and its narrators are trustworthy, except that Ibn Ishāq practised tadlīs (concealment in transmission). Abū Yaʿlā also recorded it through him, as did al-Bazzār, as noted in al-Majmaʿ (7/337).

Fifth: Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say:

“Take heed: every prophet has warned his people about the Dajjāl, and he has eaten food this very day. I now give you a solemn charge such as no prophet before me has given his people: his right eye has its pupil obliterated and protrudes unmistakably, like a lump of phlegm on the side of a wall. His left eye is like a brilliant star. With him is something resembling Paradise and something resembling Hell. His Hell is a green meadow, while his Paradise is dust-grey and filled with smoke…”

The full hadith includes the account of the believer whom the Dajjāl kills and then brings back to life, but is subsequently unable to kill again. This account will be cited later.

Hanbal (47/1–2), ʿAbd ibn Humayd (118/2), Abū Yaʿlā (fol. 63/1—al-Maktab facsimile), Ibn ʿAsākir (1/610–611), and al-Hākim (4/537–539) recorded it. Al-Hākim said:

“This is the most remarkable hadith concerning the Dajjāl. ʿAtiyyah ibn Saʿd alone transmitted it from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, and neither al-Bukhārī nor Muslim relied on ʿAtiyyah as an authority.”

I say: That is because of his weakness as a narrator. Al-Haythamī (7/337), who also attributed it to al-Bazzār, said:

“He has been deemed trustworthy.”

I say: However, Mujālid also transmitted it from Abū al-Waddāk, who said: Abū Saʿīd asked me, “Do the Khārijites acknowledge the Dajjāl?” I replied, “No.” He then quoted the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as saying: