its dross, just as a blacksmith’s bellows expel the dross from iron. Seventy thousand Jews will be with him, each man wearing a sāj—a type of garment—and carrying an ornamented sword. His pavilion will be pitched at this place by the confluence of the flood channels.

Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“There has been no tribulation—and none will arise until the Hour is established—greater than the tribulation of the Dajjal. There has been no prophet who did not warn his people, and I shall tell you something that no prophet before me told. ” Then he placed his hand over his eye and said: “I bear witness that Allah, Most High, is not one-eyed.”

Imam Ahmad recorded it (3/292): Abu Amir Abd al-Malik ibn Amr narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, looked out over one of the ravines of al-Harrah while we were with him and said … then he mentioned it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of the two Shaykhs. Regarding Zuhayr—namely, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi, Abu al-Mundhir al-Khurasani—the preponderant view is that the Basrans’ transmissions from him are sound, as Imam Ahmad and others stated; and this is one such transmission. Therefore, Ibn Kathir said in al-Nihayah (1/127):

“Ahmad alone narrated it; its chain of transmission is good, and al-Hakim declared it authentic.”

Al-Haythami said (3/308):

“Ahmad and al-Tabarani in al-Awsat narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Sahih collections.”

I say: This gives the impression that al-Tabarani’s chain of transmission is the same as Ahmad’s, but this is not so, for it appears in