Viral photo claiming Dabbah's appearance in Israel. Turns out, it was footage from a video describing another animal. The narration that is spread is quite terrible, so that it makes people afraid to read it.
"Dabbah Has Appeared in Israel, Animal Message Sign of Doomsday. May we be in Allah's Protection. Amen," wrote the upload on Facebook.
However, if you carefully observe and trace back similar photos, it turns out that they are screenshots from the video 'The Mexican Mole Lizard - Animal of the Week' by Ben G Thomas. The animal is the Mexican Mole Lizard, a legless lizard. The Mexican Mole Lizard has the scientific name Bipes biporus whose habitat is in water.
Launch National Geographic, Friday (3/2/2023) Bipes biporus is often found in Baja California, Peninsular Mexico. Usually they are underground and rarely seen on the surface. This animal has a length of about 25 cm.
It can be concluded, the photo is not a photo of Dabbah. The narrative is misleading because it does not match the truth.
Dabbah in Islam is believed to be a sign of the coming of the great apocalypse or qubro apocalypse. The emergence of Dabbah as a sign of the Day of Judgment is quoted from one of the hadith narrations narrated by Abdullah bin Amr.
"In fact, the first sign that appears (before the Last Hour) is the rising of the sun from the West and the appearance of reptiles (Dabbah) to meet humans at the time of Dhuha. Whichever of the two occurs first, then not long after that the other will immediately occur. " (Reported by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah).
The characteristics of Dabbah in Islam include a kind of reptile, an animal with fur and hair, has four legs, and is called by Ibn Abbas, one of the Prophet's companions, as an animal with a human face.
