STORY OF IBN SAYYAD

Sahih Muslim

by Imam Muslim, translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui , Volume: The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa`ah)

6990. 

'Abdullah reported: We were along with Allah's Messenger (may peace beupon him) that we happened to pass by children amongst whom there wasIbn Sayyad. The children made their way but Ibn Sayyad kept sittingthere (and it seemed) as if Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)did not like it (his sitting with the children) and said to him: Mayyour nose he besmeared with dust, don't you bear testimony to the factthat I am the Messenger of Allah? Thereupon he said: No, but you shouldbear testimony that I am the messenger of Allah. Thereupon 'Umar b.Khattab said: Allah's Messenger, permit me that I should kill him.Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If he is thatperson who is in your mind (Dajjal ), you will not be able to kill him.

6991. 

'Abdullah reported: We were walking with Allah's Messenger (may peacebe upon him) that Ibn Sayyad happened to pass by him. Allah's Messenger(may peace be upon him) said to him: I have concealed for you(something to test you, so tell me that). He said: It is Dukh.Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Beoff. You cannot get farther than your rank, whereupon 'Umar said:Allah's Messenger, permit me to strike his neck. Thereupon Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) said: Leave him; if he is that one(Dajjal) whom you apprehend, you will not be able to kill him.

6992. 

Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) methim (Ibn Sayyad) and so did Abu Bakr and 'Umar on some of the roads ofMedina. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Do you beartestimony to the fact that I am the Messenger of Allah? Thereupon hesaid: Do you bear testimony to the fact that I am the messenger ofAllah? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Iaffirm my faith in Allah and in His Angels and in His Books, and whatdo you see? He said: I see the throne over water. Whereupon Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) said: You see the throne of Iblisupon the water, and what else do you see? He said: I see two truthfulsand a liar or two liars and one truthful. Thereupon Allah's Messenger(may peace be upon him) said: Leave him He has been confounded.

6993. 

Jabir b 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be uponhim) met Ibn Sa'id (Sayyad) and there were with him Abu Bakr and 'Umarand Ibn Sayyad was in the company of children. The rest of the hadithis the same.

6994. 

Abu Sa'id reported: I accompanied Ibn Sayyad to Mecca and he said tome: What I have gathered from people is that theu think that I amDajjal. Have you not hearde Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him) assaying: He will have no no children, I said: Yes, of course. Thereuponhe said: But I have children. Have you not heard Allah's Messenger (maypeace be upon him) as saying: He would not enter Mecca and Medina? Isaid: Yes, of course. Thereupon he said I have been once in Medina andnow I intend to go to Mecca. And he said to me at the end of his talk:By Allah: I know his place of birth his abode where he is just now. He(Abu Sa'id) said: This caused confusion in my mind (in regard to hisidentity).

6995. 

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported: Ibn Sa'id said to me somethhing for which Ifelt ashamed. He said: I can excuse others; but what has gone wrongwith you, O Companions of Muhammad, that you take me as Dajjal? HasAllah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) not said that he would be a Jewwhereas I am a Muslim and he also said that he would not have children,whereas I have children, and he also said: veryly, Allah has prohibitedhim to enter Mecca whereas I have performed Pilgrimage, atid. he wenton saying this that I was about to be impressed by his tallk. He(however) said this also: I know where he (Dajjal) is and I know hisfather abd I mother, and it was said to him: Won't you feel pleased ifyou would be the same person? Thereupon he said: If this offer is madeto me, I would noT resent that.

6996. 

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported: We came back after having pewrformedPilgrimage or 'Umra and lbn Sa'id was along with us. And w, e encampedat a place and the people dispersed and I and he were left behind. Ifelt terribly frightend from him as it was said about him that he wasthe Dajjal. He brought his goods and placed them by my luggage and Isaid: It is intense heat. Would you not place that under that tree? Andhe did that. Then ther appeared before us a flock of sheep. He went andbrought a cup of milk and said: Abu Sa'id, drink that. I said it isintense heat and the milk is also hot (whereas the fact was) that I didnot like to drink from his hands or to opr to take it from his hand andhe said: Abu Sa'id, I think that I should take a rope and suspend it bythe tree and then coimmit sucide because of the talks of the people,and he furtlier said. Abu Sa'id he who is ingnoran of the saying ofAllah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) (he is to be pardoned), but Opeople of Ansar, is this hadith of Allah's Messengern (may peace beupon him) concealed from you whereas you have the best konowledge of tthis hadith of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) amongstpeople? Did Allalt's Messenger (may peace be upon him) not say that he(Dajjal) would be a non believer whereas I am a believer? did Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) not say he would be barren and nochild would be born to hirn, whereas I have left my children in Medina?Did Allh's Messenger (may peace upon him) not say: He would not getinto Medina and Mecca whereas I have been coming from Medina and now Iintend to go to Mecca? Abu Sa'id said: I was about to accept the excuseput forward by him. that he said: I know the place where he would beborn and where he is now. So I said to him: May your whole dayb be spent

6997. 

This hadith has transmitted on the authority of Abu Sa'id that Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) asked Ibn Sa'id about the earth ofParadise. Thereupon he said: Abu'l-Qasim, It is like a fine white musk,whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: 'You have told the the truth.

6998. 

