Donkey of Dajjal

All Ahadith regarding the Dajjal’s donkey which are descriptions of modern-day transportation.

Introduction

In multiple Ahadith, its prophesied that the Dajjal will have a donkey. All the descriptions of this donkey are interpreted to refer to modern modes of transportation. In this article, the primary sources, scans, and translations will be provided for these ahadith, along with how they clearly apply to a modern mode of transportation.

Note on Authentication

Normally we try to prove the authentication of Ahadith in our articles, in this article due to the variety of ahadith regarding Dajjal donkey we won’t dwelve deeply into authentication regarding every single hadith, we will instead abide by the principle that the fulfilment of a hadith is enough proof of its authenticitiy and truth. And after reading this article it will become clear how these ahadith have been fulfilled.

Morever, many non Ahmadi Muslims even if some of these ahadith are weak in chain, still they largely accepted the signs about Dajjal’s donkey found therein, so to at first accept these ahadith even though some of them are weak, then reject it when Ahmadis show them, is double standards.

Holy Quran

Verse 1: Dajjal Donkey Metaphorical

If great modes of transport were to be built in the future, then the primary prophecies would be found in the Holy Quran. the book that contains comprehensive knowledge, and prophecies.

وَّالۡخَیۡلَ وَالۡبِغَالَ وَالۡحَمِیۡرَ لِتَرۡکَبُوۡہَا وَزِیۡنَۃً ؕ وَیَخۡلُقُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

And He has created horses and mules and donkeys (al-hamayr) that you may ride them, and as a source of beauty. And He will create what you do not yet know.

[Holy Quran 16:9]

This verse is extremely explicit, it says that in the future God will create a mode of transport which the Arabs know nothing about. Which is obviously referring to all our modern modes of transport. It also explicitly says that the mode of transport God will create in the future are not donkeys (al-hamayr, plural of Himar), it is something else. Therefore, this verse proves that the Himar (donkey of Dajjal) must be interpreted metaphorically. There is no other choice, because the verse clearly distinguishes that the future mode of transport will not be literal donkeys. And Dajjal is also in the future. Therefore the “donkey of Dajjal” can never refer to a literal Himar (donkey).

Verse 2: Camels abandoned for travel at Messiah’s time

وَاِذَا الۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when the she-camels, tenmonth pregnant, are abandoned,

[Holy Quran 81:5]

This Surah prophesies that one day the most valuable form of transport for the Arabic (10 month pregnant camel) would be abandoned.

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger or Allah (ﷺ) observed:

I swear by Allah that the son of Mary will certainly descend as a just judge and he would definitely break the cross, and kill swine and abolish Jizya and would leave the young she-camel and no one would travel upon it. Spite, mutual hatred and jealousy against one another will certainly disappear and when he summons people to accept wealth, not even one would do so.

[Sahih Muslim 155c]

Sunnah.com translated (وَلَتُتْرَكَنَّ الْقِلاَصُ فَلاَ يُسْعَى عَلَيْهَا) very strangely. We have put the correct translation above. This says that at the time of the Messiah’s descent, camels would be abandoned as a mode of transport. And the first first in Surah an Nahl in which Allah Almighty says He will create what the Arabs did not yet know, is the mode of transport that would be used. The Holy Quran and Sahih Ahadith hold clear prophecies for modern transport. Moreover, it should be noted that the time of the Messiah is the time of Dajjal, therefore camels would be abandoned for transport at the time of Dajjal too.

Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) was in an apartment and we were beneath that, that he peeped in and said to us: What are you discussing about? We said: (We are discussing about the Last) Hour. Thereupon he said: The Last Hour would not come until the ten signs appear: land-sliding in the east, and land-sliding in the west, and land-sliding in the peninsula of Arabia, the smoke, the Dajjal, the beast of the earth, Gog and Magog, the rising of the sun from the west and the fire which would emit from the lower part of ‘Adan. Shu’ba said that ‘Abd al-‘Aziz b. Rufai’ reported on the authority of Abu Tufail who reported on the authority of Abu Sariha a hadith like this that Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) did not make a mention of (the tenth sign) but he said that out of the ten one was the descent of Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon him), and in another version it is the blowing of the violent gale which would drive the people to the ocean.

[Sahih Muslim 2901b]

So at the time of Dajjal and the true Messiah, camels would be abandoned for travel. This is a clear proof for Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian for being the Messiah. At his (as) time camels were being abandoned for travel and were replaced with railways etc.

Hadith 1: Journeys take year/month/week, 40 cubits earspan

دثنا محمد بن سابق حدثنا إبراهيم بن طهمان عن أبي الزبير عن جابر بن عبد الله أنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يخرج الدجال في خفقة من الدين وإدبار من العلم فله أربعون ليلة يسيحها في الأرض اليوم منها كالسنة واليوم منها كالشهر واليوم منها كالجمعة ثم سائر أيامه كأيامكم هذه وله حمار يركبه عرض ما بين أذنيه أربعون ذراعا فيقول للناس أنا ربكم وهو أعور وإن ربكم ليس بأعور مكتوب بين عينيه كافر ك ف ر مهجاة يقرؤه كل مؤمن كاتب وغير كاتب يرد كل ماء ومنهل إلا المدينة ومكة حرمهما الله عليه وقامت الملائكة بأبوابها نهران أنا أعلم بهما منه نهر يقول الجنة ونهر يقول النار فمن أدخل الذي يسميه الجنة فهو النار ومن أدخل الذي يسميه [ ص: 368 ] النار فهو الجنة قال ويبعث الله معه شياطين تكلم الناس ومعه فتنة عظيمة يأمر السماء فتمطر فيما يرى الناس ويقتل نفسا ثم يحييها فيما يرى الناس لا يسلط على غيرها من الناس ويقول أيها الناس هل يفعل مثل هذا إلا الرب عز وجل قال فيفر المسلمون إلى جبل الدخان بالشام فيأتيهم فيحاصرهم فيشتد حصارهم ويجهدهم جهدا شديدا ثم ينزل عيسى ابن مريم فينادي من السحر فيقول يا أيها الناس ما يمنعكم أن تخرجوا إلى الكذاب الخبيث فيقولون هذا رجل جني فينطلقون فإذا هم بعيسى ابن مريم صلى الله عليه وسلم فتقام الصلاة فيقال له تقدم يا روح الله فيقول ليتقدم إمامكم فليصل بكم فإذا صلى صلاة الصبح خرجوا إليه قال فحين يرى الكذاب ينماث كما ينماث الملح في الماء فيمشي إليه فيقتله حتى إن الشجرة والحجر ينادي يا روح الله هذا يهودي فلا يترك ممن كان يتبعه أحدا إلا قتله

