men will follow him; the righteous and those
guided by Allaah will reject him.
He will
start to conquer the world country by country, fortress by fortress, region by
region, town by town; no place will remain unscathed except Makkah and
Madeenah. The length of his stay on earth will be forty days: one day like a
year, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the rest of the days like
normal days, i.e. his stay will be approximately one year and two and a half
months.
Allaah
will grant him many miracles, through which whoever He wills will be astray, and
the faith of the believers will be strengthened. The descent of Jesus son of
Mary, the true Messiah, will happen at the time of the Dajjaal, the false
messiah. He will descend to the minaret in the east of Damascus.
The
believers and true servants of Allaah will gather to support him, and the
Messiah Jesus son of Mary will lead them against the Dajjaal, who at that time
will be heading for Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). He will catch up with him at
'Aqabah 'Afeeq.
The
Dajjaal will runaway from him, but Jesus will catch up with him at the gate of
Ludd, and will kill him with his spear just as he is entering it. He will say
to him, "I have to deal you a blow; you cannot escape." When the
Dajjaal faces him, he will begin to dissolve like salt in water. So Jesus will
kill him with his spear at the gate of Ludd, and he will die there, as many
Saheeh Ahaadeeth indicate.
Majma'
ibn Jaariyah is reported to have said,
"I
heard the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) saying, 'The son of Mary will
kill the Dajjaal at the gate of Ludd.' " [Tirmidhee] [4]
Footnotes
[1]
Checker's Note: Reported as the saying of ash-Sha'bi. The reporter, Mujaahid
ibn Sa'eed is weak.
[2]
Checker's Note: Da`eef, al-Mishkat, 1st checking: 6445.
[3]
Tirmidhee, Abwaab al-Fitan (Hadeeth 2350), 6/522, 523. Ahmad, Musnad, 5/40. "When
he sleeps, his eyes will be closed but his heart (or mind) will still be
active" - means that his evil ideas will still come to him even while he is
asleep.
Checker's
Note: Da`eef due to Alee ibn Zaid ibn Jad'an.
[4]
Tirmidhee, Abwaab al-Fitan (Hadeeth 2345), 6/513, 514. Checker's Note: Saheeh,
Saheeh at-Tirmidhee: 1829.
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