English translation
[7354] 95 - (2930) It was narrated from 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar that 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭâb accompanied the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and a group of men to Ibn Sayyâd. He found him playing with some boys by the battlement of Banû Maghâlah. At that time Ibn Sayyâd was approaching puberty. He did not notice anything until the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ tapped him on the back with his hand. Then the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to Ibn Ṣayyād: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allāh?" Ibn Ṣayyād looked at him and said: "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of the unlettered." Then Ibn Ṣayyād said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: "Do you bear witness that I am the messenger of Allāh?" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ gave up on him and said: "I believe in Allāh and in His Messengers." Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: "What do you see?" Ibn Ṣayyād said: "A truth-teller and a liar come to me." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "You have been confounded." Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: "I am hiding something in my mind for you." Ibn Ṣayyād said: "It is Ad-Dukh." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "May you be disgraced and dishonored, you will never go beyond your rank." 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said: "O Messenger of Allāh, let me strike his neck." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If he is him (meaning the Dajjāl), you will never be able to overpower him, and if he is not him, there is no good for you in killing him."
