Taken
from http://ummibraheem.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/cd9-part-1-ad-dajjaal-cont/
And
http://ummibraheem.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/cd9-cont-the-coming-of-eesa-jesus/
Where
does Ad-Dajjaal Appear From?
There’s
a hadth in At-Tirmidhi and Ahmad that the scholars have authenticated.
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that the Dajjaal will come out of
a land in the east called Khurasaan. Khurasaan, Allahu ‘Alam, is a place in
Iran or Central Asia. There’s currently a state in Iran called Khurasaan.
Where
will he Reach?
All
over the world except Makkah and Madinah.
His
Fitna
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that nothing from the time Adam was created
until akhirah is a greater fitna than ad-dajjaal. Hudhaifa and Ibn Mas’ud met
together. Hudhaifa said: I know more than you as to what there would be along
with the Dajjal. There would be along with him two canals (one flowing with
water) and the other one (having) fire (within it), and what you would see as
fire would be water and what you would see as water would be fire. So he who
amongst you is able to see that and is desirous of water should drink out of
that which he sees as fire. [Muslim, B.41, #7013]
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said they would be two rivers. He says that one of
the rivers has white water flowing and the other has fire. If you ever live to
his time, close your eyes and throw yourself in the river of fire, for it is
really cold water.
One
day, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam talked about the ad-dajjaal so
much, we thought that he was just outside of Madinah. When we went to go meet
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, he knew that. He felt that we were
worried. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “What’s wrong with you?”
They said, “You have talked about him so much – up and down- that he thought
that he’s next to the palm trees of Madinah.” RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam said, “If he comes out and I am with you, then I’ll take care of him for
you. If he comes out and I am not with you, then everybody is responsible for
himself. And I ask Allah to protect every Muslim. He’s a young man and one of
his eyes is bulging out. If you ever live to his time and see him, read on him
the first ayah of surah al-Kahf.” That is the protection.
Abu
Darda’ reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: “If anyone
learns by heart the first ten verses of the Surah al-Kahf, he will be protected
from the Dajjal.” [Muslim, B.4, #1766]
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that he will come out between ash-Shaam and
Iraq, and he will corrupt the whole world, right and left. Then RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, he will stay on earth for 40 days. One day
is like a year; one day is like a month; one day is like a week and then the
rest of his days are like your regular days.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said…. “He would appear on the way between Syria
and Iraq and would spread mischief right and left. O servant of Allah! Adhere
(to the path of Truth).” We said: “Allah’s Messenger, how long would he stay on
the earth?” He said, “For forty days, one day like a year and one day like a
month and one day like a week and the rest of the days would be like your
days.” [SubhanAllah. Look at what the Sahabah ask next – RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam is talking about ad-dajjaal; look at their concern for
Salah!] We said: “Allah’s Messenger, would one day’s prayer suffice for the
prayers of day equal to one year?” Thereupon he said: “No, but you must make an
estimate of time (and then observe prayer).” We said: “Allah’s Messenger, how
quickly would he walk upon the earth?” Thereupon he said: “Like cloud driven by
the wind. [This is an expression that means he would travel very fast.]
“He
would come to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion) and they would
affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He would then give command to the
sky and there would be rainfall upon the earth and it would grow crops. Then in
the evening, their posturing animals would come to them with their humps very
high and their udders full of milk and their flanks stretched. He would then
come to another people and invite them. [Ad-dajjaal would have control over
these worldly things, and people love the world, so that is the gate through
which ad-dajjaal will come through; that is how he will deceive people.] But
they would reject him and he would go away from them and there would be drought
for them and nothing would be left with them in the form of wealth.
