Tawḍīḥ al-Aḥkām - Abd Allah al-Bassam - (2/284)

Tawḍīḥ al-AḥkāmAbd Allah al-Bassam

As for the trial of death, it occurs at the moment the soul is being taken and in the grave when the two angels question the deceased, as al-Bukhārī records (86): “You will surely be tested in your graves with a trial like—indeed, nearly like—the trial of the Antichrist.”

– al-Masīḥ: pronounced with a fatḥah on the mīm, a kasrah on the soft sīn, and ending with an undotted ḥāʾ. The Antichrist is called al-Masīḥ because goodness has been wiped away (musiḥa) from him, or because one of his eyes is obliterated, or because he will traverse (yamsaḥu) the earth, covering it quickly.

Authentic reports state that he will emerge near the end of time as one of the major signs of the Hour.

– al-Dajjāl: an intensive form derived from the root denoting lying, deception, and the admixture of truth with falsehood. Anyone who appears before people intending to mislead them and turn them from the truth is a “dajjāl.” At the forefront are the proponents of destructive ideologies, false doctrines, and corrupt beliefs that they market to nations and peoples in the name of “reform.” Concerning such people, Allah says: “They shall surely bear their own burdens, and burdens along with their burdens; and on the Day of Resurrection they will surely be questioned about what they used to fabricate.” ⦗29:13⦘ [al-ʿAnkabūt].

Points derived from the ḥadīth:
1 – The legitimacy of the final tashahhud in the prayer; the stronger view, mentioned earlier, is that it is obligatory, as is invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ during it.

2 – The recommendation of supplicating after the tashahhud and after sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ during this sitting, which occurs at the end of the prayer.

Shaykh al-Islām said: “Supplication at the end of the prayer, before one exits from it, is legislated by the widely transmitted Sunnah and by the consensus of the Muslims. Most of the invocations connected to the prayer were made by the Prophet ﷺ within it and he instructed that they be made therein, so long as the worshipper remains facing his Lord and conversing with Him. Therefore, it is unfitting for him to neglect asking his Master while he is in intimate discourse with Him and in a state of nearness to Him.”

وأما فتنة الممات: فعند الاحتضار، وفي القبر عند سؤال الملكين، كما جاء في البخاري (٨٦): "إنَّكم تفتنون في قبوركم مثل، أو قريبًا من فتنة الدجال". - المسيح: بفتح الميم وكسر السين المهملة المخففة في آخره حاء مهملة، وسمي الدجال بالمسيح؛ لأنَّ الخير مسح منه، أو لأنَّ عينَه الواحدة ممسوحة، أو لأنَّه يمسح الأرض بمروره عليها. وقد وردت الأخبار الصحيحة بخروجه آخر الزمان، علامة كبرى من علامات الساعة. - الدجال: على وزن فعَّال، من: "الدَّجل" وهو الكذب، والتمويه، وخلط الحق بالباطل، فكل من ظهر على الناس يريد إضلالهم، وإغواءهم عن الحق فهو دجال، وأول من يدخل في ذلك أصحاب المبادىء الهدَّامة، والمذاهب الباطلة، والاعتقادات الفاسدة، الذين يقدمونها للناس ولشعوبهم باسم الإصلاح، فهؤلاء ممن قال الله تعالى فيهم: ﴿وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ وَلَيُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ (١٣)﴾ [العنكبوت]. * ما يؤخذ من الحديث: ١ - مشروعية التشهد الأخير في الصلاة، وتقدم أنَّ الصحيح وجوبه، ووجوب الصلاة على النبي ﷺ فيه. ٢ - استحباب الدعاء بعد التشهد، والصلاة على النبي ﷺ في هذه الجلسة، التي هي دبر الصلاة. قال شيخ الإسلام: الدعاء آخر الصلاة قبل الخروج منها مشروع بالسنة المستفيضة، وإجماع المسلمين، وعامة الأدعية المتعلقة بالصلاة إنَّما فعلها ﵇ فيها، وأمر بها فيها، ما دام مقبلاً على ربه يناجيه، فلا ينبغي أن يترك سؤال مولاه في حال مناجاته، والقرب منه.