Warnings against the Dajjal

THE HADITH OF AL-NUWAS IBN SAM'AN AL-KILABI

Al-Nuwas ibn Saman said, "One morning the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa

sallam) spoke about the Dajjal. Sometimes he described him as

insignificant, and sometimes he described him as so dangerous that we

thought he was in the clump of date-palms nearby. When we went to him

later on, he noticed that fear in our faces, and asked, 'What is the

matter with you? We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this morning you spoke of

the Dajjal; sometimes you described him as insignificant, and sometimes

you described him as being so dangerous that we thought he was in the

clump of date-palms nearby.

"The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, 'I fear for you in other

matters besides the Dajjal. If he appears whilst I am among you, I will

contend with him on your behalf. But if he appears while I am not among

you, then each man must contend with him on his own behalf, and Allah will

take care of every Muslim on my behalf. The Dajjal will be a young man,

with short, curly hair, and one eye floating. I would liken him to 'Abd

al-Uzza ibn Qatan. Whoever amongst you lives to see him should recite the

opening Ayat of Surat al-Kahf. He will appear on the way between Syria and

Iraq, and will create disaster left and right. O servants of Allah, adhere

to the Path of Truth."

"We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, for the day which is like a year, will

one days prayers be sufficient? He said, 'No, you must make an estimate of

the time, and then observe the prayers."

"We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, how quickly will he walk upon the earth?

He said, 'Like a cloud driven by the wind. He will come to the people and

call them (to a false religion), and they will believe in him and respond

to him. He will issue a command to the sky, and it will rain; and to the

earth, and it will produce crops. After grazing on these crops, their

animals will return with their udders full of milk and their flanks

stretched. Then he will come to another people and will call them (to a

false religion), but they will reject his call. He will depart from them;

they will suffer famine and will possess nothing in the form of wealth.

Then he will pass through the wasteland and will say, 'Bring forth your

treasures, and the treasures will come forth, like swarms of bees. Then he

will call a man brimming with youth; he will strike him with a sword and

cut him in two, then place the two pieces at the distance between an

archer and his target. Then he will call him, and the young man will come

running and laughing."

"At that point, Allah will send the Messiah, son of Mary, and he will

descend to the white minaret in the east of Damascus, wearing two garments

dyed with saffron, placing his hands on the wings of two angels. When he

lowers his head, beads of perspiration will fall from it, and when he

raises his head, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every Kafir who

smells his fragrance will die, and his breath will reach as far as he can

see. He will search for the Dajjal until he finds him at the gate of

Ludd*, where he will kill him."

"Then a people whom Allah has protected will come to Jesus son of Mary,

and he will wipe their faces (ie wipe the traces of hardship from their

faces) and tell them of their status in Paradise. At that time Allah will

reveal to Jesus: "I have brought forth some of My servants whom no-one

will be able to fight. Take My servants safely to al-Tur."

"Then Allah will send Gog and Magog, and they will swarm down from every

slope. The first of them will pass by the Lake of Tiberias, and will drink

some of its water; the last of them will pass by it and say, "There used

to be water here." Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, and his Companions will be

besieged until a bull's head will be dearer to them than one hundred

dinars are to you nowadays."

"Then Jesus and his Companions will pray to Allah, and He will send

insects who will bite the people of Gog and Magog on their necks, so that

in the morning they will all perish as one. Then Jesus and his Companions

will come down and will not find any nook or cranny on earth which is free

from their putrid stench. Jesus and his Companions will again pray to

Allah, Who will send birds like the necks of camels; they will seize the

bodies of Gog and Magog and throw them wherever Allah wills. Then Allah

will send rain which no house or tent will be able to keep out, and the

earth will be cleansed, until it will look like a mirror. Then the earth

will be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing. On that

day, a group of people will be able to eat from a single pomegranate and

seek shelter under its skin (ie the fruit would be so big). A milch camel

will give so much milk that a whole party will be able to drink from it; a

cow will give so much milk that a whole tribe will be able to drink from

it; and a milch-sheep will give so much milk that a whole family will be

able to drink from it. At that time, Allah will send a pleasant wind which

will soothe them even under their armpits, and will take the soul of every

Muslim. Only the most wicked people will be left, and they will fornicate

like asses; then the Last Hour will come upon them." (Muslim)

