I say: Its chain of transmission meets Muslim’s criteria. Al-Haythamī said (7/ 351):
“Al-Tabarānī recorded it, and its narrators are trustworthy, except that I do not know al-Tabarānī’s teacher, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Nāfiʿ al-Tahhān.”
I say: Ibn Khuzaymah’s chain does not include him. Thus, the hadith scholar Ibn Kathīr said (1/ 138):
“Al-Dhahabī said: ‘Its chain of transmission is strong.’”
6 – This passage is established in the hadiths of al-Nawwās and Nufayr, the father of Jubayr, both of which were cited in the preceding section.
7 – Several hadiths address this point:
First: Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“Shall I not tell you something about the Dajjāl that no prophet has told his people? He is one-eyed, and he will bring with him what resembles Paradise and Hell. What he calls Paradise is actually Hell. I warn you against him just as Noah warned his people against him.”
Al-Bukhārī (6/ 286), Muslim (8/ 196), al-Dānī in al-Fitan (fol. 127/ 1), and Hanbal (49/ 1) recorded it.
Al-Tayālisī also recorded it (2/ 218 / 2779) through another chain from him.
Second: ʿĀʾishah related a report traced back to the Prophet, with the following wording:
“As for the trial of the Dajjāl, every prophet has warned his people against him, and I shall warn you against him