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1310. 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated that 'Aishah told him that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to say the following supplication in his prayer: "Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min 'adhābil-qabri wa a'ūdhu bika min fitnatil-masīhid-dajjāl, wa a'ūdhu bika min fitnatil-mahyā wal-mamātī, Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min al-ma'thamī wal-maghram (O Allāh, I seek refuge with You from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the tribulation of the Al-Masīhid-Dajjāl, and I seek refuge with You from the trials of life and death. O Allāh, I seek refuge in You from sin and debt.)" Someone said to him: "How often you seek refuge from debt!" He said: "If a man gets into debt, when he speaks he lies, and when he makes a promise he betrays it." (Saḥīḥ)
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1. "Masīh Dajjāl": the Deceptive Messiah. It follows from the authentic Aḥādīth or traditions that before the Day of Judgment, the False Messiah will appear. He will be highly advanced from the worldly point of view and he will overawe people with his magic. He will claim to be the lord and will attempt to make all people recite his word. He will be terribly deceptive and treacherous. This is the meaning of the expression Dajjāl. He has been called Masīh or the anointed because he would be one-eyed or blind in one eye.
2. The trial or test of life is man's remaining disobedient to his Lord in this
worldly life, with a sense of deep loathing toward the true religion or the truthful way of life. It is to stay wrapped up in the pleasures of life, heedless of the Creator. And the trial of death denotes Satan's misguiding at the time of death. One may not have the good fortune of reciting the formula of the Oneness of Allāh - Kalimah At-Tawhīd - and one may die in bad state. We seek refuge in Allāh from such an evil end!