“He
would then walk through the waste, land and say to it: Bring forth your
treasures, and the treasures would come out and collect (themselves) before him
like the swarm of bees. He would then call a person brimming with youth and
strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces and (make these pieces
lie at a distance which is generally between the archer and his target). He
would then call (that young man) and he will come forward laughing with his
face gleaming (with happiness) [This is the fitna of dajjaal – he has
supernatural powers] ….. [Note: there is more to this hadith, if you want to
look it up online] [Muslim, B.41, #7015]
I
felt that this commentary really hit home; major eye opener: We should never
underestimate the fitna of ad-dajjaal. The only way we would be able to
recognize it is if we think about it in our terms. Think about salat ul-jama’ah
(prayer in congregation). We miss a lot of them. Imagine if you got $50 for
every salah you came to. Would the $50 attract you to the masjid or not? Here,
we’re talking about only $50; ad-dajjaal will have the gold and silver of the
world. If you follow him, he’ll give everything you want. If you don’t, he’ll
take it from you. What is keeping us from jama’ah? It is the dunya. Allahu
‘Alam, it may be minimum wage, or even 10 or 20. If that small amount is
sufficient to take us away from ibaadah, think about the time of ad-dajjaal.
Ad-dajjaal will attract all of the ignorant and the ones with weak faith.
Allah’s
Apostle told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things he
mentioned, was his saying, “Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for
him to pass through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty
barren areas outside Medina; on that day the best man or one of the best men
will come up to him and say, ‘I testify that you are the same Dajjal whose
description was given to us by Allah’s Apostle.’ Ad-Dajjal will say to the
people, ‘If I kill this man and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my
claim?’ They will say, ‘No.’ Then Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and bring him
back to life. That man will say, ‘Now I know your reality better than before.’
[This has only made me more assured that you are ad-dajjaal.] Ad-Dajjal will
say, ‘I want to kill him but I cannot.’” [Ad-dajjaal will try to kill him but
will not be able to.] [Bukhaari 3/30/106]
This
hadith is in Ibn Majah. Ad-dajjaal will bring a simple Bedouin, and he will
tell him, “If I resurrect your father and mother, will you believe in me?” The
Bedouin will say, “Yes.” Two devils will assume the personality and form of his
father and mother. They will say to him, “O my son, follow him. He is your
Lord!” Look at this fitna. What appears to be his father and mother are going
to come and tell their son this! This is a great fitna.
How
to Protect Yourself from Ad-dajjaal
1. Imaan – don’t wait until ad-dajjaal
comes to build your imaan. Because you will not be able to. One hadith that
when three things appear and a person doesn’t have imaan, then no imaan would
do them any good after that. One of those things is ad-dajjaal. Imaan needs to
be prepared prior to ad-dajjaal.
2. Al Isti’aadah – Seek refuge in Allah
from him. One of the du’aa that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam would
say after Salah very frequently, that some scholars even say it is waajib:
‘O
Allaah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the torment
of the Fire, from the trials and tribulations of life and death and from the
evil affliction of the Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal.’
Du'aa`
at end of Tashahud
3. Read the opening of Surah al-Kahf or the
last part of Surah al-Kahf. The hadith has been mentioned before. Why do you
think the opening of al-Kahf? Allahu ‘Alam, one of the reasons the speaker
thinks is because it talks about the story of the people of the cave. They left
the fitna, they didn’t confront it. As Muslims, we are ordered to confront
evil. The people of the cave left their society because the fitna/evil was too
huge. If the evil is too great, you have to protect yourself first. The king
and everyone were non believers and weren’t accepting da’wah. Look at the
similarities. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that if ever any of
you lives during the time of ad-dajjal, never go to meet him. Because, you
going and meeting him, thinking you are a believer, may leave the meeting a non
believer, because of the doubts that he puts in your hearts. The people are
going to run from him from the tops of mountains. The whole world will be with
ad-dajjaal. You may say, what about the young man who will confront him? That
is an exalted example. Not everyone has this type of imaan. RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that he is THE BEST of his time. If you fear
for your safety, leave. In another hadith, the ayahs of the end of al-kahf are
mentioned.
