The Dajjal And The Return of Jesus_ Yusuf Ibn Abdullah Ibn Yusuf Al Wabil

THE DESCRIPTIONS OF DAJJAL
AND THE NARRATIONS
RELATING THEM
T
HE
DAJJAL WILL BE A MAN from among the sons
of Adam. He has many descriptions, as occurs in the
apridith. In order to familiarise people about him and to
warn them of his evil. So when he appears, the believers will
recognise him and will not succumb to his fitnah 1 • On the contrary,
they will have exact knowledge concerning his descriptions,
which the Truthful One (the Prophet :i) has informed us
about. These descriptions will distinguish him from other people.
He will deceive only one who is ignorant, whose wretchedness
has been decreed. We ask Allah to preserve us.
1
Fitnah: pl.jitan., trials, tribulations, civil strife.
The jitnah (trial, tribulation) of the Dajjal will be the greatestjitnah ever, seen
from the time that Allah created Adam until the onset of the Day of Judgement,
and this will be because of the power that Allah will permit him to have, of
working great miracles that will amaze and confuse the people. There are a/Jadith
that describe how he will have a 'paradise' and a 'hell', but his paradise will in fact
be a hell, and vice versa. He will have rivers of water and mountains of bread. He
will command the sky to rain, and it will rain, and he will command the earth to
bring forth its produce, and it will bring forth its produce. The treasures of the
earth will follow him, and he will travel though the earth at great speed, like rain
driven by the wind.
17