What is the sound, explicit evidence that the Antichrist (Dajjal) will appear before the sun rises [from the West], and how can this be reconciled with the hadiths that mention the sun rising from its west as the first of the signs, or that the Dajjal, the sun rising from its west, and the Beast of the Earth are signs after which faith will be of no avail?

The Dajjal will appear before the sun rises from the west, because faith will not be accepted after its rising from the west. Meanwhile, Jesus (peace be upon him) will kill the Dajjal, and many people will believe during his time. Scholars have differed on the order of the ten signs, with some believing that the first of these signs is the smoke, then the Dajjal, then the descent of Jesus. The hadith, "The first of the signs to appear is the sun rising from the west," has been interpreted by some to mean that the sun's rising takes precedence among the signs of the Hour that indicate its actual occurrence, while the Dajjal is among the signs that indicate its proximity. The preponderant view is that the emergence of the Dajjal is the first of the great signs that herald a change in the general conditions on Earth, and the sun rising from the west is the first of the great signs that herald a change in the conditions of the upper world. The emergence of the Beast may occur on the same day the sun rises from the west. The conjunction "wa" (and) in the hadiths does not necessarily imply sequential order.