and the ḥadīth is explicit in stating that the greater Dajjāl is a human with human attributes, especially since he was compared to ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Qaṭan, who was among the Companions. Thus, the ḥadīth is among the many evidences refuting the interpretation of some who claim that the Dajjāl is not a person but rather a symbol of European civilization, its embellishments, and its temptations! The Dajjāl is a human and a greater trial than that, as confirmed by authentic ḥadīths. We seek refuge in Allāh from him.

"Whomever Allāh intends good for, He gives him understanding of the religion." It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2/108) and al-Dārimī (1/74) through the chain of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿīd ibn Abī Hind from his father from Ibn ʿAbbās as marfūʿ, and al-Tirmidhī said: "A ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ ḥadīth." I say: It is according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs. It was also narrated by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (2/281) and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "al-Jāmiʿ" (1/19) from the ḥadīth of ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith that ʿAbbād ibn Sālim narrated to him from Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar from his father from ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb as marfūʿ. Its narrators are trustworthy, the narrators of the six, except for ʿAbbād ibn Sālim, for whom I did not find a biography. Al-Ḥāfiẓ attributed it in "al-Fatḥ" (1/131) and al-ʿAynī in "al-ʿUmdah" (1/436) to Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim alone in "Kitāb al-ʿIlm". They said: "Its isnād is ḥasan." And Allāh knows best. It was also narrated by Ibn Mājah (1/95) from ʿAbd al-Aʿlá, and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Ṣaghīr" (167) from ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Ziyād, both from Maʿmar from al-Zuhrī from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib from Abū Hurayrah as marfūʿ. This isnād is ṣaḥīḥ according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs. Al-Ṭabarānī's statement: "ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Ziyād was unique in narrating it." This is with respect to what reached him, otherwise, he was followed by ʿAbd al-Aʿlá as you can see. It was also narrated by Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (1/19) from Ibn Ziyād. It has been reported from him with an addition, which will be mentioned shortly. It was also narrated by al-Dārimī (1/74), al-Ṭaḥāwī (2/280), Aḥmad, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr from the ḥadīth of Ḥammād ibn Salamah from Jablah ibn ʿAṭiyyah from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥayriz from Muʿāwiyah as marfūʿ