We used to go to Imran b. Husain passing in front of Hisham b. 'Amir. He, one day, said: You pass by me (in order) to go to some persons, but (amongst the living persons) none remained in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than I and none knows more ahadith than I. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There would be no creation (creating more trouble) than the Dajjal right from the creation of Adam to the Last Hour.  

ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُجَاوِزُونِي إِلَى رِجَالٍ مَا كَانُوا بِأَحْضَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنِّي وَلاَ أَعْلَمَ بِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ خَلْقٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ  

[Machine] Indeed, you surpass the companions of the Prophet ﷺ in memorizing and preserving his traditions more than they did. And I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There is no greater matter from the time of Adam until the Day of Judgment than the matter of the Dajjal."  

إِنَّكُمْ لَتُجَاوِزُونَ إِلَى رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا كَانُوا أَحْصَى وَلَا أَحْفَظَ لِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّي وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا بَيْنَ آدَمَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ أَمْرٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ  

[Machine] Hisham, indeed these (people) pass (or surpass) (in virtue) to a man whom we used to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more often than him and I (also) memorize it. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no trial greater in the sight of Allah, from the time of Adam's creation until the Day of Judgment, than the trial of the Dajjal."  

هِشَامٌ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يِجْتَازُونَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ كُنَّا أَكْثَرَ مُشَاهَدَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهُ وَأَحْفَظَ عَنْهُ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ فِتْنَةٌ أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ»  

[Machine] Indeed, you all prefer me to a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , although they were more deserving of being close to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I do not retain more knowledge than what I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There is no trial between the creation of Adam and the establishment of the Hour greater than that of the Dajjal."  

إِنَّكُمْ تُجَاوِزُونِي إِلَى رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كَانُوا بِأَلْزَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَحْفَظَ مِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ وَقِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ فِتْنَةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ»  

[Machine] Hisham ibn 'Amir used to see men going to Imran ibn Husayn and others among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So he said, "You are going to men who did not attend the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as much as I did, nor do they claim to have heard his words as much as I did. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Between the creation of Adam and the coming of the Hour, there will be a tribulation greater than the tribulation of the Antichrist.'"  

كَانَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَرَى رِجَالًا يَتَخَطُّونَهُ إِلَى عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَإِلَى غَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَتَخَطُّونَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ لَمْ يَكُونُوا أَحْضَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنِّي وَلَا أَدْعَى لِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّي وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ إِلَى أَنَّ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ فِتْنَةٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ»