In this teaching Sheikh Bahauddin Adil Efendi, son of Sultan al-Awliya Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani, explains something many believers overlook: when the great deceiver, Dajjal, appears, his forces will fall into three distinct groups. Understanding them helps us recognize the subtle ways in which modern life can become an instrument of deception.
The Main Force
The first and largest group consists of those drawn in directly by the deceptive promises of the age: material gain, power or comfort offered under false pretenses. Their allegiance rests not on conviction but on personal benefit, and they form the “main army” that drives Dajjal’s expansion.
The Technological Manipulators
The second group arises from scientific advances that blur ethical boundaries. Sheikh Bahauddin refers to practices such as assisted reproduction in which embryos are transferred between women on behalf of a third party. Presented as medical miracles, such interventions can be turned into weapons: children conceived in this way may become unwitting participants in Dajjal’s agenda.
The Innocent-Appearing Children
The third group is perhaps the most alarming. Society tends to regard certain people, especially newborns and the young, as “innocent” and therefore harmless. Yet when these children grow up in environments that normalize deceit, they become an army that carries Dajjal’s influence forward without questioning its origins. Shaytan, Sheikh Bahauddin reminds us, knows exactly how to exploit this perception.
By recognizing these three groups, the opportunistic followers, the technological manipulators and the seemingly innocent children, we are better able to guard our hearts and communities against subtle corruption. May Allah protect us all and hasten the blessed era of Imam Mahdi (A.S.) and Sayyidina Isa (A.S.). Ameen.
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