4 - Nufayr ibn Mālik.
5 - ʿĀʾishah.
6 - Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh.
7 - Abū Hurayrah.
8 - Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.
9 - ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr.
The following are the names of the other Companions from whom hadiths concerning the descent of Jesus (peace be upon him) have been transmitted through chains of transmission acceptable for corroboration:
10 - Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī.
11 - Some of the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
12 - Samurah.
13 - Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān.
14 - Mujammaʿ ibn Jāriyah al-Ansārī.
This brief survey of the transmission routes of the hadith concerning the Dajjāl and the hadith concerning Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him), and of the noble, truthful Companions who narrated them, makes it plain to anyone with eyes to see that the hadith is established as mass-transmitted on this basis. Anyone who doubts this is among those who harbour doubts about the religion as a whole, or is—at the very least—at the gravest risk of doing so; for whatever is