Since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the trial of the Dajjal, is it not easy to avoid his trial?
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The questioner : After the Muslims have learned the characteristics of the Dajjal, I think that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) magnified this trial—may Allah reward us for it—after they have learned the characteristics, is it not easy for the Muslims to avoid his trial?
The Shaykh : He, may Allah bless you, descends upon a person with a trial that stuns him from what was said, due to the intensity of the terror. A man commands the sky and it rains, and the earth and it grows, and the livestock return to their owners in the greatest abundance of branches and the most meat. And if no one responds to him, he prevents the sky from raining and the earth from growing, and they become emaciated. This thing causes a person to be stunned and forget, but whoever Allah makes firm remains firm. So this young man who remains firm and says: "I bear witness that you are the Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us," he remains firm, and he kills him, and he splits into two groups and walks between them and the people see him, then he calls out to him and says: "Come forward," so he comes forward walking with a limp, then he kills him, and in the third attempt he is unable to overcome him.
Then, before him are Paradise and Hell in the sight of the eye, so whoever disobeys him is thrown into the fire, and whoever obeys him is thrown into the Paradise, and it is in reality a fire.
So the trial is immense.
The questioner : I said... the one who comes forward and does these things, is it by way of imagination or reality?
The Shaykh : No, it is reality.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The signs have something else, they have a specific ruling. Isa used to revive the dead by the permission of Allah, and the man of the Cow Allah revived him, and those who came out of their houses while they were thousands Allah revived them, and the one who passed by the village Allah revived him. These are matters that are outside the general rule, and they are from the signs of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner : In Musnad Ahmad, it is narrated that Aisha said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Dajjal has with him a mountain of... so he said: "It is easier than that," even though the Paradise and the Hell in the sight of the seer are greater than the mountain, so how can it be easier than that?
The Shaykh : He intended that she not magnify this Dajjal in her heart, and he informed her about the Paradise and the Hell in another context.
The Shaykh : He, may Allah bless you, descends upon a person with a trial that stuns him from what was said, due to the intensity of the terror. A man commands the sky and it rains, and the earth and it grows, and the livestock return to their owners in the greatest abundance of branches and the most meat. And if no one responds to him, he prevents the sky from raining and the earth from growing, and they become emaciated. This thing causes a person to be stunned and forget, but whoever Allah makes firm remains firm. So this young man who remains firm and says: "I bear witness that you are the Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us," he remains firm, and he kills him, and he splits into two groups and walks between them and the people see him, then he calls out to him and says: "Come forward," so he comes forward walking with a limp, then he kills him, and in the third attempt he is unable to overcome him.
Then, before him are Paradise and Hell in the sight of the eye, so whoever disobeys him is thrown into the fire, and whoever obeys him is thrown into the Paradise, and it is in reality a fire.
So the trial is immense.
The questioner : I said... the one who comes forward and does these things, is it by way of imagination or reality?
The Shaykh : No, it is reality.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The signs have something else, they have a specific ruling. Isa used to revive the dead by the permission of Allah, and the man of the Cow Allah revived him, and those who came out of their houses while they were thousands Allah revived them, and the one who passed by the village Allah revived him. These are matters that are outside the general rule, and they are from the signs of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner : In Musnad Ahmad, it is narrated that Aisha said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Dajjal has with him a mountain of... so he said: "It is easier than that," even though the Paradise and the Hell in the sight of the seer are greater than the mountain, so how can it be easier than that?
The Shaykh : He intended that she not magnify this Dajjal in her heart, and he informed her about the Paradise and the Hell in another context.