In the Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
AL -
Dajjaal. (Fitnah of Dajjaal )
The word “Dajjaal” means someone who is
extremely
deceiving and the greatest liar. It is not
the name
but a title of a person about whom,
according to the
Ahaadeeth, various prophets had warned
their
followers. The exact title in Islamic
traditions is
‘Maseehuddajjaal’, the liar/deceiver
Christ or
anti-Christ as opposed to the true Christ,
Eesa
Alayhissalaam.
He will appear at a time that will be
close to the end
of the world. Physically, he is described
to have only
one functioning eye, curly hair and
not-so-fair skin.
Politically, he will be an extremely
powerful man
heading a global power that will
influence, control
and direct almost the entire world. His
civilization
will be based on an anti-Islamic,
materialistic,
non-spiritual ideology. Any Muslim not
submitting to
its power or disagreeing with its
philosophy will be
terrorized and persecuted. The person will
be able to
travel at extremely fast speed, and
perform wonders in
the field of health, life, death,
production of crops,
control of rainfall, etc. He will be able
to control
the livelihood of people and the resources
of the
world. Hence, dissenters will be crushed
under
poverty, resourcelessness and his ruthless
persecution. He will be able to
demonstrate his power
by cutting a person into two pieces,
joining him back
together and then reviving him.
His philosophy, though totally
anti-Islamic and
anti-faith, will be very deceiving. What
he will
preach to be good will in fact be very bad
in the eyes
of Allaah SWT. The lifestyle that he will
preach as
the ideal way of life will in fact be the
lifestyle of
disaster for humanity. The path he will
describe as
the right path will in reality be the path
leading to
the hell fire. But his presentation of
ideas will be
so well orchestrated, and his propaganda
so effective,
that the majority of the world will accept
and buy
into his ideas. Even the majority of the
Muslims will
accept and adopt his philosophies.
Even in those circumstances there will be
true Muslims
who will remain steadfast. Because of the
purity of
their faith, sincerity and their true
understanding of
Islam, they will be able to clearly see
how wrong and
anti-Islamic his ideas are. In other
words, his
misguidance will be so clear, it will be
as if Kufr is
written on his forehead. However only a
minority of
Muslims will have the courage to take a
stand and
remain steadfast on the pure Islamic path.
Many will
compromise with Dajjaal for the sake of
their worldly
considerations. However, the rule of
Dajjaal, once he
appears, will be short. His appearance
will be
followed by the re-appearance of Eesa
Alayhissalaam
who will come back to live his remaining
life on this
earth, as a follower of the Prophet
Muhammad, kill the
Dajjaal and establish the Islamic world
order in place
of the Dajjaali world order.
If we open our eyes and see around us we
can see that
the Dajjaali civilisation is already
established. The
power base of the Dajjaal is actively
being installed
over the Globe. Scientific advancements
have already
made possible the wondrous things Dajjaal
will be able
to do and those advancements continue at a
very rapid
pace. World is fast moving towards
globalization and
the superpower is coercing weaker nations
to abide by
its wishes. In short, the Dajjaali
establishment is
fast strengthening its hold on the affairs
of the
world.
Perhaps he may appear soon in person.
We have been forewarned so that we could
see the
falsehood through the glitter of the
Dajjaali
lifestyle, instead of being blinded by it;
so we could
fend off propaganda of the Dajjaali
establishment,
instead of falling prey to it; and so we
could stand
by our faith when being faithful becomes
tough instead
of submitting to the pressure. Considering
the
difficulty of this task for those Muslims
who value
their Deen, the Messenger of Allaah taught
a special
duaa to seek Allaah’s refuge from the
troubles,
tribulations and persecution (Fitnah) of
Dajjaal, of
his world order and of the establishment
that is
preceding him. In additions to developing
deeper
understanding of the beauties of Islam and
being
strong in faith, let us all make sincere
Duaas to
Allaah SWT:
Allaahumma innee a’oodzubika min fitnati
Maseehiddajjaal. (O Allaah, I seek your
refuge from
the Fitnah of Maseeh Dajjaal).
Ayub Hamid
