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

Is lbn Sqyydd the great Dqjjd/?
gregation. When the Prophet had finished his prayer,
he sat on the pulpit, smiling, and said, 'let every person
remain in his place.'
And then he (~) said, 'Do you know why I had
asked you to assemble?'
The people said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.'
"He said, 'By Allah, I have not gathered you here to
give you an exhortation or a warning. On the contrary,
I have gathered you here because Tamim al­
Dari14, who was a Christian man has come and embraced
Islam and has given allegiance (to Allah and
His Messenger). Moreover, he has related to me a
narrative, which conforms to what l have been relating
to you about the Masip al-Dqjjal.'
He narrated, 'that he had sailed in a ship with thirty
men from (the tribes of) Lakhm and Judham. The
waves had tossed them (from place to place) in the
sea for a whole month. They then brought her (their
ship) near to the shore of an island, at the time of
sunset. Then they boarded (small) boats and entered
the island, where a beast that was so hairy that they
could not tell its front from its back met them.'
They said, "Woe be to you! What are you?"
It replied, "I am al-Jassasah.''
They said, "What is al-Jassasah?"
14 He is Abu Ruqayah or Ruqyah, Tamim, son of Aws, son of Kharijah al-DarI,
from the tribe ofLakhm (may Allah be pleased with him). He was from among
the scholars of the People of the Book (the Jews and Christians), who came to
Madinah and embraced Islam in the ninth year of hijrah. He has narrated from
the Prophet (:i), and from whom a number of Companions have narrated, Like
'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar, 'Abdullah lbn 'Abbas, Anas and Abu Hurayrah. He moved
to Sham after the killing of'Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with them)
and resided at Bayt ul-Maqdis Gerusalem) and died in the year 40AH. See 'Tadhib al­
Tadhib', [1 / 511-512).
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