Abu Sa'id reported that Ibn Sayyad asked Allah's Messenger (may peacebe upon him) about the earth of Paradise. Whereupon he said: It is likewhite shining pure musk.

6999. 

'Muhammad b. Munkadir reported: As I saw Jabir b. 'Abdullah taking anoath in the name of Allah that it was Ibn Sa'id who was the Dajjal Isaid: Do you take an oath in the name of Allah? Thereupon he said: Iheard 'Umar taking an oath in the presence of Allah's Apostle (maypeace be upon him) to this effect but Allah's Apostle (may peace beupon him) did not disapprove of it.

7000. 

'Abdullah b. Umar reported: 'Umar b. Khattab went along with Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) in the company of some persons toIbnSayyad that he found him playing with children near the bettlement ofBani Maghala and Ibn Sayyad was at that time just at the threshold ofadolescence and he did not perceive (the presence of Holy Prophet)until Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) struck his back withhis hands. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Ibn Sayyad,don't you bear witness that I am the messenger of Allah? Ibn Sayyadlooked toward him and he said: I bear witness to the fact that you themessenger of the unlettered. Ibn Sayyad said to the Allah's Messenger(may peace be upon him): Do you bear witness to the fact that I am themessenger of Allah? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) rejectedthis and said: I affirm my faith in Allah and in His messengers. ThenAllah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: What do you see?Ibn Sayyad said: It us a Dukh. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peacebe upon him) said: May you be disgraced and dishonoured, you would notnot be able to go beyond your rank. 'Umar b. Khattab said: Allah'sMessenger, permit me that I should strike his neck. Therupon Allah'sMessenger (may peace be upon him) said: If he is the same (Dajjal) whowould appear near the Last Hour, you would not be able to overpowerhim, and he is not that ther is no good for you to kill him. 'Abdullahb. 'Umar further narrated that after some time Allah's Messenger (maypeace be upon him) and Ubayy b. Ka'b went towards the palm trees whereIbn Sayyad was. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) wentnear the tree he hid himself behind a tree with the intention ofhearing something from Ibn sayyad before Ibn Sayyad could see him, butAllah's Messenger (may pcxce be upon him) saw him on a bed with ablanket around him from which a murmuring sound was being heard and IbnSayyad's mother saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) behindthe trunk of the palm tree. She said to Ibn Sayyad: Saf (that being hisname), here is Muhammad. Thereupon Ibn Sayyad jumped up murmuring andAllah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If she had left himalone he would have made things clear. Abdullah b. Umar told thatAllah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up amongst the peopleand lauded Allah as He deserved, then he made a mention of the Dajjaland said: I warn you of him and there is no Prophet who has not warnedhis people against the Dajjal. Even Noah warned (against him) but I amgoing to tell you a thing which no Prophet told his people. You mustknow that he (the Dajjal) is one-eyed and Allah, the Exalted andGlorious, is not one-eyed. Ibn Shihab said: 'Umar b. Thabit al-Ansariinformed me that some of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peacebe upon him) informed him that the day when Allah's Messenger (maypeace be upon him) warned people against the Dajjal, he also said:There would be written between his two eyes (the word) Kafir (infidel)and everyone who would resent his deeds would be able to read or everyMuslim would be about to read, and he also said: Bear this thing inmind that none amongst you would be able to see Allah, the Exalted andGlorious, until he dies.

7001. 

Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be uponhim) went along with him in the company of some persons and there wasUmar b. Khattab also amongst them till they saw Ibn Sayyad as a youngboy just on the threshold of adolescence playing with children near thebattlement of Bani Mu'awiya; the rest of the hadith is the same butwith these concluding words:" Had his mother left him (to murmur) hismatter would have become clear."

7002. 

Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)happened to pass by Ibn Sayyad along with his Companions including'Umar b. Khattab as he was playing with children near the battlement ofBani Maghala and he was also a child by that time. The rest of thehadith is the same as narrated by Ibn Umar (in which there is a mentionof) setting out of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) along withUbayy b. Ka'b towards the date-palm trees.

7003. 

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Umar met Ibn Si'id on some of the paths ofMedina and he said to him a word which enraged him and he was so muchswollen with anger that the way was blocked. Ibn 'Umar went to Hafsaand informed her about this. Thereupon she said: May Allah have mercyupon you, why did you incite Ibn Sayyad in spite of the fact that youknew it would be the extreme anger which would make Dajjal appear inthe world?

7004. 

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Umar said: I met lbn Sayyad twice and said tosome of them (his friends): You state that it was he (the Dajjal). Hesaid: By Allah, it is not so. I said: You have not told me the truth;by Allah some of you informed me that he would not die until he wouldhave the largest number of offspring and huge wealth and it is he aboutwhom it is thought so. Then Ibn Sayyad talked to us. I then departedand met him again for the second time and his eye had been swollen. Isaid: What has happened to your eye? He said: I do not know. I said:This is in your head and you do not know about it? He said: If Allah sowills He can create it (eye) in your staff. He then produced a soundlike the braying of a donkey. Some of my companions thought that I hadstruck him with the staff as he was with me that the staff broke intopieces, but, by Allah, I was not conscious of it. He then came to theMother of the Faithful (Hafsa) and narrated it to her and she said:What concern you have with him? Don't you know that Allah's Apostle(may peace be upon him) said that the first thing (by the incitement ofwhich) he would come out before the public would be his anger?