He will say, ‘Yes.’ Then something in the form of his camels will appear before him, with the finest udders and the largest humps.’ He said: ‘He will come to a man whose brother and father have died and say, “Tell me: if I were to bring your father and brother back to life, would you not know that I am your lord?” He will say, “Yes.” Then the devil will appear to him in the likeness of his father and brother.’”

Asma said: Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out to attend to his need. When he returned, the people were overcome with anxiety and distress at what he had told them. She said: He took hold of the two sides of the doorway and said, “What is the matter, Asma?” I said, “Messenger of Allah, you have torn our hearts out by mentioning the Dajjal.” He said: “If he emerges while I am alive, I will contend with him; otherwise, my Lord will be my successor over every believer.”

Asma said: I said, “Messenger of Allah, by Allah, we knead dough, yet we become hungry before we can bake it. What then will become of the believers on that day?” He said: “What suffices the inhabitants of heaven—the glorification and sanctification of Allah—will suffice them.” (1)

With this chain of transmission, he said: Ma‘mar informed us, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Asma bint Yazid, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The Dajjal will remain on earth for forty years: a year will be like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, and a day like the burning of a palm frond in the fire.” (2)

Abu Sa‘id al-Tahiri informed us; my grandfather, Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzar, informed us; Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Udhafiri informed us; Ishaq al-Dabari informed us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood before the people, praised Allah as He deserves to be praised, and then mentioned the Dajjal. He said: “I warn you against him. There was no prophet who did not warn his people against him. Noah certainly warned his people against him. Yet I shall tell you about him something that no prophet told his people: you know that he is one-eyed, whereas Allah is not one-eyed.” (3)

Abd al-Wahid al-Malihi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu‘aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il narrated to us; Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us; Juwayriyah narrated to us from Nafi‘, from Abd Allah, who said: The Dajjal was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said: “Allah is not hidden from you; Allah is not one-eyed”—and he pointed with his hand toward his eye—“whereas the false messiah is blind in his right eye, as though his eye were a protruding grape.” (4)

Isma‘il ibn Abad al-Qahir al-Jurjani informed us; Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farisi informed us; Muhammad ibn Isa al-Juludi informed us; Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan narrated to us; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us; Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us,