حَدَّثَنَا
نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ ,
وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ,
وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى , قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا
رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا
سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ , عَنْ
أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ , عَنْ
الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ سُبَيْعٍ , عَنْ
عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ , عَنْ
أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بِالْمَشْرِقِ يُقَالُ لَهَا : خُرَاسَانُ , يَتْبَعُهُ أَقْوَامٌ , كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Bakr Siddiq said:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told us: 'Dajjal will emerge in a land in the east called Khorasan, and will be followed by people with faces like hammered shields.'"
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The region that was referred to as "Khurasan" in the past mostly comprises present-day Iran and the states that became independent from Russia, which are located to the north of Afghanistan.
➋ People with flat faces like a layered leather shield are found in China, Tibet, the northern areas of Pakistan (such as Gilgit-Baltistan, etc.), and Japan. In the hadith, the inhabitants of any of these regions may be intended. It is also possible that some people from certain areas of Khurasan were like this as well. And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4072
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, those who follow the Dajjal will have broad faces and prominent cheeks. According to a hadith in Sahih Muslim, seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan (a city in the kingdom of Iran) will emerge as the army of the Dajjal, and they will be wearing black garments.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2237