Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Zar’ah that he said: Three men from among the Muslims were sitting with Marwan bin Hakam. They heard him speaking about the signs, saying that the first sign among the signs is the emergence of Dajjal. Those people went to Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr and related to him what they had heard from Marwan bin Hakam about the signs, that the first sign is the emergence of Dajjal. Hazrat Abdullah said: Marwan has not said anything (correct). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying that the first sign among the signs to appear will be the rising of the sun from the west or the emergence of the Beast upon the people at forenoon, and whichever of these two signs appears before the other, the other will soon follow it. Then Hazrat Abdullah said: They used to read the books, and I think that the first of these two signs will be the rising of the sun from the west, and this is because whenever it sets, it comes under the Throne and seeks permission to rise again, and it is granted permission to rise again, until when Allah wills that it should rise from the west, it will come under the Throne and prostrate, and will seek permission to return, but it will not be answered. Then it will return and seek permission to return, but it will not be answered. Then it will return and seek permission to return, but it will not be answered, until as much of the night passes as Allah wills, and the sun realizes that if it is given permission, it will not reach the east. Then it will say: O my Lord, how far is the east! The sun will say: O my Lord, who is there for me among the people? Until when the horizon becomes bright, as if it is a collar, it will seek permission to return, and it will be said to it: Your place of rising is obligatory upon you. So it will rise upon the people from the west. Then Hazrat Abdullah recited this verse: “On the day when any sign of your Lord comes, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before or had earned some good through its faith.” __QUR_N__