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2249. It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ passed by Ibn Ṣayyād with a group of his Companions – among them ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb – while he was playing with two boys at the fort of Banū Maghālah, and he was a boy. He did not realize until the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ struck him with his hand on his back, then he said: “Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allāh?” So Ibn Ṣayyād looked at him, and said: ‘I testify that you are the Messenger to the illiterates.’” He said: “Then Ibn Ṣayyād said to the Prophet ﷺ: ‘Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allāh?’ So the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘I believe in Allāh and His Messengers.’ Then the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Who has come to you?’ Ibn Ṣayyād said: ‘A truthful one and a liar came to me.’ So the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘The matter has been confused for you.’ Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘I have concealed something from you.’ And he had concealed: The day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.[1] Ibn Ṣayyād said: ‘It is, “Ad-Dukh.”’” So the
Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Beat it! You can never surpass your ability.' Umar said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Permit me to chop off his head!' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'If he is indeed him, then you will never overpower him, and if he is not, then there is no good in you killing him.'" (Sahih)
Abdur-Razzāq said: "Meaning: The Dajjal."
[Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih.]
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[1] Ad-Dukhān 44:10.
Commentary
Ibn Sayyād at that time was one of the Dajjal, but not the Great Dajjal, who will claim not Prophethood, but Divinity for himself, and will demonstrate strange feats through his sorcery.
