Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40309 — Reports on the tribulation

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Dajjal will be given power over a man from among the Muslims. He will kill him, then bring him back to life, and say: Am I not your Lord? Do you not see that I give life and cause death? And that man will be calling out: O people of Islam, rather this is the wicked disbeliever, the enemy of Allah; and indeed, by Allah, he will not be given power over anyone after me. The companions of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah said: We would pass with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah by those who taught writing, and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah would say: O teacher of writing, gather your boys for me. He would gather them, and he would say: Tell them to be silent. O my nephews, understand what I am saying to you: if any of you meets Isa bin Maryam, he is a young man with a radiant face and a ruddy colour, so let him convey to him the greeting of peace on behalf of Abu Hurayrah. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah would not pass by any teacher of writing without saying the same to his children.