Why was dajjal created

His physical deformity will also be manifest in his walk, with the big toes of his feet almost touching and his heels far apart, as well as in his repulsive matted and frizzy hair. For example, he will be accompanied by water that burns and fire that has the effect of cold water.

He will bring into being a garden resembling hellfire and a fire resembling the garden of paradise. He will descend into the ocean, and the sun will accompany him. Wherever he goes a mountain of black smoke will precede him, and a mountain of white smoke will follow him. So we requested Masrdq to ask him. So he asked him and he said: By that door, he meant 'Umar.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hudhaifa through other chains of transmitters also. Hudhaifa reported that Umar said: Who would narrate to us the ahadith pertaining to turmoil and he reported a badith similar to these ahadith.

Jundub reported: I came on the day of Jara'a that a person was found sitting. I said: They would shed their blood today. That person said: By Allah. I said: By Allah, of course, they would do it. He said: By Allah, they would not do it. He said: By Allah, they would not do it, and I have heard a hadith of Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him which I am narrating to you in this connection. I said: You are a bad seat fellow. I have been opposing you since morning and you are listening to me in spite of the fact that you have heard a hadith from Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him contrary to ray statement.

I myself felt that there was no use of this annoyance. He could tell me earlier that it was a hadith of the Holy Prophet may peace be upon him], and I would not have opposed him at all.

I turned my face toward him and asked him and he was Hadrat Hudhaifa. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come before the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold, for which people would fight.

Ninety-nine out of each one hundred would die but every man amongst them would say that perhaps he would be the one who would be saved and thus possess this gold. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition: "My father said: If you see that, do not even go near it. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come unless the Euphrates would uncover a treasure of gold, so he who finds it should not take anything out of that.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Euphrates would soon uncover a mountain of gold but he who is present there should not take anything from that.

Harith b. Naufal reported: I was standing along with Ubayy b. Ka,b and he said: The opinions of the people differ in regard to the achievement of worldly ends.

I said: Yes, of course. Thereupon he said: I heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Euphrates would soon uncover a mountain of gold and when the people would bear of it they would flock towards it but the people who would possess that treasure would say : If we allow these persons to take out of it they would take away the whole of it.

So they would fight and ninety-nine out of one hundred would be killed. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: Iraq would withhold its dirhams and qafiz; Syria would withhold its mudd and dinar and Egypt would withhold its irdab and dinar and you would recoil to that position from where you started and you would recoil to that position from where you started and you would recoil to that position from where you started, the bones and the flesh of Abu Huraira would bear testimony to it.

An army consisting of the best soldiers of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina to counteract them. When they will arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans would say: Do not stand between us and those Muslims who took prisoners from amongst us.

Let us fight with them; and the Muslims would say: Nay, by Allah, we would never get aside from you and from our brethren that you may fight them. They will then fight and a third part of the army would run away, whom Allah will never forgive. A third part of the army. And as they would be busy in distributing the spoils of war amongst themselves after hanging their swords by the olive trees, the Satan would cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your family.

They would then come out, but it would be of no avail. And when they would come to Syria, he would come out while they would be still preparing themselves for battle drawing up the ranks.

Certainly, the time of prayer shall come and then Jesus peace be upon him son of Mary would descend and would lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah would see him, it would disappear just as the salt dissolves itself in water and if he Jesus were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely, but Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance the lance of Jesus Christ.

Mustaurid al-Qurashi reported: I heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would come when the Romans would form a majority amongst people.

He said: I say what I heard from Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him. Thereupon he said: If you say that, it is a fact for they have four qualities. They have the patience to undergo a trial and immediately restore themselves to sanity after trouble and attack again after flight.

They have the quality of being good to the destitute and the orphans, to the weak and, fifthly, the good quality in them is that they put resistance against the oppression of kings.

Mustaurid Qurashi reported: I heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would come when the Romans would form a majority amongst people. This reached 'Amr b.

Mustaurid said to him: I stated only that which I heard from Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him. Thereupon 'Amr said: If you state this it is true , for they have the power of tolerance amongst people at the time of turmoil and restore themselves to sanity after trouble, and are good amongst people so far as the destitute and the weak are concerned.

Yusair b. Jabir reported: Once there blew a red storm in Kufah that there came a person who had nothing to say but these words : Abdullah b. Mas'ud, the Last Hour has come. He 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud was sitting reclining against something, and he said: The Last Hour would not come until the people divide in- heritance and rejoice over booty, and then said pointing towards Syria, with the gesture of his hand like this: The enemy shall muster strength against Muslims and the Muslims will muster strength against them Syrians.

