Chapter on the Hadith of al-Jassasah: Tamim al-Dari's Encounter with the Dajjal on the Island

Tabah as well, and its etymological derivation along with the rest of its names was previously detailed in Kitab al-Hajj. The description: "(holding in his hand a bare, unsheathed sword [saltan])" is vocalized with fat-hah or dammah on the sad ("saltan" or "sultan"), meaning drawn from its scabbard. The Prophet's (ﷺ) declaration: "(From the direction of the East it is! [min qibali al-mashriqi ma huwa])" - al-Qadi said: The expression "ma huwa" is an emphatic linguistic connective particle (zā'idah silatan li-al-kalam), not a negative particle; the intent is to affirm positively that he emerges from the regions of the East. The narrator's statement: "(She treated us to ripe dates called rutab Ibn Tab and gave us to drink barley gruel made of sult)" - meaning she entertained us with a prized variety of fresh dates, the explanation of which has preceded, as well as the fact