Discussion regarding the figurative interpretation by some of the great scholars in Kuwait of the hadiths concerning the Mahdi and the Dajjal

The student : I saw some of the great scholars in Kuwait, about ten years ago, from the time of Sayyid and so on. We were discussing the hadiths of the Mahdi, Isa, and the Dajjal, and he would say: "My son, the hadith of the Dajjal where he says to the sky, 'Rain,' and to the earth, 'So and so'—if people had spoken about the computer thirty years ago, they would have said this is a myth. Likewise, after this long time, the Dajjal will come, and all of this will be modern, contemporary knowledge."

The Shaykh : Yes, that is how it is, in a sense.
The student : I seek refuge in Allah.
The student : Even if you had spoken to the Companions about the car and such, they would not have understood what a car is or how it moves? But this is a response to an authentic hadith.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Shaykh, without a doubt, you used to go to him, is that not so?

The Shaykh : Yes, I used to listen to his sermons.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : ... You used to go with him to his mosque.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : I used to ... wear a tarboosh.