What the Dajjal brings about, such as causing rain to fall and other things, is it a form of illusory sorcery?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is what the Dajjal brings about, such as causing rain to fall and other things, a form of illusory sorcery?
The Shaykh:
I believe Allah has enabled him to do this for the sake of the trial. Allah has enabled him to do this for the sake of the trial. His trial is immense. This is part of the decree of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Allah has enabled him to do this. Yes. In order to test the people. Yes.
The questioner:
And other things.
The Shaykh:
That is, if Allah wills, He prevents it. Have you not heard the story of the one who comes out to him from Madinah and tells him to declare his disbelief in him and that he is the lying Dajjal, so he kills him and cuts him in two, then walks between the two pieces, then tells him to get up, so he gets up, then tells him to believe in him, so he says, "No, you are the lying Dajjal, the Messiah," then he kills him and cuts him in two.
He walks between his pieces, then tells him to get up, so he gets up alive the third time, and he is unable to kill him; Allah, Mighty and Majestic, holds him back, and this believing servant escapes, and the Dajjal flees. So all of this is by the decree of Allah, for the sake of testing the people and examining them: who will remain firm in faith and who will not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is what the Dajjal brings about, such as causing rain to fall and other things, a form of illusory sorcery?
The Shaykh:
I believe Allah has enabled him to do this for the sake of the trial. Allah has enabled him to do this for the sake of the trial. His trial is immense. This is part of the decree of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Allah has enabled him to do this. Yes. In order to test the people. Yes.
The questioner:
And other things.
The Shaykh:
That is, if Allah wills, He prevents it. Have you not heard the story of the one who comes out to him from Madinah and tells him to declare his disbelief in him and that he is the lying Dajjal, so he kills him and cuts him in two, then walks between the two pieces, then tells him to get up, so he gets up, then tells him to believe in him, so he says, "No, you are the lying Dajjal, the Messiah," then he kills him and cuts him in two.
He walks between his pieces, then tells him to get up, so he gets up alive the third time, and he is unable to kill him; Allah, Mighty and Majestic, holds him back, and this believing servant escapes, and the Dajjal flees. So all of this is by the decree of Allah, for the sake of testing the people and examining them: who will remain firm in faith and who will not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [15 -308] ما يأتي به الدجال من إنزال المطر وغيره هل هو من السحر التخييلي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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