Reports on the Dajjal

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "From the time Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) until the Hour is established, Allah Almighty has not sent down to the earth any trial greater than the trial of the Dajjal. And I am about to say something about the Dajjal that no prophet before me has said: he will be a wheat-complexioned man with curly hair, his left eye will be defective, and there will be a thick piece of flesh over his eyes. He will cure the one born blind and the one with leprosy (i.e. vitiligo), and he will say: 'I am your Lord.' Whoever says: 'My Lord is Allah Almighty,' no trial will befall him; and whoever says: 'You are my Lord,' that person will fall into trial. He will remain among you for as long as Allah Almighty wills. Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend, confirming the religion of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He will descend following the religion of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a rightly guided imam and a just ruler, and he will kill the Dajjal." Hasan al-Basri used to say: We think that this will be near the Hour.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), and some of its narrators have a weakness that does no harm.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Harith bin Jaz' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever we heard any alarming news or commotion in Madinah, we thought it would be the Dajjal. The reason was that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had told us so much about him and had spoken of his nearness.
Al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, and there is weakness in him.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once a dispute arose between Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) and a man. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Allah, if this man is lying, then do not give him death until he meets one of three things." When his anger subsided, I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what did you pray against this man?" He said: "I will tell you: the trial of the Dajjal, the trial of a ruler that will be like the trial of the Dajjal, and the miserliness of a miser (I tell you about) which will be cast upon the people: when a man obtains wealth, he will not care from where he obtained it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Kathir bin Zayd al-Aslami, whom Yahya bin Ma'in and a group declared thiqah (trustworthy), while al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group called him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundab (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will certainly emerge, and he will be blind in the left eye, over which there will be a thick layer. He will cure the one born blind and the one with vitiligo, and he will give life to the dead, and he will say to the people: 'I am your Lord.' Whoever says: 'You are my Lord,' will fall into trial; and whoever says: 'My Lord is Allah Almighty,' and remains firm upon that until he dies, will be protected from the trial of the Dajjal, and no trial will befall him. The Dajjal will remain on the earth for as long as Allah wills. Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will come out from the direction of the west, confirming Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He will kill the Dajjal, and then (after that) the Hour will come."
Al-Tabarani and Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih;
al-Bazzar recorded it with a da'if (weak) chain.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every single prophet warned his nation about the Dajjal, and I am warning you about him. He will be one-eyed; one of his eyes will be clearly protruding, and it will be like phlegm on a wall, and his left eye will be like a shining star. With him will be a paradise and a hell: his paradise will be a smoky spring, and his hell will be a green garden. Before him two men will keep warning the people of every town; whenever those two men leave a town, the first of the Dajjal's followers will enter it. He will be given power over one man, and he will not be given power over anyone else. He will slaughter him, then strike him with a staff and say: 'Get up.' Then he will say to his companions: 'What do you think, am I not your Lord?' His companions will bear witness to him with shirk (associating partners with Allah). Then the man who was slaughtered will say: 'O people, this is the Dajjal whom the Messenger of Allah warned us about.' Then he will slaughter him again, then strike him with the staff and say to him: 'Get up.' Then he will say to his companions: 'What do you think, am I not your Lord?' His companions will bear witness to him with shirk, and the slaughtered man will say: 'O people, this is the Dajjal whom the Messenger of Allah warned us about,' and (then, addressing the Dajjal, he will say): 'This has only increased my insight about you.' Then the Dajjal will slaughter him a third time, then strike him with the staff and say: 'Get up.' Then he will ask his companions: 'What do you think, am I not your Lord?' His companions will bear witness to him with shirk, and he (the man) will say: 'O people, this is the Dajjal whom the Messenger of Allah warned us about, and this has only increased my insight about you.' Then he will want to slaughter him a fourth time, but Allah Almighty will place a piece of brass on that man's neck, so the Dajjal will not be able to slaughter him." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, I heard the word "nuhas" (i.e. copper) only on that day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After that, people will farm." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to think that this man would be Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), because we knew of his strength and firmness. (Al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is reported in the "Sahih" in abridged form.
Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains al-Hajjaj bin Artah, who is a mudallis, and Atiyyah, who is da'if (weak), though he has been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every prophet described the Dajjal's appearance to his nation, and I will describe his appearance in a way that no (prophet) before me has described it: he (i.e. the Dajjal) will be one-eyed, and Allah Almighty is not one-eyed."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Ibn Ishaq, who is a mudallis.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will be blind in the left eye. Between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever), which every literate and illiterate person will read."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mentioning the Dajjal, said: "One of his eyes will be as though there is green glass in it. And seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said about the Dajjal: "He will be one-eyed, his complexion will be a radiant white, his head will be like the head of a viper, and he will resemble Abd al-Uzza bin Qatan. Then whoever is destined to perish will perish (but remember) that your Lord is not one-eyed."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it.

