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Is the Dajjal proven to be a real figure or merely an ideology the would come at the end of time before Imam Mahdi (AS)?

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Is the Dajjal proven to be a real figure or merely an ideology the would come at the end of time before Imam Mahdi (AS)?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 3 years ago

No one agrees on this or knows for sure. A literal reading of hadith indicates he is a real person. However, possibly some things were foretold in a way we could understand which is metaphorical.

When it is time, we will know.