Dajaal (Anti Christ) "Look for the signs"

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Dajaal (Anti-Christ)

Look for the signs A short article from an Islamic perspective

By

Faisal Dean Raza Saifi

Raza Publications

[email protected]


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Bismillah Alhamdulillah was-salatu was-salamu 'ala Rasulillah,

wa 'ala Aalihi wa Sahbihi wa sallam

In this article, with the help of Allah Subnahu Wa Ta'Ala , I willcover a very important Ahadith that relates to the Dajaal (Anti-

Christ). I hope to determine to what extent the signs indicated by

the Hadith literature have been fulfilled.

We all know that the Beloved of Allah Subnahu Wa T a'Ala, ourmaster Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam has informed usthat the fitna (trials and tribulations) of the Dajaal will be the

greatest fitna to ever afflict the sons of Adam. So we can concludefrom this, the trials and tribulations suffered by the Ummahs of

previous Prophets

alayhi as- salm are considered less in severity

then what will be suffered by the Ummah of the last Prophet Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam .

Every Prophet warned his Ummah about the Dajaal (the one eyedliar). We know a lot about this person from Hadith . By far the

most detailed and famous Hadith about the Dajaal is recorded in

Sahih Muslim , as follows:

Amir ibn Sharahil Sha'bi Sha'b Hamdan reported that heasked Fatimah bint Qays, the sister of Dahhak ibn Qays, whowas one of the first Muhajirat, Tell me a Hadith which youheard directly from the Proph et with no narrator in between. She said, I can t ell you if you like. He replied, Yes, please tell

me, she said:


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I heard the Prophet's announcer calling for congregational

prayer. I went out to the mosque, and prayed behind theProphet. I was in the women's row, which was at the back ofthe congregation. When the Prophet had finished his prayer, hesat on the pulpit, smiling, and said, Everyone should stay inhis place. Then he SAW said, Do you know why I had asked

you to assemble? The people replied, Allah and His Messenger know best.

He SAW said, By Allah, I have not gathered you here to give you an exhortation or a warning. I have kept you here becauseTamim al-Dari, a Christian man who has come and embracedIslam, told me something which agrees with that which I havetold you about the Dajjal. He told me that he had sailed in aship with 30 men from Banu Lakhm and Banu Judham. Thewaves had tossed them about for a month, then they werebrought near to an island, at the time of sunset. They landedon the island, and were met by a beast who was so hairy thatthey could not tell its front from its back. They asked, Woe to

you! What are you? The beast replied, I am al- Jassasah. (aspy) They asked , What is al-Jassa sah? It replied, O people,

go to this man in the monastery, for he is very eager to knowabout you. Tamim said that when it named a person to us, wewere afraid lest it be a devil.

Tamim said, We quickly went to the monastery. There we found a huge man with his hands tied up to his neck and withiron shackles between his legs up to the ankles. We asked,Woe to you, who are you? He replied , You will soon know


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about m e. Tell me who you are. We asked, We are people from Arabia. We sailed in a ship, but the waves have beentossing us about for a month, and they brought us to yourisland, where we met a beast who was so hairy that we couldnot tell its front from its back. We asked it, Woe to you! Whatare you? and it r eplied , I am al- Jassasah. We asked, Whatis al- Jassasah? and it told us, Go to this man in themonastery, for he is very eager to know about you. So we cameto you quickly, fearing that it might be a devil.

The man asked, Tell me about the date-pa lms of Baysan. We asked, What do y ou want to know about them? Heasked, I want to know whether these trees bear fruit or not.We replied, Yes. He said, Soon they will not bear fruit.Then he asked, Tell me about the lake of al-Tabariyyah[Tiberias, in Palestine ]. We asked, What do you want toknow about it? He asked, Is there water in it? We replied, There is plenty of water in it. He said, Soon it will becomedry. Then he asked, Tell me about the spring of Zughar.

We asked, What do you want to know about it? He asked, Is there water in it, and does it irrigate the land? We replied, Yes, there is

plenty of water in it, and the people use it to irrigate the land.Then he asked, Tell me about the unlettered Prophet, whathas he done? We replied, He has left Makkah and settled inYathrib. He asked, Do the Arabs fight against him? Wesaid, Yes. He asked, How does he deal with them? So wereplied that the Prophet had overcome the Arabs around himand that they had followed him. He asked, Has it reallyhappened? We replied, Yes. He said, It is better for them if


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they follow him. Now I will tell you about myself. I am theDajjal. I will soon be permitted to leave this place: I will emergeand travel about the earth. In 40 nights I will pass throughevery town, except Makkah and Madinah, for these have been

forbidden to me. Every time I try to enter either of them, I willbe met by an angel bearing an unsheathed sword, who will

prevent me from entering. There will be angels guarding themat every passage leading to them.

Fatimah said, The Prophet striking the pulpit with his staff,said: This is Tayyibah, this is Tayyibah, this is Tayyibah, [ie

Madinah]. Have I not told you something like this? The people said, Yes. He SAW said, I liked the account given tome by Tamim because it agrees with that which I have told youabout the Dajjal, and about Makkah and Madinah. Indeed heis in the Syrian sea or the Yemen sea. No, on the contrary, he isin the East, he is in the East, he is in the East and he SAW

pointed towards the East. Fatimah said: I memorised this from the Prophet.

Now, to attempt to determine to what extent the signs indicated by

the hadith have been fulfilled. We will start by locating where in

the modern world the places indicated by the Hadith are, and thento see whether the signs have come to pass. Where references have

been made to the work of others, these have been indicated in thefootnotes.


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The date Trees of Baysan

Baysan, modern day Beit Shean, a city in the North District of

Israel occupied by Arabs before Israels w ar of independence in1948. The ancient city ruins are now protected as an Israeli

national park, known as Bet She'an National Park .

Navigate to the following link to see the old city in Google maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.5,35.5&q=32.5,35.5&hl=en&t=m&z=12
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.5,35.5&q=32.5,35.5&hl=en&t=m&z=12http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.5,35.5&q=32.5,35.5&hl=en&t=m&z=12http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.5,35.5&q=32.5,35.5&hl=en&t=m&z=12http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.5,35.5&q=32.5,35.5&hl=en&t=m&z=12


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You can see from the above map that the city of Baysan (indicated

by the red teardrop shape) is just south of Lake Tiberias (Sea of

Galilee).

The following is a picture of the old city, notice that there is

nothing but sand and stone that makes up the national park:

In 634, Byzantine forces were defeated by the Muslim army of

Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab Radi Allahu 'anhu and the city was

renamed Baysan. The day of victory came to be known in Arabicas Yawm Baysan or "the day of Baysan". The city was not

damaged and the newly arrived Muslims lived together with itsChristian population until the 8th century. On January 18, 749 AD,

Umayyad Baysan was completely devastated by the Golan

earthquake of 749. A few residential neighbourhoods grew up onthe ruins, probably established by the survivors, but the city never

recovered its magnificence. The city centre moved to the southern


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hill where a Crusader fortress surrounded by a moat was

constructed. 1

Lets look at dates. 749 AD translates to 131 AH (Hijri). We know

from the Hadith that Tamim al-Dari Radi Allahu 'anhu came to

Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam whilst Rasool Allah wasstill amongst his companions, the Sahaba . At that time, Baysan was

a Byzantine city not under the control of the Muslims. This was

before the big Golan earthquake of 749, meaning that the city was

still a prosperous place where trade and agriculture was very muchalive. Dajaal referring to this city would have referred to the

original location before the earthquake, and not where the citysubsequently moved to, due to the devastation caused by the

earthquake. The ruins of the old city can be seen in the Googlemap image. There is nothing but sand and stone. We can be

confidant from this analysis that the date plantations of Baysan (asknown to Dajaal at the time of Rasool Allah Sallallahu AlayhiWasallam ) no longer exist. They were most likely destroyed by the

earthquake of 749, or shortly after when the inhabitants made hijra

to another location.

The following is taken from a map during the Abbasid Caliphate

during the 9 th century. On a side note, notice that Zughar is alsoreferred to Sughar by the Muslims of the time:

1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baysan


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I have found a second reference to Baysan for being famous for

date plantations:

Baysan was once famous for date plantations, howeveraround 626 Hijri (1228 AD) these trees have stopped bearing

fruits. 2

The date is attributed to the works of Allama Yaqut al-Hamawi(Yqt ibn -'Abdullah al- Rm al -Hamaw) (11791229 AD), who

was an Islamic biographer and geographer renowned for his

encyclopaedic writings on the Muslim world.

We can be confident that the first sign Dajaal alluded to, has come

to pass.

2 DAJJAL KAUN KAHAN KAB By Shaykh Mufti Abu Lubabah Shah Mansoor


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Spring of Zughar

The spring of Zughar can be traced back to a place known as Zoara

(Zoar ). Zoara was one of the five cities ( Zoar, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim ) of the plain of Jordan that Allah Subnahu

Wa Ta'Ala was to destroy because of the sins of its people. 3 Whilst

all the other cities were destroyed, Zoar was spared due to the Du aof Hazrat Lut

alayhi as- salm, as this was where Hazrat Lut

alayhi as- salm and his two daughters took refuge from Allahs

punishment.

You may be curious as to how the spring got its name!

Hazrat Lut

alayhi as- salm had two daughters. The eldest was

called Rubbah and the younger daughter was called Sughar

(Zughar) .

The following is an extract from the book Palestine under the

Moslems 4:

"Ar Rubbah is a village on the side of the Ghaur, lying betweenthe lands of the Jordan and Balka Provinces. According to thetradition related by Ibn 'Abbas: When Hazrat Lut AS fled fromhis home, he had with him his two daughters, one of whom wascalled Rubbah and the other Sughar. And the elder of themdied, that is Rubbah, near a spring, and was buried there. Andthey called the spring after her 'Ain Rubbah, and built over it a

3 Quran 7:80 7:844 Palestine under the Moslems; A description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500.

ISBN-13: 978-1236480835. Page 291


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town called Rubbah. And Zughar, the younger daughter, diedat 'Ain Zughar, which was in like manner called after her."