“…the Dajjal will emerge during a time of religious decline and decline of [religious] knowledge. In forty nights he will travel across the earth. One of these days will be like a year, one day will be like a month, one day will be like a week, and the rest of his days will be like your days. He will have a donkey to ride, the distance between its ears being forty cubits… He will have a mountain of bread with him, and everyone will be in hardship except those who follow him”

[Arabic: Musnad Ahmad 14537]

This hadith is among those of Dajjal’s donkey that are considered Sahih:

1. Hamza Ahmed Al-Zein in his grading of Musnad Ahmad says its Sahih
2. Imam Hakim graded a rendering with slightly different wording, saying the same thing, Sahih
3. Imam Haytami said its narrated via 2 chains in Musand Ahmad, one of which is Sahih
4. Shu’aib al-Arnaut graded it Sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim

This hadith says a couple of points:

• Dajjal will be able to travel to whole earth in forty days
• Some days of his travel will be the length of a year
• Some days of his travel will be the length of a month
• Some days of his travel will be the length of a week
• Some days of his travel will be the length of a day
• His travelling is related to a donkey which he will ride
• This donkey will have an ear-span of 40 cubits
• Dajjal will possess mountains of bread/food

The interpretation only takes a second to figure out, due to the clarity of this hadith. Dajjal’s donkey’s ear-span is the wing-span of an airplane. And this is also the length of many railways. Dajjal travelling the whole earth in forty days, is a reality which is possible due to modern modes of transportation.

Hadith says some days will be like a year, some a month, some a week, and the rest like normal days. The hadith is literally saying that it will take these specific periods of time to travel the earth. To travel from Europe to other continents, travelling on foot and basic animals takes years (like in the ancient days). Then, travelling to different continents took months when great ships were innovated. Then travelling on railways took weeks (ex. the Trans-Siberian railway takes 7 days to span the entirety of Asia, from East to West). And now with the invention of airplanes, it takes days to get everywhere.

The hadith connects this travelling taking weeks, months, years to Dajjal’s donkey, meaning to say, Dajjal will be seated on his donkey when travelling these different distances (days, weeks, months, years).

And all these different modes of transportation, take mountains of food, bread, and resources along with them.

This hadith is narrated by multiple Ai’mmah, has different renderings, and has multiple chains. It is Sahih.

Hadith 1.1: Donkey is like cloud on wind

Another rendering of this hadith is in Sahih Muslim, which gives the speed of Dajjal on his donkey.

‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا لَبْثُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالَ ‏”‏ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا يَوْمٌ كَسَنَةٍ وَيَوْمٌ كَشَهْرٍ وَيَوْمٌ كَجُمُعَةٍ وَسَائِرُ أَيَّامِهِ كَأَيَّامِكُمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَسَنَةٍ أَتَكْفِينَا فِيهِ صَلاَةُ يَوْمٍ قَالَ ‏”‏ لاَ اقْدُرُوا لَهُ قَدْرَهُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا إِسْرَاعُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالَ ‏”‏ كَالْغَيْثِ اسْتَدْبَرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ

We said: Allah’s Messenger, how long would he stay on the earth? He (ﷺ) said: For forty days, one day like a year and one day like a month and one day like a week and the rest of the days would be like your days. We said: Allah’s Messenger, would one day’s prayer suffice for the prayers of day equal to one year? Thereupon he (ﷺ) said: No, but you must make an estimate of time (and then observe prayer). We said: Allah’s Messenger, how quickly would he walk upon the earth? Thereupon he (ﷺ) said: Like cloud driven by the wind.

[Sahih Muslim 2937a]
[Sunan Ibn Majah 4075]
[Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2240]

So, along with the different periods of time it will take the Dajjal on his donkey to get to places (years, months, weeks, days), the speed of the Dajjal¹ on his donkey, will be like a cloud driven by wind. Which donkey travels like a cloud in the sky on the wind? Its referring to airplane. And what modes of transportation go so fast, that some of them can even reach the fastest wind speeds? Cars, trains, jets etc. For reference the fastest wind speed ever recorded is 231 mph, while the bullet train goes at 200 mph, and jets go a wopping 500 mph or more. Therefore, this hadith refers to nothing but modern transportation.

The hadith specifically says “cloud driven by wind”, an average cloud travels 30-40 mph, and average car has to go, due to road rules, 50 mph. The speeds of car vary on the roads, just like the speeds of clouds can also vary. This hadith is very clear.

Hadith 1.2: Donkey has lights, 70 cubits earspan

عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : ” يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ عَلَى حِمَارٍ أَقْمَرَ ، مَا بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ بَاعًا ” ، قَالَهُ لِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ : عَنْ أَخِيهِ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ

The Prophet (saw) said: The Dajjal will emerge on a moon-lit donkey, the span between its ears being seventy cubits”

[Arabic: At-Tarikh al-Kabir, Vol 1, pg 198]

This chain of transmission is weak. However, it gives more information on the first hadith which is sahih, so it can be used. Moreover, a fulfilled hadith has the highest level of authenticity.