4. Avoiding him. RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam said: “Let him who hears of the Dajjal (Antichrist) go far
from him for I swear by Allah that a man will come to him thinking he is a
believer and follow him because of confused ideas roused in him by him. [Abu
Dawood B.37, #4305]
Death
of ad-Dajjaal
Even
though ad-dajjaal has all of this fitna, no matter how long a lie continues, it
cannot last forever. Ad-dajjaal is all about lying and deception and his
deception will carry him, but only so far, then he will collapse. In the end,
he will collapse, and that will be the end of him. He will not collapse until
he has caused damage all over the world, so much so that almost the entire
world will be following him. He will be unstoppable. No one will be able to
fight him. AlMehdi will have no way of competing with him. He will be with the
believers in Jerusalem, hiding with them in their forts.
There
will be no way for them to confront ad-dajjaal, until ‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus,
son of Mary), descends. Then ‘Eesa ibn Maryam, just like Allah has given
ad-dajjaal these supernatural abilities, Allah will give ‘Eesa a miracle and
that is: he will have the power of killing ad-dajjaal by his vision. In one
hadith, his vision, and in another, his breath. The vision and breath of ‘Eesa
will be enough to make ad-dajjaal melt like a piece of ice melts. And that is a
miracle that Allah subhaana wa ta’aala will give ‘Eesa.
In a
hadith by Muslim: The Dajjal would appear in my Ummah and he would stay (in the
world) for forty-I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months or
forty years. And Allah would then send Jesus son of Mary who would resemble
‘Urwah ibn Mas’ud. He (Jesus Christ) would chase him and kill him. [part of
hadith Muslim, B.41, #7023]
In a
hadith narrated by Ahmad, ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will kill ad-dajjaal at Baab-lud –
and this is in Palestine.
2:
The Descending of ‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam
Location
The
second sign, in terms of order, is the descending of ‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam. The
location of the descending will be Damascus. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam pinpointed Damascus and said, next to the eastern white minaret. At the
time, when RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said this, there wasn’t any
masjid in Damascus; it was part of the Roman Empire; it was Christian.
Nevertheless, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said he [‘Eesa] will
descend next to the eastern white minaret in Damascus.
AlMasjid AlAmawi is the biggest of the masaajid
of Damascus. It was a very important masjid in the history of the Muslim world,
because the capital of the khilaafa moved to Damascus for quite awhile – about
100 years. The grand masjid was what we now call the Amawi masjid. The colour
of the masjid wasn’t white. Ibn Katheer says that a few centuries later, the
minarets of the masjid were rebuilt and the money that was used in rebuilding
them was Christian money. Allahu Alam, Ibn Katheer didn’t say why, but he says
that it was the Christians who paid for the renovation of the minarets. And in
this renovation, the colour was made white. The minaret is still white. [The
speaker asked a person from Dimishq in the audience if it was still white.]
When it was first built, it wasn’t white, but it is white now – it is white
marble. SubhanAllah Ibn Katheer says it is a miracle that Christians are the
ones who financed and paid for the renovation of the masjid where ‘Eesa [Jesus]
will descend.
By
the way, there’s another amazing example here of colours. Masjid AnNabawi was
first built from mud/clay, so it was beige or brown. It remained that way until
it was renovated during the time of ‘Uthmaan, and then throughout Muslim
history it was renovated. It never carried the colour white until the latest
renovation that happened under the Saudi regime. They made the minarets white
marble. It’s different colours, but it looks quite white in Madinah. I don’t
think that this hadith was kept in mind when the renovation was done –
engineers did it – and the intention was to make it look good. But there is a
hadith of RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam that ad-Dajjaal would stand
over the mountain of Uhud and he will tell his army, “Do you see that white
palace? That is the palace of Muhammad.” And he will point towards Masjid
AnNabawi.
A
short lesson in the strength of hadith
Mowdoo’
- Fabricated
Da’eef
- Weak narration
Hasan
- Agreeable
Sahih
- Authentic
Mutawaatir
- Strongest type of sahih; no room for doubt
An
Article of Faith
The
evidence of the descending of ‘Eesa is mutawaatir. Mutawaatir means frequently
narrated and leaves no doubt in mind. Mowdoo’ is fabricated and da’eef is weak
narration. The higher degree is Hasan (agreeable). The higher degree is Sahih
(which is authentic.) And the strongest type of Sahih is mutawaatir. Mutawaatir
is something that came from so many directions that it is impossible for it to
have any doubt. The descending of ‘Eesa – Jesus, son of Mary – is certain
knowledge for Muslims. Meaning, we don’t say, “There’s a 60 or 70 percent chance.”
