Reconciling the hadeeth about al-Jassaasah and the hadeeth “Do you see this night of yours…”
Question I heard that amongst the signs of the last hour that the Anti-Christ is alive until he comes out, the hadeeth of Tameem Ad-Daari. Another hadeeth of the prophet, peace be upon him, says what means that all those who are alive at that day will die within 100 years. The evidence is that…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
The hadeeth of Tameem
al-Daari was narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh. It has been quoted in
full in the answer to question no. 82643.
It indicates that the
Dajjaal is alive at present, and was alive at the time of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and that he will remain
detained until permission is given to him to emerge. This does not
contradict what is narrated in al-Saheehayn from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn
‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led us in ‘Isha’ prayer one night at
the end of his life, then when he had said the salaam he stood up and said:
“Have you seen this night of yours? One hundred years from now, there will
no one left who is on the face of the earth.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (116)
and Muslim (2537).
This hadeeth is general in
meaning and the hadeeth of Tameem is specific, therefore it is exempted from
the general meaning of the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar; or the Dajjaal at that time
was in the sea and not on land, so he was not included in the hadeeth of Ibn
‘Umar.
Al-‘Allaamah Muhammad
al-Ameen al-Shanqeeti (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Adwa’
al-Bayaan (3/397), responding to those who said that al-Khidr is still
alive on the basis that the general meaning of the words of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) does not include absolutely
everyone, i.e., the words “there will no one left who is on the face of the
earth”: Because the hadeeth about the emergence of the Dajjaal is a sound
hadeeth, and that means that the Dajjaal is exempted from the general
meaning of the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar. It is a hadeeth that is proven in
al-Saheeh, from the words of Faatimah bint Qays (may Allaah be pleased
with her), who heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) say that Tameem al-Daari spoke to him, and that he liked what Tameem
al-Daari told him, because it was in accordance with what he was telling his
companions about the Dajjaal. Then he quoted the hadeeth of Tameem. Then he
said:
This clearly states that
the Dajjaal is alive on that island in the sea that is mentioned in the
hadeeth of Tameem al-Daari, and that he will remain alive until he emerges
at the end of time. This is a text which is specific in meaning and excludes
the Dajjaal from the general meaning of the hadeeth which says that everyone
would die within the next century. The established principle in usool is
that the general meaning should be taken as such, and that whatever is
excluded from it on the basis of a specific text is excluded from the
general meaning, but the general meaning still remains applicable to all
individuals for whom there is no evidence that they are excluded. As we have
stated several times previously, this is the truth and is the view of the
majority, and it applies to most of what is in the Qur’aan and Sunnah of
general matters from which a few individuals are excluded on the basis of a
specific text, but the general meaning remains applicable to the rest. End
quote.
And Allaah knows best.
