It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There has been no prophet after Nuh (peace be upon him) who did not warn his nation about the Dajjal, and I too warn you about him." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) described him to us and said: "You will find him, or someone who has seen me and heard from me will find him." We said: O Messenger of Allah! Will our hearts on that day be (in faith and steadfastness) as they are today? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, they will be even better than that."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mihjan bin al-Adra' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people and said three times: "The Day of Deliverance, and what is the Day of Deliverance?" It was said: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by the Day of Deliverance? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will come and climb Mount Uhud, then he will look down towards Madinah and say to his companions: Do you see this white palace? This is the mosque of Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he will advance towards Madinah, and at each of its routes there will be an angel with a drawn sword standing guard. So he will pitch his camp in the salt marsh of al-Juruf. Then Madinah will be shaken by three tremors, as a result of which every hypocrite man and woman and every sinful man and woman will go out to the Dajjal. Thus Madinah will be purified (of the wicked), and that is the Day of Deliverance." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "By Allah! Were it not for a particular matter, I would not narrate any hadith to you." The people said (supposing so): You had said that the Hour would come by such-and-such a time. He clarified: "I only said that it would not happen until such-and-such great matters had taken place," and those matters have taken place, such as the burning of the House of Allah, and so on. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Dajjal will emerge and will stay in my Ummah for as long as Allah wills." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Forty" (the narrator says:) I do not know whether forty nights, months or years. Then he said: "Then Allah Almighty will send Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him), who will resemble (in appearance) Urwah bin Mas'ud al-Thaqafi. He will seek him out and destroy him. Then the people will remain for seven years in such a state that there will be no enmity even between two men. Then Allah Almighty will send a cool wind from the direction of Syria, which will not leave on the face of the earth anyone in whose heart there is even an atom's weight of faith except that it will take his soul, so much so that if one of you were hiding even in the interior of a mountain, that wind would enter there too." I heard these words, that is, 'the interior of a mountain', from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the worst of people will remain, with the swiftness of birds and the minds of beasts of prey; they will neither recognise good nor forbid evil. Then Satan will come to them and say: Will you not obey me? They will ask: What do you command us? He will command them to worship idols, and they will begin worshipping them. Even in this state their provision will be abundant and their life prosperous. Then the Trumpet will be blown, and everyone who hears it will tilt his neck to one side (in terror). The first to hear it will be a man plastering the water trough of his camels; he will fall unconscious, and then all the people will fall unconscious. Then Allah Almighty will send down a rain like dew, from which people's bodies will grow (again). Then the Trumpet will be blown again, and suddenly they will be standing and looking on. Then it will be said: Come to your Lord, 'And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned' [Surah al-Saffat: 24] . Then it will be said: Bring out the contingent of Hell. It will be asked: How many? The reply will be: Out of every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine (999)." 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 Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I see what you do not see and I hear what you do not hear. The sky is creaking (under the weight of the angels), and it has every right to creak, for there is not a space in it the size of four fingers except that an angel is prostrating in it before Allah. By Allah! If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, you would not take pleasure in your women on your beds, but you would go out to the heights and open plains, crying out humbly before Allah." (Hearing this, Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) By Allah! I wish that I were a tree that would be cut down. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people of my Ummah will certainly live to see Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him), and they will take part in the battle against the Dajjal."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever of you lives to see Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) should convey my greeting of salam to him." I think that this narrator Isma'il is Isma'il bin Ayyash, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not accept him as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Islam will wear out and fade away just as the embroidery of a garment fades, until it will no longer be known what fasting, charity and the sacrifice of Hajj and Umrah are. The Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will be taken away in a single night, so that not a single verse of it will remain on the earth. Some groups of people will remain, among them old men and old women, who will say: We found our forefathers upon this word, 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god but Allah), so we too say it." At this Silah asked him: When they will not even know about fasting, charity and sacrifice, of what use will this word 'La ilaha illallah' be to them? Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) turned away from him. Silah asked again, until he asked a third time, and then he turned towards Silah and said: O Silah! This word will save them from the Fire; it will protect them from the Fire; it will deliver them from the Fire of Hell. 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 Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the (major) signs (of the Hour) have passed except four: the Dajjal, the Beast of the earth (Dabbat al-Ard), Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj), and the rising of the sun from the west; and the sign with which (the door of deeds) will be sealed upon the sun. Then he recited this verse: "Are they waiting for nothing except that the angels should come to them?" [Surah al-An'am: 158] The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the night when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey (Mi'raj), he (peace and blessings be upon him) met Ibrahim, Musa and Isa (peace be upon them). They began to discuss the Hour and asked Ibrahim (peace be upon him) about it, but he had no knowledge of (its time). Then they asked Musa (peace be upon him), and he too had no knowledge of it. Then the matter was referred to Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: "Allah Almighty has informed me about the events that will take place before it, other than the time of the establishment of the Hour; as for the exact time of its occurrence, no one knows it except Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." Then he mentioned the emergence of the Dajjal and said: "So I will descend (from the sky) and kill him. Then the people will return to their lands, and they will be confronted by Gog and Magog, who will come rushing down from every elevation. They will drink up every water they pass by and ruin everything they pass by. So the people will (in distress) cry out to me for help, and I will supplicate to Allah, and He will send down water from the sky which will carry away their corpses and cast them into the sea. Then the mountains will be crushed to dust, and the earth will be spread out like leather. And Allah has promised me that when all this has happened, the Hour will be for the people like a pregnant woman whose term is complete, whose family do not know when she will suddenly give birth, by night or by day." The narrator al-Awwam says: I found confirmation of this in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. Then he recited this verse: "Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose and they rush down from every elevation, and the true promise draws near." [Surah al-Anbiya': 96 - 97]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The signs (of the Hour) are like beads strung on a thread; when the thread breaks, they will begin to appear (rapidly) one after another." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.