In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, Compassionate
May His peace
and blessings be upon His messenger Muhammad, his family, folk,
companions, and those who follow him until the end of time.
Dajjal
is a person whom the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) described as appearing at the end of time. He is sent by Allah
as a trial to people. Dajjal will claim godhood and Allah will allow
supernatural acts to occur at his hands, such as bringing back to life
those he kills, causing the sky to rain by his command, and the earth to
produce vegetation by his command. He will have with him what resembles
Paradise and Hell. The one he claims is Paradise is in reality Hell,
and the one he claims is Hell is in reality Paradise. He will also have
two rivers flowing with him. All of these things will be made to happen
for him by the Power and Will of Allah. Whoever follows him will
disbelieve and be misfortunate and remorseful. Whoever disbelieves him
is the true Believer whom Allah has granted success to be of the
felicitous. May Allah make us of those who are granted the success of
felicity.
Of the signs of Dajjal is that he is one-eyed, and he
will have the letters ك ف ر (k f r : the arabic root letters for
disbelief) between his eyes. Every Believer, even if illiterate, will be
able to read and recognize the letters. All of these descriptions are
found in rigorously authenticated reports from al-Bukhari, Muslim, and
others.
Then Allah will make him incapable of these supernatural
events, so that he is not able to kill anyone, and his command is no
longer executed. Then Prophet Jesus (upon him be peace) will kill him.
Because
of the enormity of the trial that Dajjal will put people through, the
Prophet (upon him be Allah's peace and blessings) encouraged us to seek
refuge in Allah after every prayer from the tribulation of Dajjal.
Bukhari and Muslim relate the hadith from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be
pleased with him) that the Prophet said, "After one of you finishes his
tashahhud (what is read in the sitting of the prayer [i.e. after he
finishes his prayer]) let him seek refuge in Allah from four things: the
fire, the torment of the grave, the trials of life and death, and the
trial of the Imposter Messiah, the Dajjal.
Bukhari and Muslim also
relate from Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (may Allah send His peace and blessings upon him) said, "Whoever
memorizes the first ten verses of Surat al-Kahf shall be protected from
Dajjal," and in another version of the hadith he mentioned the last ten
verses. Imam al-Nawawi says in Sharh Muslim, "It is said the reason for
this [i.e. benefit of memorizing the mentioned verses of al-Kahf] is
that its beginning contains wondrous events and signs. He who reflects
on their meaning will not suffer the trial of Dajjal. Its final verses,
beginning from, 'Do those who disbelieve...,' are similar [in what they
contain]."
Al-Nawawi mentions the words of the prominent Imam
al-Qadi `Iyad al-Maliki from his The Tenets of Faith of Ahl al-Sunnah,
"These hadith which Muslim and others relate regarding the story of
Dajjal are a proof of his reality for the way of those of truth. He is a
particular person whom Allah sends as a trial to His slaves. Allah
gives him the power to do things, and they are only from His powers...
This is the way of Ahl al-Sunnah, the Scholars of Hadith and
Jurisprudence, and their like."
This is a brief account about
Dajjal. He who wants further information should look in Sahih al-Bukhari
and Sahih Muslim along with their commentaries.
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