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Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

The word al-Dajjal has become a proper name for the one-eyed, lying messiah. Thus, whenever the Dajjal is mentioned, no one else comes to mind.

He was called the Dajjal because he covers truth with falsehood, or because he conceals his disbelief from people through his lies, subterfuge, and deception. It has also been said that the sheer multitude of his forces overwhelms everything (1). Allah knows best.

The Dajjal’s Description and the Hadiths Concerning Him:

The Dajjal is a human being. The hadiths describe many of his characteristics so that people may recognize him and be warned against his evil. Thus, when he emerges, the believers will recognize him and will not be deceived by him. Rather, they will know the characteristics by which the Truthful One (peace and blessings be upon him) described him. These characteristics distinguish him from everyone else, so none will be deceived by him except an ignorant person for whom wretchedness has already been decreed. We ask Allah for protection.

Among these characteristics are that he is a young man, ruddy-complexioned, short, bow-legged, curly-haired, with a receding hairline and a broad upper chest. His right eye is effaced; it is neither protruding (2) nor sunken (3), but resembles a shriveled grape, and over his left eye is

(1) *Lisān al-Arab*, 11:236–237; and *Tartīb al-Qāmūs*, 2:152. (2) *Nāti’a* (“protruding”) is derived from *nutū’* (“elevation and swelling”); that is, his eye does not protrude. See *Tartīb al-Qāmūs*, 4:318; and *Awn al-Mabūd*, 11:444. (3) *Jahrā*: pronounced with an a-vowel on the *jīm* and no vowel on the *hā*; that is, his eye is not deeply sunken within its socket. Al-Azharī, however, read the word with *kh* rather than *h* and rejected the latter reading. See *Lisān al-Arab*, 4:118; and *Awn al-Mabūd*, 11:444.

ولفظة (الدَّجّال): أصبحت علمًا على المسيح الأعور الكذَّاب، فإذا قيل: الدَّجّال؛ فلا يتبادر إلى الذهن غيره. وسمي الدَّجَّال دجالًا: لأنّه يغطي الحق بالباطل، أو لأنّه يغطي على النَّاس كفرَه بكذبه وتمويهه وتلبيسه عليهم، وقيل: لأنّه يغطي الأمر بكثرة جموعه (١). والله أعلم. * صفة الدَّجّال والأحاديث الواردة في ذلك: الدَّجّال رجلٌ من بني آدم، له صفاتٌ كثيرةٌ جاءت بها الأحاديث؛ لتعريف النَّاس به، وتحذيرهم من شره، حتّى إذا خرج؛ عرفه المؤمنون، فلا يفتنون به، بل يكونون على علم بصفاته الّتي أخبر بها الصادق ﷺ، وهذه الصفات تميِّزه عن غيره من النَّاس، فلا يغترَّ به إِلَّا الجاهل الّذي سبقت عليه الشِّقوة، نسأل الله العافية. ومن هذه الصفات أنّه رجلٌ، شابٌّ، أحمر، قصيرٌ، أفحجُ، جعد الرّأس، أجلى الجبهة، عريض النَّحر، ممسوح العين اليمنى، وهذه العين ليست بناتئة (٢)، ولا جحراء (٣)؛ كأنّها عنبة طافئة، وعينه اليسرى عليها

(١) "لسان العرب" (١١/ ٢٣٦ - ٢٣٧)، و"ترتيب القاموس" (٢/ ١٥٢). (٢) (ناتئة): مأخوذة من النتوء، وهو الارتفاع والانتفاخ؛ أي: أن عينه ليست بارزة. انظر: "ترتيب القاموس" (٤/ ٣١٨)، و"عون المعبود" (١١/ ٤٤٤). (٣) (جحراء): بفتح الجيم وسكون الحاء؛ أي: ليست غائرة منجحرة في نقرتها. وقال الأزهري: "هي بالخاء المعجمة"، وأنكر الحاء. انظر: "لسان العرب" (٤/ ١١٨)، و"عون المعبود" (١١/ ٤٤٤).