Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who swears an oath and involuntarily says: By Lat and Uzzah; should at once affirm: There is none worthy of worship save Allah. And he who should say to his companion: Come, I shall gamble with you; should expiate by giving alms (Bokhari and Muslim).

Nawas ibn Sam‘an relates that the Holy Prophet mentioned the Anti-Christ one morning and represented him as so little and also as so great that we thought that he might be already present in some date-palm garden close by. When we returned to him he might have perceived our perplexity and asked us: What are you worried about? We said: Messenger of Allah, you talked about the Anti-Christ this morning and belittled him and also represented him as great till we believed that he might be present in one of the date-palm gardens. He said: It was something besides the Anti-Christ that makes me afraid with regard to you. I am not afraid for you in respect of the Anti-Christ. Should he appear while I am among you I would be your defender against him, but should he appear when I am not among you then everyone of you must look after himself. Allah will be the guardian over every Muslim in my place. He will be a rough haired youth and one of his eyes will lack sight. I find that he might resemble Uzza ibn Qatan. He who encounters him from among you should recite to him the opening verses of sura Al-Kahf (Chapter 18). He will emerge from the road between Syria and Iraq and will carry sword and blood right and left. Then remain steadfast, ye servants of Allah. We asked him: Messenger of Allah, how long will be his stay in the earth? He answered: Forty days. One of his days will be like a year, one will be like a month, one will be like a week and the rest of his days will be like your average days. We asked: Messenger of Allah, on this day which will be like a year will it suffice for us to observe the five Prayers in one day? He answered: No. You should make an estimate of the passage of time. We asked: Messenger of Allah, what will be the speed of his movement in the earth? He answered: Like a cloud which is being driven by the wind. He will arrive among a people and will call them to his obedience and they will respond to him and believe in him. He will command the sky and it will send down rain on the people. He will command the earth and it will produce pasture for them and their cattle" will come back to them in the evening with high humps and full udders and fat sides. Then he will arrive among a people and will call them to his obedience but they will reject his call and he will turn away from them. They will be afflicted with drought and famine and will become destitute. He will pass through desert places and will call on them to put forth their treasures and their treasures will follow him like bees. He will then call a man in the glow of youth and will strike him with his sword and cut him into two pieces which will be separated from each other the length of an arrow. He will then call him and he will obey with a cheerful and smiling face. While he is in the middle of all this, Allah, the Exalted, will raise the Messiah, son of Mary, who will arrive close to the white minaret in the East of Damascus, wearing two saffron-coloured garments, his hands resting on the wings of two angels. When he bends his head drops of water shining like silver will fall from it and when he raises it there will be drops like pearls falling from it. A non-believer who is touched by his breath will expire and his breath will reach as far as his look. He will pursue the Anti-Christ and will encounter him at the gate of Lud and will slaughter him. The Messiah will then come to people whom God had shielded from the Anti-Christ. He will wipe away the dust from their faces and will inform them about their grades in Paradise. While he will be so occupied, Allah, the Exalted, will send revelation to him: I have created some people whom no one will be able to fight and withstand. Therefore lead these, my servants, to Mount Sinai. Allah will then raise Gog and Magog and they will spread out leaping across every barrier of land and sea (21. 97). Their advance groups will pass over Lake Tabariah and drink up all its water and when its rear groups pass near it they will say: At one time there used to be water here. The Prophet of Allah, the Messiah and his companions will be beleaguered till a calf's head will appear better to them than a hundred dinars appear to you today. Then the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will turn to Allah, the Exalted, and will supplicate Him so that Allah will create a germ in the necks of the people of Gog and Magog in consequence of which they will all die suddenly one day. Thereafter the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will descend from the Mount but will not find a hand’s breadth of space free from the corpses of the followers of Gog and Magog and their stink. Then the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will supplicate Allah, the Lord of honour, and He will send birds like the necks of Bukhti camels which will carry the corpses and drop them wherever Allah wills. Then Allah will send down rain whereby every dwelling whether made of clay or of hair will be cleansed and become like a mirror. Then the earth will be commanded to produce its fruits and to regain its blessing, so that a whole group of people will be filled by eating of one pomegranate and will be able to take shelter under the shade of its leaves. Milk will be so blest that the milk of one she-camel will suffice for a large company and that of a cow will suffice tor a tribe and that of a goat will suffice for a family. While they are in this" condition Allah will send a pure breeze which will strike them below their armpits whereby the soul of every believer and Muslim will pass into the custody of Allah and only the worst of the people will be Jeft whose men will consort openly with women like donkeys and the Judgment will be held (Muslim).

