Hadith 3338

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا عَنِ الدَّجَّالِ مَا حَدَّثَ بِهِ نَبِيٌّ قَوْمَهُ إِنَّهُ أَعْوَرُ وَإِنَّهُ يَجِيءُ مَعَهُ بِمِثَالِ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ فَالَّتِي يَقُولُ : إِنَّهَا الْجَنَّةُ هِيَ النَّارُ وَإِنِّي أُنْذِرُكُمْ كَمَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ نُوحٌ قَوْمَهُ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his nation? The Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you (against him) as Noah warned his nation against him."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب أحاديث الأنبياء / 3338
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Allah, the Exalted, will grant the Dajjal (Antichrist) the power to perform certain acts in order to test His servants, then afterwards He will manifest his incapacity. Such a situation will itself make clear that he is not God.
The mention of Nuh (alayhis salam) has come in the hadiths; this is the relevance to the chapter.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3338
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

The word "Dajjal" is derived from "dajal," which means to present a falsehood in an attractive manner.
He is called Dajjal because he will be a great deceiver, a liar, and a fraudster.
In these hadiths, the reason for mentioning the particularity of Prophet Nuh (alayhis salam) is that he was the first prophet who warned his people about the Dajjal.
Before him, all the prophets used to nurture their people just as a father nurtures his children.


Many characteristics of the Dajjal have been mentioned in other hadiths, but there is no contradiction among them because one of the Dajjal’s eyes will be destroyed and the other will be defective; in every case, he can be called one-eyed (blind in one eye), whereas Allah, the Lord of Might and Majesty, is not like that.


Allah Ta’ala will grant the Dajjal the power to perform certain acts in order to test His servants, and then later will manifest his helplessness.
Such a situation will itself make clear that he is not the Lord.
Since these hadiths mention Prophet Nuh (alayhis salam), this much relevance to the chapter heading is sufficient.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3338