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Major Signs Before the Day
of Judgement - Dajjaal....
Source: His Explanation of the book Lumu'at-ul-'Itiqaad of
Imaam Ibn Qudaamah [pg. 105-110]. Checking of Hadeeth and Footnotes
by Ashraf Ibn 'Abdul-Maqsood.
Translator: Abu maryam .
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The Emergence of the Dajjaal - Linguistically, Dajjaal is derived from the
word dajl, which means lying and impostering. Religiously, it refers to a
man who is an imposter and who will appear during the Last Days, claiming
lordship. His emergence is established in the Sunnah as well as the Ijmaa'
(consensus). The Prophet (saws) said: "Say: 'O Allaah, verily I seek
refuge in you from the punishment of the Hellfire, and I seek refuge in
you from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in you from the
trial of Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal. And I seek refuge in you from the trial of
life and death."
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"The Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa' sallam) would
seek refuge from him during prayer"
and the Muslims have agreed upon his emergence. His story: He will emerge
from a road in an area between Shaam and 'Iraaq and will begin to call the
people to worship him. A majority of the people that will follow him will
be from the Jews, women and bedouins. Seventy-thousand Jews from Asfahaan
(an area in present-day Iran) will follow him and he will travel
throughout the entire earth, just as the wind blows rain in all
directions, except for Makkah and Madeenah, for he will be prevented from
entering them. The length of his stay will be forty days. One day will be
like a year, second day like a month, third day like a week and the rest
of the days will be as normal. He is one-eyed (i.e. one eye is good and
the other is defective) and between his two eyes will be written KA FA RA
(i.e. kaafir or disbeliever). Only the believers will be able to read it.
He will bring about great trials, some of which are that he will command
the heavens and it will rain and he will command the earth and it will
produce vegetation. He will have with him a Garden and a Fire. However,
his garden will be a fire, and his fire will be a garden. The Prophet (sallAllaahu
'alayhi wa' sallam) warned of him by saying: "Whosoever hears of him,
then let him distance himself from him. And whosoever has him reach him,
then let him recite the opening verses of Surah Kahf upon him" - or -
"...let him recite the opening verses of Surah Kahf."
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