Ribi' ibn Hirash relates: ] went with Abu Mas‘ud to Huzaifah and Abu Mas'‘ud said to him: Tell us what you heard from the Holy Prophet about the Anti-Christ. He said: The Anti-Christ will appear and with him shall be water and fire. That which the people see as water will be fire that burns and that which the people see as fire will be cool and sweet water. He who, from among you, encounters him should jump into that which he sees as fire for that will be sweet and wholesome. Abu May‘ud said: | have also heard this from the Holy Prophet (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet said: Anti-Christ will appear among my people and will remain for forty, I do not know, forty: days or forty months or forty years. Then Allah will raise Jesus, son of Mary, who will pursue him and will slaughter him. Thereafter people will survive for seven years and there will be no enmity between any two. Then Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, will send a cool breeze from the direction of Syria and there will not remain on the face of the earth a single one in whose heart there will be the smallest particle of good or of faith but that his soul will be taken into custody, so much so’that if any of you entered into the heart of a mountain the breeze will follow him and enter therein and take his soul into custody. And there will remain only the worst people who will be promiscuous like the birds and like wild beasts in their behaviour. They will not know any good and will not refrain from any evil. Then Satan will appear among them in the garb of a man and will ask them: Will you not obey me? They will inquire from him: What do you command us to do? He will command them to worship idols. In this condition their provision will be plenty and their life will be comfortable, then the trumpet will be blown and everyone who hears it will turn his neck towards it and will raise it. The first to hear it will be a man who will be occupied with repairing the basin for his camels. He will become unconscious and everyone around him will become unconscious, then Allah will send rain which will be like the dew and people's bodies will thereby grow. Then the trumpet will be blown once more and the people will be seen standing. It will then be said: O people, come forward to your Lord. Then there will be a command: Make them stand, they will be called to account. Then it will be said: Separate from them the share of the Fire. It will be asked: How much? It will be said: Nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand. That will be the day which will turn children grey-headed and the day when the calamity will overtake the guilty (Muslim).

Anas relates tnat the Holy Prophet said: There will be no city which the Anti-Christ wiil not trample under his feet except Mecca and Medina and there will not be a dome of these two cities but that angels will" stand in rows on it guarding it. The Anti-Christ will arrive at Sabakhah and Medina will be shaken three times whereby Allah will expel from it every disbeliever and hypocrite (Muslim).

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Anti-Christ will be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan who will be clad in robes of satin (Muslim). .

Umm Shariq relates that she heard the Holy Prophet say: People will fly into the mountains for shelter against the Anti-Christ (Muslim).

Imran ibn Husain relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Between the creation of Adam and the Judgment Day there is no affair greater than the mischief of the Anti-Christ (Muslim).

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: The Anti-Christ will appear and a believer will set out towards him and will encounter his guards. They will ask him: Whither are you bent? He will say: I am proceeding to this one who has appeared. They will ask him: Do you not believe in our Lord? He will answer: Our Lord has no secrecy. Some of them will say: Let us kill him. Others will say: Has not your master forbidden you killing anybody without his orders? So they will take him to the Anti-Christ. When the believer will see him he will call out: O ye people, this is the Anti-Christ who was mentioned by the Holy Prophet. The Anti-Christ will then direct that he should be laid out and should be beaten on his belly and on his back. After such beating he will ask the man: Do you not believe in me? He will say: You are the Anti-Christ. The Anti-Christ will then order that he should be sawn through from the top of his head to the joining between his legs. The Anti-Christ will then pass between the two parts of his body and addressing them will say: Rise up. Thereupon the man will become whole and stand up. The Anti-Christ will say to him: Do you believe in me? And he will answer: I have only increased in my intelligence concerning you; and will say to the people: He will not be able to do anything now to anyone. The Anti-Christ will then seize him that he might slaughter him but Allah will make his neck from its base upwards as if it was made of brass and the Anti-Christ will not find any space in which to insert a weapon to cut off his neck. He will then take hold of his arms and legs and throw him away. People will think that the Anti-Christ has thrown him into the fire and he will in fact be thrown into Paradise. The Holy Prophet added: This man will have the highest grade of martyrdom in the estimation of the Lord of the worlds (Muslim).

Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah relates: No one inquired from the Holy Prophet about the Anti-Christ more than I did, and he said to.me: He will not harm you. I said to him: It is said that there will be a mountain of bread and a stream of water with the Anti-Christ. The Holy Prophet said: The affair is easier for Allah than that (Bokhari and Muslim).