Imam Bukhari writes this rendering in his famous work, Tarikh-al-Kabir, that the Dajjal will be in a Himar Aqmar, a moon-lit donkey. This Himar Aqmar word has multiple literal meanings 1. the donkey will have moon-like lights, inside or outside 2. the donkey will be the shining color of the moon, pure white. Aqmar (أَقْمَرَ) comes from Qamar (moon), the word means “be moon-lit” i.e. have moon-like lights according to lexicons. Therefore the hadith is saying the donkey will be moon-lit via some lights.

The hadith goes on to say, that the span between its ears will be seventy cubits.

Now what has moon-like lights, inside or outside, is pure white, and its span is seventy cubits or the like? The donkey is an airplane.

The first narration says forty cubits (أربعون ذراعا), while this one says (سَبْعُونَ بَاعًا). This shows that the donkey will have different earspans. Forty cubits, seventy cubits, or even more. Therefore an ignorant one’s allegation that a commercial airplane wingspan is not seventy cubits is completely baseless. 1. Small planes do have 70 cubits wing-span 2. The variation in the ear span shows that it’s not a set span, it can be greater or smaller than the ear span given in the Ahadith.

Hadith 2: Donkey is very fast

The Dajjal will travel to every town except Makkah, and Madinah, this is another hadith which shows the immense speed of his mode of transport, its inferred Dajjal will be seated on his donkey. However, even if one doesn’t want to accept this inference, it doesn’t disprove the point – that the Dajjal will have an extremely fast way to travel the earth and could go to every city very fast.

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لَيْسَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلاَّ سَيَطَؤُهُ الدَّجَّالُ، إِلاَّ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةَ، لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ نِقَابِهَا نَقْبٌ إِلاَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ صَافِّينَ، يَحْرُسُونَهَا، ثُمَّ تَرْجُفُ الْمَدِينَةُ بِأَهْلِهَا ثَلاَثَ رَجَفَاتٍ، فَيُخْرِجُ اللَّهُ كُلَّ كَافِرٍ وَمُنَافِقٍ ‏”‏‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earthquakes will take place) and Allah will expel all the non-believers and the hypocrites from it.”

[Sahih al-Bukhari 1881]
[Sahih Muslim 2943a]

So, Dajjal will travel very fast – that’s how he can reach all towns so fast except Mecca, Medina.

Hadith 3: Donkey is filthy

 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَقِيلَ: خَرَجَ الدَّجَّالُ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا الدَّجَّالُ قَدْ خَرَجَ، فَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسْتُ فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ الْعَرِّيفُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الدَّجَّالُ قَدْ خَرَجَ وَأَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ يُطَاعِنُونَهُ، قَالَ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسْتُ فَنُودِيَ إِنَّهَا كَذِبَةٌ صَبَاغٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا سَرِيحَةَ مَا أَجْلَسْتَنَا إِلَّا لِأَمْرٍ فَحَدِّثْنَا، قَالَ: ” إِنَّ الدَّجَّالَ لَوْ خَرَجَ فِي زَمَانِكُمْ لَرَمَتْهُ الصِّبْيَانُ بِالْخَذْفِ، وَلَكِنَّ الدَّجَّالَ يَخْرُجُ فِي بُغْضٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَخِفَّةٍ مِنَ الدِّينِ، وَسُوءِ ذَاتِ بَيْنٍ، فَيَرِدُ كُلَّ مَنْهَلٍ، فَتُطْوَى لَهُ الْأَرْضُ طَيَّ فَرْوَةِ الْكَبْشِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَيَغْلِبُ عَلَى خَارِجِهَا وَيَمْنَعُ دَاخَلَهَا، ثُمَّ جَبَلَ إِيلِيَاءَ فَيُحَاصِرُ عِصَابَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُمُ الَّذِينَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ بِهَذَا الطَّاغِيَةِ أَنْ تُقَاتِلُوهُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقُوا بِاللَّهِ أَوْ يُفْتَحَ لَكُمْ، فَيَأْتَمِرُونَ أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحُوا، فَيُصْبِحُونَ وَمَعَهُمْ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَيَقْتُلُ الدَّجَّالَ وَيَهْزِمُ أَصْحَابَهُ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الشَّجَرَ وَالْحَجَرَ وَالْمَدَرَ، يَقُولُ: يَا مُؤْمِنُ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ عِنْدِي فَاقْتُلْهُ “، قَالَ: ” وَفِيهِ ثَلَاثُ عَلَامَاتٍ: هُوَ أَعْوَرُ وَرَبُّكُمْ لَيْسَ بِأَعْوَرَ، وَمَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ كَافِرٌ يَقْرَأُهُ كُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ أُمِّيٌّ وَكَاتِبٌ، وَلَا يُسَخَّرُ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَطَايَا إِلَّا الْحِمَارُ، فَهُوَ رِجْسٌ عَلَى رِجْسٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنَا لِغَيْرِ الدَّجَّالِ أَخْوَفُ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيْكُمْ “، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: مَا هُوَ يَا أَبَا سَرِيحَةَ؟ قَالَ: «فِتَنٌ كَأَنَّهَا قِطَعُ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ» ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: أَيُّ النَّاسِ فِيهَا شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ: «كُلُّ خَطِيبٍ مُصْقِعٍ، وَكُلُّ رَاكِبٍ مُوضِعٍ» ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: أَيُّ النَّاسِ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ: «كُلُّ غَنِيٍّ خَفِيٍّ» ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَنَا بِالْغَنِيِّ وَلَا بِالْخَفِيِّ، قَالَ: «فَكُنْ كَابْنِ اللَّبُونِ لَا ظَهْرَ فَيُرْكَبَ، وَلَا ضَرْعَ فَيُحْلَبَ»

Hudhaifa bin Asid (ra): No creature will be made subserviant to him [Dajjal] except a donkey, filth upon flith

[Arabic: Al-Mustadark Ala’ Sahihayn, Vol. 4, pg. 574-575]

Sahih according to Imam Hakim.

