This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hafiz Mubashir Hussain Lahori's book Signs of the Day of Judgment in the Light of Authentic Hadith.
The Dajjal will emerge from Khorasan towards the East:
عن فاطمة بنت قيس رضي الله عنها قالت أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ألا إنه فى بحر الشام أو بحر اليمن ، لا بل من قبل المشرق ما هو من قبل المشرق ما هو ، من قبل المشرق ما هو وأومأ بيده إلى المشرق
It is narrated from Hazrat Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Beware! He (the Dajjal) is in the sea of Sham or Yemen. No! Rather, he is towards the East, he is towards the East, he is towards the East, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) also pointed towards the East with his hand.
Reference: Muslim: Kitab al-Fitan: Bab Qissat al-Jassasah (2942) Abu Dawood (4325) Tirmidhi (2253) Nasa'i (3547) Ibn Majah (2045) Humaydi (177/1) Ahmad (419/6 - 461) Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (956/24) Dala'il al-Nubuwwah (416/5)
وعن أبى بكر الصديق رضى الله عنه قال حدثنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : الدجال يخرج من أرض بالمشرق يقال لها خراسان يتبعه أقوام كأن وجوههم المجان المطرقة
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told us in a hadith that the Dajjal will emerge from a land in the East called Khorasan. There will be some nations following him whose faces will be like thick (or heavy) shields (flat).
Reference: Tirmidhi: Kitab al-Fitan: Bab Ma Ja'a Min Ayna Yakhruj al-Dajjal (2237) Sahih al-Jami' al-Saghir (150/3) Ahmad (5/1) Ibn Majah (4123) Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah (122/4) Al-Nihayah (117/1)
عن أنس رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : يخرج الدجال من يهودية أصبهان معه سبعون ألفا من اليهود
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The Dajjal will emerge from the area of Isfahan called "Yahudiya" and with him will be seventy thousand Jews.
Reference: Muslim: Kitab al-Fitan: Bab Fi Baqiyyat Ahadith Min al-Dajjal (2944) Fath al-Bari (238/13)
عن أنس رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : يتبع الدجال من يهود أصبهان سبعون ألفا عليهم الطيالسة
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan will follow the Dajjal, who will be covered with green or black cloaks.
Reference: Muslim: Kitab al-Fitan: Bab Fi Baqiyyat Ahadith Min al-Dajjal (2944) Ahmad (283/3) (295/4) Hakim (524/4) Ibn Abi Shaybah (650/8) Al-Durr al-Manthur (243/2)
عن النواس بن سمعان رضى الله عنه قال : ذكر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الدجال ذات غداة ... إنه خارج خلة بين الشام والعراق فعاث يمينا وعاث شمالا
Hazrat Nawas bin Samaan (may Allah be pleased with him) says that one morning the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) mentioned the Dajjal. Then he said that he will emerge from the desert path between Sham and Iraq. The mentioned narrations apparently show a difference and contradiction whether the Dajjal will emerge from between Sham and Iraq or from the East or Khorasan, etc. A detailed answer to this doubt can be seen in the benefits.
Reference: Muslim: Kitab al-Fitan: Bab Dhikr al-Dajjal 2937 Ahmad 248/4 Abu Dawood 4321 Tirmidhi 2240 Ibn Majah 4126 Hakim 537/4 Tabari 95/9
Those Whose Favorite Leader Will Be the Dajjal!
عن أنس رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : يتبع الدجال من يهود أصبهان سبعون ألفا عليهم الطيالسة
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan will follow the Dajjal, and they will be wearing black or green cloaks.
Reference: Muslim: Kitab al-Fitan, Chapter on the Remaining Hadiths of the Dajjal 2944 Ahmad 283/3 Hakim 524/4 Ibn Abi Shaybah 65/8 Al-Durr al-Manthur 243/2
عن أبى بكر الصديق رضى الله عنه قال حدثنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : الدجال يخرج من أرض بالمشرق يقال لها خراسان يتبعه أقوام كأن وجوههم المجان المطرقة
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told us that the Dajjal will emerge from an eastern region called Khorasan, which is present-day Afghanistan and its surroundings. Some nations will follow this Dajjal whose faces will be broad like layered shields or thick like stacked shields.
Reference: Tirmidhi: Kitab al-Fitan: Chapter on From Where the Dajjal Will Emerge 2237 Sahih al-Jami' al-Saghir 150/3 Ahmad 5/1 Ibn Majah 4123 Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah 122/4
Hafiz Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) states that this refers to the Turks and Turkmens.
Reference: Al-Nihayah: 117/1
عن أنس رضى الله عنه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ليس من بلد إلا سيطؤه الدجال إلا مكة والمدينة ليس له من نقابها نقب إلا عليه الملائكة صافين يحرسونها ثم ترجف المدينة بأهلها ثلاث رجفات فيخرج الله إليه كل كافر ومنافق
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Except for Makkah and Madinah, the Dajjal will trample every city. On every valley of Makkah and Madinah, angels will be lined up standing to protect them. Then the earth of Madinah will shake three times, and with each shaking, Allah will bring out one disbeliever and hypocrite from it and send them towards the Dajjal.
Reference: Bukhari: Kitab Fada'il al-Madinah: Chapter on The Dajjal Does Not Enter Madinah 1881, 7134 Muslim 2942 Ahmad 300/2
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ينزل الدجال فى هذه السبخة بمرقناة فيكون أكثر من يخرج إليه النساء حتى أن الرجل يرجع إلى حميمه وإلى أمه وابنته وأخته وعمته فيوثقها رباطا مخافة أن تخرج إليه
It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The Dajjal will camp on marshy land in a valley near Marqana, close to Madinah. The majority of women will go out towards him, so much so that a man will go to his wife, mother, daughter, sister, and paternal aunt and tie them with ropes so that they do not meet the Dajjal.
Reference: Ahmad 19/7, verified by Ahmad Shakir who said: Its chain is authentic. Majma' al-Zawa'id 664/7, also found in Bukhari: Kitab al-Jihad: Chapter on Killing the Jews 2925 and Muslim 2921 Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir 307/2
