11/01/2026
Tamim al-Dari was a Christian sailor in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He came to the Prophet, accepted Islam and narrated an encounter where he sailed with thirty men and reached an island after being tossed by the sea for a month. There, they encountered a creature named al-Jasasah. Its apearance frightened the men because it had hair covering its body to the extent that its face cannot be distinguished from its back. It instructed them to go to a monastery because a man was waiting for them. Then, they hurriedly made their way to that monastery trying to escape from the creature, where they encountered the most immense man they had ever seen, firmly bound in chains. His hands were tied to his neck, and his legs were shackled from knees to ankles with iron restraints. Bewildered, they exclaimed, "Woe to you, who are you?"
This man asked many questions and inquired about different locations until he revealed himself as the Dajjal, describing his impending emergence in every place except for being barred from Makkah and Madinah. The chained Dajjal asked about the date-palm trees of Baysaan, the Tiberias and the spring of Zughar. He also inquired about the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and advised people to follow Rasulallah ﷺ before he emerged.
Sayyiduna Tamim al-Darim passed away in a village close to Hebron. رضي الله عنه