what prevents you from going out to confront the wicked liar?’ They will say, ‘This man is a jinn.’ They will set out and find themselves before Jesus, son of Mary, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The call to begin the prayer will be made, and he will be told, ‘Step forward, O Spirit of Allah.’ He will reply, ‘Let your imam step forward and lead you in prayer.’ Once he has performed the dawn prayer, they will go out to confront the liar. He said:

When the liar sees him, he will melt as salt melts in water. Jesus will walk up to him and kill him. Even the trees and stones will call out, ‘O Spirit of Allah, here is a Jew.’ He will spare none of those who followed the liar, but will kill them all.”

Recorded by Ahmad (3/367–368): Muhammad ibn Sābiq narrated to us: Ibrāhīm ibn Tahmān narrated to us, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir.

It was also recorded in abridged form by Ibn Khuzaymah in al-Tawhīd (Divine Oneness) (pp. 31–32) and al-Hākim (4/530), through two other routes from Ibrāhīm, with the same chain thereafter.

I say: The narrators in this chain are trustworthy and are among the narrators of al-Sahīh. However, Abū al-Zubayr practised concealment in transmission and related this report using the formula ‘from.’ Nevertheless, al-Hākim said:

“Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī agreed with him.

The fourth: From Safīnah, the client of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, addressed us, saying:

“Indeed, there was no prophet before me who did not warn his nation about the Dajjāl. He is blind in his left eye, and there is a thick growth in his right eye. Between his eyes is written ‘kāfir’ (disbeliever). Two valleys will emerge with him: one a paradise and the other a fire. His fire is paradise, and his paradise is fire . . . Then he will travel on until