A HADITH NARRATED FROM ABU UMAMAH AL-BAHILI

ABU Umamah al-Bahili said, "The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam)

delivered a speech to us, most of which dealt with the Dajjal and warned

us against him. He said, 'No tribulation on earth since the creation of

Adam will be worse than the tribulation of the Dajjal. Allah has never

sent a Prophet who did not warn his Ummah against the Dajjal. I am the

last of the Prophets, and you are the last Ummah. The Dajjal is emerging

among you and it is inevitable. If he appears while I am still among you,

I will contend with him on behalf of every Muslim. But if he appears after

I am gone, then every person must contend with him on his own behalf. He

will appear on the way between Syria and Iraq, and will spread disaster

right and left. O servants of Allah adhere to the path of Truth. I shall

describe him for you in a way that no Prophet has ever done before.

He will start by saying that he is a Prophet, but there will be no Prophet

after me. Then he will say, "I am your Lord," but you will never see your

Lord until you die. The Dajjal is one-eyed, but your Lord, glorified be

He, is not one-eyed. On his forehead will be written the word Kafir, which

every Muslim, literate or illiterate, will be able to read. Among the

trhewill bring will be the Paradise and Hell he will offer; but that which

he calls Hell will be Paradise, and that which he calls Paradise will be

Hell. Whoever enters his Hell, let him seek refuge with Allah and recite

the opening Ayat of Surat al-Kahf, and it will become cool and peaceful

for him, as the fire became cool and peaceful for Abraham.

"He will say to a Bedouin, What do you think if I bring your father and

mother back to life for you? Will you bear witness that I am your lord?

The Bedouin will say Yes, so two devils will assume the appearance of his

father and mother, and will say, "O my son, follow him for he is your

lord."

"He will be given power over one person, whom he will kill and cut in two

with a saw. Then he will say, 'Look at this slave of mine, now I will

resurrect him, but he will still claim that he has a Lord other than me.

Allah will resurrect him, and this evil man (the Dajjal) will say to him,

'Who is your Lord? The man will answer, 'My Lord is Allah, and you are the

enemy of Allah. You are the Dajjal. By Allah, I have never been more sure

of this than I am today."

Abu Said said, "The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, 'That man

will have the highest status among my Ummah in Paradise."

Abu Said said, "By Allah, we never thought that that man would be any

other than 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, until he passed away."

Al-Muharibi said: "Then we referred to the Hadith of Abu Rafii, which

said, 'Part of his Fitnah will be the fact that he will pass through an

area whose people will deny him, and none of their livestock will remain

alive. Then he will pass through a second area whose people will believe

in him; he will order the sky to rain and the earth to bring forth crops,

and their flocks will return from grazing fatter than they have ever been,

with their flanks stretched, their udders full. He will pass through every

place on earth - except Makkah and Madinah, which he will never enter, for

there are angels guarding every gate of them with unsheathed swords -

until he reaches al-Zarib al-Ahmar and camps at the edge of the

salt-marsh. Madinah will be shaken by three tremors, after which every

Munafiq (hypocrite) will leave it, and it will be cleansed of evil, as

iron is cleansed of dross. That day will be called Yawm al-Khalas (The Day

of Purification)."

Umm Sharik bint Abil-Akr said, "O Messenger of Allah, where will the Arabs

be at that time?" He said, "At that time they will be few; most of them

will be in Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and their Imam will be a righteous

man. Whilst their Imam is going forward to lead the people in praying

Salat al-Subh (the morning prayer), Jesus son of Mary will descend. The

Imam will step back, to let Jesus lead the people in prayer, but Jesus

will place his hand between the mans shoulders and say, 'Go forward and

lead the prayer, for the Iqamah was made for you. So the Imam will lead

the people in prayer, and afterwards Jesus (alayhe salam) will say, 'Open

the gate. The gate will be opened, and behind it will be the Dajjal and a

thousand Jews, each of them bearing a sword and shield. When the Dajjal

sees Jesus, he will begin to dissolve like salt in water, and will run

away.

