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They said: And what is the Jassasah? She said: O people, go to this man in the monastery, for he has news of you in the markets. He said: When she named a man for us, we were afraid of her, thinking she might be a jinn. He said: So we went quickly until we entered the monastery, and there was the most enormous man we had ever seen, the strongest in his bonds, his hands tied to his neck, his knees to his heels with iron. We said: Woe to you, who are you? He said: You have found out my news, so tell me, who are you? They said: We are people from the Arabs who sailed in a sea vessel and encountered the sea when it raged, and the waves played with us for a month, then they threw us onto this island. We sat at its edge, entered the island, and encountered a hairy, shaggy beast, whose front and back could not be distinguished due to the abundance of hair. We said: Woe to you, what are you? She said: I am the Jassasah. We said: And what is the Jassasah? She said: Go to this man in the monastery, for he has news of you in the markets. So we came to you quickly, frightened by her, and did not believe she was not a jinn. He said: Tell me about the date palms of Baysan. We said: About what aspect of them do you inquire? He said: I ask you about their date palms, do they bear fruit? We said to him: Yes. He said: Beware, it will soon not bear fruit. He said: Tell me about the Sea of Tiberias. We said: About what aspect of it do you inquire? He said: Does it have water? They said: It has abundant water. He said: Beware, its water will soon disappear. He said: Tell me about the spring of Zughar. They said: About what aspect of it do you inquire? He said: Does the spring have water? And do its people irrigate with the water of the spring? We said to him: Yes, it has abundant water and its people irrigate with its water. He said: Tell me about the Ummi Prophet, what did he do? They said: He has left Mecca and settled in Yathrib. He said: Did the Arabs fight him? We said: Yes. He said: How did he deal with them? We informed him that he had prevailed over those Arabs who were near him and they obeyed him. He said to them: Did that happen? We said: Yes. He said: Beware, that is better for them if they obey him. And I will inform you about myself: I am the Messiah, and it is soon that I will be permitted to go out, so I will go out and travel in the land, and I will not leave any village except that I will descend into it in forty nights, except for Mecca and Taybah, for they are both forbidden to me. Whenever I intend to enter one of them, an angel will meet me with a drawn sword, repelling me from it, and indeed, on every passage of them, there are angels guarding them. She said: Fighting the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and you have confirmed his description. This is Taybah, this is Taybah, this is Taybah – meaning Al-Madinah. Did I not tell you that? The people said: Yes. He said: I was pleased with the narration of Tamim, that it agreed with what I had told you about him and about Al-Madinah and Mecca. Beware, it is in the sea of Sham or the sea of Yemen, no, rather from the direction of the East it is. From the direction of the East it is. From the direction of the East it is. And he gestured with his hand towards the East. She said: I memorized this from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. (Narrated by Muslim 5757). Glory be to Allah! Did it agree with what I told you? And what is the reason for the saying of the Messenger of Allah to agree with the saying of a Christian who has just converted to Islam?! What is the reason, when he is the truthful and the confirmed?! And his word is more truthful than reality! It is the mercy bestowed, he does not mention a hadith except that he rejoices when he sees reality confirming his hadith, and increasing his belief. Just as Allah did not deprive the chosen Prophet of rejoicing in the confirmation of reality for his hadith, so that the companions would increase in faith, Allah did not deprive his chosen friend after his death of the confirmation of reality for his hadith, so that his brothers would increase in faith. "Our Lord, we have believed in what You sent down and have followed the Messenger. So register us among the witnesses." [Al-Imran: 77] So here is the story of a man who did not encounter the Dajjal on an island, nor was the encounter with him fleeting, but rather he lived with him for years, yes, years! And if in one session of Tamim bin Aws Al-Dari with the Dajjal there were useful questions, then our companion Sheikh Muhammad Al-Hudali had a torrent of useful questions over many years. And just as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, gathered the companions to hear the details of Tamim Al-Dari's story with the Dajjal, our companion tried to make all the people hear the details of that story, especially the famous scholars and influential callers, such as Sheikh Safar Al-Hawali, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Munjid, and Sheikh Amin Jafar. And the reactions of each of them will come later in this story. And just as the narrators of hadith recorded that story, including Imam Muslim, and transmitted it from generation to generation, so...