It means that the filthy Dajjal will be seated on a filthy donkey. Is not pollution (spread of filth) through modes of transport a big issue in our time? There are always complaints of air pollution through our transport, water pollution etc. The fuel of our transport is considered very filthy.

★ Hadith 4: In-depth donkey description

This hadith possesses some of the most famous and well-known signs of Dajjal’s donkey. It is weak in chain, but its signs have been widely accepted by non-Ahmadis, and its signs are often quoted even today. Moreover it possesses such clear signs as have been fulfilled therefore denying it would be tantamount to foolishness. This same rendering has also been recorded by Shais in Bihar al Anwar. They both have the same signs.

عَنْ عَلِىٍّ: أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ[…] تَحْتَهُ حِمَارٌ أَقْمَرُ ، طُولُ كُلِّ أُذُنٍ مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ ثَلاَثُونَ ذِرَاعًا، مَا بَيْنَ حَافِرِ حِمَارِهِ إِلَى الْحَافِرِ الآخَرِ مَسيَرَةُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، تُطْوَى لَهُ الأَرْضُ مَنْهَلًا مَنْهَلًا، يَتَنَاوَلُ السَّحَابَ بيَمينِه، ويَسْبِقُ الشَّمْسَ إِلَى مَغِيبِهَا يَخُوضُ الْبَحْرَ إِلَى كَعْبَيْهِ، أَمَامَهُ جَبَلُ دُخَانٍ، وَخَلْفَهُ جَبَلٌ أَخْضَرُ، يُنَادى بصَوْتٍ لَهُ يُسْمِعُ بِهِ مَا بَيْنَ الْخَافِقَيْنِ: ” إِلَىَّ أَوْلَيَائِى! إِلَىَّ أَولِيَائِى! إِلَىَّ أَحِبَّائِى! إِلىَّ أحِبَّائِى! أَنَا الَّذِى خَلقَ فَسَوَّى، والَّذى قَدَّرَ

On the authority of Ali: He addressed [in sermon] the people […] Underneath him [he Dajjal will be seated upon] a moon-lit donkey (Himar Aqmar). The span of each of its ears is 30 cubits. The distance between the hooves of his donkey amounts to a journey lasting a day and a night. The earth will be stretched out for it, span by span. It shall take hold of the clouds with his right hand. It shall precede the sun to its place of setting, it shall traverse the sea, which will be up to its ankles. In front of it shall be a mountain of smoke, and behind it shall be a green mountain (holding abundance). He shall announce with a voice which shall heard in the two horizens, “[Come] to me, O my friends! [Come] to me, O my friends! [Come] to me, O my beloved ones! [Come] to me, O my beloved ones! I am the One who created and perfected, and the One who determined […]”

[Arabic: Jami‘ al-Jawāmi‘ – Al-Jāmi‘ al-Kabīr, Vol. 17, pg. 769]
[Urdu: Bihar al Anwar Vol 12 pg. 80-86]

Lets analyze it.

This donkey will be ( حِمَارٌ أَقْمَرُ ) meaning a moon-lit donkey which has already been explained.

(طُولُ كُلِّ أُذُنٍ مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ ثَلاَثُونَ ذِرَاعًا) The span of each of his two ears is 30 cubits. This says the ear-span of this donkey will be absolutely huge, and will be 30 cubits. This is clear indication about the wingspan of an airplane, and also the length of railways. It should be noted, notice that 70 cubits is in one hadith, and 30 cubits in this one, and 40 cubits will be in the next one (مَا بَيْنَ أُذُنِي حِمَارِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا). This shows that the span of this “donkey” (airplane or railway) wont be the same but will vary. It may be bigger or smaller than 30, 40, or 70 cubits. So, again, no one can raise the allegation that planes have wingspans larger than 70 cubits, since the ahadith themself vary in the length of the ears.

(مَا بَيْنَ حَافِرِ حِمَارِهِ إِلَى الْحَافِرِ الآخَرِ مَسيَرَةُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ) The distance between one hoof of his donkey, to another hoof, will be equal to journey of a day and night. The next rendering of this same hadith says, (مَا بَيْنَ حَافِرِهِ إِلَى الْحَافِرِ الْآخَرِ مَسِيرَةُ أَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ) the distance between one hoof and the other is a four-night journey. This shows that the journeys of this donkey will sometimes last 4 nights, and other times may last a single day and night, just like airplanes. This sentence also says that one hoof (leg) of this enormous donkey to another hoof will be a day and night journey, and surprisingly, a single flight between two airports in aviation is called a flight-leg². This shows the wondrous nature of this prophecy. It literally predicted that airplanes will take off from one airport (one hoof/leg), and land in another aiport (another hoof/leg), and these journeys would take a day and night or 4-nights i.e. the length of these journeys will vary.

( تُطْوَى لَهُ الأَرْضُ مَنْهَلًا مَنْهَلًا) The earth will be stretched out for it (the donkey) span by span. The word span used here is the Arabic, minhal (مَنْهَلً). Meaning the earth will be folded for him, making his journey swift from one minhal, to another minhal. What does minhal mean? A minhal is basically where an animals stops, and refuels themselves by drinking water. Its a stopping point to refresh and re-gain energy. Now this donkey will have multiple minhal (watering points). Its a clear description of train stations, airports, ports etc. Our modern transportations always have to stop on multiple points to refuel themselves. The hadith also conveys that the journeys between one minhal and another minhal (stopping points for this extraordinary donkey) will be very swift. The entire point of our modern transportation is swiftness.

