English translation
2240. It was narrated from An-
Nawwās bin Sam‘ān, who said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ mentioned the Dajjāl one morning, he belittled him and mentioned his importance,[1] until we thought that he might be amidst a cluster of date-palms.” He said: “We departed from the presence of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, then we returned to him, and he noticed that (concern) in us. So he said: ‘What is wrong with you?’” We said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! You mentioned the Dajjāl this morning, belittling him, and mentioning his importance until we thought that he might be amidst a cluster of the date-palms.’ He said: ‘It is not the Dajjāl that I fear for you. If he were to appear while I am among you, then I will be his adversary on your behalf. And if he appears and I am not among you, then each man will have to fend for himself. And Allāh will take care of every Muslim after me. He is young, with curly hair, his eye protruding, resembling someone from ‘Abdul-Uzza bin Qaṭan. Whoever among you sees him, then let him recite the beginning of Sūrah Aṣḥāb Al-Kahf.’
“He said: ‘He will appear from what is between Ash-Shām and Al-Irāq, causing devastation toward the right and toward the left. O worshippers of Allāh! Hold fast!’” We said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! How long will he linger on the earth?’ He said: ‘Forty days, a day
like a year, a day like a month, a day like a week, and the remainder of his days are like your days.” We said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! Do you think that during the day that is like a year, the Ṣalāt of one day will be sufficient for us?’ He said: ‘No. You will have to estimate it.’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! How fast will he move through the earth.’ He said: ‘Like a rain storm driven by the wind. He will come upon a people and call them, and they will deny him, and reject his claims. Then he will leave them, and their wealth will follow him. They will awaken in the morning with nothing left. Then he will come upon a people and call them, and they will respond to him, believing in him. So he will order the heavens to bring rain, and it shall rain, and he will order the land to sprout, and it will sprout. Their cattle will return to them with their coats the longest, their udders the fullest and their stomachs the fattest.’ He said: ‘Then he will come upon some ruins, saying to it: “Bring me your treasures!” He will turn to leave it, and it will follow him, like drone bees. Then he will call a young man, full of youth, and he will strike him with the sword, cutting him into two pieces. Then he will call him, and he will come forward with his face beaming and laughing. So while he is doing that, ‘Eisā bin Mariam, peace be upon him, will descend in eastern Damascus at the white minaret, between two
Mahrūd,[1] with his hands on the wings of two angels. When he lowers his head, drops fall, and when he raises it, gems like pearls drop from him.' He said: 'His (the Dajjal's) breath does not reach anyone but he dies, and his breath reaches as far as his sight.' He said: 'So he pursues him (the Dajjāl) until he catches up with him at the gate of Ludd where he kills him.' He said: 'So he remains there as a long as Allāh wills.' He said: 'Then Allāh reveals to him: "Take my slaves to Aṭ-Ṭūr, for I have sent down some creatures of Mine which no one shall be able to kill." He said: 'Allāh dispatches Ya'jūj and Ma'jūj, and they are as Allāh said: They swoop down from every mount.'[2]
"He said: 'The first of them pass by the lake of Tiberias, drinking what is in it. Then the last of them pass by it saying: "There was water here at one time." They travel until they reach a mountain at Bait Al-Maqdis. They will say: "We have killed whoever was in the earth. Come! Let us kill whoever is in the skies." They will shoot their arrows into the heavens, so Allāh will return their arrows to them red with blood. 'Eisā bin Mariam and his companions will be surrounded, until the head of a bull on that day would be better to them than a hundred Dinār to one of you today.'
of the Anṣār! Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ not say: "He is a disbeliever" while I am a Muslim? Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ not say: "He is sterile, having no children" while I have left my children behind in Al-Madīnah? Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ not say: "[He will not enter or] Makkah [and Al-Madīnah] are not lawful for him" and am I not from the inhabitants of Al-Madīnah, and who is the one who accompanied you to Makkah?" "By Allāh, he continued talking like this until I said: 'Perhaps he has been falsely accused' then he said: 'O Abū Sa'eed! By Allāh, I can inform you of some information that is true, by Allāh! Verily, I know him, I know his father, [and I know] where he is at this time in the land.' So I said: 'May the rest of your day be but grief.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.]