Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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There are over fifty scholarly comments on the meaning of the word
Maseeh (Messiah). They said that this word is applied both to the
Truthful One [True Messiah, i.e., ‘Eesa (Jesus)] and to the misleading
liar [the “antichrist” or Dajjaal]. The Messiah is the Truthful One,
‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus the son of Mary), the Messiah of guidance, who
healed those who were born blind and lepers, and brought the dead to
life by Allah’s Leave. The false messiah (al‐maseeh al‐dajjaal) is the
liar who leads people astray, the messiah of misguidance who will tempt
people by means of the signs that he is given, such as bringing down
rain, reviving the earth to bring forth vegetation, and other
“miracles.”
So Allah has created two messiahs, who
are opposites of one another. The scholars said that the reason why the
Dajjaal is called maseeh (a “messiah”) is because one of his eyes is
mamsooh (lit. “wiped”; smooth or abraded, i.e., he will be blind or
defective in one eye). Or it was said that it is because he will survey
or travel throughout the earth (yamsah) in forty days… The former view
is more correct, because of what was said in the hadeeth narrated by
Muslim (no. 5221) from Anas ibn Maalik, who said: “The Messenger of
Allah (PBUH) said: ‘The Dajjaal will be blind ( mamsooh) in one eye, and
between his eyes will be written ‘kaafir’…’”.
The word Dajjaal is taken from the
expression “Dajala alba’eer (he smeared the camel)”, referring to when
they covered it with tar. The root dajala means to mix. The word dajala
is used to mean deliberately confusing matters and being vague and
ambiguous, The Dajjaal is the one who speaks in vagaries, who tells many
lies and deceives many people. The word “Dajjaal” became a title given
to the lying, one‐eyed, false messiah. The Dajjaal is so called because
he will conceal his kufr from the people by lying to them, deceiving
them and confusing them.
The Dajjaal will be a man from among the
sons of Adam. He will have many attributes which were described in the
ahaadeeth to acquaint people with him and to warn them of his evil. So
when he comes, the believers will know him and will not be misled by
him. They will know his features which
the Truthful One (the Prophet) (PBUH) has told us about. These features
will distinguish him from other people, so that no one will be deceived
by him except those who are ignorant and whose doom has already been
decreed. We ask Allah to keep us safe and sound.
Among these attributes are: He will be a
young man with a ruddy complexion, short, with thick curly hair, a wide
forehead, and broad upper chest, blind or defective (mamsooh) in the
right eye. This eye will be neither prominent nor sunken, and will look
like a floating grape. His left eye will be covered with a thick piece
of flesh growing at the edge of his eye. Written between his eyes will
be “Kaaf faa’ raa’،(ك,ف,ر) (K‐F‐R)”, in separate (Arabic) letters, or
“kaafir ,”(كافر) with the letters joined. This will be read by every
Muslim, literate or illiterate. Another of his characteristics will be
that he will be sterile, with no children born to him. The following are
some of the saheeh ahaadeeth in which the above attributes are
mentioned. These ahaadeeth form part of the evidence (daleel) concerning
the emergence of the Dajjaal: From ‘Abd‐Allah ibn ‘Umar (RA), who said:
“The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
‘Whilst I
was sleeping, I saw myself performing Tawaaf around the Ka’bah, when I
saw a dark man with straight hair, standing between two other men, with
water dripping from his head. I asked: “Who is this?” They said: “The
son of Maryam.” Then I turned and saw a ruddy‐complexioned man, well
built, with curly hair, blind in his right eye, with his eye looking
like a floating grape. I asked: “Who is this?” They said: “This is the
Dajjaal.” The person who looks most like him is Ibnu Qatan.’” (Narrated
by al‐Bukhaari, no. 6508; Ibn Qatan was a man from Banu Mustalaq from
Khuzaa’ah).
It was also narrated from Ibn ‘Umar (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) mentioned the Dajjaal to the people and said:
“Allah is
not one‐eyed, but the false messiah (al‐maseeh al‐dajjaal) is one‐eyed,
blind or defective in his right eye, with his eye looking like a
floating grape…” (narrated by al‐Bukhaari, no. 3184).
In the lengthy hadeeth narrated by al‐Nawwaas ibn Sam’aan (RA) it says:
“The
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) mentioned the Dajjaal one morning. Sometimes
he described him as insignificant and sometimes he described him as so
significant that we thought that he was in the cluster of date‐palm
trees…”
One of the features of the Dajjaal that he described was:
“He will be a
young man with very curly hair, with his eye floating. It is as if he
looks like ‘Abd al‐‘Uzza ibn Qatan.” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 5228)
It was narrated from ‘Ubaadah ibn al‐Saamit (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
“I have told you so much about the Dajjaal that I fear you will not
understand. The Dajjaal will be a short man, pigeon‐toed, with curly
hair. He will be one‐eyed, with his eye neither prominent nor sunken. If
you become confused about him, then remember that your Lord is not
one‐eyed.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 3763. This hadeeth is saheeh –
Saheeh al‐Jaami’ al‐Sagheer, no. 2455).
Abu Hurayrah (RA) said: “The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
‘… as for
the false messiah, he will be one‐eyed, with a wide forehead and broad
upper chest, and he will be hunchbacked…’” (Narrated by Ahmad, no.
7564).
Hudhayfah (RA) said: “The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
‘The Dajjaal will be one‐eyed, blind or defective in his left eye, with
thick hair. He will have with him a paradise and a hell, but his hell
will be a paradise and his paradise will be a hell.’” (Narrated by
Muslim, no. 5222).
According to the hadeeth of Anas (RA), the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“No Prophet
was sent but he warned his people about the one‐eyed liar. He is
one‐eyed, but your Lord is not one‐eyed, and between his eyes will be
written ‘kaafir.’” (Narrated by al‐Bukhaari, no. 6598).
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