(يَتَنَاوَلُ السَّحَابَ بيَمينِه) He shall take hold of the clouds with his right hand. In the next rendering of this hadith its written, (، يَتَنَاوَلُ السَّمَاءَ بِيَدِهِ) He will told hold of the sky with his right hand. This means that Dajjal will be able to fly and reach the sky, due to this donkey. It also means that the sky will be in the complete control of the Dajjal. This has been fulfilled with the flight of airplanes, and the fact that those countries who have aviation technology, or ballistic technology, have control over their respective skies. Is this not true?

(ويَسْبقُ الشَّمْسَ إِلَى مَغيبهَا) It will precede the sun to its place of setting. This is incredibly wondrous. This donkey will be able to precede the sun to its place of setting, a concept that was impossible before due to the slow pace of travel but is totally possible now. Airplanes travel so fast that they traverse multiple timezones, it becomes difficult to ascertain sunrise and sunset. Even faster are rockets, which can litearlly precede the sun to its place of setting. If a spacecraft were to travel eastward (in the direction of the Earth’s rotation) at a speed faster than the Earth’s rotation, it would “outrun” the setting sun, staying in perpetual daylight.

(يَخُوضُ الْبَحْرَ إِلَى كَعْبَيْهِ) It will wade through the sea which shall be up to its ankles. So this magnificent donkey wont just be flying, it will also traverse the seas which will be up to its ankles. The next sign says that it will have mountain of smoke in front of it, and mountain of abundance behind it. Now which thing travels extremely fast in the sea, is 30, 40, and even 70 cubits long, and holds huge mountains of abudance on its back? Its talking about cargo ships and other sea faring transportation. Which litearlly looks like they carry mountains of abundance on their backs.

(أَمَامَهُ جَبَلْ دُخَانٍ ، وَخَلَفَهُ جَبَلْ أَخْضَرُ) In front of it, is a mountain of smoke, and behind it is a green mountain [i.e. mountain of abundance]. This is self explanatory. All of our modes of transport produce smoke, and all of them carry mountains of abundance on their backs. Especially cargo ships, which is prophesied in the hadith right before this sentence. At this point these prophecies are getting a little too accurate don’t you think!

( يُنَادى بصَوْتٍ لَهُ يُسْمِعُ بِهِ مَا بَيْنَ الْخَافِقَيْنِ: ” إِلَىَّ أَوْلَيَائِى! إِلَىَّ أَولِيَائِى! إِلَىَّ أَحِبَّائِى!) He shall announce with a voice which shall heard in the two horizens, “[Come] to me, O my friends! [Come] to me, O my friends! [Come] to me, O my beloved ones!. So this magnificent donkey, before taking off, Dajjal will annouce on it extremely loudly to come to him and the donkey. So this donkey will annouce its arrival and take off! Is it not true that all of our modes of transports in every station (railway station), airports etc. annouce their arrivals and take off! Before moving annoucements are made for passengers to get on.

Then the hadith goes on to explain how Dajjal will claim to be God. This is perhaps an explaination of athiestic views of these nations which do not believe in God, and think they hold every power there is. All these advances in transportation and techonology have led them to think this way.

Hadith 4.1

This is another rendering of the above comprehensive hadith,

خَطَبَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ[…]خْرُجُ مِنْ يَهُودِيَّةِ أَصْبَهَانَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ أَبْتَرَ مَا بَيْنَ أُذُنِي حِمَارِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا، مَا بَيْنَ حَافِرِهِ إِلَى الْحَافِرِ الْآخَرِ مَسِيرَةُ أَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ، تُطْوَى لَهُ الْأَرْضُ مَنْهَلًا مَنْهَلًا، يَتَنَاوَلُ السَّمَاءَ بِيَدِهِ، أَمَامَهُ جَبَلٌ مِنْ دُخَانٍ وَخَلْفَهُ جَبَلٌ آخَرُ

Ali bin Abi Talib (ra) did a sermon on the minbar: […] He will emerge from the Jewish region of Isfahan, riding a slit donkey. The distance between the ears of his donkey is forty cubits, and the distance between one hoof and the other is a four-night journey. The earth will be folded for him, making his journey swift from one watering place to another. He will reach the sky with his hand, with a mountain of smoke before him and another behind him.

[Arabic: Al-Sunan al-Wārida fī al-Fitan li al-Dānī. Vol 6, pg. 1196]

Many amazing signs have been mentioned in this hadith, lets analyze all of them. This narration says that Dajjal’s donkey will be a donkey that does not have any progeny (حِمَارٍ أَبْتَرَ) or the word `Abtar, after, Himar (donkey), means tailess. This shows that this donkey is not an actual donkey as actual donkeys can reproduce and have tails, it says that this extraordinary donkey cannot reproduce and/or does not have a tail. Our modes of transport, transport us from place to place like actual riding animals, however, our modern modes of transport do not reproduce, they are `abtar (no progeny), and they are also `abtar since obviously our transportations have no tails like riding animals. This word seems to establish that this enormous and wondrous “donkey” that Dajjal will have will absolutely not be like a regular everyday donkey. We make our modes of transport again and again. Our modes of transport dont reproduce and have progeny like the riding animals of the past.

(مَا بَيْنَ أُذُنِي حِمَارِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا) Between the ears of his donkey is 40 cubits. This has already been explained

(مَا بَيْنَ حَافِرِهِ إِلَى الْحَافِرِ الْآخَرِ مَسِيرَةُ أَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ) and the distance between one hoof and the other is a four-night journey. This has already been explained.