In a narration recorded by him, the wording is: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw the Dajjal: he is a stout man of huge build. His hair is like the branches of a tree, and he will be one-eyed; his two eyes will be like the morning star. He most resembles Abd al-Uzza bin Qatan, a man of the Khuza'ah tribe." The narrators of all these narrations are the narrators of the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We used to talk about the Farewell Hajj, and we did not know that it was the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) farewell Hajj. When the occasion of the Farewell Hajj came, he delivered a sermon, mentioned the Dajjal and spoke at length about him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every prophet whom Allah Almighty sent warned his nation about the Dajjal. Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) did so, and the prophets who came after him did so too. Beware! However much of his affair remains hidden from you, this should not remain hidden from you: that your Lord is not one-eyed." (Al-Haythami says:) I say: part of it is mentioned in the "Sahih".
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while I was weeping. He asked: "Why are you weeping?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I thought of the Dajjal, so I began to weep." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he emerges while I am among you, I will suffice against him on behalf of all of you; and if he emerges after me, then your Lord is not one-eyed. The Dajjal will emerge from among the Jews of Isfahan until he comes to Madinah and camps at its edge. At that time Madinah will have seven gates, and at each gate there will be two angels. Then the evil people living there will go out to the Dajjal. Then he will come to Bab Ludd, a city of Palestine in Syria." (Here a narrator named Abu Dawud once narrated these words:) "until he comes to Bab Ludd, the city of Palestine, and there Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend and kill him. Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will remain for forty years as a just ruler and an equitable judge."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except al-Hadrami bin Lahiq, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will emerge from among the Jews of Isfahan."
Ahmad recorded it, and Abu Ya'la recorded it, and he added these words: "With him will be seventy thousand Jews wearing green taylasan garments."
This is from the narration of Muhammad bin Mus'ab from al-Awza'i, and his narration from al-Awza'i is good. Ahmad and others declared him thiqah (trustworthy), and a group called him da'if (weak). The remaining narrators of both narrations are the narrators of the Sahih. Al-Tabarani also recorded it likewise in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.

Sayyiduna Junadah bin Abi Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Some people came to Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was ill. They requested: "Narrate to us from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a hadith about which you have no doubt." He said: "Sit me up!" One of those present took his hand and sat him up, and he said: I will narrate to you a hadith which I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: (He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) "Every prophet warned his nation about the Dajjal, and I too urge you to beware of the Dajjal. He will be one-eyed, and between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever), which every literate and illiterate person will be able to read. With him will be a paradise and a hell. His fire will (in reality) be paradise, and his paradise will (in reality) be hell."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it. Its chain contains Khunays bin Amir, and I do not know him. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will emerge from the direction of Isfahan (Iran)."
Al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat through the chain of Muhammad bin Mahmawayh al-Jawhari, and al-Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I could not identify him; he is unknown to me.

