al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8621

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✧ Hearken! Every prophet warned his nation about the Dajjal, and indeed he, on this day of his, has eaten food. I am making a covenant that no prophet before me made for his nation. Hearken! His right eye is effaced in its pupil, protruding and not hidden; it is as if it were a spittle on the side of a wall. Hearken! His left eye is like a brilliant star. With him is something like Paradise and something like Fire: the Fire is a green meadow and the Paradise is dusty, full of smoke. Hearken! Before him are two men who warn the people of the villages; whenever they enter a village they warn its people, and when they leave it, the first of the companions of the Dajjal enters it. He will enter all villages except Makkah and Madinah, for they are forbidden to him. And the believers are scattered throughout the earth, and Allah will gather them for him. A man among the believers says to his companions: 'I will go to this man and see whether he is the one the Messenger of Allah ﷺ warned us about or not.' Then he turns away, and his companions say to him: 'By Allah, we will not let you go to him. If we knew that he would kill you when you went to him, we would let you go, but we fear that he will tempt you.' But the believing man refused them except to go to him. So he set out walking until he came to one of his outposts, and they seized him and asked him: 'What is your matter and what do you want?' He said to them: 'I want the lying Dajjal.' They said: 'Do you say that?' He said: 'Yes.' So they sent to the Dajjal: 'We have seized someone who says such and such; shall we kill him or send him to you?' He said: 'Send him to me.' So he was taken until he was brought to the Dajjal. When he saw him, he recognized him by the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Dajjal said to him: 'What is your matter?' The believing servant said: 'You are the lying Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ warned us.' The Dajjal said to him: 'Do you say this?' He said: 'Yes.' The Dajjal said to him: 'You will obey me in what I command you, or I will split you into two halves.' The believing servant called out and said: 'O people, this is the lying Messiah; whoever disobeys him is in Paradise and whoever obeys him is in the Fire.' The Dajjal said to him: 'By the One I swear by, you will obey me or I will split you into two halves.' The believing servant called out and said: 'O people, this is the lying Messiah; whoever disobeys him is in Paradise and whoever obeys him is in the Fire.' He said: Then he stretched out his leg and placed his blade on the base of his tail and split him into two halves. When he had done that to him, the Dajjal said to his allies: 'Have you seen? If I bring this one back to life for you, will you not know that I am your Lord?' They said: 'Yes.' Atiyyah said: Abu Sa'id al-Khudri narrated to me that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: 'Then he struck one of his halves, or the ground near him, and he stood up straight. When his allies saw him, they believed him and were certain that he was their Lord, and they answered him and followed him.' The Dajjal said to the believing servant: 'Will you not believe in me?' The believer said to him: 'I am now more insightful about you than before.' Then he called out among the people: 'Hearken! This is the lying Messiah; whoever obeys him is in the Fire and whoever disobeys him is in Paradise.' The Dajjal said: 'By the One I swear by, you will obey me or I will slaughter you or throw you into the Fire.' The believer said to him: 'By Allah, I will never obey you.' So he ordered that he be laid down. He said: Abu Sa'id said to me that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: 'Then he placed two plates of brass between his collarbones and his neck.' He said: Abu Sa'id said: 'I did not know what brass was before that day.' 'He went to slaughter him but was unable, and he was not given power over him after he had killed him.' He said: The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: 'Then he took him by his hands and feet and threw him into the Paradise, which is dusty, full of smoke, and he thinks it is the Fire. That man is the closest of my nation to me in rank.' He said: Abu Sa'id said: 'The companions of Muhammad ﷺ thought that that man was none other than Umar b. al-Khattab until Umar went his own way.' He said: Then I said to him: 'How will he perish?' He said: 'Allah knows best.' I said: 'I was told that Jesus son of Mary ﷺ is the one who will destroy him.' He said: 'Allah knows best, except that Allah will destroy him and those who follow him.' He said: I said: 'Who will be after him?' He said:

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