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Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) with no narrator in between." She said, "I can
tell you if you like." He said, "Yes, please tell me." She said,
"I married Ibn al-Mugheerah, who was one of the best of the youth of
Quraysh in those days. But he fell in the first Jihaad on the side of the
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam).
"When I became a widow, 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn 'Awf, one of the
companions of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) sent me a
proposal of marriage. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) also
sent me a proposal of marriage on behalf of his freedman Usaamah ibn
Zayd. I had been told that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
had said, 'He who loves me should also love Usaamah.' When the
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) spoke to me, I said, 'It is up to
you: marry me to whomever you wish.'
"The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, 'Go and stay with
Umm Shareek.' Umm Shareek was a rich Ansaaree (Muslim originally
from Madeenah) woman, who spent much in the way of Allaah ande
ntertained many guests. I said, 'I will do as you wish.' Then he said, 'Don't
go. Umm Shareek has many guests, and I would not like it if your head or
leg were to become uncovered accidentally and people saw something
you would not wish them to see. It is better if you go and stay with your
cousin 'Abd Allaah ibn 'Amr ibn Umm Maktoom' (Abd Allaah was of the
Banoo Fihr of Quraysh, the same tribe as that to which Faatimah
belonged).
"So I went to stay with him, and when I had completed my 'Iddah (period
of waiting), I heard the Prophet's (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
announcer calling for congregational prayer. I went out to the mosque,
and prayed behind the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). I was in
the women's row, which was at the back of the congregation. When the
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) had finished his prayer, he sat on
the pulpit, smiling, and said, 'Everyone should stay in his place.' Then he
said, 'Do you know why I had asked you to assemble?' The people said,
'Allaah and His Messenger know best.'
"He said, 'By Allaah, I have not gathered you here to give you an
exhortation or a warning. I have kept you here because Tameem ad-
Daaree, a Christian man who has come and embraced Islaam, told me
something which agrees with that which I have told you about the Dajjaal.
He told me that he had sailed in a ship with thirty men from Banoo Lakhm
and Banoo Judhaam. The waves had tossed them about for a month,
then they were brought near to an island, at the time of sunset. They
landed on the island, and were met by a beast who was so hairy that they
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could not tell its front from its back. They said, "Woe to you! What are
you?" It said, "I am al-Jassaasah." They said, "What is al-Jassaasah?" It
said, "O people, go to this man in the monastery, for he is very eager to
know about you." Tameem said that when it named a person to us, we
were afraid lest it be a devil.
"Tamim said, 'We quickly went to the monastery. There we found a huge
man with his hands tied up to his neck and with iron shackles between
his legs up to the ankles. We said, "Woe to you, who are you?" He said,
"You will soon know about me. Tell me who you are." We said, "We are
people from Arabia. We sailed in a ship, but the waves have been tossing
us about for amonth, and they brought us to your island, where we met a
beast who was so hairy that we could not tell its front from its back. We
said to it, "Woe to you! What are you?" and it said, "I am al-Jassaasah."
We asked, "Whatis al-Jassaasah?" and it told us, "Go to this man in the
monastery, for he is very eager to know about you." So we came to you
quickly, fearing that it might be a devil.'
"The man said, 'Tell me about the date-palms of Baysaan.' We said,
'What do you want to know about them?' He said, 'I want to know
whether these trees bear fruit or not.' We said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Soon they
will not bear fruit.' Then he said, 'Tell me about the lake of at-Tabariyyah
[Tiberias, in Palestine].' We said, 'What do you want to know about it?' He
asked, 'Is there water in it?' We said, 'There is plenty of water in it.' He
said, 'Soon it will become dry.' Then he said, 'Tell me about the spring of
Zughar.' We said, 'What do you want to know about it?' He said, 'Is there
water in it, and does it irrigate the land?' We said, 'Yes, there is plenty of
water in it, and the people use it to irrigate the land.'
"Then he said, 'Tell me about the unlettered Prophet - what has he
done?' We said, 'He has left Makkah and settled in Yathrib.' He asked,
'Do the Arabs fight against him?' We said, 'Yes.' He said, 'How does he
deal with them?' So we told him that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa
sallam) had overcome the Arabs around him and that they had followed
him. He asked, 'Has it really happened?' We said, 'Yes.' He said, 'It is
better for them if they follow him. Now I will tell you about myself. Iam the
Dajjaal. I will soon be permitted to leave this place: I will emerge and
travel about the earth. In forty nights I will pass through every town,
except Makkah and Madeenah, for these have been forbidden to me.
Every time I try to enter either of them, I will be met by an angel bearing
an unsheathed sword, who will prevent me from entering. There will be
angels guarding them at every passage leading to them.'
Faatimah said, "The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), striking the