Sayyidah Fatimah bint Qays (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) have it announced that the people should gather. So I went out with some women of the Ansar until we came to the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Zuhr prayer, then he ascended the pulpit. Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with both his hands raised, so that I saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said: "Beware, I am telling you that this (city) is Taybah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. Then he said: "Beware! I am telling you that (the Dajjal) is in the sea of Syria." Then a special state came over him for a moment. When that state passed, he said: "No, rather he is in the sea of Iraq; rather he is in the sea of Iraq. When he emerges, he will emerge from a city called Isfahan; he will emerge from one of its villages called Rustaqabadh. When he emerges, ahead of him will be seventy thousand people wearing green taylasan garments. With the Dajjal will be two rivers: one a river of water and one a river of fire. Whoever of you lives to see his time and is told: 'Enter the water,' let him not enter it, for it will in reality be fire; and when he is told: 'Enter the fire,' let him enter it, for it will be water."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, as part of a long hadith. Its chain contains Sayf bin Miskin, who is extremely da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was coming from al-Aqiq with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When we reached the mountain pass called Thaniyyat al-Hawd, which is at al-Aqiq, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his blessed hand towards the east and said: "It is as if I am even now looking at the places of the enemy of Allah, the Dajjal. He will come until he camps at such-and-such a place, and the evil people will go out to him. At that time, on every road into Madinah there will be one or two angels guarding it. With the Dajjal will be two things having outward forms: one will have the outward form of Paradise and one the outward form of Hell. With the Dajjal will be devils who will take on the forms of the deceased, and they will say to a living person: 'Do you recognise me? I am your brother, or your father, or your relative. Have I not already died? This is our Lord, so follow him.' Then Allah Almighty will decree regarding that person whatever He wills. Then Allah Almighty will send a man from among the Muslims. He will silence the Dajjal and, rebuking him, will say: 'This is the great liar. O people, let him not deceive you, for he is the great liar and he speaks falsehood. Your Lord is not one-eyed.' The Dajjal will say: 'Will you follow me?' The man will refuse, so the Dajjal will split him into two halves. Then the Dajjal will say: 'Shall I bring him back to life before you?' Then Allah Almighty will bring that man back to life, and he will deny the Dajjal more strongly than before and rebuke him more strongly than before. Then the man will say: 'O people, the trial you have seen is a trial with which you have been tested; it is a fitnah in which you have been put. If he is truthful, then tell him to do this to me once again. Beware! He is the great liar.' Then the Dajjal will order him to be taken to the fire, which will in reality be Paradise. Then the Dajjal will go out towards Syria."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Musa bin Ubaydah al-Rabadhi, who is extremely da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Safinah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and said: "Every prophet before me warned his nation about the Dajjal. He will be blind in the left eye, and over his right eye there will be a large piece of flesh. Between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever). With him will be two valleys, one of them a paradise and the other a fire; his paradise will in reality be fire, and his fire will in reality be paradise. With him will be two angels from among the angels who will resemble two of the prophets, one of them on his right and the other on his left, and this will be a cause of trial for the people. He will say: 'Am I not your Lord? I give life and I give death.' One of the two angels will say: 'You are lying.' None of the people will be able to hear this; only the other angel will hear it. And he (i.e. the other angel) will say: 'You have spoken the truth.' But the people will hear the other angel's words, and they will think that he has confirmed the Dajjal, and this will be a trial. Then he will keep travelling until he comes to Madinah, but he will not be permitted to enter it, so he will say: 'This is the town of that man (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him).' Then he will travel on and come to Syria, and there, at Aqabat Afiq, Allah Almighty will destroy him."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and these words are his; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), and some of its narrators have been criticised in a way that does no harm.

Sulayman bin Shihab narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mu'tim (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed with me; he was one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He narrated this hadith to me from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is nothing hidden about the Dajjal. He will come from the direction of the east and will call (people), and he will be followed. He will raise a banner for the people, then fight the people and prevail over them. He will keep doing this until he comes to Kufah. Then he will make the religion of Allah manifest (i.e. present himself as its follower) and act upon it, so he will be followed and people will go after him in this. Then after that he will say: 'I am a prophet.' At that point every person of understanding will be alarmed and will separate from him. After that he will remain in that state until he says: 'I am Allah.' Then one of his eyes will be ruined and his ear will be cut off, and 'Kafir' (disbeliever) will be written between his two eyes, and this will not remain hidden from any Muslim. Every one of the creation in whose heart there is faith equal to a mustard seed will separate from him. The companions of the Dajjal and the men of his army will be Magians, Jews and Christians, and non-Arabs from among the polytheists. Then the Dajjal will summon a man while the people are watching; an order will be given about him and he will be killed. Then his limbs will be cut off, each limb cut off separately, and his limbs will be in pieces before the people's eyes. Then the Dajjal will gather them and strike them with his staff, and the man will stand up. Then the Dajjal will say: 'I am that Allah who gives life, and I am that Allah, and I give death.' Yet all of this will be the result of sorcery that binds the people's eyes; he will not have done any of it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Sa'id bin Muhammad al-Warraq, who is matruk (abandoned).