(تُطْوَى لَهُ الْأَرْضُ مَنْهَلًا مَنْهَلًا) The earth will be folded for him, making his journey swift from one minhal, to another minhal. This has already been explained.

( يَتَنَاوَلُ السَّمَاءَ بِيَدِهِ) He will reach the sky with his right hand. This shows the donkey can fly allowing Dajjal to reach the sky (السَّمَاءَ).

( أَمَامَهُ جَبَلٌ مِنْ دُخَانٍ وَخَلْفَهُ جَبَلٌ آخَرُ) In front of him is a mountain of smoke, and behind him another mountain. This is self explanatory. This amazing donkey will have smoke being produced from it, that will be in front of it. Behind this donkey will be another mountain, other ahadith in this article show that this other mountain is actually a “mountain of abundace”, meaning it will carry mountains of food and resources behind it. This is exactly what all our forms of modern transportation do, all of them carry mountains of resources and abundance behind them on their backs. This has also already been explained

Hadith 4.2

١٥٢٧ – حدثنا أبو عمر عن ابن لهيعة، عن عبد الوهاب بن حسين، عن محمد بن ثابت، عن أبيه، عن الحارث عن عبد الله عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بين أذني حمار الدجال أربعون ذراعا وخطوة حماره مسيرة ثلاثة أيام يخوض البحر على حماره كما يخوض أحدكم الساقية على فرسه

It was narrated to us by Nuʿaym, who said: Abū ʿUmar narrated to us, from Ibn Lahīʿah, from ʿAbdul-Wahhāb bin Ḥusayn, from Muḥammad bin Thābit, from his father, from Al-Ḥārith, from ʿAbdullāh, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: “Between the ears of the Dajjāl’s donkey is a distance of forty cubits, and the stride of his donkey covers the journey of three days. He will traverse the sea on his donkey as one of you crosses a small stream on his horse.”

[Arabic: Kitab ul Fitn, Vol. 2, pg. 541-542]

Here, the Holy Prophet (saw) says the news about the earspan being 40 cubits as has been explained multiple times.

Then he (saw) conveys ( وخطوة حماره مسيرة ثلاثة أيام) And the stride of his donkey covers the journey of three days. In the first rendering it said a day and night journey, the second rendering said 4-nights journey, and this rendering says 3 day journey. This shows that Dajjal’s donkey will have journeys that vary in their lengths. Just like how our modern modes of transport vary in their journey lengths. Cargo ships may take longer to get to one place, than to another. Even still, a journey lasting one day, 4 nights, or 3 days, to travel the whole Earth was impossible at the time of the Arabs 1400 years ago, this has only been made possible with modern transport!

The the hadith says, (يخوض البحر على حماره كما يخوض أحدكم الساقية على فرسه) He crosses the ocean on his donkey as one of you crosses a stream on his horse. So crossing the sea will be so easy for this donkey as the Arabs crossed a small stream on their horses. Is it not true that our sea-faring transport, ships etc. travel the sea extremely easily!? Interestingly, the fastest U.S ship that crossed the Atlantic ocean took 3 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes. This ship called the SS United States, holds the record to this day.

★ Hadith 5: Carrying alot of passengers

عن كعب الأحبار[…] ويخرج على حمار وهو يتناول السحاب بيده ويخوض البحر إلى كعبيه ويستظل في أذن حماره خلق كثير

Ka’b al Ahbar: “And it will come out riding a donkey, reaching out to the clouds with its hand and wading through the sea up to its ankles. Sheltered/shaded in the ear of the donkey will be large number of people/creation”

[Arabic: Fayd al-Qadīr, Vol. 3, pg. 537]

Hazrat Ka’b al Ahbar is known to relate alot of narrations from the Children of Israel (Israeliyyat), however the subject matter of this narration is exactly in line with the Ahadith of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and similar signs with some differences and details have been mentioned, so we can take it.

This hadith says previously mentioned signs about controlling/reaching the clouds with his right hand, and wading through the seas up to its ankles.

(ويستظل في أذن حماره خلق كثير) This hadith mentions an important and extremely useful sign which is that this donkey will not just be limited to the transport of Dajjal, infact a large number of people/creation will be shaded/protected under the “ears of this donkey”, meaning to say in its travels this donkey will be carring a large number of people/creation. Passengers can use this extraordinary donkey.

Hadith 6: Carrying thousands of passengers

١٥٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، وَوَكِيعٌ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ حَوْطٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: أُذُنُ حِمَارِ الدَّجَّالِ تُظِلُّ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا

١٥٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الزَّرَّادِ، عَنْ حَوْطٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «يَسْتَظِلُّ فِي ظِلِّ أُذُنِ حِمَارِ الدَّجَّالِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا

١٥٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ حَوْطٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «أُذُنُ حِمَارِ الدَّجَّالِ تُظِلُّ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا

1539 – It was narrated to us by ʿAbdah and Wakīʿ, from Misʿar, from ʿAbdul-Malik bin Maysarah, from Ḥawṭ al-ʿAbdī, from ʿAbdullāh, who said: “The ear of the Dajjāl’s donkey will provide shade/sheltered security for seventy thousand people.”

1540 – It was narrated to us by ʿAbdur-Razzāq, from Sufyān, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAbdul-Malik bin Maysarah az-Zarrād, from Ḥawṭ al-ʿAbdī, from ʿAbdullāh, who said: “Seventy thousand people will take shelter in the shade of the Dajjāl’s donkey’s ear.”

1541 – It was narrated to us by Muḥammad bin Jaʿfar, from Shuʿbah, from ʿAbdul-Malik bin Maysarah, from Ḥawṭ, from ʿAbdullāh, who said: “The ear of the Dajjāl’s donkey will provide shade for seventy thousand people.”

[Arabic: Kitab ul Fitn, Vol. 2, pg. 548]

This hadith clearly conveys that Dajjal’s donkey will not just be a mode of transport for Dajjal himself rather thousands of people will be able to be passengers on this donkey, and ride it. This hadith uses the word (يَسْتَظِلُّ) meaning, the donkey will shelter thousands of people under its ears. This is conveying how inside and under our modern modes of transport thousands of people can sit inside in the shade of the vehicle and are protected therein. The next rendering says thousands of Jews, however this one says thousnads of people in general. From this we can deduce that not only Jews will be riding Dajjal’s vehicle, rather any body in general will be able to ride on it.

وعن حذيفة رضي الله عنه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في قصة فتح القسطنطينية وغيرها: […]يركب حماراً أبتر، بين أذنيه أربعون ذراعاً، يستظل تحت أذنيه سبعون ألفاً من اليهود عليهم التيجان، فإذا كان يوم الجمعة من صلاة الغداة، وقد أقيمت الصلاة، فالتفت المهدي، فإذا هو بعيسى ابن مريم، قد نزل من السماء في ثوبين، كأنما يقطر من رأسه الماء 

“And from Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in the story of the conquest of Constantinople and others: […] He will ride a donkey with a broken tail (or donkey without progeny), and between its ears, there will be a span of forty cubits. Seventy thousand Jews, wearing crowns, will seek shade under its ears. When it is Friday, after the Fajr prayer has been established, the Mahdi will turn around, and then he will see Jesus (the son of Mary) descending from the sky in two garments, as if water is dripping from his head.'”

[Arabic: ‘Aqd al-Durar fi Akhbar al-Muntazir, pg. 332]

Himar Abtar has already been explained.

This hadith also says that under the protected ears of the donkey, during its travels 70, 000 Jews will be be there.

( بين أذنيه أربعون ذراعاً، يستظل تحت أذنيه سبعون ألفاً من اليهود عليهم التيجان) Between its ears, there will be a span of forty cubits. Seventy thousand Jews, wearing crowns, will seek shade under its ears. This is not to mean only Jews will ride this donkey, as in some Ahadith its said Muslims will one day become exactly like Jews etc. As explained the first rendering doesn’t specify Jews but all people in general will ride on Dajjal’s donkey under its plane-like “ears”.

This renderin then says that Jesus (as) will descend from the sky and the Mahdi will come, this has already been explained in other articles regarding descent of Isa (as). From the Holy Quran Jesus (as) has died, therefore this descent and coming of the Mahdi is in regards to an Ummati (follower of Islam) who will achieve the same status as Jesus (as) and will be the Messiah of Muslims. This has been explained in many of our other articles. The fact that this hadith says “from the sky” proves nothing as this rendering seems to be weak in chain.

Hadith 7: Transport of fire

This hadith is not in regards to any Dajjal donkey, some Ahadith in this article directly prophecy modern forms of transportation without mention of Dajjal and a donkey, therefore this hadith is one of them.

١٥٦٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ هُوَ أَبُو بِسْرٍ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ” يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ مِنْ حُبْسِ سَيَلٍ، تَسِيرُ سَيْرَ (١) بَطِيئَةِ الْإِبِلِ، تَسِيرُ النَّهَارَ وَتُقِيمُ اللَّيْلَ، تَغْدُو وَتَرُوحُ، يُقَالُ: غَدَتِ النَّارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَاغْدُوا، قَالَتِ النَّارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَأَقِيلُوا (٢) ، رَاحَتِ النَّارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، فَرُوحُوا. مَنْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ أَكَلَتْهُ ” (٣)

Narrated by Uthman bin Umar, he said: ‘Abdul Hamid bin Ja’far narrated to us, he said: ‘Muhammad bin Ali Abu Ja’far narrated to us from Rafi’ bin Bishr (Abu Bisr al-Sulami) from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Soon a fire will emerge from a reservoir of water, moving at the pace of slow camels. It will travel during the day and halt at night. It will depart/set off in the morning and return in the evening. It will be said: ‘The fire has risen, O people, rise!’ When the evening comes, it will be said: ‘The fire has stopped, O people, rest!’ Whoever it overtaken by it will be eaten by it.”

[Musnad Ahmad 15658]

Now this is such a magnificently fulfilled prophecy, the like of which is impossible to refute. It says first that (يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ مِنْ حُبْسِ سَيَلٍ) Very soon a fire will emerge from the trapping or confinement of water. This is litearlly clearly a description of steam engine. One does not even need to explain it. Then it says this will (تَسِيرُ سَيْرَ بَطِيئَةِ الْإِبِلِ) it (the fire) will move at the slow pace of camels. This is talking about how steam engine and how trains made of it used to move in the 20th century. Then the hadith says (تَسِيرُ النَّهَارَ وَتُقِيمُ اللَّيْلَ), it will travel during the day and halt at night. This is clearly referring to the moving of trains in the morning and their halting at night. Then it says further! ( تَغْدُو وَتَرُوحُ) It will depart/set off [in the morning] and return [in the evening] giving even more of a description of trains in the 20th century! Furtherstill it goes on to say ( يُقَالُ: غَدَتِ النَّارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَاغْدُوا) it will be said the fire has risen, O people rise. Meaning when the train comes, O people, rise up and get on. Then the hadith says ( رَاحَتِ النَّارُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، فَرُوحُوا) The fire has stopped O people, so halt and rest. Referring to trains stopping and people aboard halting and resting with it. Then it says ( مَنْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ أَكَلَتْهُ) whoever it overtaken by it will be eaten by it, meaning whoever this fire or steam engine powered transport reaches, when the people will get on, its looks like the train has eaten the person and then the fire i.e. the train carries the person place to place.

We are not concerned with the chain of this hadith, but the clear fulfilment of its prophecy is what we are currently concerned with.

★ Hadith 8: Modern transport resembling saddles

This hadith is extremely clear, and on top of that Sahih. It does not speak about Dajjal’s donkey or Dajjal, rather its a direct prophecy about cars and other trasnport and about Muslims using it in the End Times.

٧٠٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الْقِتْبَانِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عِيسَى بْنَ هِلَالٍ الصَّدَفِيَّ، وَأَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيَّ، يَقُولَانِ: سَمِعْنَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ” سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي رِجَالٌ يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى سُرُوجٍ، كَأَشْبَاهِ الرِّحَالِ، يَنْزِلُونَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ ، نِسَاؤُهُمْ كَاسِيَاتٌ عَارِيَاتٌ، عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْعِجَافِ، الْعَنُوهُنَّ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مَلْعُونَاتٌ، لَوْ كَانَتْ وَرَاءَكُمْ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ لَخَدَمْنَ نِسَاؤُكُمْ نِسَاءَهُمْ، كَمَا يَخْدِمْنَكُمْ نِسَاءُ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ

“It was told to us by ʿAbdullāh bin Yazīd, who said: ʿAbdullāh bin ʿAyāsh bin ʿAbbās Al-Qutbānī (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard my father say: I heard ʿĪsā bin Hilāl As-Sadāfī (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abū ʿAbdur-Raḥmān Al-Ḥubalī (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: We heard ʿAbdullāh bin ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: “In the last [part] of my nation there will be men who ride on saddles resembling those of camels..  They will alight at the doors of the mosques.  Their women are clothed but naked.  On their heads are [what appears to be] like the humps of [lean] camels.  Curse them for they are cursed.  If there were a nation from the nations to come after you, your women would serve them, just as the women of the nations that were before you served you.”

[Arabic: Musnad Ahmad 7083]

These saddles are not camel saddles literally, but the hadith says they rememble them. Behold this is what a camel saddle looks like, and its put into comparison with a car seat. This hadith is authentic, and has even been attested by Sunnis to refer to cars.

It may also refer to different types of saddles and how our modern modes of transport relate to it. If one looks at other camel saddles like the following, they can see that they look similar to motorcycle seats. In short it seems that different types of camel saddles resemeble different types of seats in our modes of transport!

The U shaped camel saddle looks like the motorcycle and bike seats. Its amazing what connections you can make!

Conclusion

Let us summarize all the signs about transport we have collected above:

• At the time of the Messiah (as) and Dajjal in the Latter Days camels would be abandoned for travel according to the Holy Quran
• Allah Almighty says in Holy Quran He will create another form of transport that is different to riding animals like camels and donkeys in the End Times, so Dajjal’s donkey in End Times must be a metaphorical donkey
• The length of the journeys of this “donkey” will vary, sometimes it will take a week, sometimes a month, sometimes a day, or sometimes years
• This donkey will carry mountains of resources/abundance on its back
• The donkey will be able to fly and reach the speed of wind i.e. will be like a cloud driven by wind
• The donkey will have moon-like lights all over it.
• On the inside it will be lit with moon-like lights for the people inside
• On the outside it will have moon-like lights
• The donkey will be shining pure white like the moon
• The ear-span of the donkey will be 70 cubits, 40 cubits, or 30 cubits. The earspan of this huge donkey will vary.
• The donkey will be able to travel to any town it likes all over the world extremely fast
• The donkey will be very filthy, or perhaps it will produce filth
• The donkey will take off and land in another place.
• The distance between one hoof to another hoof (length of travel) will be a day or night, 4-nights, or 3 days i.e. the journeys on this donkey will vary, it will take off and land (flight-leg in aviation)
• The donkey will travel to earth from one minhal to another minhal meaning, it will have multiple ports to refuel, refresh, gain energy and then continue its journeys all over the earth. It will have to keep stopping at these ports to refresh and refuel.
• Dajjal on his donkey will have the ability to fly and complete control over the sky (airspace)
• The donkey will have such velocities that it will be able to precede the sun to its place of setting i.e. the rockets/planes in modern age
• The donkey will not just be able to fly, and have control over the skies, but the Donkey will also have sea-faring abilities, it will able to carry mountains of resources while the ocean is up to its “ankles”
• In front of this donkey will be a mountain of smoke, i.e. the donkey will produce a whole lot of smoke
• Before taking off, the Dajjal on his donkey will call people to “Come to it” i.e. annoucing to invite passengers aboard
• This donkey will not be like regular donkeys. It will not be able to reproduce at all. It’s ‘Abtar.
• It is ‘Abtar in another sense too as it will have no tail like regular donkeys i.e. it’s clearly a metaphorical donkey
• The donkey will be able to cross the ocean very easily
• The donkey will shelter/carry in shade a large number of passengers
• The donkey will be able to carry thousands of passengers
• In the future Muslims will see a mode of transport that will gain fire/energy by trapping a resevoir of water (steam-engine)
• This “fire” will carry people inside it, it will annouce its departures, and returns, and travels for all people to hear so that the people can halt or go into it to go along with this “fire”
• The Muslims in the end times will come to the Mosques in transport that will resemble camel saddles, so this modern mode of transport will look like seats and/or have seats

Decide for yourself what these signs apply to. Which nation invented this mode of transport (donkey) to ride on it? It was the Europeans. So who is the Dajjal? Certainly the Dajjal is not a person rather its a nation who invented these modes of transport.

1. which is naturally seated on his donkey but this hadith does not explicitly mention the donkey however the first rendering clearly did, therefore the words of this hadith are also related to the donkey of Dajjal
2. In aviation, a leg refers to the single direction of travel flown between two points. For an air charter itinerary, a leg can also include repositioning and fuel stops along the way. The use of the word ‘leg’ can be quite general. It can be used to describe a number of things, including: Entire distance of a journey.