Silsilah Sahihah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Last night I saw myself in a dream near the Ka'bah. I saw a man of wheat-colored complexion, and among those of that complexion, he was extremely handsome. He had very beautiful locks of hair, he had combed them, and drops of water were falling from them. He was leaning on the shoulders of two men or on the shoulders of two men, and he was performing Tawaf of the House of Allah. I asked, 'Who is this man?' It was said, 'This is the Messiah, son of Mary (peace be upon him).' Then suddenly I saw another man with short, curly hair. His right eye was defective, and it looked like a protruding grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' I was told, 'This is the Messiah Dajjal.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will be one-eyed, his complexion will be white, it seems as if his head is like the head of a small deadly snake (i.e., his head will be very small). Among the people, Abdul ‘Uzza bin Qatan resembles him the most. (Bear in mind that by falling into resemblance) those who are to perish, will perish. Verily, your Lord is not one-eyed."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mentioned the severe hardships of the time of Dajjal. I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Where will the Arabs be at that time? He (peace be upon him) said: "Aisha! In those days, the Arabs will be few." I asked: Then what will suffice the believers for food? He (peace be upon him) said: "That which suffices the angels: Tasbih (glorification), Takbir (magnification), Tahmid (praise), and Tahlil (declaration of the oneness of Allah)." I asked: Which wealth will be best in those days? He (peace be upon him) said: "A servant who will give water to his masters; as for food, that will not be (available at all)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The eye of the Dajjal will be green like glass, and we seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave."

Rabi’ bin Hirash says: Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him): “Will you narrate to us any hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?” He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Indeed, when the Dajjal appears, he will have with him water and fire. What people will see as fire will in reality be cool water, and what people will perceive as cool water will in fact be burning fire. If you encounter the Dajjal, then fall into that which appears to you as fire, for it is actually sweet and cool water.” Sayyiduna Uqbah, confirming Sayyiduna Hudhayfah, said: I also heard this hadith.

Junadah bin Abi Umayyah Dosi says: My friend and I went to a companion of the Messenger of Allah and said: Tell us a hadith that you yourself heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), not from anyone else, even if he is truthful in our view. He said: Yes, indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stood among us and said: "I warn you about the Dajjal, I warn you about the Dajjal, I warn you about the Dajjal. Every prophet has warned his nation about him. O my nation! He will appear among you. He will have curly hair and a wheat-colored complexion, his left eye will be obliterated. He will have with him Paradise and Hell. (In reality) his Hell will be Paradise and his Paradise will be Hell. He will have a river of water and a mountain of bread. (He will be given such power that) he will kill a soul and then bring it back to life, but he will not be given any further authority of this kind. He will cause rain to fall from the sky, but nothing will grow from the earth. He will remain on the earth for forty days, but will reach every place. He will not be able to come near four mosques: Masjid al-Haram, Masjid an-Nabawi, Masjid al-Maqdis, and Mount Tur. If, due to some of his powers, you begin to think he resembles Allah the Exalted, then keep in mind that Allah the Exalted is not one-eyed." He said this twice.

Umar bin Thabit Ansari says that a companion of the Messenger of Allah narrated to me that one day the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) warned them about the Dajjal, saying: "Know that no one can see his Lord before dying, and between the eyes of this Dajjal will be written 'K F R'. Every person who dislikes his actions will be able to read these words."

Abu Qilabah says: I saw a man in Madinah Munawwarah, people were circling around him and he was saying, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said." That man was a companion of the Messenger, and I heard him saying: "After you, there will arise an extremely deceitful and misguided man, his hair will be curly (or twisted), he will say: I am your Lord. Whoever answers him like this: You are not our Lord, our Lord is Allah, we have placed our trust in Him, to Him we turn, and we seek Allah's protection from your evil—then he will have no power over him."