Imam Ahmad, Abū Dāwūd, and al-Hākim narrated from Abū al-Dahmā (1), who said: “I heard Imrān ibn Husayn relate that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘Whoever hears of the Dajjāl should keep far away from him. By Allah, a man will come to him thinking that he is a believer, yet will then follow him because of the specious claims he puts forward—or on account of the specious claims he puts forward’” (2).

The Dajjāl in the Quran:

Scholars have asked why the Dajjāl is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran, despite the enormity of his tribulation, the prophets’ warnings against him, and the command to seek refuge from his tribulation during prayer. They have offered several answers, including:

1 — He is included among the signs referred to in the words of Allah Most High:

“On the Day when some of your Lord’s signs come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had neither believed before nor earned any good through its faith” [al-Anām: 158].

These signs are the Dajjāl, the rising of the sun from the west, and the Beast. They are mentioned in the exegesis of this verse.