band that fights the Dajjāl, and thereafter. They hold that supplications should be made for the rulers of the Muslims to be righteous, that one should not rise against them by the sword, and that one should not fight in times of civil strife.

They affirm that the Dajjāl will emerge and that Jesus, son of Mary, will kill him. They believe in Munkar and Nakīr, the Ascension, and visions in dreams. They believe that supplications for deceased Muslims and charity given on their behalf after their death reach them.

They affirm that sorcerers exist in this world, that a sorcerer is a disbeliever, as Allah Most High has stated, and that sorcery truly exists in this world. They hold that funeral prayers should be offered for everyone among the people of the qiblah who dies, whether faithful or sinful, and that they may inherit from one another.

They say that Paradise and Hell have been created, that whoever dies does so at his appointed time, and likewise that whoever is killed is killed at his appointed time.