Jesus will say, 'You will remain alive until I strike you with my sword.

He will catch up with him at the eastern gate of Ludd* and will kill him.

The Jews will be deflated with the help of Allah. There will be no place

for them to hide; they will not be able to hide behind any stone, wall,

animal or tree - except the boxthorn (al-Gharqarah) - without saying, 'O

Muslim servant of Allah! here is a Jew, come and kill him!" The Prophet

(sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "The time of the Dajjal will be forty

years; one year like half a year, one year like a month, and one month

like a week. The rest of his days will pass so quickly that if one of you

were at one of the gates of Madinah, he would not reach the other gate

before evening fell."

Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how will we pray in those shorter

days?" He said, "Work out the times of prayer in the same way that you do

in these longer days, and then pray." The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa

sallam) said, "Jesus son of Mary will be a just administrator and leader

of my Ummah. He will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the

Jizyah (tax on non-Muslims). He will not collect the Sadaqah,* so he will

not collect sheep and camels. Mutual enmity and hatred will disappear.

Every harmful animal will be made harmless, so that a small boy will be

able to put his hand into a snakes mouth without being harmed, a small

girl will be able to make a lion run away from her, and a wolf will go

among sheep as if he were a sheepdog. The earth will be filled with peace

as a container is filled with water. People will be in complete agreement,

and only Allah will be worshipped. Wars will cease, and the authority of

Quraysh will be taken away. The earth will be like a silver basin, and

will produce fruits so abundantly that a group of people will gather to

eat a bunch of grapes or one pomegranate and will be satisfied. A bull

will be worth so much money, but a horse will be worth only a few

dirhams."

Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, why will a horse be so cheap?" He

said, "Because it will never be ridden in war." He was asked, "Why will

the bull be so expensive?" He said, "Because it will plough the earth. For

three years before the Dajjal emerges, the people will suffer severe

hunger. In the first year, Allah will order the sky to withhold a third of

its rain, and the earth to withhold two-thirds of its fruits. In the third

year, He will order the sky to withhold all of its rain, and the earth to

withhold all of its fruits, so that nothing green will grow. Every

cloven-hoofed creature will die except for whatever Allah wills." Someone

asked, "How will the people live at that time?" He said, "By saying La

ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah and Al-Hamdu-lillah. This

will be like food for them."

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "The Dajjal will come

forth, and one of the Believers will go towards him. The armed men of the

Dajjal will ask him, 'Where are you going? He will say, 'I am going to

this one who has come forth. They will say, 'Kill him! Then some of them

will say to the others, 'Hasnt your lord [ie the Dajjal] forbidden you to

kill anyone without his permission?" So they will take him to the Dajjal,

and when the Believer sees him, he will say, 'O People, this is the Dajjal

whom the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) told us about. Then the

Dajjal will order them to seize him and wound him in the head; they will

inflict blows all over, even in his back and stomach. The Dajjal will ask

him, 'Dont you believe in me? He will say, 'You are a false Messiah. The

Dajjal will order that he be sawn in two from the parting of his hair to

his legs; then he will walk between the two pieces. Then he will say

'Stand! and the man will stand up. The Dajjal will say to him, 'Dont you

believe in me? The believer will say, 'It has only increased my

understanding that you are the Dajjal. Then he will say, 'O people! he

will not treat anyone else in such a manner after me. The Dajjal will

seize him to slaughter him, but the space between his neck and collar-bone

will be turned into copper, and the Dajjal will not be able to do anything

to him. He will take the man by his arms and legs and throw him away; the

people will believe that he has been thrown into Hell, whereas in fact he

will have been thrown into Paradise." The Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa

sallam) said, "He will be the greatest of martyrs in the sight of Allah,

the Lord of the Worlds." (Muslim).

To be continued Insha Allah

FOOTNOTES:

*Ludd: the biblical Lydda, now known as Lod, site of the zionist states

major airport.

* "He will break the cross and kill pigs", ie Christianity will be

annulled.

"He will not collect the Sadaqah (ie Zakat) - because there will be so

much wealth, and no-one will be in need of Sadaqah.