An explanation of the following of Muhammad Rashid Rida in the footsteps of the Qadiani in the matter of interpreting the hadiths regarding the descent of Isa with good, and interpreting the hadiths regarding the emergence of the Dajjal with evil
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The Shaykh : And so this Qadiani Dajjal interpreted the hadiths of the descent of Isa with good, and interpreted the hadiths of the emergence of the Dajjal with evil. Many of today’s Islamic writers have followed him and adhered to this interpretation, much to our great regret. Among them may be those whom we deeply, deeply regret see interpreting in this manner, for we consider him among the foremost of the researching, verifying scholars who had a special concern for calling to the Sunnah and spreading it. I mean by this the Shaykh, Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida (may Allah have mercy on him). But, unfortunately, the matter is as it is said: every scholar makes a mistake, and every noble horse stumbles. This is one of the stumbles of this learned man, where he interpreted the hadiths of the Dajjal and others along with the interpreters.
It is not possible for a Muslim who is free from desire but to believe in the realities of the hadiths of the Dajjal, which lead to what we have presented to you earlier, a summary of which is that they all end with the fact that he is a created man whom our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) causes some of the created things, such as rain and the earth and the like, to serve him, so that He may test His servants thereby. So it is either belief in these realities, or denial of the hadiths from their very origin, for interpretation is in reality a denial of the meaning contained in the texts.
They interpret, for example, the Dajjal as being evil. How can he be described as evil by being one-eyed, and it follows that your Lord is not one-eyed? And how can he be described as evil by not entering Makkah and al-Madinah, when we see, much to our great regret, that today a great deal of evil has entered Makkah and al-Madinah, in the form of licentiousness and fitnah through wealth and the like? And the hadiths explicitly state that the Dajjal does not enter Makkah and al-Madinah.
The questioner : Brothers, come closer a little.
The Shaykh : But the Dajjal has entered these two sacred cities.
It is not possible for a Muslim who is free from desire but to believe in the realities of the hadiths of the Dajjal, which lead to what we have presented to you earlier, a summary of which is that they all end with the fact that he is a created man whom our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) causes some of the created things, such as rain and the earth and the like, to serve him, so that He may test His servants thereby. So it is either belief in these realities, or denial of the hadiths from their very origin, for interpretation is in reality a denial of the meaning contained in the texts.
They interpret, for example, the Dajjal as being evil. How can he be described as evil by being one-eyed, and it follows that your Lord is not one-eyed? And how can he be described as evil by not entering Makkah and al-Madinah, when we see, much to our great regret, that today a great deal of evil has entered Makkah and al-Madinah, in the form of licentiousness and fitnah through wealth and the like? And the hadiths explicitly state that the Dajjal does not enter Makkah and al-Madinah.
The questioner : Brothers, come closer a little.
The Shaykh : But the Dajjal has entered these two sacred cities.