Hadith 4315

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ ، قَالَ : اجْتَمَعَ حُذَيْفَةُ ، وَأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ ، فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ : " لَأَنَا بِمَا مَعَ الدَّجَّالِ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ إِنَّ مَعَهُ بَحْرًا مِنْ مَاءٍ وَنَهْرًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَالَّذِي تَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ نَارٌ مَاءٌ وَالَّذِي تَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ مَاءٌ نَارٌ ، فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَأَرَادَ الْمَاءَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ مِنَ الَّذِي يَرَى أَنَّهُ نَارٌ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَجِدُهُ مَاءً " ، قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيُّ : هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ .
Hudhaifa and Abu Masud got together and Hudhaifah said: I know best what the Dajjal (Antichrist) will have with him. He will have with him a sea of water and a river of fire, and what you see as fire will be water and what you sea as water will be fire. If any of you who lives up to that time and desires water, he should drink from what he sees as fire, for he will find it water. Abu Masud al-Badri said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in this way.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الملاحم / 4315
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح بخاري (3450) صحيح مسلم (2934),
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
When Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Abu Mas’ud (radi Allahu anhuma) gathered together, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (radi Allahu anhu) narrated: I am well informed about the Dajjal and what will happen with him. Indeed, there will be a sea of water and a river of fire with him. What you will perceive as fire will actually be water, and what you will perceive as water will actually be fire.
Therefore, whoever among you encounters this and wishes to drink water, let him approach what he thinks is fire, for indeed, he will find it to be water.
Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud al-Badri (radi Allahu anhu) said: I also heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say the same.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4315