سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الفتنChapters on Tribulations
بَابُ : فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ وَخُرُوجِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَخُرُوجِ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَChapter: The tribulation of Dajjal, the emergence of 'Esa bin Maryam and the emergence of Gog and Magog
Hadith 4073
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ , وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ , حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ , عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ , عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ , قَالَ : مَا سَأَلَ أَحَدٌ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الدَّجَّالِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُهُ , وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ : أَشَدَّ سُؤَالًا مِنِّي , فَقَالَ لِي : " مَا تَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ " , قُلْتُ : إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ مَعَهُ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّرَابَ , قَالَ : " هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
´It was narrated that Mughirah bin Shu'bah said:` "No one asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about Dajjal more than I did." (One of the narrators) Ibn Numair said (in his version): "(No one asked) more difficult questions than I did." - "He said to me: 'What are you asking about him?' I said: 'They say he will have food and drink with him.' He said: 'He is too insignificant before Allah for that.'"
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
The phrase (هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ)
has one meaning which has been adopted in the translation, that is, the Dajjal is so contemptible that Allah will not grant him these things; rather, it will merely be an apparent deception.
Its second possible meaning is that, when despite being so contemptible in the sight of Allah, he has been given the ability to display such great feats, then food and water are trivial matters.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani rahimahullah has also mentioned another meaning: that the Dajjal is so contemptible that Allah, exalted is He, will not allow these feats to become proof of his truthfulness; rather, He will manifest such things by which his falsehood will become clear, for example:
The clear sign of his disbelief (the word “K, F, R” written on his forehead),
which every literate and illiterate person will be able to read. (Fath al-Bari: 13/116)
The phrase (هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ)
has one meaning which has been adopted in the translation, that is, the Dajjal is so contemptible that Allah will not grant him these things; rather, it will merely be an apparent deception.
Its second possible meaning is that, when despite being so contemptible in the sight of Allah, he has been given the ability to display such great feats, then food and water are trivial matters.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani rahimahullah has also mentioned another meaning: that the Dajjal is so contemptible that Allah, exalted is He, will not allow these feats to become proof of his truthfulness; rather, He will manifest such things by which his falsehood will become clear, for example:
The clear sign of his disbelief (the word “K, F, R” written on his forehead),
which every literate and illiterate person will be able to read. (Fath al-Bari: 13/116)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4073
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Mughira ibn Shu’bah became Muslim on the day of the Trench (Khandaq).
He was one of the chief associates of Mu’awiyah radi Allahu anhu.
He passed away in the year 56 AH.
Radi Allahu anhu wa ardah.
The coming of the promised Dajjal is a true reality.
Mughira ibn Shu’bah became Muslim on the day of the Trench (Khandaq).
He was one of the chief associates of Mu’awiyah radi Allahu anhu.
He passed away in the year 56 AH.
Radi Allahu anhu wa ardah.
The coming of the promised Dajjal is a true reality.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 7122
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
It is Allah Almighty’s principle that He tests His believing servants by subjecting them to various trials. Among these trials is the tribulation (fitnah) of the Dajjal. Allah Almighty will grant him great power. He will send cool breezes for his followers. He will cause rains to fall. He will make crops and grain grow from the earth. In short, he will provide means of prosperity for them, and those who call him a liar, he will afflict them with famine and poverty. He will throw them into the fire that he holds in one of his hands, which in reality will be Paradise. But all of this will occur by the permission of Allah Almighty, and if Allah Almighty does not permit, he will not be able to do anything. In one hadith, it is mentioned that what people will perceive as fire will in fact be cool water. (: Sahih al-Bukhari, Ahadith al-Anbiya, Hadith: 3450)
It is Allah Almighty’s principle that He tests His believing servants by subjecting them to various trials. Among these trials is the tribulation (fitnah) of the Dajjal. Allah Almighty will grant him great power. He will send cool breezes for his followers. He will cause rains to fall. He will make crops and grain grow from the earth. In short, he will provide means of prosperity for them, and those who call him a liar, he will afflict them with famine and poverty. He will throw them into the fire that he holds in one of his hands, which in reality will be Paradise. But all of this will occur by the permission of Allah Almighty, and if Allah Almighty does not permit, he will not be able to do anything. In one hadith, it is mentioned that what people will perceive as fire will in fact be cool water. (: Sahih al-Bukhari, Ahadith al-Anbiya, Hadith: 3450)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 7122
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Detailed narrations regarding the Dajjal will appear in the Book of Tribulations (Kitab al-Fitan); therefore, the discussion concerning him will be presented there.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5624
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
yuhraqu al-bayt:
The House of Allah will be burned.
The House of Allah has been burned by the catapults of Hajjaj.
(2)
yab’athullahu ‘Isa ibn Maryam:
According to authentic ahadith, the Ahl al-Sunnah believe that
‘Isa (alayhis salam) will descend from the heavens in the last era and will kill the Dajjal.
He will act according to your (the Prophet’s) Shari‘ah.
Some of the Mu‘tazilah and Jahmiyyah have denied these ahadith based on Allah’s statement,
“Khatam al-nabiyyin” () and your (the Prophet’s) saying,
“La nabiyya ba‘di,”
whereas the meaning of the verse and hadith is that
no prophet will be born after me.
(And ‘Isa (alayhis salam) was not born after you,
he was granted prophethood before you,
no one will be granted prophethood after you,
and anyone who claims prophethood after you will be a liar.)
(3)
kabd jabal:
The middle of the mountain,
because the kabd (liver) of something is its middle.
(4)
fi khiffat al-tayr,
wa ahlam al-siba‘,
Ahlam
is the plural of hulm,
meaning intellect.
The intent is that they will be very swift and hasty in committing evil and fulfilling the desires of the self, and will be predatory in oppressing and transgressing against one another.
(5)
asghi:
To incline.
(6)
layt:
Towards the side of the neck.
(7)
dar:
Torrential,
flowing,
meaning sustenance will be abundant.
(8)
yakshifu saq:
Allah Ta‘ala will reveal His shin (saq).
Knowing its reality and modality (kayfiyyah)
is not possible in this world.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
yuhraqu al-bayt:
The House of Allah will be burned.
The House of Allah has been burned by the catapults of Hajjaj.
(2)
yab’athullahu ‘Isa ibn Maryam:
According to authentic ahadith, the Ahl al-Sunnah believe that
‘Isa (alayhis salam) will descend from the heavens in the last era and will kill the Dajjal.
He will act according to your (the Prophet’s) Shari‘ah.
Some of the Mu‘tazilah and Jahmiyyah have denied these ahadith based on Allah’s statement,
“Khatam al-nabiyyin” () and your (the Prophet’s) saying,
“La nabiyya ba‘di,”
whereas the meaning of the verse and hadith is that
no prophet will be born after me.
(And ‘Isa (alayhis salam) was not born after you,
he was granted prophethood before you,
no one will be granted prophethood after you,
and anyone who claims prophethood after you will be a liar.)
(3)
kabd jabal:
The middle of the mountain,
because the kabd (liver) of something is its middle.
(4)
fi khiffat al-tayr,
wa ahlam al-siba‘,
Ahlam
is the plural of hulm,
meaning intellect.
The intent is that they will be very swift and hasty in committing evil and fulfilling the desires of the self, and will be predatory in oppressing and transgressing against one another.
(5)
asghi:
To incline.
(6)
layt:
Towards the side of the neck.
(7)
dar:
Torrential,
flowing,
meaning sustenance will be abundant.
(8)
yakshifu saq:
Allah Ta‘ala will reveal His shin (saq).
Knowing its reality and modality (kayfiyyah)
is not possible in this world.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7381
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
At the end of this hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari (7122), there is an addition: I said, "People say: There will be a mountain of bread and a river of water with him." The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"It is even easier than that for Allah."
Among the major signs of the Day of Judgment is the trial of the Dajjal. The word "Dajjal" is derived from "dajal," which means: to deceive, to conceal the truth, and to display trickery. Near the end of times, the Dajjal will appear and display various tricks, to the extent that he will claim to be a deity, but he himself will be one-eyed. On his forehead will be written: K F R (disbeliever). Declaring the Dajjal to be the greatest trial, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"O people! Since Allah created the children of Adam, there has never been a trial on earth greater than the trial of the Dajjal, and Allah has not sent any prophet except that he warned his nation about him." [سنن ابن ماجه: 4077]
At the end of this hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari (7122), there is an addition: I said, "People say: There will be a mountain of bread and a river of water with him." The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"It is even easier than that for Allah."
Among the major signs of the Day of Judgment is the trial of the Dajjal. The word "Dajjal" is derived from "dajal," which means: to deceive, to conceal the truth, and to display trickery. Near the end of times, the Dajjal will appear and display various tricks, to the extent that he will claim to be a deity, but he himself will be one-eyed. On his forehead will be written: K F R (disbeliever). Declaring the Dajjal to be the greatest trial, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"O people! Since Allah created the children of Adam, there has never been a trial on earth greater than the trial of the Dajjal, and Allah has not sent any prophet except that he warned his nation about him." [سنن ابن ماجه: 4077]
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 782
