It is narrated from Atiyyah al-Awfi that he heard Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Listen! Every prophet warned his nation about the Dajjal. And he has eaten food as of this day of his (that is, he has already been born). And I am giving you firm information that no prophet before me gave to his nation. Listen! His right eye will be blotted out (blind); its pupil will be protruding and will not remain hidden, as if it were phlegm stuck on the side of a wall. Listen! His left eye will be like a shining star. With him will be things like Paradise and Hell; (his) Hell will in fact be a green garden, and (his) Paradise will be a dusty, smoky place. Listen! Ahead of him will be two men who will warn the people of the towns; whichever town they enter, they will warn its people, then when they leave it, the vanguard of the Dajjal's companions will enter that town. He will enter all the towns except Makkah and Madinah; these two have been made forbidden to him. The believers will be scattered in the earth, and Allah will gather them for him. Then a man from among the believers will say to his companions: By Allah! I will certainly go to this man and see whether he is the one about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned us or not. Then he will turn away. His companions will say to him: By Allah, we will not let you go. If we knew that he would kill you when you went to him, we would let you go, but we fear that he will lead you into tribulation. But that believing man will refuse to listen to them and will resolve to go to him. So he will set out until he reaches one of the Dajjal's outposts (a detachment of guards). They will seize him and ask him: What is your intention and what do you want? He will say to them: I want to go to this lying Dajjal. They will say: Do you say this? He will say: Yes. So they will send word to the Dajjal: We have seized a man who is saying such-and-such; shall we kill him or send him to you? He will say: Send him to me. So he will be taken until he is brought before the Dajjal. When he sees him, he will recognise him by the description given by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Dajjal will ask him: What is your matter? The believing servant will say to him: You are the lying Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned us. The Dajjal will say to him: Do you say this? He will say: Yes. The Dajjal will say to him: Will you obey my commands, or else I will split you into two pieces? The believing servant will call out and say: O people! This is the lying Messiah (the Dajjal); whoever disobeys him will go to Paradise, and whoever obeys him will go to Hell. The Dajjal will say to him: By the One by whom I swear! Obey me, or else I will split you into two pieces. The believing servant will call out again and say: O people! This is the lying Messiah; whoever disobeys him will go to Paradise, and whoever obeys him will go to Hell. So the Dajjal will stretch out his leg, place an iron on the lower end of his spine and split him into two pieces. When this has been done to him, the Dajjal will say to his followers: What do you think, if I bring him back to life for you, will you not know that I am your Lord? They will say: Certainly." Atiyyah says: Then Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he (the Dajjal) will strike one of his two halves, or the earth beside him, and he will stand up straight. When his followers see this, they will affirm him and be certain that he is their Lord, and they will accept him and follow him. The Dajjal will say to the believing servant: Do you not believe in me? The believer will say to him: Now I have even greater insight (certainty) about you than before. Then he will call out among the people: Listen! This is the lying Messiah; whoever obeys him will go to Hell, and whoever disobeys him will go to Paradise. The Dajjal will say: By the One by whom I swear! Obey me, or else I will slaughter you, or throw you into the fire. The believer will say to him: By Allah! I will never obey you. So the Dajjal will give an order and he will be laid down." The narrator says: Then Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will place two plates of copper between his collarbones and his neck (Abu Sa'id said: Before that day I did not know what copper was), so the Dajjal will try to slaughter him but will not be able to do so, and after killing him once he will not be given power over him again." The narrator says: Then the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "So he will seize him (the believer) by his hands and feet and throw him into (his) Paradise, although it will be a dusty, smoky place which that man will think is Hell." The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "That man will be the closest of my Ummah to me in the loftiness of rank on the Day of Resurrection." The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to think that this man would be Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), until Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went on his way (that is, passed away). The narrator Atiyyah says: Then I asked him (Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him)): So how will he (the Dajjal) be destroyed? He said: Allah knows best. I said: I have been informed that Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon them both) will destroy him. He said: Allah knows best; however, it is Allah who will destroy him and his followers. I said: Then what will happen after him? He said: The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated to me that: "People will plant saplings even after him and will acquire wealth even after him!" I said: Subhan Allah! Will people plant trees even after the Dajjal and acquire wealth even after him?! He said: Yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated this very hadith to me. This is the most astonishing hadith in the mention of the Dajjal. Atiyyah bin Sa'd is alone in narrating it from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), and the two Shaykhs (Imam Bukhari and Muslim) did not use the narrations of Atiyyah as evidence.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Before the Hour, a black cloud like a shield will appear from the direction of the west. It will keep rising in the sky until it covers the whole sky. Then a caller will call out: O people! The people will turn to one another and ask: Did you hear? Some of them will say: Yes, and some will be in doubt. Then he will call out a second time: O people! The people will say: Did you hear? They will say: Yes. Then he will call out: O people! The command of Allah has come, so do not seek to hasten it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! Two men will be spreading out a garment, and they will not be able to fold it up, nor ever sell it; a man will be plastering his water trough with mud, but he will not be able to give anything to drink from it; and a man will be milking his she-camel, but he will never be able to drink it; and the people will be busy (with their own affairs)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Ata' bin Abi Rabah narrates: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a young man came to him and began asking him about letting the turban hang down (leaving a tail to the turban). Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In sha' Allah, I will tell you about it in the light of knowledge. I was the tenth of ten men in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, Hudhayfah, Ibn Awf and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them all) were present. Then a young man from the Ansar came, greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam and sat down, then asked: O Messenger of Allah! Which believer is the most excellent? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The one whose character is the best.' He asked: Then which believer is the most intelligent? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The one who remembers death the most and prepares best for it before it comes; these are the most intelligent.' Then the young man fell silent, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards him and said: 'O company of the Muhajirun! There are five traits which, if you are afflicted with them and they descend among you, and I seek refuge with Allah that you should live to see them: Indecency never appears among a people to the point that they commit it openly, except that plague and diseases spread among them that had not occurred among their forefathers. They never give short measure and weight except that they are seized with years of famine, hardship of provision and the tyranny of the ruler. They never withhold the zakah of their wealth except that the rain from the sky is withheld from them, and were it not for the animals, it would never rain on them. They never break the covenant of Allah and the covenant of His Messenger except that an enemy from outside them (from other nations) is given power over them and takes away some of what is in their possession. And as long as their rulers do not judge according to the Book of Allah, Allah places mutual fighting among them.' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) to prepare for a military expedition on which he (peace and blessings be upon him) was to send him. In the morning Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) had tied a turban of black cotton cloth, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought him close to himself, then undid it and put a white turban on him, and let (a tail) hang down on his back about four fingers' length or so, and said: 'O Ibn Awf! Tie your turban like this, for it is more beautiful and better.' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) to give him the banner. He (peace and blessings be upon him) praised and extolled Allah and sent blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then said: 'O Ibn Awf! Take it, and all of you fight in the way of Allah, fight those who disbelieve in Allah, do not steal from the spoils of war, do not act treacherously, do not mutilate anyone and do not kill any child. This is the covenant of Allah and the way of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).'" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) (who is the brother of Ziyad through his mother) narrates that the people began saying many things about the matter of Musaylimah the Liar before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said anything. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and praised Allah Almighty as befits His majesty, then said: "To proceed: as for the matter of this man, you have said a great deal about him. He is indeed one liar among thirty liars who will appear before the Dajjal. And there will be no city into which the terror of the Messiah (the Dajjal) does not enter, except Madinah, for on that day there will be two angels at each of its routes, repelling the terror of the Messiah from it." Imam Muslim used Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf as evidence. Ma'mar and Shu'ayb bin Abi Hamzah narrated this chain from al-Zuhri in a mu'dal form (with narrators dropped), because Talhah bin Abdullah did not hear it from Abu Bakrah; rather, he heard it from Iyad bin Musafi', who heard it from Abu Bakrah. Yunus bin Yazid and Uqayl bin Khalid narrated it from al-Zuhri in this way. As for the hadith of Yunus (it is coming next):

Talhah did not hear it from Abu Bakrah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the people talked a great deal about Musaylimah the Liar before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had stated his own view about him, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and praised Allah as befits His majesty, then said: "To proceed: you have said many things about this man. He is indeed one of thirty liars who will emerge before the Dajjal. And there will be no city into which the dread of the Messiah (the Dajjal) does not enter, except Madinah; on that day there will be two angels at each of its entrances, repelling the dread of the Messiah from it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and delivered an address in which he praised Allah Almighty as is His due, then said: "To proceed: you have said a great deal about Musaylimah. He is indeed one of the thirty liars who will appear before the emergence of the Dajjal." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The dread of the Messiah, the Dajjal, will not enter Madinah. On that day Madinah will have seven gates, and at each gate two angels (guardians) will be stationed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Bless the people of Madinah in their mudd and their sa' (measures), and bless them in their city. O Allah! Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was Your servant and Your intimate friend, and I am Your servant and Your Messenger. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) supplicated to You for Makkah, and I ask You for Madinah the same as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) asked for Makkah, and I ask for as much blessing again along with it. Take heed! Madinah is encircled by angels; at each of its routes there are two angels guarding it. Neither the plague nor the Dajjal can enter it. Whoever intends evil towards the people of Madinah, Allah will melt him just as salt melts in water." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the Dajjal and gave a description of him that I (the narrator) do not remember. The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Will the state of our hearts on that day be the same as it is today? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, it will be even better than that." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.