Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. To proceed:
What has been authentically established regarding the emergence of the Dajjal, his journey, and his followers can be summarized as follows:
It is authentically reported in the hadiths that the Dajjal will emerge from the direction of the East, from Khurasan. Other hadiths state that he will emerge from Isfahan, which is in present-day Iran, and that a number of Jews and others will follow him.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“The Dajjal will emerge from a land in the East called Khurasan. People will follow him whose faces are like hammered shields.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi; al-Albani graded it hasan.
It is also reported that he will emerge from the Jewish quarter of Isfahan, accompanied by seventy thousand Jews.
The tribulation of the Dajjal is among the greatest tribulations from the creation of Adam until the establishment of the Hour, and it will spread across vast regions of the earth. The Prophet ﷺ informed us that there will be no city that the Dajjal does not enter, except Makkah and Madinah, and other texts mention additional exceptions concerning certain places.
Based on the combined evidence of the hadiths, scholars have mentioned that he will pass through various lands in the East, Iraq, the Levant, and Palestine, and that his affair will end at the city of Ludd, where Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary), peace be upon him, will kill him.
As for determining every country through which the Dajjal will pass, or specifying in detail what will happen to the people of Egypt, the Maghreb, India, and other regions, it is not correct to assert anything for which there is no authentic textual evidence.
Various groups of people will follow him. Among those specifically mentioned are:
The Jews: It is authentically established that seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan will follow him.
Some Turks and non-Arab peoples: Some narrations mention such groups among his followers.
Groups of Muslims: Especially those overcome by ignorance and weakness in knowledge and faith.
Many Bedouins and women: This is mentioned in hadiths, due to the severity of the tribulation and the extraordinary phenomena and deceptive tricks displayed by the Dajjal.
It is also mentioned in a hadith that a man may return to his family and tie up his womenfolk out of fear that they might go out to follow the Dajjal.
The reason some Muslims will follow him is not that they are upon sound natural disposition, but rather weakness in knowledge and faith, and being influenced by the extraordinary phenomena and great deceptions displayed by the Dajjal.
It is not correct to claim that the Dajjal’s followers will not include Arabic speakers. There is no authentic evidence establishing that the Arabic language is a criterion for following him or being saved from him.
Nor is learning Arabic alone a means of protection from the Dajjal’s tribulation. Protection comes through sound faith, knowledge of the truth, remaining steadfast upon it, and seeking refuge in Allah from his tribulation.
The Prophet ﷺ informed us that believers will remain firm in the face of his trial, while many people will be deceived by him.
It is not permissible to assert that Muslims in Egypt, the Maghreb, India, or elsewhere will apostatize from Islam, that the Dajjal will destroy all of them, or that they will all become his followers. None of this has been established by an authentic text.
What is required is to stop at what has been reported in the Sunnah and not build details concerning the unseen upon speculation.
The Dajjal will remain on earth for forty days. One day will be like a year, another like a month, another like a week, and the remaining days will be like ordinary days.
Then Isa ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, will descend. The believers will gather around him and proceed toward the Dajjal. Isa, peace be upon him, will catch him at the gate of Ludd in Palestine, kill him, and thereby the greatest tribulation of the end times will come to an end.
In summary: The Dajjal will emerge from the direction of the East, and his tribulation will spread throughout the earth. Jews, others, and groups of Muslims who are overcome by his trial will follow him. It is not correct to determine the fate of the people of every country concerning which there is no specific textual evidence. Nor is there any connection between being saved from the Dajjal and being Arab or non-Arab. What matters is faith, knowledge, and steadfastness upon the truth.
And Allah Almighty knows best.