Dajjāl

 

Dajjāl -1

Dajjāl literally means “to rub oil on something” or “to turn on something that is internally worthless”.

And it is so- called “a very liar, hypocrite, and deceitful person”.

Dajjāl is mentioned very brief and succinct, in Shia sources and there are just a few narrations about him.

The most detailed narration [about Dajjāl] is in the second volume of the book “Kamāl al-Dīn”, pages 525 to 528.

But in Sunni sources, a lot of narrations are mentioned about him; his characteristics, appearance and his massacre.

 

For example in “Ṣiḥāḥ Sittah”, one can find lots of narrations about Dajjāl.

But, most of them are weak in terms of the document and content.

In [the book] “Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī” it is quoted from ‘Aishah, “I heard the voice of Messenger of Allah, when he would ask refuge in God from the sedition of the Dajjāl’s evil”. (V.8, P.103)

In [the book] “Sunan Ibn Mājah” it is quoted from the Prophet (pbuh), “Dajjāl has food and alcoholic beverage with himself” (V.2, Narration4073)

 
[1] the great deceiver in Islamic traditions [somebody similar to Antichrist]