Tha'labah bin Abbad al-Abdi, who was from the people of Basrah, narrates: One day I was present at a sermon of Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundab (may Allah be pleased with him). In his sermon he mentioned a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The author says: I say: after this he narrated the hadith about the solar eclipse, in which further on come these words: "Then the sun became clear while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting after the second rak'ah." Here a narrator named Zuhayr narrated these words: I think the narration has these words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the salam, then he praised and extolled Allah Almighty and bore witness that he is the servant of Allah and His Messenger. Then he said: "O people, I ask you by Allah: if you know that I have fallen short in any way in conveying the commands of my Lord, then tell me about it." The narrator says: Some people stood up and said: "We bear witness that you have conveyed the message of your Lord, you have been sincere to your nation, and you have fulfilled the duty that was upon you." Then those people fell silent. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "To proceed: some people claim that the eclipse of the sun, the eclipse of the moon, or the falling of the stars happens because of the death of great people on the earth. Those people think wrongly. These are some of the signs of Allah, by which Allah Almighty draws the attention of His servants and looks to see which of them repents. By Allah! While I was standing here performing the prayer, I saw the things you will face in your worldly affairs and in your Hereafter. By Allah! The Hour will not be established until thirty false claimants to prophethood have emerged, the last of whom will be the one-eyed Dajjal, whose left eye will be wiped out; it will be like the eye of Abu Tahya." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this about an old man of the Ansar who was at that time between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the chamber of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When he emerges, he will claim that he is Allah. Whoever believes in him, affirms him and follows him, none of the good deeds he did before will benefit him; and whoever rejects him and denies him will not be punished for any deed he did before (here the narrator has a doubt about some words, but this is the meaning). He will soon appear and prevail over the whole face of the earth, except the Haram and Bayt al-Maqdis. At that time the believers will be besieged in Bayt al-Maqdis, then a severe earthquake will strike there, and then Allah Almighty will destroy the Dajjal, until the foundation of a wall or the root of a tree will call out and say: 'O believer,' or 'O Muslim! This is a Jew,' or 'This is a disbeliever; come and kill him' (all these doubts are from the narrators)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And this will not happen until you see matters over which you are distressed, and you ask one another whether your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned any of them to you; and it will not happen until mountains move from their places." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then after that will come the taking away (i.e. the world will come to an end)." The narrator says: Then once I was present at a sermon of Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him). He mentioned this hadith in that sermon, and he did not move a single word forward or backward from its place.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Bazzar recorded part of it. In his narration he recorded these words: "Whoever holds fast to Allah (and His religion) and says: 'My Lord is Allah Almighty, who is Ever-Living and will not die,' there will be no punishment upon him; and whoever says to the Dajjal: 'You are my Lord,' will fall into trial." The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Tha'labah bin Ubadah, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy).

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.

Sayyiduna Hisham bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the back of the Dajjal's head there will be locks of curly hair. Whoever says: 'You are my Lord,' will fall into trial; and whoever says: 'You are lying; my Lord is Allah Almighty, and in Him I put my trust,' no harm will come to him (the narrator has a doubt, or perhaps the words are:) no trial will befall him." (Al-Haythami says:) I say: there is a hadith from this Companion in the "Sahih" other than this one.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih; al-Tabarani also recorded it.

