Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3055
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ انْطَلَقَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قِبَلَ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ حَتَّى وَجَدُوهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ عِنْدَ أُطُمِ بَنِي مَغَالَةَ، وَقَدْ قَارَبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ يَحْتَلِمُ، فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ظَهْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ". فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ " قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَاذَا تَرَى ". قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ يَأْتِينِي صَادِقٌ وَكَاذِبٌ. قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خُلِطَ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرُ ". قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا ". قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ هُوَ الدُّخُّ. قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اخْسَأْ فَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ قَدْرَكَ ". قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ائْذَنْ لِي فِيهِ أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ. قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنْ يَكُنْهُ فَلَنْ تُسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْهُ فَلاَ خَيْرَ لَكَ فِي قَتْلِهِ ".
ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Hisham narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Salim ibn ʿAbd Allah told me, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that he informed him that ʿUmar set out with a group of the Prophet’s Companions, accompanying the Prophet (ﷺ), toward Ibn Sayyad. They found him playing with boys near the fortress of Banu Maghala. Ibn Sayyad was then nearing puberty, and he did not notice until the Prophet (ﷺ) struck his back with his hand. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?” Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, “I testify that you are the Messenger of the unlettered people.” Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet, “Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet said to him, “I believe in Allah and His messengers.” The Prophet said, “What do you see?” Ibn Sayyad said, “A truthful one and a liar come to me.” The Prophet said, “The matter has become confused for you.” The Prophet said, “I have concealed something for you.” Ibn Sayyad said, “The smoke.” The Prophet said, “Be off! You will not exceed your station.” ʿUmar said, “Messenger of Allah, allow me to strike his neck.” The Prophet said, “If he is that one, you will not be given power over him; and if he is not that one, there is no good for you in killing him.”
Translation notes
The English witness identifies “that one” as the Dajjal and renders Ibn Sayyad’s answer as “Ad-Dukh.” Neither identification is supplied in those exact terms in this Arabic excerpt; “the smoke” translates الدخّ.
قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ هُوَ الدُّخُّ
The unusual word الدخّ is rendered by the English witness as a transliteration, “Ad-Dukh”; its intended reference is not explicit in this excerpt.
Should this rare term be translated as “smoke” or retained as a transliteration?