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

THE DAJJ AL AND THE RETURN OF JESUS
It said, "O people, proceed (quickly) to this man in
the monastery, for he is very anxious and longing to
here news from you."
Tamim said that when it named a person to us, we
feared that it was a shqyfana.
Tamim said, "So we hastened quickly (with him) till
we reached the monastery, and there behold! We saw
the most enormous man we had ever seen, most
severely fettered with chains. His hands tied up to his
neck and with iron shackles between his legs up to
the ankles."
We asked, "Woe be to you! What are you?"
He said, "Indeed you will soon know about me (thus
far). So inform me who you are."
We said, "We are people from the Arabs. We sailed in
a ship, but the waves have been tossing us about for
a month. We then drew near the shore of this Island
of yours, boarded (small) boats and entered the island,
where a beast that was so hairy that we could
not tell its front from its back met us."
We said, "Woe be to you! What are you?"
It replied, "I am aljassasah."
We said, "What is aljassasah?"
It replied, "O people, proceed (quickly) to this man
in the monastery, for he is very anxious and longing
to here news from you." And therefore we rushed
to you quickly and were scared from it (i.e., aljassasah),
lest it may be a shqyfana (female devil).
He asked, 'Inform me about the date-palms of
Bays an.'
We replied, 'what do you want to know about them?'
He said, 'I want to know whether these trees bear
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