The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the Dajjal one morning, sometimes lowering his voice and sometimes raising it, until we thought he was hiding among the date palms. When we went to him later, he noticed this in our faces and asked, "What is the matter with you?"We replied, "Messenger of Allah, you mentioned the Dajjal this morning, lowering and raising your voice until we thought he was among the date palms."He said, "There are things other than the Dajjal that I fear more for you. If he appears while I am still among you, I will be the one to confront him on your behalf. But if he appears when I am no longer with you, then each person must defend himself, and Allah will be my deputy over every Muslim. He is a young man with very curly hair and a defective eye. I can liken him to Abdul Uzza bin Qatan. Whoever among you meets him, let him recite the opening verses of Surah al-Kahf to him. He will emerge from a place between Syria and Iraq, spreading corruption to the right and to the left. Servants of Allah, stand firm."We asked, "Messenger of Allah, how long will he remain on earth?"He said, "Forty days. One day will be like a year, another like a month, another like a week, and the rest of his days will be like your ordinary days."We asked, "Messenger of Allah, on that day which is like a year, will the prayers of one day be enough for us?"He said, "No. Estimate the times accordingly."We asked, "Messenger of Allah, how swiftly will he move through the earth?"He said, "Like a rain cloud driven by the wind. He will come to a people and call them, and they will believe in him and respond to him. He will then command the sky, and it will rain, and the earth, and it will bring forth vegetation. Their cattle will return to them in the evening with humps taller than ever, udders fuller than ever, and flanks broader than ever. Then he will come to another people and call them, but they will reject his words. He will turn away from them, and they will wake up in drought with nothing of their wealth left in their hands. He will pass by a ruin and say to it, 'Bring out your treasures,' and its treasures will follow him like swarms of bees. Then he will summon a man brimming with youth and strike him with the sword, cutting him into two pieces as far apart as an archer's target. Then he will call him, and the man will come forward, his face beaming with laughter.While he is in this state, Allah will send Masih, son of Maryam, who will descend at the white minaret east of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron, placing his hands on the wings of two angels. When he lowers his head, drops will fall, and when he raises it, beads like pearls will trickle down. No disbeliever who catches the scent of his breath will live, and his breath reaches as far as his sight. He will pursue the Dajjal until he catches him at the gate of Ludd and kills him.Then Isa, son of Maryam, will come to a people whom Allah has protected from the Dajjal. He will wipe their faces and tell them of their ranks in Paradise. While he is in this state, Allah will reveal to Isa, 'I have brought forth servants of Mine whom no one has the power to fight. Take My servants safely to the mountain of Tur.' Then Allah will send forth Yajuj and Majuj, and they will come swarming down from every height. Their first wave will pass by Lake Tabariyya and drink all that is in it, and when their last group passes by, they will say, 'There was once water here.'The Prophet of Allah Isa and his companions will be besieged until the head of an ox will be more valuable to one of them than a hundred Dinars are to any of you today. The Prophet of Allah Isa and his companions will turn to Allah in supplication, and Allah will send upon them a worm in their necks, and they will all perish at once, as though dying a single death.Then the Prophet of Allah Isa and his companions will descend to the earth and find no spot the size of a hand-span that is not filled with their stench and rot. The Prophet of Allah Isa and his companions will again turn to Allah in supplication, and Allah will send birds with necks like those of Bactrian camels, which will carry them away and cast them wherever Allah wills.Then Allah will send rain that no house of clay or hide can keep out, and it will wash the earth until it leaves it like a polished mirror. Then it will be said to the earth, 'Bring forth your fruit and restore your blessings.' On that day, a group of people will eat from a single pomegranate and shelter under its rind. Milk will be so blessed that the milk of one camel will suffice a large gathering of people, the milk of one cow will suffice a tribe, and the milk of one sheep will suffice an extended family.While they are in this state, Allah will send a pleasant wind that will take them under their armpits and seize the soul of every believer and every Muslim. Only the worst of people will remain, fornicating openly like donkeys, and upon them the Hour will be established."