Zoaras location came to light with the help of the Madaba Mosaic

map. I recommend reading The Sanctuary of Agios Lot, the City of

Zoara and the Zared River 5 by Konstantinos D. Politis. You will

find it on the Internet. The document states that the recent

archaeological excavations in Ghor es-Safi have identified theSanctuary of Agios (saint) Lot ( Hazrat Lut

alayhi as- salm)

depicted on the Madaba map which is part of a floor mosaic in theearly Byzantine church of Saint George at Madaba , Jordan.Additional new surveys and surface collections have confirmed the

location of the city of Zoara . The following is an extract from thepaper referring to the Madaba map:

Zoara lies west, and slightly south of the Sanctuary, on theDead Sea plain. A large walled building is depicted with anarched entrance and three towers, each with a square window.It is surrounded by six date palm trees, indicating a well-watered agricultural settlement.

5 http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/articles/PolitisLot.html


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Part of the mosaic map. The River Jordan and the Dead Sea are inthe centre, with Jerusalem bottom right


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The following map depicts the location of Zoara :


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The following is a photo of the cave and adjacent church ruins:


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This is the cave that Hazrat Lut

alayhi as- salm and His beloved

daughters took refuge in when the punishment of Allah Subnahu

Wa Ta'Ala fell on Sodom ( sudum).

The location of the cave and adjacent church ruins are at:

31o 0248.61 N

35o 3009.53 E

The following images have been taken from Google Earth:


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The cave is marked out with a yellow circle.

Amongst later accounts of the location of the city of Zoara , thefollowing has been recorded in the book Palestine Under TheMoslems 6:

Zughar is a village in the Eastlands of Syria on the borders ofthe stinking lake (Dead Sea). The lake is also called BahrZughar. It is near Al Karak (Karak in southern Israel).Zughar was the name of the daughter of Hazrat Lut AS and

the village is named after her. It lies three days march from Jerusalem on the Hijaz borde r.

The spring Ain Zughar, will sink down in the End of Days,and this is one of the signs of the end times .

6 Palestine under the Moslems. Page 290


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An indication that Zoara has been lost is also mentioned in the

same book as follows:

Though Zughar was such a large and well-known town duringall the middle ages, no traces apparently remain of it at the

present day; at any rate, none have been described by moderntravellers, who have visited the southern shores of the DeadSea.

I have not been able to determine the exact location of the spring.This would require local knowledge as the names of the places

have changed and the inhabitants have moved to different

locations over time.

The spring of Zoara is connected to the Sea of Galilee through

underground waterways. The drying of the Sea of Galilee may alsolead to the drying of the spring. The reverse can also be true. The

fact that they are linked is the important thing to remember. As

the town of Zoara has been lost, we should instead look to thedrying of the Sea of Galilee as the fulfilment of the sign that the

spring has also dried.


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Lake of al-Tabariyyah

We now come to the last and most important sign of them all, the

Sea of Galilee.

The Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake

Tiberias is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it isapproximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13

mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide. It is the lowest freshwater lake

on Earth and the second-lowest lake overall (after the Dead Sea, asaltwater lake). The lake is fed partly by underground springs

although its main source is the Jordan River which flows through itfrom north to south.

The Sea of Galilee is situated in northeast Israel, between the Golan

Heights and the Galilee region. Israel's National Water Carrier,built in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population

centres of Israel, and is the source of much of the country'sdrinking water. About 400,000,000 cubic metres (1.41010 cu ft) of

water is pumped in the National Water Carrier each year. Under

the terms of the Israel Jordan peace treaty, Israel also supplies50,000,000 cubic metres (1.8109 cu ft) of water annually from the

lake to Jordan.

Increasing water demand and dry winters have resulted in stress

on the lake and a decreasing water line to dangerously low levels at

times. The Sea of Galilee is at risk of becoming irreversiblysalinized by the salt water springs under the lake, which are held in

check by the weight of the freshwater on top of them. The Israeli


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government monitors water levels and publishes the results daily at

the following site:

http://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/WaterResources/Kinneret-

Basin/Pages/default.aspx

The site is in Hebrew. The text can be translated using Google

translate, but the most important information is the graph which

shows the water level of the sea.

Over the last 10 years, the levels have fluctuated a lot due to over

consumption by Israel. The lowest point was observed in 2008when the level of the sea dropped to almost the point of no return.

The following graph was taken from the website:

It can be seen by the wild fluctuations that it would not take much

for the sea to be irreversibly damaged. As the sea, along with rainwater, is fed by the Jordan River and underground springs, if these

water sources dry up, so will the Sea of Galilee.
http://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/WaterResources/Kinneret-Basin/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/WaterResources/Kinneret-Basin/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/WaterResources/Kinneret-Basin/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/WaterResources/Kinneret-Basin/Pages/default.aspx


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Conclusion

The time for Dajaal to appear and walk this Earth is very close.

Contemporary scholars have estimated that we have approximately50 years before the final sign will be fulfilled and the Dajaal will be

released on to the Earth.

Look to the Sea of Galilee for your answer.

The last remaining sign ..

Faisal Dean Raza Saifi4th August 2014

Raza Publications

[email protected]

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