Regarding Abul Ala Maudoodi's 
Rejection of The Dajjal

Author :Jamaal Ibn Fareehaan al-Haarithee
Source : al-Ijwibatul-Mufeedah (p. 92) Translated By : Maaz Qureshi http://www.therighteouspath.com

Said Jamaal Ibn Fareehaan al-Haarithee in al-Ajwibatul-Mufeedah (p. 92), “Said al-Mawdoodee in his book Rasaa‘il wa Masaa‘il (p. 57), published in 1351H,

“The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) used to think that the Dajjaal (Anti-Christ) would come out in his time, or close to his time. However, 1350 years passed away and many long generations came and went, yet the Dajjaal did not come out. So it is confirmed that what the Prophet (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) thought did not prove true!!”

And he added to the edition published in 1362H,

“Indeed, 1350 years have passed…yet the Dajjaal has not come out, so this is the reality.”

So this is clear rejection of the emergence of the Dajjaal, whose emergence has been narrated concurrently (tawaatur) in authentic ahaadeeth. 

And he said (p. 55),

“It is confirmed that everything which is related in the ahaadeeth of the Prophet (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) concerning the Dajjaal is the opinion and analogical deduction of the Prophet (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), and it is a doubtful misgiving from his affair.”

So is this not a rejection of the Dajjaal? Is this not a denial of the narration of the Messenger (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), about which Allaah said,

“And he does not speak from his own desire. It is revelation inspired to him.” [Sooratun-Najm 53:3-4]

And he says in Arba’ah Mustalahaatul-Qur‘aanil-Asaasiyyah (p. 156),

“Allaah the Glorified commanded him (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) in Sooratun-Nasr to repent to his Lord due to what emanated from him in deficiencies and shortcomings in distributing the shares.”

Was not what Allaah described His Prophet (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) from the Attribute of al-’Uboodiyyah, which is from the most complete of human attributes sufficient for him? So He – the Sublime and Exalted - described him like that in many of the aayaat from His Book! Where is he from the statement of the Messenger (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) in the hadeeth of the three people who asked about his worship – and it is as if he is discussing this very affair – he said, “As for me, then I fear Allaah more than any of you…” To the end of the hadeeth.