Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Dajjal will emerge from this direction"—the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated towards the east (while saying this).
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah's (may Allah be pleased with him) statement: "The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated towards the east"—by this is meant Bahrain, because Bahrain is to the east of Madinah Munawwarah, and the emergence of the Dajjal will also be from these regions, not from Khurasan. The evidence for the correctness of this is: the Dajjal is tied up on an island in the sea, as Tamim Dari has informed regarding this, whereas in Khurasan there is neither a sea nor an island.