This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hafiz Mubashir Hussain Lahori's book Signs of the Day of Judgment in the Light of Authentic Hadiths.
The Deceiver's Tricks:
عن النواس بن سمعان رضى الله عنه قال : ذكر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الدجال ذات غداة فخفض فيه ورفع حتى ظنناه فى طائفة النخل فلما رحنا إليه عرف ذلك فينا فقال ما شأنكم ؟ قلنا : يا رسول الله ذكرت الدجال غداة فخفضت فيه ورفعت حتى ظنناه فى 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 لبثه فى الأرض ؟ قال : أربعون يوما ، يوم كسنة ويوم كشهر ويوم كجمعة وسائر أيامه كأيامكم ، قلنا : يا رسول الله فذلك اليوم الذى كسنة أتكفينا فيه صلاة يوم ؟ قال : لا ، اقدروا له قدره ، قلنا : يا رسول الله ! وما إسراعه فى الأرض ؟ قال كالغيث استدبرته الريح فيأتي على القوم فيدعوهم فيؤمنون به ويستجيبون له فيأمر السماء فتمطر والأرض فتنبت فتروح عليهم سارحتهم أطول ما كانت ذرى وأسبغه ضروعا وأمده حواصر ثم يأتى 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 ويضحك فبينما هو كذلك إذ بعث الله المسيح ابن مريم عليه السلام فينزل عند المنارة البيضاء شرقي دمشق بين مهروذتين
It is narrated from Hazrat Nuwaas bin Samaan (RA) that one morning the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) mentioned the Dajjal and described him as insignificant while his trials were great (sometimes speaking loudly and sometimes softly) until we thought that perhaps the Dajjal had entered those groves of trees. Then in the evening, we went to him and he (PBUH) asked: What is the matter? We said that you had informed us well about the Dajjal and we thought that perhaps he was in that very palm grove. The Prophet (PBUH) said: I fear for you trials greater than the Dajjal. If the Dajjal appears during my lifetime, I will stand as a barrier between you and his evil to protect you. And if he appears after me, then every one of you will be a proof against him himself, and Allah will be my caliph and guardian over every Muslim. The Dajjal is a young man with curly hair, one of his eyes will be protruding, and he will resemble ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā (a disbeliever). So whoever among you sees the Dajjal should recite the opening verses of Surah Al-Kahf. The Dajjal will emerge from the desert route between Syria and Iraq and will spread trials and corruption on both sides. O servants of Allah! Remain steadfast in faith. The Companions asked: How long will the Dajjal stay on earth? The Prophet (PBUH) said: Forty (40) days, of which one day will be like a year, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the rest will be like normal days. (That is, one year, two months, and two weeks.) The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! How will we perform prayers on the day that is like a year? Will the prayers of one day suffice for us? He said: No! Rather, you should estimate that (year) as normal days. The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What will be his manner of walking? He said: Like the rain driven by the wind from behind. Then he will go to a people and invite them to disbelief, which they will accept. Then he will command the sky and it will rain, and command the earth and it will produce crops on which their animals will graze, whose humps will be higher, their flanks wider, and their bellies well swollen. Then the Dajjal will come to another people and invite them to disbelief, but they will refuse, so the Dajjal will turn away from them and they will suffer famine and drought until they have nothing left of their wealth, while the Dajjal will go to barren and desolate land and command it: O earth! Bring forth your treasures, and the treasures of the earth will gather around him as bees gather around the queen bee. Then the Dajjal will call a young man and tear him into two pieces as a target is made, then call him (back to life), and the young man will come to him with a shining, radiant, and cheerful face. Meanwhile, Allah will send down Hazrat Isa ibn Maryam (AS) dressed in yellow clothes near the white minaret in the city of Damascus in the east.
Reference: Muslim: Book of Tribulations: Chapter on Mention of the Dajjal (110 - 2937) Ahmad (248/4) Tirmidhi (2240) Hakim (537/4) Tabari (95/9)
عن حذيفة رضى الله عنه قال : إني سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : إن مع الدجال إذا خرج ماء ونارا فأما الذى يرى الناس أنها النار فماء بارد وأما الذى يرى الناس أنه ماء بارد فنار تحرق فمن أدرك منكم فليقع فى الذى يرى أنها نار فإنه عذب بارد
Hazrat Hudhaifah (RA) says that I heard the Messenger of Allah say that when the Dajjal emerges, he will be accompanied by water (paradise) and fire (hell), which people will think is fire but it is cold water, and what people will think is cold water will actually be burning fire. If any of you encounters this (trial), he should enter into what appears to be fire because it is actually cold water.
Reference: Bukhari: Book of Prophetic Traditions: Chapter on What was Mentioned about the Children of Israel (3450) Muslim (2934) Abu Dawood (3415) Ibn Majah (4122) Ibn Hibban (6799) Tabarani Kabir (642/17) Ibn Abi Shaybah (648/8)
عن المغيرة بن شعبة رضى الله عنه قال : ما سأل أحد النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الدجال ما سألته وإنه قال لي : ما يضرك منه ؟ قلت : لأنهم يقولون إن معه جبل خبز ونهر ماء قال : بل هو أهون على الله من ذلك
Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu'bah (RA) says that I asked the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) more questions about the Dajjal than I asked anyone else, and he said to me: What fear do you have from him? I said that people say he will have mountains of bread and rivers of water. He said: He is easier than that by many degrees before Allah.
Reference: Bukhari: Book of Tribulations: Chapter on Mention of the Dajjal (7122) Muslim (2152) Ahmad (338/4) Ibn Majah (4124) Ibn Abi Shaybah (647/8)
عن أبى سعيد رضى الله عنه قال حدثنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوما حديثا طويلا عن الدجال فكان فيما يحدثنا به أنه قال : يأتى الدجال وهو محرم عليه أن يدخل نقاب المدينة فينزل بعض السباخ التى تلي المدينة فيخرج إليه يومئذ رجل هو خير الناس ، فيقول الدجال : أرأيتم إن قتلت هذا ثم أحييته هل تشكون فى الأمر ؟ فيقولون : لا ، فيقتله ثم يحييه فيقول : والله ما كنت فيك أشد بصيرة مني اليوم فيريد الدجال أن يقتله فلا يسلط عليه
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (RA) that one day the Prophet (PBUH) told us a long hadith about the Dajjal. In the hadith, it was mentioned that the Dajjal will come and it will be impossible for him to enter the valleys (paths) of Medina. So he will stay near Medina in some noisy land. Then on that day, a believing man, who will be among the best of people, will go to him and say to the Dajjal: I bear witness that you are the Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) informed us. The Dajjal will say to the people: If I kill this man and then bring him back to life, will you still doubt my lordship? They will say no! So he will kill him and then bring him back to life. Then the man will say: By Allah! I did not have such insight about you before, but now I do (that you are indeed the Dajjal). Then the Dajjal will want to kill him again but this time he will not be able to.
Reference: Bukhari: Book of Tribulations: Chapter on The Dajjal Does Not Enter Medina (7132) Muslim (2938) Ahmad (46/3) Musannaf Abdul Razzaq (300/11) Kitab al-Sunnah Ibn Abi Asim (390) Ibn Manda (1028)