ذكر رسول الله ﷺ الدجال ذات غداة فخفض فيه ورفع حتى ظنناه في طائفة النخل، فلما رحنا إليه عرف ذلك فينا، فقال: ما شأنكم؟ قلنا: يا رسول الله، ذكرت الدجال غداة فخفضت فيه ورفعت حتى ظنناه في طائفة النخل، فقال: غير الدجال أخوفني عليكم إن يخرج وأنا فيكم فأنا حجيجه دونكم، وإن يخرج ولست فيكم فامرؤ حجيج نفسه، والله خليفتي على كل مسلم؛ إنه شاب قطط، عينه طافئة كأني أشبهه بعبد العزى بن قطن، فمن أدركه منكم فليقرأ عليه فواتح سورة الكهف إنه خارج خلة بين الشام والعراق فعاث يمينا وعاث شمالا، يا عباد الله فاثبتوا. قلنا: يا رسول الله وما لبته في الأرض؟ قال: أربعون يوما يوم كسنة، ويوم كشهر ويوم كجمعة وسائر أيامه كأيامكم. قلنا: يا رسول الله فذلك اليوم الذي كسنة اتكفينا فيه صلاة يوم؟ قال: لا اقدروا له قدره. قلنا: يا رسول الله وما إسراعه في الأرض؟ قال: كالغيث استدبرته الريح، فيأتي على القوم فيدعوهم فيؤمنون به ويستجيبون له فيأمر السماء فتمطر والأرض فتنبت، فتروح عليهم سارحتهم أطول ما كانت ذرا، وأسبغه ضروعا، وأمده خواصر، ثم يأتي القوم فيدعوهم فيردون عليه قوله، فينصرف عنهم فيصبحون ممحلين ليس بأيديهم شيء من أموالهم، ويمر بالخربة فيقول لها: أخرجي كنوزك فتتبعه كنوزها كيعاسيب النحل، ثم يدعو رجلا ممتلئا شبابا فيضربه بالسيف فيقطعه جزلتين رمية الغرض. ثم يدعوه فيقبل ويتهلل وجهه يضحك، فبينما هو كذلك إذ بعث الله المسيح ابن مريم فينزل عند المنارة البيضاء شرقي دمشق بين مهرودتين واضعا كفيه على أجنحة ملكين إذا طأطأ رأسه قطر، وإذا رفعه تحدر منه جمان كاللؤلؤ، فلا يحل لكافر يجد ريح نفسه إلا مات، ونفسه ينتهي حيث ينتهي طرفه، فيطلبه حتى يدركه بباب لد، فيقتله. ثم يأتي عيسى ابن مريم قوم قد عصمهم الله منه فيمسح عن وجوههم ويحدثهم بدرجاتهم في الجنة، فبينما هو كذلك إذ أوحى الله إلى عيسى: إني قد أخرجت عبادا لي، لا يدان لأحد بقتالهم فحرز عبادي إلى الطور، ويبعث الله يأجوج ومأجوج وهم من كل حدب ينسلون، فيمر أوائلهم على بحيرة طبرية فيشربون ما فيها، ويمر آخرهم فيقولون: لقد كان بهذه مرة ماء. ويحصر نبي الله عيسي وأصحابه، حتى يكون رأس الثور لأحدهم خيرا من مائة دينار لأحدكم اليوم، فيرغب نبي الله عيسى وأصحابه فيرسل الله عليهم النغف في رقابه فيصبحون فرسى كموت نفس واحدة، ثم يهبط نبي الله عيسى وأصحابه إلى الأرض فلا يجدون في الأرض موضع شبر إلا ملأه زهمهم ونتنهم فيرغب نبي الله عيسى وأصحابه إلى الله، فيرسل الله طيرا كأعناق البخت فتحملهم فتطرحهم حيث شاء الله، ثم يرسل الله مطرا لا يكن منه بيت مدر ولا وبر فيغسل الأرض حتى يتركها كالزلفة ثم يقال للأرض: أنبتي ثمرتك وردي بركتك، فيومئذ تأكل العصابة من الرمانة، ويستظلون بقحفها، ويبارك في الرسل حتى إن اللقحة من الإبل لتكفي الفئام من الناس واللقحة من البقر لتكفي القبيلة من الناس، واللقحة من الغنم لتكفي الفخذ من الناس فبينما هم كذلك إذ بعث الله ريحا طيبة فتأخذهم تحت آباطهم فتقبض روح كل مؤمن وكل مسلم، ويبقى شرار الناس يتهارجون فيها تهارج الحمر فعليهم تقوم الساعة.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Tribulations and the Signs of the Hour (2937) through several routes from Walid bin Muslim, who said, Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir told me, Yahya bin Jabir Tai, the judge of Hims, told me, Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr told me, from his father Jubayr bin Nufayr Hadrami, that he heard Nawas bin Saman Kilabi, and he related the hadith. He also narrated it from Ali bin Hajar Saadi, who said, Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir and Walid bin Muslim narrated to us. Ibn Hajar said, The narration of one of them was merged into the narration of the other, from Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir, with this chain, similar to what we have mentioned, and he added after the words, "There was once water here," the following, "Then they will travel on until they reach the Mount of Khamar, which is the mountain of Bayt al-Maqdis, and they will say, 'We have killed everyone on earth, so come let us kill those in heaven,' and they will shoot their arrows toward the sky, and Allah will return their arrows to them stained with blood."Imam Ahmad narrated it (17629) from Walid bin Muslim, and Tirmidhi (2240) from Ali bin Hajar, both through the aforementioned routes. Abu Dawud narrated it (4321) through another route in abridged form, and Ibn Majah narrated it (4075) from Hisham bin Ammar, who said, Yahya bin Hamza told us, Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir told us, in a similar manner but at length.His saying, "qatat," with two fatha vowels, means very tightly curled hair, unlike the pleasing kind of curliness. "Tafiah," with a hamza, means having no light in it, and it has also been transmitted without the hamza, meaning "prominent," that is, raised above its place. "Khallah" means he emerges from a gap between Syria and Iraq. "Aatha" comes from "ayth," which means corruption, or hastening in it. "O servants of Allah, stand firm" means stand firm upon Islam, this being part of the Prophet's ﷺ speech warning them against the tribulation and commanding them to remain steadfast in Islam. "Sarihatuhum" means their grazing livestock. "Zura," with a damma on the dhal, is the plural of "dhirwah," which is the highest point of a camel's hump, and it is a figure of speech for fatness. "Amid the flanks," plural of "khasirah," is a figure of speech for being well-fed. "Jazlatayn" means two pieces. "Ramyat al-gharad," with two fatha vowels, meaning the target, that is, the distance between the two pieces will be equal to the distance of an arrow shot at a target. "Between two mahrudatayn" means between two garments resembling something dyed with "hurd," hurd being a well-known root, though it has also been said that it refers to a garment dyed with wars and saffron, the intent being to display his beauty in his clothing. So his saying, "When he lowers his head, water drips from it..." is all a figure of speech for the beauty of our master Isa, peace be upon him, for he is beautiful in his form and beautiful in his clothing, not as the Christians portray him, in shabby appearance and wearing poor garments, sometimes covering only his private parts.Ibn Kathir narrated in his Tafsir (1/574), from Ibn Abu Hatim, with his chain, from Ibn Abbas, who said, "When Allah wished to raise Isa up to heaven, he went out to his companions with his head dripping water, and said, 'Which of you will have my likeness cast upon him, and be killed in my place, and be with me in my rank?' A young man among them stood up and said, 'I will,' so he said, 'You are the one,' and the likeness of Isa was cast upon him. Isa was raised from a rawzanah, which is the opening at the top of a roof, in the house, up to heaven." So his descent will be in the same state in which Allah raised him."At the gate of Ludd," with a damma on the lam and a doubled dal, is the name of a mountain or a village in Palestine, and now it is a city near Bayt al-Maqdis. "La yadani," means neither strength nor ability. "Naghafa," with two fatha vowels, refers to worms that occur in the noses of camels and sheep. "La yakunna" means it will not prevent the descent of water from the "madar," madar being hard clay. "Al-zalfah" refers to reservoirs of water, though it has also been said to mean a mirror, and it has also been transmitted with a qaf, as a figure of speech for cleanliness. "Al-rasl," with a kasra on the ra and a sakin on the lam, means milk. "Al-laqhah," with a fatha or a kasra on the lam, means a she-camel recently having given birth. "Al-fiam," with a hamza, like "kitab," means a large group. "Al-fakhidh" is smaller than "al-batn," and "al-batn" is smaller than "al-qabilah." "Yataharajun" means that men will copulate with women in front of people, as donkeys do, "al-harj," with the ra silent, meaning intercourse, and in this there is an indication of the spread of corruption and immoralities, and it is established in the sahih hadith, "The Hour will not come except upon the worst of people."His saying, "at the white minaret east of Damascus." In another narration, "Isa will descend at Bayt al-Maqdis." In another narration, "at Jordan." The first is more sahih. Ibn Kathir said, "This is the more well known regarding the place of his descent, that it will be upon the white eastern minaret in Damascus, and I have seen in some books that he will descend upon the white minaret east of the mosque of Damascus, and perhaps this is the more accurately preserved version... There is no minaret in Damascus known as 'the eastern one' except the one beside the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus on its eastern side, and this is the more fitting and appropriate, because he will descend just as the prayer has been called, and the imam of the Muslims will say to him, 'O Spirit of Allah, lead the prayer.' He will say, 'You lead, for it has been called for you.'" In another narration, "Some of you are leaders over others, as an honor from Allah to this nation."Ibn Kathir mentioned that in his own time, in the year 741, the Muslims rebuilt a minaret of white stones, and its construction was funded from the wealth of the Christians who had burned down the minaret that had previously stood in its place. Perhaps this is one of the manifest signs of prophethood, in that Allah decreed that the construction of this minaret would come from the wealth of the Christians, upon which Isa bin Maryam will descend, and he will kill the pig, and break the cross, and accept no jizyah from them, but rather whoever embraces Islam will be spared, and whoever does not will be killed, and likewise for the other disbelievers. End of quote from Al-Nihayah, Al-Fitan wal-Malahim (1/144-145).His saying, "the head of an ox will be worth more to one of them than..." is an indication of their poverty and destitution due to the depletion of their provisions while they are besieged by Gog and Magog.