Ibn Saʿd then also narrated it as a mursal report from Muṭarrif ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr, with a good chain of transmission; and as a mursal report from ʿĀmir—that is, al-Shaʿbī—whose chain is weak. It has a corroborating report with a connected chain from Abū Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. Abū Nuʿaym narrated it in Akhbār Iṣfahān (2/226). Another report from al-ʿIrbāḍ ibn Sāriyah is referenced in the other book (2085).

1857 — “Dihyah al-Kalbī resembles Gabriel; ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī resembles Jesus son of Mary; and ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā resembles the Dajjal.”

Ibn Saʿd narrated it (4/250) with an authentic chain of transmission from ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, likened three men from among his community, saying,” and then cited it.

I say: The hadith is authentic, as it has connected corroborating reports, some of which have already been mentioned in connection with the first two clauses under hadith (1111). As for the final clause, it is supported by the hadith of Ibn ʿUmar, attributed to the Prophet: “While I was asleep, I saw myself circumambulating the Kaʿbah. There was a dark-complexioned man with straight hair, between two men, with water dripping from his head—or with water being poured over his head. I asked, ‘Who is this?’ They said, ‘This is the son of Mary.’ Then I turned around, and there was a reddish, heavyset man with curly hair, blind in one eye; his eye was like a floating grape. I asked, ‘Who is this?’ They said, ‘The Dajjal. The person who most closely resembles him is Ibn Qatan.’”

Al-Bukhārī (2/369 and 4/358), Muslim (1/108), and Aḥmad (2/22, 122, 144, and 154) narrated it. In one narration, al-Bukhārī added: “Ibn Qatan was a man from Banū al-Muṣṭaliq of Khuzāʿah.” This also appears in a narration of Aḥmad, though he made it a statement of Ibn Shihāb. It is also a narration of al-Bukhārī, who added: “He died in the pre-Islamic era.”