Abu Qilabah narrates: In Madinah I saw a man around whom people were gathering, and he was saying that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He was one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says: I heard him say that (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) "After you there will be the misleading great liar, on the back of whose head there will be locks of curly hair, and he will say: 'I am your Lord.' Whoever says: 'You are not our Lord; rather our Lord is Allah Almighty; in Him we have put our trust and to Him we turn, and we seek refuge in Allah from the one who commits shirk,' the Dajjal will have no power over him."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Junadah bin Abi Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We came to a Companion from the Ansar; we went in to him and said: "Narrate to us the hadith you heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and do not narrate anything you heard from people." We pressed him greatly about this, so he said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us and said: "I am warning you about the Dajjal. His left eye will be missing. With him will be mountains of bread and rivers of water. His sign is that he will remain on the earth for forty days, and his dominion will reach every spring; however, he will not be able to come to four mosques: the Ka'bah, the Prophet's Mosque, al-Masjid al-Aqsa and the mosque of Tur. Whatever happens, know that Allah Almighty is not one-eyed." Ibn Awn says: I think the narration has these words: "He will be given power over one man; he will kill him, then bring him back to life, and he will not be given power over anyone other than that man."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Junadah bin Abi Umayyah al-Azdi narrates: A man from the Ansar and I went to one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We said: "Narrate to us a hadith which you heard from the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the Dajjal." He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and said: "I am warning you about the Dajjal." He said this three times. (Then he said:) "Every prophet warned about him, and O nation! He will appear among you. He will be a wheat-complexioned man with curly hair, and his left eye will be missing. With him will be a paradise and a hell. With him will be mountains of bread and a river of water. He will bring down rain, but it will not produce any growth. He will be given power over one man; he will kill him, and he will not be given power over anyone other than that man. He will remain on the earth for forty days and will reach every place, but he will not be able to come near four mosques: al-Masjid al-Haram, the Prophet's Mosque, the mosque of Tur and al-Masjid al-Aqsa. And you should have no doubt about him, for your Lord is not one-eyed."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will emerge at a time when religion has weakened and knowledge has departed. He will have forty nights, in which he will roam the whole earth. One day of those will be like a year, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the rest of the days will be like your ordinary days. He will have a donkey, the width between whose two ears will be forty cubits. He will say to the people: 'I am your Lord,' although he will be one-eyed, and your Lord is not one-eyed. Between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir', that is, K-F-R, spelled out in letters, which every believer, literate or illiterate, will be able to read. He will come to every water and watering place, except that he will not come to Madinah and Makkah, because Allah Almighty has made these two cities forbidden to him, and angels are standing at the gates of these cities. With the Dajjal will be mountains of bread, and the people at that time will be suffering starvation, except for those who follow him. With the Dajjal will be two rivers, and I know more about them than the Dajjal does: a river about which he will say: 'This is Paradise,' and a river about which he will say: 'This is Hell.' Whoever enters the one he calls Paradise, it will in reality be Hell; and whoever enters the one he has called Hell, it will in reality be Paradise." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Devils will be sent with him who will talk with people, and with them will be a great trial. He will command the sky and it will send down rain, which the people will see. Then he will say to the people: 'O people! Can anyone but the Lord do this?'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people will flee to Jabal al-Dukhan in Syria, and he will besiege them. Their siege will become severe, and those people will be struck by severe hunger. Then Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend and will call out loudly, saying: 'O people! What is preventing you from going out against this wicked great liar?' The people will say: 'This man is a jinn.' Then those people will go, and there will be Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him). Then the prayer will be established, and it will be said to him: 'O Spirit of Allah! Come forward.' He will say: 'Your imam should come forward; let that imam lead you in prayer.' When they have performed the morning prayer, he will go out towards him." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the great liar sees him, he will begin to dissolve just as salt dissolves in water. Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) will walk to him and kill him, until even the trees and stones will call out: 'This is a Jew (hiding behind me),' and he will kill every one of his followers." Ahmad recorded it with two chains, the narrators of one of which are the narrators of the Sahih. (Al-Haythami says:) I say: a hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) has already passed in the Book of Hajj, in the chapter on the virtue of Madinah.

Sayyidah Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in my house. Mentioning the Dajjal, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Before him there will be three years of drought. During them, (in the first year) the sky will withhold a third of its rain and the earth will withhold a third of its produce. Then the second time, the sky will withhold two thirds of its rain and the earth two thirds of its produce. And the third time, the sky will withhold all of its rain and the earth all of its produce. At that time no animal with hooves or with molars will remain; they will (all) perish. And among the most severe parts of his trial will be that he will come to a Bedouin and say: 'What do you think: if I bring your camel back to life for you, will you not know that I am your Lord?' The Bedouin will say: 'Yes.' Then devils will appear before that man in the likeness of his camel, with better udders than before and a bigger hump than before." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man will come whose father or brother has died, and the Dajjal will say: 'If I bring your father back to life for you, or bring your brother back to life for you, will you not know that I am your Lord?' The man will reply: 'Yes.' Then those devils will appear before him in the likeness of his father or in the likeness of his brother." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for some need. When he returned, the female narrator says: the people were troubled and saddened by what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had told them. The female narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of the doorframe and said: "O Asma, what has happened?" The female narrator says: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By mentioning the Dajjal you have troubled us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he emerges while I am alive, I will be his opponent; otherwise my Lord will take my place for every believer." Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, we knead our dough, and before we have baked the bread we become hungry; so what will be the condition of the believers at that time?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What suffices the inhabitants of the heavens will suffice the believers, namely tasbih and taqdis (glorifying and sanctifying Allah)."

