Leading the people by means of the Book of God and the
Sunnah of the Prophet
A
CCORDING TO A
tradition narrated by Abu Huraira, the Prophet
observed, “How will you feel, when Christ appears among you?
Then he will lead you and he will be one of you.” Ibn Abi-Zeib
said that it meant he would lead people in accordance with the
guidance of the Book of God and the Sunnah of the Prophet
(
Sahih
Muslim,
Kitab Al-Iman
).
The greatest sign of the
mujaddid
appearing during the later
stage will be that he will revive (the original teachings of) the
Book and the Sunnah. It is as if his role during the final period
will be that of a mujaddid in the complete sense. This will be
the highest form of the manifestation of religion after utter
intellectual darkness. It will be the sign of his being
Masih
that
he will make the original religion, which had become alien, a
known religion once again. He will revive the teachings of the
Quran and the Sunnah in their original form. This, moreover,
indicates the timing of his appearance. It will take place when
the real criteria of truth have been lost. At that time the real
criteria, i.e. the criteria laid down in the book of God and the
Sunnah of the Prophet, will be presented anew to people by
Christ.
The killing of the
Dajjal
T
HERE ARE A
number of traditions regarding the killing of
Dajjal
in the books of Hadith. The following was recorded by Ibn
Majah: “When
Dajjal
sees
Masih
, he will start melting like salt
in water and will flee from there.
Masih
will say, ‘I have got a
stroke for you from which you cannot escape.’”
What has been said in this tradition is in symbolic language.
By perusing this we learn that the way to counter Dajjal will be
to expose him by logical analysis of his fallacies. In this way,
Christ will expose Dajjal through arguments and those who had
