54/22. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2939b — Dajjal’s Bread, Meat and Rivers
Ad-Dajjal Is Very Insignificant Before Allah
Dajjal Hadith About Bread, Meat and Water
Sahih Muslim : 2939b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2939b
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ مَا سَأَلَ أَحَدٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الدَّجَّالِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ " وَمَا سُؤَالُكَ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَعَهُ جِبَالٌ مِنْ خُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ وَنَهَرٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ . قَالَ " هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah Narrated from:
None asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) about Dajjal more than I asked him. I (one of the narrators other than Mughira b. Shu'ba) said: What did you ask? Mughira replied: I said that the people alleged that he would have a mountain load of bread and mutton and rivers of water. Thereupon he said: He would be more insignificant in the eye of Allah compared with all this.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2939bIn-book reference : Book 54, Hadith 140USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 41, Hadith 7021
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2939b
This Hadith reports Mughira b. Shuba’s question about Dajjal. He said no one asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about Dajjal more than he did. When asked what he used to ask, he said people claimed Dajjal would have mountains of bread and meat and a river of water. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied that Dajjal is more insignificant in the sight of Allah than all of that. The Hadith teaches that material abundance does not prove truth. A false figure may appear to have food, water, and power, but this does not make him honored before Allah. Believers should not measure truth by supplies or spectacle.
What we learn from this hadith
- People mentioned that Dajjal would have bread, meat, and water.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said he is insignificant before Allah compared with that.
- Material abundance does not prove that someone is truthful.
- The Hadith teaches calmness when facing claims of worldly power.