In one narration the wording is: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting in a gathering and told those people about the one-eyed Dajjal. This narration has these additional words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mahyam!" This is a word which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say when he was asked about something; he would say: "Mahyam!" And this narration has these additional words: "Whoever of you is present in my gathering and has heard my words, let the one present convey it to those who are absent. And know that Allah Almighty is whole; He is not one-eyed, while the Dajjal will be one-eyed, one of his eyes will be missing, and between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever), which literate and illiterate (everyone) will be able to read." Ahmad recorded all these narrations, and al-Tabarani recorded them through various routes. In one of its routes the words are: "The five years before his emergence will be years of drought." Its chain contains Shahr bin Hawshab, in whom there is weakness, though he has been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Dajjal will camp in Khuz and Kirman with seventy thousand people whose faces will be like layered shields."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it, and the narrators of both are thiqat (trustworthy), except that the narrator Ibn Ishaq is a mudallis, and
al-Bazzar recorded it as a more complete narration.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rode to the place where the torrents meet and said: "Shall I not tell you where the Dajjal's camping place will be at Madinah? This will be his camping place."
Abu Ya'la recorded it. Its chain contains Abu Ma'shar, who is da'if (weak).

It is narrated from him that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I came out to you, having been informed about Laylat al-Qadr and about the Dajjal of misguidance. Then two men were quarrelling at the door of the mosque, and I came to them to end their quarrel, and both things were made to slip from my memory. However, I will mention a little of them to you. As for Laylat al-Qadr, seek it in the last ten nights. As for the Dajjal, he will be one-eyed; his forehead will be clear (i.e. there will be no hair at the front), his forehead will be broad, and he will have a forward stoop. He will resemble Qatan bin Abd al-Uzza." That man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Will resembling him harm me?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, you are a Muslim man and he will be a disbelieving man."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains al-Mas'udi, who suffered from confusion (ikhtilat). (Al-Haythami says:) I say: the narration of Sayyiduna al-Faltan bin Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) will come further on.

Sayyidah Asma bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her house for some purpose, then he left. Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of hunger, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What will your condition be when you are tested by a servant for whom the rivers of the earth and the fruits of the earth will be subjected? Whoever follows him, he will give him food and make him a disbeliever; and whoever disobeys him, he will deprive him and withhold from him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! The slave girl sits by the oven for a while to bake bread, and in that time (because of the intensity of hunger) I am tested in my prayer. So when such a situation arises, what will become of us?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At that time Allah Almighty will protect the believers by that through which the angels are protected, and that is tasbih (glorification). Between the Dajjal's two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever), which every believer will be able to read, whether he is literate or not."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator who has not been named. The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on the pulpit and said: "O people! I have not gathered you because some news has come from the heavens." After this the narrator mentioned the narration of the Jassasah and added these words in it: "He will be the Dajjal, for whom the earth will be folded up; in forty days (he will travel round the whole earth), but he will not be able to come into Taybah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Taybah means Madinah. At each of its gates an angel will be standing with his sword drawn, who will not let him (i.e. the Dajjal) enter, and it will be the same in Makkah."
Abu Ya'la recorded it with two chains, the narrators of one of which are the narrators of the Sahih.

