Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There will be no birth to the parents of Dajjal for thirty years, after which a one-eyed child will be born to them. (In another narration: His navel will already be cut and he will be circumcised by birth.) He will be a child who brings much harm and little benefit; when he sleeps, his eyes will sleep but his heart will remain awake. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) described his parents: his father will be tall and weak-bodied, his nose will be like a beak, and his mother will have large breasts, her bosom being big and long. Later, we were informed that a child had been born to the Jews in Madinah. I (Abu Bakrah) and Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) went to his parents; we saw in them the signs described by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile, the child was lying in the sun covered with a sheet, and his humming could be heard. We asked his parents some questions; they told us: For thirty years we had no children, then a one-eyed child was born to us, who was very harmful and of little benefit. Then, as we left, we passed by the child; I removed the cloth from his head and he said: What were you talking about? We said: Were you listening to our conversation? He said: Yes, my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep. He was Ibn Sayyad.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: If I were to swear ten times that Ibn Sayyad (i.e., Ibn Siyyad) is the Dajjal, this would be more beloved to me than swearing once that he is not the Dajjal. The matter is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to his mother and said: Go and ask her how long she carried this child in her womb. I went to her and asked her about this, and she informed me that she carried him for twelve months. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me again and said: Go and ask what his cry was like at birth. I went to her again and asked her this question, and she informed me that his cry was like that of a one-month-old child. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: I have concealed something in my heart (what is it)? Ibn Sayyad said: You have concealed from me the words "Khatm Shatin 'Afraa' wa al-Dukhan." He wanted to say "al-Dukhan," but he did not have the strength to say the whole word, so he said: "al-Dukh... al-Dukh..." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be humiliated, you will not be able to go beyond your status.

Imam Nafi' says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Ibn Sayyad in a street of Madinah Munawwarah, so he spoke harshly to him and rebuked him. Ibn Sayyad became so enraged that the path was blocked. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had a stick with him; he struck him with it so much that the stick broke. Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him: What concern do you have with him? What is inciting you against him? Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The Dajjal will emerge at a time when he will be extremely angry?

Imam Nafi’ says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I met Ibn Sayyad twice. The first time I met him, he was with some of his companions. I said to them: I ask you by Allah, if I ask you something, will you speak the truth? They said: Yes. I asked: Will you tell me if this (Ibn Sayyad) is the same (Dajjal)? They said: No, he is not. I said: You are lying. By Allah! Some of you have told me that in the beginning, Dajjal will have the least wealth and children, but when he dies, he will have the most wealth and children. All these things apply to him. After that, I left him and went away. Then, when I met him the second time, I saw that his eye had become damaged. I asked: I see your eye is damaged, since when is it like this? He replied: I do not know. I said: This eye is in your head and you do not know since when it happened? He said: Abdullah bin Umar! What do you want from me? If Allah wills, He can create Dajjal from this stick of yours. After that, he began to snore loudly like a donkey. I had never heard such a (detestable) sound before. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Some of my friends say that I had a stick and I beat him so much that it broke. But by Allah! I have no knowledge of this at all. Nafi’ says: Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to his sister, Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), and narrated this incident to her. She said: What concern do you have with him? Do you not know that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The first appearance of Dajjal before the people will be in the form of intense anger.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Ibn Sayyad, while some companions including Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) were with him. Ibn Sayyad was still a child and was playing with other children near the fortress of Banu Maghalah. According to one narration, he had reached the age of puberty. He did not realize the arrival of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went near him, placed his hand on his back, and asked: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said: "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of the unlettered people." Then Ibn Sayyad said to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "I believe in Allah and His Messengers." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Who comes to you?" He said: "A truthful one comes to me and a liar as well." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your matter has become confused for you." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am thinking of something in my mind, tell me what it is?" While in the heart of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) it was {یَوْمَ تَاْتِ السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِیْنٍ۔}. He said: "It is ad-Dukh." Upon hearing this, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be disgraced, you will not be able to go beyond your status." Thereupon, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Allow me, I will cut off his neck." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he is the same Dajjal, you will not be able to kill him, and if he is not, then there is no benefit in killing him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We were going with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by some children who were playing, and among them was Ibn Sayyad. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "May your hands be dusted! Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" In response, he said: "And do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" Seeing this situation, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to kill him?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he is the same Dajjal about whom you are apprehensive, then you will never be able to kill him."

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, who says: We were going with the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he passed by Ibn Sayyad. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I have concealed something in my mind for you, so tell me what it is. Ibn Sayyad said: It is“Dukh.”The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Be humiliated! You will never be able to go beyond your status. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to kill him. The Prophet said: No, if he is the same Dajjal you fear, you will never be able to kill him.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) has also narrated a similar hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, went to that orchard where Ibn Sayyad was present. When they entered the garden, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, began to move towards him, hiding behind the trunks of the date palms in order to secretly listen to his words, so that before he (Ibn Sayyad) could see the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the Prophet could hear something from him. Meanwhile, he (Ibn Sayyad) was lying on his bed covered with a sheet, and the sound of his murmuring was coming. But when his mother saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, hiding behind the trunks of the date palms, she called out: "O Saf! (that was his name) This is Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him." Hearing this, he immediately got up. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If she had not warned him, he would have revealed his reality through his words."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Jewish woman of Madinah Munawwarah gave birth to a child, one of whose eyes was flattened and protruding upwards. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) feared that this might be the Dajjal. He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, and he was covered with a sheet, and a humming sound was coming from him. But his mother, warning him, said: "O Abdullah! Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) has come, so go to him." So he came out from under the sheet. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is wrong with his mother? May Allah destroy her. If she had left him lying as he was, he would have revealed his reality by his own words." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn Sayyad! What do you see?" He said: "I see the truth and I see falsehood, and I see a throne upon water." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The matter has been confused for you." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I believe in Allah and His Messengers." After that, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left him and went back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to him again and found him among the date-palm trees, humming something, but again his mother warned him, saying: "Abdullah! Abu al-Qasim has come." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is wrong with her? May Allah destroy her. If she had left him unaware as he was, he would have revealed his reality by his own words." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to hear his words, so that he would know whether he was the Dajjal or not. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ibn Sayyad! What do you see?" He said: "I see the truth and I see falsehood, and I see a throne upon water." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I believe in Allah and His Messengers." Thus, the matter was confused for him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left him and went away, and then for the third or fourth time, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to him with a group of Ansar and Muhajirin, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were also with him. It happened that this time the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) quickly went ahead of us, trying to hear something from him, but his mother quickly went to him and said: "Abdullah! Abu al-Qasim has come." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is wrong with her? May Allah destroy her. If she had left him unaware as he was, he would have revealed his reality by his own words." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn Sayyad! What do you see?" He said: "I see the truth and I see falsehood, and I see a throne upon water." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "And do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I believe in Allah and His Messengers." Thus, the matter was confused for him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Ibn Sayyad! We are thinking of a word in our hearts for you, that is, to test you. Tell us what it is." He said: "It is ad-dukh, ad-dukh." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Go away, go away." Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to kill him." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he is indeed the Dajjal, you will have no power over him; the one who will confront him will be Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him). And if he is not the Dajjal, then it is not permissible for you to kill a dhimmi." In any case, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to fear that he might be the Dajjal.