I have heard a lot about the trial of the Dajjal, the false messiah. Could you tell us about it?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I have heard a lot about the trial of the Dajjal, the false messiah. Could you tell us about it?

Answer:
This is in the authentic hadiths. The Dajjal will come, but we seek refuge from him in the prayers, in the final tashahhud. It is a great trial, by which nations are destroyed, may Allah protect us from it, and few are safe from it, because he will bring very strange things that deceive a person of weak faith; he deceives him, and one may follow the Dajjal, may Allah protect us from it, and submit to him, so his trial is great. No prophet warned his ummah (Muslim community) about the Dajjal more than our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), because his trial is great. Yes.