[Machine] "They sent me from Ma'a to Kufa to buy animals. So we arrived at the market and there was a man with a crowd gathered around him. As for my companion, he went to the animals, and as for me, I approached the man and it turned out to be Hudhayfah. I heard him saying, 'The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to ask him about good things, and I used to ask him about evil things. So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there evil after this good, as there was before?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'What protection is there from it?' He said, 'The sword.' So I think that Abu Tayyah said, 'The sword, I think.' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then there will be a truce between you and the smoke (of the Hour).' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then the callers to misguidance will emerge. So if you see at that time the caliph of Allah on the earth, then join him and stick to his group even if you have to crawl over ice. I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then the Dajjal will come out.' I said, 'By what will he be accompanied?' He said, 'He will be accompanied by a river or by water and fire. Whoever enters his river will have his reward, and what is due to him will be taken away, and whoever enters his fire will have his reward and what is due to him will be taken away.' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'If you could acquire a horse and you did not mount it, you would surely regret it until the Hour starts.'"  

أَرْسَلُونِي مِنْ مَاهٍ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ أَشْتَرِي الدَّوَابَّ فَأَتَيْنَا الْكُنَاسَةَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ جَمْعٌ قَالَ فَأَمَّا صَاحِبِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى الدَّوَابِّ وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ حُذَيْفَةُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْعِصْمَةُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ السَّيْفُ أَحْسَبُ أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ يَقُولُ السَّيْفُ أَحْسَبُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ دُعَاةُ الضَّلَالَةِ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَالْزَمْهُ وَإِنْ نَهَكَ جِسْمَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرَهُ فَاهْرَبْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَمُوتَ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَبِمَ يَجِيءُ بِهِ مَعَهُ؟ قَالَ بِنَهَرٍ أَوْ قَالَ مَاءٍ وَنَارٍ فَمَنْ دَخَلَ نَهْرَهُ حُطَّ أَجْرُهُ وَوَجَبَ وِزْرُهُ وَمَنْ دَخَلَ نَارَهُ وَجَبَ أَجْرُهُ وَحُطَّ وِزْرُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ لَوْ أَنْتَجْتَ فَرَسًا لَمْ تَرْكَبْ فَلُوَّهَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ  

Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of moderate stature, and among them was a man whom you could recognize when you saw him that he was from the people of Hijaz. I asked: Who is he? The people frowned at me and said: Do you not recognize him? This is Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then Hudhayfah said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, and I used to ask him about evil. Then the people stared hard at him. He said: I know the reason why you dislike it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil as there was before, after this good which Allah has bestowed on us? He replied: Yes. I asked: Wherein does the protection from it lie? He replied: In the sword. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will then happen? He replied: If Allah has on Earth a caliph who flays your back and takes your property, obey him, otherwise die holding onto the stump of a tree. I asked: What will come next? He replied: Then the Antichrist (Dajjal) will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him. I then asked: What will come next? He said: The Last Hour will come. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4244)   

خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ زَمَنَ فُتِحَتْ تُسْتَرُ لِأَجْلِبَ مِنْهَا بِغَالًا فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا صَدْعٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ تَعْرِفُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ الْحِجَازِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَحَدَّقَنِي الْقَوْمُ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ وَقَالُوا مَا تَعْرِفُ هَذَا؟ هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ صَاحِبُ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْخَيْرَ الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا اللَّهُ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا الْعِصْمَةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «السَّيْفُ» قُلْتُ وَهَلْ لِلسَّيْفِ مِنْ بَقِيَّةٍ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ» قَالَ «جَمَاعَةٌ عَلَى فِرْقَةٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ ﷻ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةٌ ضَرَبَ ظَهْرَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ فَاسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَإِلَّا فَمُتْ عَاضًّا بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ وَمَعَهُ نَهْرٌ وَنَارٌ فَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَارِهِ أَجَرَهُ وَحَطَّ وِزْرَهُ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَهْرِهِ وَجَبَ وِزْرُهُ وَحُطَّ أَجْرُهُ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ إِنَّمَا هِيَ قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ»