Fitnah of Dajjaal

The word “Dajjaal” means someone who is extremely
deceiving and the greatest liar. It is not the name
but a title of a person about whom, according to the
Ahaadeeth, various prophets had warned their
followers. The exact title in Islamic traditions is
‘Maseehuddajjaal’, the liar/deceiver Christ or
anti-Christ as opposed to the true Christ, Eesa
Alayhissalaam.

He will appear at a time that will be close to the end
of the world. Physically, he is described to have only
one functioning eye, curly hair and not-so-fair skin.
Politically, he will be an extremely powerful man
heading a global power that will influence, control
and direct almost the entire world. His civilization
will be based on an anti-Islamic, materialistic,
non-spiritual ideology. Any Muslim not submitting to
its power or disagreeing with its philosophy will be
terrorized and persecuted. The person will be able to
travel at extremely fast speed, and perform wonders in
the field of health, life, death, production of crops,
control of rainfall, etc. He will be able to control
the livelihood of people and the resources of the
world. Hence, dissenters will be crushed under
poverty, resourcelessness and his ruthless
persecution. He will be able to demonstrate his power
by cutting a person into two pieces, joining him back
together and then reviving him.

His philosophy, though totally anti-Islamic and
anti-faith, will be very deceiving. What he will
preach to be good will in fact be very bad in the eyes
of Allaah SWT. The lifestyle that he will preach as
the ideal way of life will in fact be the lifestyle of
disaster for humanity. The path he will describe as
the right path will in reality be the path leading to
the hell fire. But his presentation of ideas will be
so well orchestrated, and his propaganda so effective,
that the majority of the world will accept and buy
into his ideas. Even the majority of the Muslims will
accept and adopt his philosophies.

Even in those circumstances there will be true Muslims
who will remain steadfast. Because of the purity of
their faith, sincerity and their true understanding of
Islam, they will be able to clearly see how wrong and
anti-Islamic his ideas are. In other words, his
misguidance will be so clear, it will be as if Kufr is
written on his forehead. However only a minority of
Muslims will have the courage to take a stand and
remain steadfast on the pure Islamic path. Many will
compromise with Dajjaal for the sake of their worldly
considerations. However, the rule of Dajjaal, once he
appears, will be short. His appearance will be
followed by the re-appearance of Eesa Alayhissalaam
who will come back to live his remaining life on this
earth, as a follower of the Prophet Muhammad, kill the
Dajjaal and establish the Islamic world order in place
of the Dajjaali world order.

If we open our eyes and see around us we can see that
the Dajjaali civilisation is already established. The
power base of the Dajjaal is actively being installed
over the Globe. Scientific advancements have already
made possible the wondrous things Dajjaal will be able
to do and those advancements continue at a very rapid
pace. World is fast moving towards globalization and
the superpower is coercing weaker nations to abide by
its wishes. In short, the Dajjaali establishment is
fast strengthening its hold on the affairs of the
world.

Perhaps he may appear soon in person.

We have been forewarned so that we could see the
falsehood through the glitter of the Dajjaali
lifestyle, instead of being blinded by it; so we could
fend off propaganda of the Dajjaali establishment,
instead of falling prey to it; and so we could stand
by our faith when being faithful becomes tough instead
of submitting to the pressure. Considering the
difficulty of this task for those Muslims who value
their Deen, the Messenger of Allaah taught a special
duaa to seek Allaah’s refuge from the troubles,
tribulations and persecution (Fitnah) of Dajjaal, of
his world order and of the establishment that is
preceding him. In additions to developing deeper
understanding of the beauties of Islam and being
strong in faith, let us all make sincere Duaas to
Allaah SWT: