Abī ʿArūbah either; Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah said, “Ibn Abī ʿArūbah did not hear it directly from Abū al-Tayyāḥ; rather he heard it from Ibn Shawdhub on his authority.” (1)

A ḥadīth from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him)

Aḥmad said: Abū al-Naḍr narrated to us; al-Ashjaʿī narrated to us; from Sufyān; from Jābir; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nujayy; from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him); from the Prophet ﷺ (2):

“We were discussing the Dajjāl in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ while he was asleep. He awoke with his face flushed red and said, ‘Something else is even more fearful for me concerning you.’” He added another word to that effect. Aḥmad alone transmitted it. (3)

[A ḥadīth from Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (may Allah be pleased with him)]

Imām Aḥmad said: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq informed us; from Dāwūd ibn ʿĀmir ibn Saʿd ibn Mālik; from his father; from his grandfather Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “There has never been a prophet who did not describe the Dajjāl to his community, and I shall now describe him in a manner none before me has used: he is one-eyed, and Allah—Exalted is He—is not one-eyed.” Aḥmad alone transmitted it. (4)

A ḥadīth from al-Saʿb ibn Jaththāmah

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad said: Abū Ḥumayd al-Ḥimṣī narrated to me; Ḥaywah narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us; from Ṣafwān ibn ʿAmr; from Rāshid ibn Saʿd, who said:

“When Iṣṭakhr was conquered, a herald announced, ‘Behold! The Dajjāl has come out.’ Al-Saʿb ibn Jaththāmah met them and said, ‘Were it not for what you are saying, I would have told you that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “The Dajjāl will not appear until people become heedless of mentioning him and until the imams cease mentioning him from the pulpits.”’” Its chain is ḥasan, and neither of the two Imams recorded it. (5)

[A ḥadīth from Abū ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrāḥ (may Allah be pleased with him)]

Al-Tirmidhī said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Jumaḥī narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us; from Khālid al-Ḥadhdhāʾ; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaqīq; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Surāqah; from Abū ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrāḥ, who said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ …”