Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 12520

Abu Nadrah narrates: We came to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) on a Friday in order to present our copy of the Qur'an to him and compare it with his copy. When the time of Jumu'ah came, he instructed us and we performed the ritual bath (ghusl). Then he brought us perfume and we applied it. Then we came to the mosque and sat down. Then he told us that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Muslims will have three cities: one city near the meeting place of the two seas, one city at al-Hirah, and one city in Syria. The people will be struck by alarm three times. The Dajjal will emerge among the people and will defeat those on the side of the east. The first city they will reach will be the city at the meeting place of the two seas, and its inhabitants will split into three parts: one group will say: 'Let us go to him and examine what he is'; one group will go and join the Bedouins; and one group will go to the neighbouring city. With the Dajjal will be seventy thousand people wearing green taylasan garments, and most of his followers will be Jews and women. Then he will come to the next city, and its inhabitants too will split into three groups: one group will say: 'Let us go to him and examine what he is'; one group will go to the Bedouins; and one group will go to the neighbouring city, which will be in the western part of Syria. At that time the Muslims will gather at the mountain pass called Afiq. Then they will send out their animals to graze, and their animals will be harmed (or those animals will die). This will weigh very heavily on them, and the Muslims will be struck by severe hunger and severe hardship, until one of them will split the string of his bow and eat it. While they are in this state, a caller will announce: 'O people! Help has come to you.' He will say this three times, and the people will say: 'This sounds like the voice of a man whose hunger is satisfied.' Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend; this will be near the time of the Fajr prayer. The leader of the Muslims will say to him: 'O Spirit of Allah! Please come forward and lead the prayer.' He will say: 'The people of this nation are leaders over one another.' So the leader of the Muslims will step forward and lead the prayer. When he has finished the prayer, Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) will take his spear and set off towards the Dajjal. When the Dajjal sees him, he will begin to melt as lead melts. Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will place his spear on his chest and kill him, and the Dajjal's companions will be routed. At that time, whatever thing hides any one of them (the disbelievers), even if it is a tree, will say: 'O believer! Here is a disbeliever'; and if it is a stone, it will say: 'Here is a disbeliever.'"
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ali bin Zayd, in whom there is weakness, though he has been declared trustworthy; the remaining narrators of both narrations are the narrators of the Sahih.