পৃষ্ঠা 217: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

The Third Topic: Mentioning the place of the emergence of the Dajjal, its timing, its duration, its manner, the path of salvation from him, and who will kill him.

The third topic regarding the place of his emergence, its timing, its duration, its manner, the path of salvation from him, and who will kill him.

As for the place of his emergence: it is definitively the East. Furthermore, it is stated in a narration that he will emerge from Khurasan; this was narrated by Ahmad and al-Hakim from the hadith of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him).

In another narration: he will emerge from Isfahan. It was recorded by Muslim.

According to al-Hakim and Ibn Asakir, from the hadith of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): he will emerge from Yahudiyyat Isfahan, meaning a quarter outside Isfahan; and a similar narration is with Ahmad from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

According to al-Tabarani from the hadith of Fatimah bint Qays: he will emerge from a town called Isfahan, from one of its villages known as Rastaqbad.

As for its timing: it will be upon the conquest of Constantinople, meaning following it, and during the severe drought lasting three years, as mentioned previously regarding his tribulation.

In some narrations: it will be after the conquest of al-Qati'.

The way to reconcile these narrations is that the initial stage of his emergence and his claim to the Caliphate and prophethood will occur upon the conquest of Constantinople, whereas his major manifestation and his claim to divinity will occur upon the conquest of al-Qati'; and the emergence that is restricted to forty days is this latter emergence.

As for his duration: "It is forty days: a day like a year, a day like a month, a day like a week, and the rest..."