They (two
tribes or peoples) will appear at the time of Jesus son of Mary, after the
Dajjaal. Allaah will destroy them all in one night, in response to the
supplication of Jesus.
Abu
Hurairah reported that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said,
"Everyday,
Gog and Magog are trying to dig a way out through the barrier. When they begin
to see sunlight through it, the one who is in charge of them says, 'Go back;
you can carry on digging tomorrow,' and when they come back, the barrier is
stronger than it was before.
This will
continue until their time comes and Allaah wishes to send them forth. They will
dig until they begin to see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them
will say, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow, inshaa'-Allaah.' In this
case he will make an exception by saying inshaa'- Allaah, thus relating the
matter to the Will of Allaah.
They will
return on the following day, and find the hole as they left it. They will carry
on digging and come out against the people. They will drink all the water, and
the people will entrench themselves in their fortresses. Gog and Magog will
fire their arrows into the sky, and they will fall back to earth with something
like blood on them.
Gog and
Magog will say, 'We have defeated the people of earth, and overcome the people
of heaven.' Then Allaah will send a kind of worm in the napes of their necks,
and they will be killed by it...' 'By Him in Whose hand is the soul of
Muhammad, the beasts of the earth will become fat.' " [1]
Gog and
Magog are two groups of Turks, descended from Yaafith (Japheth), the father of
the Turks, one of the sons of Noah. At the time of Abraham (alayhi-salam),
there was a king called Dhu'l-Qarnayn. He performed Tawaaf around the Ka'bah
with Abraham (alayhi-salam) when he first built it; he believed and followed
him.
Dhu'l-Qarnayn
was a good man and a great king; Allaah gave him great power and he ruled the
east and west. He held sway over all kings and countries, and travelled far and
wide in both east and west. He travelled eastwards until he reached a pass
between two mountains, through which people were coming out.
They did
not understand anything, because they were so isolated; they were Gog and
Magog. They were spreading corruption through the earth, and harming the
people, so the people sought help from Dhu'l-Qarnayn. They asked him to build a
barrier between them and Gog and Magog. He asked them to help him to build it,
so together they built a barrier by mixing iron, copper and tar.
Thus
Dhu'l-Qarnayn restrained Gog and Magog behind the barrier. They tried to
penetrate the barrier, or to climb over it, but to no avail. They could not
succeed because the barrier is so huge and smooth. They began to dig, and they
have been digging for centuries; they will continue to do so until the time
when Allaah decrees that they come out.
At that
time the barrier will collapse, and Gog and Magog will rush out in all
directions, spreading corruption, uprooting plants, killing people. When Jesus
(alayhi-salam) prays against them, Allaah will send a kind of worm in the napes
of their necks, and they will be killed by it.
Footnotes
[1]
Tirmidhee, Abwaab al-Tafsir: Soorat al-Kahf (Hadeeth 5160), 8/597-99. Ibn
Maajah, Kitaab al-Fitan, (Hadeeth 4080), 2/1364. Ahmad, Musnad, 2/510, 511.
Checker's Note: Saheeh, Silsilatul Ahadeeth as-Saheehah: 1735.
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