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Imaan – don’t wait until ad-dajjaal comes to build
your imaan. Because you will not be able to. One hadith that when three things
appear and a person doesn’t have imaan, then no imaan would do them any good
after that. One of those things is ad-dajjaal. Imaan needs to be prepared prior
to ad-dajjaal.
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Al Isti’aadah – Seek refuge in Allah from him. One of
the du’aa that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam would say after Salah
very frequently, that some scholars even say it is waajib: ‘O Allaah, I take refuge
in You from the punishment of the grave, from the torment of the Fire, from the
trials and tribulations of life and death and from the evil affliction of the
Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal.’ Du'aa` at end of Tashahud.
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Read the
opening of Surah al-Kahf or the last part of Surah al-Kahf. The hadith has been
mentioned before. Why do you think the opening of al-Kahf? Allahu ‘Alam, one of
the reasons is because it talks about the story of the people of the cave. They
left the fitna, they didn’t confront it. As Muslims, we are ordered to confront
evil. The people of the cave left their society because the fitna/evil was too
huge. If the evil is too great, you have to protect yourself first. The king
and everyone were non believers and weren’t accepting da’wah. Look at the
similarities. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that if ever any of
you lives during the time of ad-dajjal, never go to meet him. Because, you
going and meeting him, thinking you are a believer, may leave the meeting a non
believer, because of the doubts that he puts in your hearts. The people are
going to run from him from the tops of mountains. The whole world will be with
ad-dajjaal. You may say, what about the young man who will confront him? That
is an exalted example. Not everyone has this type of imaan. RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that he is THE BEST of his time. If you fear
for your safety, leave. In another hadith, the ayahs of the end of al-kahf are
mentioned.
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Avoiding him. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said: “Let him who hears of the Dajjal (Antichrist) go far from him for I swear
by Allah that a man will come to him thinking he is a believer and follow him
because of confused ideas roused in him by him. [Abu Dawood B.37, #4305]
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