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2234. Abū 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāḥ said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'There was never a Prophet after Nūḥ but that he warned his people about the Dajjāl, and indeed I shall warn you of him.'" Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ described him for us, and he said: "Perhaps some of you who see me, or hear my words shall live to see him." They said: "O Messenger of Allāh! How will our hearts be on that day?" He said: "The same – that is, as today – or better." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from [Abdullāh bin Busr, 'Abdullāh bin Al-Ḥārith bin Juzāi, and] 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal and Abū Hurairah.
This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb as a narration of Abū 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāḥ. We do not know of it from him except as a narration of Khālid Al-Ḥadh-dhā'. Abū 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāḥ's name is 'Āmir bin 'Abdullāh bin Al-Jarrāḥ.
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Commentary
The Dajjāl (Antichrist) will be an extremely treacherous and deceitful character and will let loose a reign of frightful terror on earth. It is for this reason that, following the Sunnah of Nūh the first Rasūl sent down by Almighty Allāh, each Prophet that followed him, including the Last Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, informed his people about this horrendous character. And since his emergence shall happen after the time of the Last Prophet of Allāh ﷺ and close to the Doomsday, he ﷺ gave a complete description of Ad-Dajjāl to the people so that no true believer is duped by him.
