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BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-186: DABBATUL ARD (دابة الأرض): HAKIKAT DAN KEMUNCULANNYA
What is the Dabbat al-Ard and when does it appear according to the texts?
Short answer
Linguistically, dabbah means anything that moves upon the earth.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Bayan Linnas
- Topic
- Creed (Aqidah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Linguistically, dabbah means anything that moves upon the earth. Technically, it refers to a creature that will emerge at the end of time when people are far from religion, and its appearance is one of the major signs of the Day of Judgement according to many hadiths. The exegetes cited state that it emerges when enjoining good and forbidding wrong has been abandoned, and some later exegetes held that it may be a human being. In other contexts, such as the story of Prophet Solomon, the word dabbah refers to termites.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Dabbatul Ardh dimaksudkan dengan segala binatang yang melata di muka bumi sama ada berkaki dua, empat atau merayap.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-186: DABBATUL ARD (دابة الأرض): HAKIKAT DAN KEMUNCULANNYA”, 30 June 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/bayan-linnas/3536-bayan-linnas-siri-ke-186-dabbatul-ard-hakikat-dan-kemunculannya. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/what-is-dabbat-al-ard-and-its-emergence/