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The story of the one called Abd al-Qadir The Antichrist circumambulating the Kaaba... A prophecy.. Has it been fulfilled?

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "Allah is not one-eyed. Verily, the Antichrist is blind in his right eye, as if his eye were a floating grape. And I was shown tonight in a dream near the Kaaba, and there was a dark-skinned man, the most handsome dark-skinned man you can see. His hair falls between his shoulders, his hair is straight, his head dripping with water. He places his hands on the shoulders of two men and is circumambulating the House. I asked, 'Who is this?' They said, 'This is the Messiah, son of Mary.' Then I saw men behind him, curly-haired and tangled, blind in the right eye, the most like Ibn Qatan I have ever seen, placing his hands on the shoulders of a man circumambulating the House. I asked, 'Who is this?' They said, 'This is the Antichrist.' [Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim, the wording is from Bukhari].

Introduction A wide smile spread across the face of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and he laughed heartily as he heard one of the Christians who had embraced Islam narrate exciting details. He said that he and a group of his companions had encountered the Antichrist on one of the islands, and they had exchanged questions that were extremely astonishing and utterly strange.

The Messenger of Allah did not keep this story to himself, so he gathered the Companions and ordered the call: "Prayer is congregational." He did not stop at the men of the Companions, but also gathered the women.

Even the narration that Imam Muslim included in his Sahih was through the Companion Fatimah bint Qays, the sister of al-Dahhak ibn Qays, who was among the early emigrants. She said: "I heard the call of the caller, the caller of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, calling for congregational prayer."

So I went out to the mosque and prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. I was in the row of women closest to the backs of the men. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, finished his prayer, he sat on the pulpit, laughing, and said: "Let everyone remain in his prayer place." Then he said: "Do you know why I gathered you?"

They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best."

He said: "By Allah, I did not gather you out of desire or fear, but I gathered you because Tamim al-Dari was a Christian man, so he came and pledged allegiance and embraced Islam. And he told me a story that matched what I was telling you about the Antichrist."

In the following lines is the Hadith of the Antichrist.

From Fatimah bint Qays, sister of al-Dahhak ibn Qays, who was among the early emigrants, she said: "I heard the call of the caller, the caller of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, calling: 'Prayer is congregational.' So I went out to the mosque and prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. I was in the row of women closest to the backs of the men. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, finished his prayer, he sat on the pulpit, laughing, and said: 'Let everyone remain in his prayer place.' Then he said: 'Do you know why I gathered you?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'By Allah, I did not gather you out of desire or fear, but I gathered you because Tamim al-Dari was a Christian man, so he came and pledged allegiance and embraced Islam, and he told me a story that matched what I was telling you about the Antichrist.' He told me that he rode in a sea vessel with thirty men from Lakhm and Judham. The waves played with them for a month at sea. Then they landed on an island in the sea until sunset. They sat in the nearest part of the ship and entered the island. They met a hairy beast, very hairy, and they did not know its front from its back due to the abundance of hair. They said: 'Woe to you, what are you?' She said: 'I am the Jassasah.'"

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