The great trial of the Dajjal
by Shaykh Muhammad Sâlih al-Munajjid

Meaning of the word Maseeh (Messiah)
There are over fifty scholarly comments on the meaning of the word Maseeh (Messiah). They said that this word is applied both to the Truthful One [True Messiah, i.e., ‘Eesa (Jesus)] and to the misleading liar [the “antichrist” or Dajjaal]. The Messiah is the Truthful One, ‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus the son of Mary), the Messiah of guidance, who healed those who were born blind and lepers, and brought the dead to life by Allaah’s Leave.

The false messiah (al-maseeh al-dajjaal) is the liar who leads people astray, the messiah of misguidance who will tempt people by means of the signs that he is given, such as bringing down rain, reviving the earth to bring forth vegetation, and other “miracles.”

So Allaah has created two messiahs, who are opposites of one another.

The scholars said that the reason why the Dajjaal is called maseeh (a “messiah”) is because one of his eyes is mamsooh (lit. “wiped”; smooth or abraded, i.e., he will be blind or defective in one eye). Or it was said that it is because he will survey or travel throughout the earth (yamsah) in forty days… The former view is more correct, because of what was said in the hadeeth narrated by Muslim (no. 5221) from Anas ibn Maalik, who said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘The Dajjaal will be blind ( mamsooh) in one eye, and between his eyes will be written ‘kaafir’…’”.
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Twelve Benefits in Believing in Qadr
Shaykh Muqbil al-Wadi’i

Shaykh Muqbil al-Wadi’i had compiled a 600-page book called ‘al-Jami’ as-Sahih fil-Qadar,’ consisting of over 800 narrations (verses, ahadith, and athar) pertaining to the Qadar of Allah.

He opened the book by listing twelve benefits of believing in the Qadar:

1 – Fulfulling an act of worship of Allah, as believing in the Qadar is a manner by which we worship Allah;

2 – Strengthening one’s faith, as the one who believes in the Qadar will not be easily swayed, and will not be distraught by that which he experiences for the sake of the truth;

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Chapter of Tawheed
Saheeh Bukharee

CHAPTER 15

The saying of Allah, the Exalted,

“Allah warns you of Himself” [Ali 'Imran (3): 28]

and His, Magnificent is His mention, saying,

“You know what is in myself but I do not know what is in Yourself” [al-Ma'idah (5): 116]

32. ‘Umar bin Hafs bin Ghayath narrated to us; my father narrated to us; al-A’mash narrated to us; from Shaqiq; from ‘Abdullah that the Prophet (SAW) said,

There is none having a greater sense of modesty and self-respect than Allah and it is for this reason that He has forbidden shameful deeds and sins. There is none to whom praise is more beloved than Allah.

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