It is an article of faith for us to believe that ‘Eesa will descend. There is
not a difference of opinion. It is CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE according to some ayaat of
Qur’aan and an abundance of Hadith.
The
ayaat do not explicitly mention his name, but the meaning of the ayah is
talking about ‘Eesa. One example:
“He
[‘Eesa] is the knowledge of the Hour…” (43:61)
In
another Qira’aa` (variant reading of Qur’aan):
“And
he [‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)] shall be a known sign for (the coming
of) the Hour (Day of Resurrection) [i.e. 'Iesa's (Jesus) descent on the
earth]…”
So in
another variant reading, ‘Eesa’s descending on earth is a sign of the day of
judgment.
In an
authentic narration in Musnad Imam Ahmad, Ibn Abbaas says in the tafsir of this
ayah: “This ayah is talking about the descending of ‘Eesa, son of Mary (Maryam)
before the day of judgment.”
There’s
another ayah in the Qur’aan:
And
there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), but must
believe in him [‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), as only a Messenger of
Allah and a human being], before his [‘Eesa (Jesus) or a Jew’s or a
Christian’s] death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death). And
on the Day of Resurrection, he [‘Eesa (Jesus)] will be a witness over them
(4:159)
Ibn
Jarir AtTabari has a chain of narration that goes all the way to Ibn Abbaas.
Ibn Abbaas says, in the tafsir of this ayah, that the people of the book will
believe before his death, before the death of ‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam. AlHasan
AlBasri says, this is before the death of ‘Eesa. In the name of Allah, he is
now alive and then he will descend. When he descends, all of them will believe
in them.
Then
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that money will be widespread.
People will pass next to it and not take anything. People will be very content.
Also, it is so close to the Day of Judgment that this money doesn’t hold the
value to them. That is why, “one sajdah to them will be more valuable than the
world and everything in it.” (The speaker adds this part at the end of the
hadith).
When
He Descends
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says in another hadith, mutafakh ‘alay, “What will
your situation be when the son of Mary will descend amongst you and your Imam
is from within yourselves?” Because when ‘Eesa arrives, he will walk in and the
Muslims are about to pray – the ‘iqaamah was made in the masjid. When AlMehdi
sees ‘Eesa, he will retreat and he will ask him (‘Eesa) to lead the prayer. But
‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam will tell AlMehdi that the ‘iqaamah was made for you,
therefore you lead the salah. This is a great honor for this Ummah – that ‘Eesa
will pray behind one of the followers of Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
Obviously, after that ‘Eesa will resume the responsibility, but at that time
AlMehdi will led because the ‘iqaamah was made for him. Ibn Katheer says that
these hadith are mutawaatir.
This
hadith is in AtTirmidhi. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says ‘Eesa ibn
Maryam would descend next to the eastern white minaret of the masjid. He has
two yellow garments, and he will be placing his two hands on the wings of
angels. That is how he will come down – placing his hands on the wings of two
angels.
Which
Law Would He Apply?
When
‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam assumes the leadership amongst Muslims, what law would he
apply? Because when ‘Eesa was sent to Bani Israel, he followed the Law of Moses
(Musa) – the Torah. ‘Eesa would apply the law of Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam. All of it is Islaam – the message of Musa, ‘Eesa and Muhammad. There
were differences in particular details of the law, appropriate for their
people. When ‘Eesa descends, he will follow the law of Muhammad sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam. This is also an honor for RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam that ‘Eesa would follow his law.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said in another hadith to ‘Umar ibn AlKhattaab
that if Musa was alive today, he would have to follow me.
How
would that happen? AlQurtubi says that Allah will teach ‘Eesa, in the heavens,
the law of Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, the law of Qur’aan.
You
might say that part of the law if jizya, why won’t he accept that anymore? The
answer to that is that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that jizya
would continue until the time of ‘Eesa; after ‘Eesa there will be no more
jizya. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam stated that the law of jizya
only applies till the time of ‘Eesa.
