Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Wahb narrated to us: My uncle narrated to us: Makhrama ibn Bukayr ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Ashajj narrated to me, from his father, from ‘Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, who said: Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“One night I thought of the false messiah, the Dajjāl, and could not sleep. In the morning, I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and told him. He said:

‘Do not do that. If he emerges while I am alive, Allah will protect you from him through me; and if he emerges after I die, Allah will protect you from him through the righteous.’

Then he said:

‘Every prophet has warned his people against the Dajjāl, and I too warn you against him. He is one-eyed, whereas Allah is not one-eyed. He walks upon the earth, whereas the earth ⦗104⦘ and the heaven belong to Allah. But the false messiah’s right eye is like a protruding grape.’”

Abū Bakr said: This is a lengthy subject. I have presented its narrations in the Book of Tribulations, in the account of the Dajjāl.