I said: You mean Rome? And he said: Yes, and there would be a terrible fight and the Muslims would prepare a detachment for fighting unto death which would not return but victorious. They will fight until night will intervene them; both the sides will return without being victorious and both will be wiped out.

The Muslims will again prepare a detachment for fighting unto death so that they may not return but victorious. When it would be the fourth day, a new detachment out of the remnant of the Muslims would be prepared and Allah will decree that the enemy should be routed.

And they would fight such a fight the like of which would not be seen, so much so that even if a bird were to pass their flanks, it would fall down dead before reaching the end of them. There would be such a largescale massacre that when counting would be done, only one out of a hundred men related to one another would be found alive. So what can be the joy at the spoils of such war and what inheritance would be divided! They would be in this very state that they would hear of a calamity more horrible than this.

And a cry would reach them: The Dajjil has taken your place among your off- spring. They will, therefore, throw away what would be in their hands and go forward sending ten horsemen,as a scouting party. Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: I know their names and the names of their forefathers and the colour of their horses.

They will be best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day or amongst the best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day. Jabir reported: I was in the company of Ibn Mas'ud that there blew a red storm. Jabir reported: I was in the house of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud and the house was fully packed that a red storm blew in Kufah.

Nafi' b. Utba reported: We were with Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him in an expedition that there came a people to Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him from the direction of the west.

They were dressed in woollen clothes and they stood near a hillock and they met him as Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him was sitting. I said to myself: Better go to them and stand between him and them that they may not attack him. Then I thought that perhaps there had been going on secret negotiation amongst them. I however, went to them and btood between them and him and I remember four of the words on that occasion which I repeat on the fingers of my hand that he Allah's Messenger said: You will attack Arabia and Allah will enable you to conquer it, then you would attack Persia and He would make you to Conquer it.

Then you would attack Rome and AllgLh will enable you to conquer it, then you would attack the Dajjal and Allah will enable you to conquer him. Nafi' said: Jabir, we thought that the Dajjal would appear after Rome Syrian territory would be conquered. Usaid Ghifari reported: Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him came to us all of a sudden as we were busy in a discussion.

He said: What do you discuss about? They the Companions said. We are discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: It will not cone until you see ten signs before and in this connection he made a mention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary Allah be pleased with him , the Gog and Magog, and land-slidings in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly.

Usaid reported: Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him was in an apartment and we were beneath that that he peeped in and said to us: What are you discussing about? We said: We are discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: The Last Hour would not come until the ten signs dppear: land-sliding in the east, and land-sliding in the west, and land-sliding in the peninsula of Arabia, the smoke, the Dajjal, the beast of the earth, Gog and Magog, the rising of the sun from the west and the fire which would emit from the lower part of 'Adan.

Shu'ba said that 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Rufai' reported on the authority of Abu Tufail who reported on the authority of Abu Sariha a hadith like this that Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him did not make a mention of the tenth sign but he said that out of the ten one was the descent of Jesus Christ, son of Mary peace be upon him , and in another version it is theb lowing of the violent gale which would drive the people to the ocean.

Abu Sariha reported: Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him was in an upper apartment and we were standing lower to him and discussing about the Last Hour. The rest of the hadith is the same, and Shu'ba said: I think he also said these words: The fire would descend along with them where they would land and where they would take rest during midday it would also cool down for a while.

Shu'ba said: This hadith has been transmitted to me through Abu Tufail and Abu Sariha and none could trace it back directly to Allah's Apostle may peace b.. However, there is a mention of the descent of Jesus Christ son of Mary in one version and in the other there is a mention of the blowing of a violent would drive them to the ocean. The rest of the hadith is the same and the tenth sign was the descent of Jesus Christ son of Mary, and Shu'ba said: 'Abd al-'Aziz did not trace it directly to Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him.

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: The Last Hour would not come until fire emits from the earth of Hijaz which would illuminate the necks of the camels of the Busra. Zubair said: I said to Suhail how far these were from Medina. He said: So and so miles. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The famine would not break otit because of drought, but there would be famine despite heavy rainfall as nothing would grow from the earth.

Ibn 'Umar reported that he heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying in a state that he had turned his face towards the east: Behold, turmoil would appear from this side, from where the horns of Satan would appear. Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him stood by the door of the apartment of gafsa and, pointing towards the east, he said: The turmoil would appear from this side, viz.

Sa'ld in his narration said. The Messenger of Allah may peace be upon him had been standing by the door of 'A'isha. Salim b. Abdullah reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him , while turning his face towards the east, said: The turmoil would appear from this side; verily, the turmoil would appear from this side; verily, the turmoil.

Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him came out from the house of 'A'isha and said: It would be from this side that there would appear the height of unbelief, viz. Ibn Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying while pointing his hands towards the east: The turmoil would appear from this side; verily, the turmoil would appear from this side he repeated it thrice where appear the horns of Satan.

