পৃষ্ঠা 213: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

Benefit: Clarifying the number of those who will be saved from the tribulation of the Dajjal

Notice: Clarifying who is meant by the Bedouins (al-A'rab)

Among these signs is: "He will give three shouts that will be heard by the people of the East and the people of the West. He will catch a bird from the sky and roast it directly in the heat of the sun." Narrated by al-Hakim and Ibn Asakir on the authority of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Among these is: "He will wade across the sea three times in a single day without the water reaching his waist. One of his hands is longer than the other; he will stretch out the longer hand into the sea reaching its bottom, and bring forth whatever fish he desires." Narrated by Abu Nu'aym on the authority of Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Among these is that he will emerge at a time when religion is taken lightly and sacred knowledge has receded, such that no one remains across most of the earth to debate him, and people will neglect mentioning him. Most of those who follow him will be the Bedouins and women, to the extent that a man will turn back to his mother, daughter, sister, and paternal aunt, binding them tightly with ropes out of fear that they might go out to him.

And he will approach a Bedouin and say, "Tell me, if I resurrect your father and your mother for you, will you bear witness that I am your lord?" The Bedouin will reply, "Yes." Then a devil will take the form of his father and another devil in the form of his mother, and both will say to him, "O my son, follow him, for he is indeed your lord." Thus, he will follow him.

For this reason, Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If the Dajjal were to appear in your time, the young children would throw pottery shards at him. However, he will only appear amid a deficiency of knowledge and a levity regarding religion."

Notice

What is meant by the Bedouins (al-A'rab) here is anyone who is far removed from the scholars and residing in the wilderness or the mountains, whether they are ethnic Arabs, Turks, Kurds, or others; this is because they lack the knowledge to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and human souls are inherently inclined toward believing supernatural feats.

Benefit

Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: Abu Nu'aym narrated in the biographical entry of Hassan ibn 'Atiyyah, one of the trustworthy Tabi'un, in "al-Hilyah" with an authentic chain of transmission reaching him, that he said: "None will be saved from the tribulation of the Dajjal except twelve thousand men and seven thousand women." He said: This is not something stated out of personal opinion; hence, it is possible that it is an elevated report (marfu') which he transmitted in an unlinked form (mursal), or that he took it from some of the People of the Scripture. End quote.

And it is appropriate to interpret this as meaning that those who will be saved among the Bedouins and women amount to this specific number, because of what has preceded regarding...