Abu al-Waddak narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: "Do the Khawarij affirm (the coming of) the Dajjal?" I replied: "No." He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the seal of a thousand prophets or more (this doubt is from the narrator). Every prophet who was sent and was followed warned his nation about the Dajjal. And something about him has been made clear to me that was not made clear to any other prophet: he (i.e. the Dajjal) will be one-eyed, and your Lord is not one-eyed. His right eye will be blind and protruding, and it will not be hidden; it will be like phlegm on a wall. His left eye will be like a shining star. With him will be every language (i.e. speakers of every language will be with him, or he will know every language). With him will be something in the form of Paradise, which will be green, with water flowing in it, and something in the form of Hell, which will be black, with smoke in it."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains Mujalid bin Sa'id, whom al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) declared thiqah (trustworthy) according to one report, and according to another report he said that he is not strong; a group declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will camp on this salt marsh at the place called Marr Qanah. Most of those who go out to him will be women, until a man will go to his close relative, or his mother, or his daughter, or his sister, or his paternal aunt, and tie her up, fearing that she may go out to him (the Dajjal). Then Allah Almighty will give the Muslims dominance over him, and the Muslims will kill him and his followers, until a Jew will hide behind a tree or a stone, and that stone or tree will say to the Muslim: 'This Jew is here behind me; kill him.'" (Al-Haythami says:) I say: part of it is mentioned in the "Sahih".
Ahmad and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it. Its chain contains Ibn Ishaq, who is a mudallis.

Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while among his Companions, saying: "I am urging you to beware of the Dajjal and I am warning you about him. Every prophet urged his people to beware of him, and, O Ummah, he will appear among you. I will describe to you something of his features that the other prophets did not describe to their peoples. Before he emerges there will be five years of drought, until every (hoofed) animal perishes." A man called out to him in a loud voice: "O Messenger of Allah! Then how will the believers survive?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By that (i.e. the remembrance of Allah) by which the angels live. The Dajjal will be one-eyed, and Allah Almighty is not one-eyed. Between the Dajjal's two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever), which every believer will be able to read, whether he is literate or not. Most of the Dajjal's followers will be Jews, women and Bedouins. You will see the sky as though it is sending down rain, when no rain is falling, and you will see the earth as though it is growing vegetation, when it is not growing vegetation. The Dajjal will say to the Bedouins: 'What do you want from me? Have I not sent down torrential rain upon you from the sky? Have I not brought your livestock back to life for you, so that they have become healthy and their milk has increased?' Then some devils will be sent with the Dajjal in the form of people's dead forefathers, brothers and acquaintances. One of them will come to his relative and say: 'Are you not so-and-so? Do you not recognize me? This is your Lord, so follow him.' The Dajjal will live for forty years, in which a year will be like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, a day like an hour, and an hour like the burning of a palm frond in fire. He will reach every watering place except the two mosques." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and began to perform ablution. He heard the sound of the people weeping and sobbing, so he came back and stood among the people and said: "Take this good news: if he emerges while I am among you, then Allah and His Messenger will suffice you, and if he emerges after me, then Allah Almighty will be the guardian of every Muslim after me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Shahr bin Hawshab; his contradicting the sahih (authentic) hadiths cannot be accepted, for they state that he will remain on earth for forty days, while this one states that he will remain for forty years. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the one who seals the line of one thousand (the narrator is unsure) or more prophets, and every prophet warned his people about the Dajjal. Something has been made clear to me that was not made clear to any of those prophets: the Dajjal will be one-eyed, and your Lord is not one-eyed."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Mujalid bin Sa'id, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy.

Jubayr bin Nufayr narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the Dajjal and said: "If he emerges while I am among you, I will stand as a barrier for you (against him); and if he emerges when I am not among you, then every person will have to protect himself, and Allah Almighty will be, in my place, the guardian of every Muslim."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Abdullah bin Salih, the scribe of al-Layth; he has been declared trustworthy, while a group declared him da'if (weak). The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the Dajjal. The narrator says: I think the wording of the report is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He will emerge from the direction of the east."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Mujalid bin Sa'id, who is da'if (weak), though he has been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna al-Faltan bin Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was shown the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr), then I was made to forget it. And I saw the Dajjal. Then two men were quarrelling at such-and-such a place, and I began to stop the fight between them, and meanwhile that thing was made to slip from my memory. So seek the Night of Decree in the last ten nights. As for the Dajjal, he is a man with a bright forehead (i.e. the hair at the front of his head will have receded), his left eye will be wiped out, his neck will be broad, and he will resemble Abd al-Uzza bin Qatan."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). A hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) similar to it has already passed.