Ibn Fudail reported on the authority of his father that he heard Salim b. I heard from my father 'Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Umar reported this hadith from Salim, but he did not make a mention of the words: "I heard". Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come until the women of the tribe of Daus would be seen going round Dhi al-Khalasa for worship and Dhi al-Khalasa is a place in Tabala, where there was a temple in which the people of the tribe of Daus used to worship the idol.

I said: Allah's Messenger, I think when Allah has revealed this verse: "He it is Who has sent His Messenger with right guidance, and true religion, so that He may cause it to prevail upon all religions, though the polytheists are averse to it " ix.

Thereupon he Allah's Apostle said: It would happen as Allah would like. Then Allah would send the sweet fragrant air by which everyone who has even a mustard grain of faith in Him would die and those only would survive who would have no goodness in them. And they would revert to the religion of their forefathers.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Ja'far with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come until a person would pass by a grave of another person and he would say: I wish it had been my abode.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: By Him, in Whose hand is my life, the world would not come to an end until a person would pass by a grave, would roll over it and express the desire that he should be in the place of the occupant of that grave not because of religious reasons but because of this calamity.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, a time would come when the murderer would not know why he has committed the murder, and the victim would not know why he has been killed. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The world would not come to an end until a day would come to the people on which the murderer would not know as to why he has killed and the slain would not know as to why he has been murdered.

It would be said: Why would It happen? To which he replied: It would be because of general massacre and bloodshed. And the slaughterers and the slain would be in Fire, and in the narration of Ibn Aban, the name of Abu Isma'il has been mentioned.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Ka'ba would be destroyed by an Abyssinian having two small shanks. The above mentioned hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: It would be an Abyssinian having two small shanks who would destroy the House ol Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messengar may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come before a person of Qahtan comes forth driving people with his stick.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The day and the night would not come to an end before a man called al-Jahjah would occupy the throne.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come unless you fight with people whose faces are like hammered shields and the Last Hour would not come until you would fight against those wearing the shoes of hair. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come until a people wearing shoes of hair fight against you having their faces like hammered shields.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come until you fight with a people wearing shoes of hair and the Last Hour would not come until you fight with a people having small eyes and broad snub noses. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: The Last Hour would not come until the Muslims fight with the Turks-a people whose faces would be like hammered shields wearing clothes of hair and walking with shoes of hair.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as saying: You shall fight in the hours to come against a nation wearing shoes made of hair and faces like hammered shields, with red complexion and small eyes. Abu Nadra reported:"We were in the company of Jabir b.

We said : Who would be respolisible for it? He again said: There is the possibility that the people of Syria may not send their dinar and mudd. We said: Who would be responsible for it? He said This prevention would be made by the Romans. He Jabir b. Abdullab kept quiet for a while and then reported Allah',s Messengdt may peas be upon him having said There would be a caliph in the last period of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to thd people wiothout counting it.

They said: No he would be Imam Mahdi. Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger may peace he upon him I said: There would be amongest your caliphs a caliph who would give handfuls of wealth to the, but wbuld not count it. Abu Sa'id and Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: There would be in the last phase of the time a caliph who would distribute wealth but would not count.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id through another chain of transmitters. Abu Sa'id Khudri reported: One who Is better than I informed me, that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said to 'Ammar as he was digging the ditch on the ocasion of the Battle of the Ditch wiping over his head: O son of Summayya you will be involved in trouble and a group of the rebels would kill you.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Umm Salama that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said to 'Ammar: A group of rebels would kill you. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Umm Salam through another chain of transmitters.

Unmm Salama reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: A band of rebels would kill 'Ammar. Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him as saying: This tribe of the Quraish would kill people of wy Ummah.

They the Companions said:What us to do in such a situations? Thereupon he said: Would that the people remain aside from them and not besmear their hand with the blood of the Muslim.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Huraira reported that Allh's Messenger may peace be upon him said: Khusrau king of Persia would die and Qaisar Ceasar King of Rome would die; there would be no Qaisar after him, but, by one in Whose Hand is my life, you would spend their treasures in the cause of Allah.

Hammam b. Munabbih reported: This is what Abu Huraira reported from Allah's messenger may peace be upon him and in this connection he reported so many hadith and one of them was this : Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: Kisra would die and then there would be no Kisra after him.

Qaisar would die and there would be no Qaisar after him, but you will distribute their threasuers in thecause of Allah. Jabir b. Samura reported that Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him said: When Kisra would die there would be no Kisra after him; the rest of the hadith is the same as Abu Huraira reported. Samura reported: I heard Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him as sayingt There would lie open for a group of Muslims, or for a group of believers, the treasures of the family of Kisra which would be in the whit palace.

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