and al-Bukhārī (13/80–81, Fath), whose wording is quoted here, and Muslim (8/193), whose version supplies the two additions; also by al-Tirmidhī (2236), Abū Dāwūd (4757), and Ibn Mandah in al-Īmān (96/2), through Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from him; and by al-Khatīb in al-Tārīkh (7/183–184).

In a version recorded by Ahmad (2/135) and Ibn Mandah (97/1), through Muhammad ibn Zayd, the father of ʿUmar ibn Muhammad, he said: “ʿAbd Allāh said…” He then related a similar report with the wording:

“No prophet was sent by Allah without warning his people against him. Noah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) indeed warned his people against him, as did the prophets after him (may blessings and peace be upon them). Take heed: whatever about him may be hidden from you, let it not escape you that your Lord is not blind in one eye. Take heed: whatever about him may be hidden from you, let it not escape you that your Lord is not blind in one eye.”

I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

Ibn Hibbān (1896) and Ibn Mandah in al-Tawhīd (82/2) also narrated a similar report through a third route from him, adding:

“And between his eyes is written ‘Disbeliever,’ which every believer will read, whether literate or illiterate.”

Its chain of transmission is authentic.

Al-Bukhārī (3440) and Muslim (1/107) narrated through Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, a lengthy hadith which includes the words:

“The Dajjāl, the false messiah, is blind in his right eye, which looks like a floating grape.”

Its sources are documented in al-Sahīhah (1857).