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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الملاحمBattles (Kitab Al-Malahim)
باب فِي خَبَرِ الْجَسَّاسَةِChapter: Regarding narrations about Al-Jassasah.
Hadith 4325
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَّرَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ : " إِنَّهُ حَبَسَنِي ، حَدِيثٌ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنِيهِ تَمِيمٌ الدَّارِيُّ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ فِي جَزِيرَةٍ مِنْ جَزَائِرِ الْبَحْرِ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِامْرَأَةٍ تَجُرُّ شَعْرَهَا ، قَالَ : مَا أَنْتِ ؟ قَالَتْ : أَنَا الْجَسَّاسَةُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْقَصْرِ ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَجُرُّ شَعْرَهُ مُسَلْسَلٌ فِي الْأَغْلَالِ يَنْزُو فِيمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ : أَنَا الدَّجَّالُ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ الْأُمِّيِّينَ بَعْدُ ، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : أَطَاعُوهُ أَمْ عَصَوْهُ ؟ قُلْتُ : بَلْ أَطَاعُوهُ ، قَالَ : ذَاكَ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ ".
Narrated Fatimah, daughter of Qays: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once delayed the congregational night prayer. He came out and said: The talk of Tamim ad-Dari detained me. He transmitted it to me from a man who was on of of the islands of the sea. All of a sudden he found a woman who was trailing her hair. He asked: Who are you? She said: I am the Jassasah. Go to that castle. So I came to it and found a man who was trailing his hair, chained in iron collars, and leaping between Heaven and Earth. I asked: Who are you? He replied: I am the Dajjal (Antichrist). Has the Prophet of the unlettered people come forth now? I replied: Yes. He said: Have they obeyed him or disobeyed him? I said: No, they have obeyed him. He said: That is better for them.
Brief Explanation
1؎: From this narration, it appears that Jassasah is a woman, while in the subsequent narration it is mentioned that she is a creature (dabbah). Apparently, both narrations seem to be in conflict. This conflict is resolved in the following ways: ➊ It is possible that there are two Jassasahs with the Dajjal—one is a creature (dabbah) and the other is a woman. ➋ Or, she may be a female devil (shaytanah) who sometimes appears in the form of a creature (dabbah) and sometimes in the form of a woman, because a devil (shaytan) can assume whatever form he wishes. ➌ Or, she has been metaphorically referred to as a creature (dabbah), as in the saying of Allah Ta'ala «وما من دابّۃ فی الارض إلا علی اللہ رزقھا», and the wording of the next narration «فرقنا منھا ان تکون شیطانۃ» supports this.
