from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared:
“There has never been a prophet who failed to describe the Dajjāl to his people, yet I shall portray him in a way no one before me has done: he is one-eyed, whereas Allah—exalted is He—is not one-eyed.” The two Imams did not record this report, and its isnād is sound (1).

Muslim also transmitted—from al-Aʿmash, from Shaqīq, from Ḥudhayfah—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The Dajjāl is blind in the left eye, with thick, unruly hair (2). He will have with him a Garden and a Fire; his Fire is a Garden, and his Garden is a Fire.” (3)

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah told us; Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; from Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī; from Rubayʿī ibn Ḥirāsh; from Ḥudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“I know better than he himself what the Dajjāl will have with him. He will be accompanied by two flowing rivers: to outward sight one will be pure white water, the other a blazing fire. Should anyone of you encounter him, let him go to the river he perceives as fire, close his eyes, lower his head and drink from it, for it will be cool water. The Dajjāl has a damaged eye over which lies a thick piece of skin (4), and between his eyes is written kāfir (unbeliever); every believer, whether literate or illiterate, will read it.”

The author also narrated it through Shuʿbah, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Rubayʿī, from Ḥudhayfah, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar wording. Ibn Masʿūd said, “I too heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” Al-Bukhārī likewise recorded it through Shuʿbah with similar wording (5).

Imām Aḥmad said: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar related to us; Shuʿbah narrated to us; from Abū at-Tiyāḥ. I heard Ṣakhr relate from Subayʿ (6) who said: “They sent me from Māh (7) to Kūfah to purchase riding animals. We came to the market of al-Kunāsa, where a man stood surrounded by a crowd. My companion went off to look at the animals while I approached the man—and behold, it was Ḥudhayfah. I heard him say:
‘The Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to ask him about the good, whereas I would ask him about evil.
I said, “O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?” He replied, “Yes.”
I said, “What protection is there from it?” He answered, “The sword.”
I said, “And what comes after that?” He said, “Then there will be a truce tainted with smoke.”
I said, “And then what?” He said, “Then there will arise callers to misguidance. If on that day you see a caliph upon the earth, keep to him—even if he flays your back and takes your wealth. If you do not see him, then flee across the land, even if you should die while biting on the root of a tree.”
I said, “What comes next?” He said, “Then the Dajjāl will emerge.”
I said, “What will he bring with him?” He said, “A river”—or he said, “water and fire”—“Whoever enters his river will have his deeds annulled and will incur sin, whereas whoever enters his fire will earn reward and his burden will be lifted.”’”