When
‘Eesa descends on earth, he will perform Hajj with the Muslims. RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said in a hadith narrated by Muslim: “By Him in
Whose Hand is my life. Ibn Maryam (Jesus Christ) would certainly pronounce
Talbiya for Hajj or for Umra or for both (simultaneously as a Qiran) in the
valley of Rauha.” [Muslim, B.7, #2877]
The
End
What
will be the condition of the world during his time? There is a hadith in Muslim
which says that after Ya`juj and Ma`juj: [...]Then Allah would send rain which
no house of clay or (the tent of) camels’ hairs would keep out and it would
wash away the earth until it could appear to be a mirror. [The speaker says:
Allahu Alam this could mean that there would be so much water that it looks
like a mirror or the earth would become so clean and as transparent as a mirror.]
Then [Allah would give order to] the earth would be told to bring forth its
fruit and restore its blessing [The blessings are on earth, but we are the
reason they don’t appear. Allah says that corruption appeared on earth – why?
Because of what the hands of people have reaped.] and, as a result thereof, there would grow
such a big pomegranate that a group of persons would be able to eat that, and
seek shelter under its skin and a cow would give so much milk that a whole
party would be able to drink it. And the camel would give such a large quantity
of milk that the whole tribe would be able to drink out of that and the sheep
would give so much milk that the whole family would be able to drink out of
that and at that time Allah would send a pleasant wind which would soothe
people even under their armpits, and would take the life of every Muslim and
only the wicked would survive who would commit adultery like asses and the Last
Hour would come to them. [Muslim B.41, #7015]
In
another hadith by Imam Ahmad, “The Prophets are half brothers. Their religion
is one, but their mothers are different.” In other words, all of the prophets
are brothers, even though their law is different. The religion is the same and
they are brothers. “And ‘Eesa is the closest one to me because there is no
prophet between me and him. And he would descend. When he comes down, know him.
He is average height and he has fair skin and he will be wrapped in two
garments which have a yellowish colour. His hair looks as if it is wet and
dripping with droplets of water, even though it’s dry.” Sometimes people have
such beautiful hair – it might be so dark and black – that it looks wet. In the
time of Islam, all of the religions will disappear except Islam. This will only
happen during the time of Islam. Another honor to ‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam is that
during his time, ad-dajjaal will be eliminated, and peace would descend on
earth. Peace isn’t hanging up there – it will be with the people. RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, lions would accompany camels and tigers
would accompany cows and wolves would accompany goats and children would play
with snakes. There would be so much peace on earth; no one wants to harm
anyone. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, he would stay for 40 years
and then he would die and the Muslims would pray on him. He has to come down to
earth, because Allah created us from this earth. We would live on this earth
and die on this earth. ‘Eesa [Jesus] did not die yet. Allah would bring him
down to achieve the final victory of Islam. SubhanAllah, this is a blessed
Ummah – it begins with a prophet and ends with a prophet.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says in the hadith that he would stay for 40
years, but in another hadith it says that he would stay for 7 years. Both
hadith are authentic and in Muslim. The scholars found a way to explain this.
40 years is his total time on earth. He already lived 33 years on earth and he
has 7 years left in his life, and he will spend the 7 years with this Ummah.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, during those 7 years, there will be 7 years
when no two people will have any animosity between each other. There will be so
much peace during that time. And then, [RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
says] a wind would blow from Ash-Shaam and it would take the soul of every
believer. Even the ones with a single grain of imaan in his heart will die.
That is the end of the story of this world. It started with Adam and ends with
Islam.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “There will be so much blessing that if you
throw a seed and throw them on a solid rock, it will grow.” And then that’s the
end.
The
souls of the believers will be taken away. Following that, the munafiqeen and
the worst of people will remain. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says
they would be corrupt and would have intercourse amongst each other like
donkeys – like animals. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, these are
the ones whom the Hour would occur on. Allahu Alam, that would continue for 40
years. There would be perversion and corruption and all types of evil.
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