I say: Both of them are trustworthy, though the first of them has a slight weakness. Al-Haythamī said in al-Majmaʿ (5/236): “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ, as did Abū Yaʿlā, and its narrators are trustworthy.”

1791 — “There will be a truce tainted by rancour, after which there will be callers to misguidance.” He said: “If, at that time, you see a caliph on the earth, then hold fast to him, even if he wears down your body and takes your wealth. If you do not see him, then flee through the land, even if you die while biting onto the stump of a tree.”

Abū Dāwūd (4247) and Aḥmad (5/403) narrated it through Ṣakhr ibn Badr al-ʿIjlī, from Subayʿ, who said:

“They sent me from a watering-place to Kūfah to buy riding animals. We came to al-Kunāsah and found a man around whom people had gathered. My companion went on to the animals, while I went over to him, and it was Ḥudhayfah. I heard him say: ‘The Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, used to ask him about what is good, whereas I used to ask him about evil. So I said: “O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good, just as evil came before it?” He said: “Yes.” I said: “What will protect us from it?” He said: “The sword,” I think.’

He said: ‘I said: “Then what?” He said: “Then there will be a truce...”’—the hadith. He said: ‘I said: “Then what?” He said: “Then the Dajjal will emerge...”’—the hadith.

At its end, Shuʿbah said: “Abū Bishr narrated to me, through a chain of transmission of his own, from Ḥudhayfah, from the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, that he said: ‘I said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is a truce tainted by rancour?” He said: “Hearts that do not return to what they once were.”’” And he said: “The Caliph of Allah,” and it contains what follows.