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can immediately be established whether or not there is any metal
buried beneath a building or under the ground. These detectors,
which make it easy to find buried metals such as gold, silver, cop-
per and bronze, are frequently employed in engineering, con-
struction and by the military, and by others for treasure hunting.

The above hadith may well be referring to the use of such a
device. That would explain the detection of treasure beneath the
building and its subsequent extraction. And Allah knows the truth.

Trawl Fishing

One of his [dajjal’s] astonishing deeds is this: He will
enter the sea three times a day; one of his arms is long.
With his long arm he will lean on the bottom of the sea,
and with his other hand he will sweep up and catch what
he wishes from among the fishes in the deeps...
(Reported by Abu Nuaym [ra]).
(Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 216)

It is indicated in the hadiths of the Prophet (saas) that in the
End Times dajjal will “reach down the bottom of the sea and

catch the fishes of the deeps.” The “trawl nets” used today in
catching fish fully match this description given in the hadith. And
Allah knows the truth. Fishing with trawl nets is also known as

“multi-species fishery” because a large number of species are
caught at the same time. Trawl nets, a kind of drag net, are used
in seabed and mid-water fishing. These nets, which scour the
seabed with steel cables, trap all the fish they encounter.
Trawl nets resemble large, cone-shaped, wide-mouthed (30

meters or so wide) bags. Wooden struts are used to keep the

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