শাখা অনুচ্ছেদ: দাজ্জালের ভয়াল থাবা থেকে ঈমান রক্ষার নিশ্চিত উপায়

It is as though those who assert that Ibn Sayyad is the Dajjal have not heard the account of Tamim [al-Dari]; otherwise, reconciling the two would be exceedingly far-fetched. For how can one who was nearly an adolescent during the Prophet's (ﷺ) lifetime, and whom the Prophet (ﷺ) met, be the very same elderly man imprisoned on an island in the sea, bound in chains, inquiring about the news of the Prophet (ﷺ) whether he had appeared or not? He [the scholar] said: "As for Ibn Sayyad's embracing Islam, performing Hajj, and engaging in Jihad, this does not explicitly prove that he is not the Dajjal, owing to the possibility that his life might end upon evil."

Indeed, Abu Nu'aym reported in "Tarikh Asbahan" from Hassan ibn Abd al-Rahman, from his father, who said: "When we conquered Asbahan (Isfahan), there was a distance of a parasang (farsakh) between our military camp and the Jewish quarter (al-Yahudiyyah). We used to visit it to purchase provisions. One day we came to it, and suddenly the Jews were playing tambourines and beating drums. I asked a friend among them [about it], and he said: 'Our king, through whom we seek victory over the Arabs, is about to enter.' So I stayed overnight with him on a roof, and I prayed. When the sun rose, there was a commotion from the direction of the camp. I looked, and behold, it was Ibn Sayyad! He entered the city and has not returned to this day."

Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: "As for Hassan ibn Abd al-Rahman, I do not know him, while the remaining narrators are trustworthy." He further said: "Abu Dawud narrated with an authentic chain from Jabir, who said: 'We lost Ibn Sayyad on the Day of al-Harrah.' Others have also reported it with a good (hasan) chain, and Jabir's report..."