Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4756

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏: ‏ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيٌّ بَعْدَ نُوحٍ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ أَنْذَرَ الدَّجَّالَ قَوْمَهُ، وَإِنِّي أُنْذِرُكُمُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَوَصَفَهُ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ لَعَلَّهُ سَيُدْرِكُهُ مَنْ قَدْ رَآنِي وَسَمِعَ كَلاَمِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا ‏:‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ قُلُوبُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ أَمِثْلُهَا الْيَوْمَ قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ أَوْ خَيْرٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha’, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Surraqah, from Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, who said: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘There has been no prophet after Noah who did not warn his people about the Dajjal, and I warn you about him.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) described him to us and said, ‘Perhaps some who have seen me and heard my words will live to encounter him.’ They asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what will our hearts be like then? Like they are today?’ He replied, ‘Or better.’