Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For me to swear ten times that Ibn Sayyad is the Dajjal is dearer to me than to swear once that he is not." He also said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once sent me to his mother and said: "Ask this woman how long she was pregnant with him." The narrator says: I came to the woman and asked her about it, and she said: "I was pregnant with him for twelve months." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then sent me to the woman again and said: "Ask this woman how he cried when he was born." The narrator says: I went back to her and asked her, and she said: "He cried (loudly) like a one-month-old baby cries." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then later on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said to Ibn Sayyad: "I have thought of something in my heart for you." He said: "You have thought of the nose of a dusty-coloured goat and smoke." The narrator says: He wanted to say the word 'dukhan' for smoke but could not say it, and only said 'dukh'. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be gone! You will never go beyond your rank."
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded it; he (al-Bazzar) recorded these words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have thought of something for you; what is it?" Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except al-Harith bin Hasirah, who is thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الفتن - أعاذنا الله منها / 12559
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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