Hadith 5270

Asma bint Yazid ibn as-Sakan (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in my house and mentioned the Dajjal, saying: “Before him are three years: in the first, the sky withholds a third of its rain, and the earth a third of its vegetation; in the second, the sky withholds two-thirds of its rain, and the earth two-thirds of its vegetation; in the third, the sky withholds all its rain, and the earth all its vegetation. No cloven-hoofed or molar-toothed animal will remain but perish. Among his severest trials is that he will come to a Bedouin and say: ‘If I revive your camels, will you not know I am your Lord?’ He will say: ‘Yes.’ The devil will appear to him in the form of his camels, with the fullest udders and largest humps. He will come to a man whose brother and father have died and say: ‘If I revive your father and brother, will you not know I am your Lord?’ He will say: ‘Yes.’ The devils will appear to him in the form of his father and brother.” She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out for a need, then returned while the people were anxious and grieved by what he told them. She said: He took hold of the door curtains and said: “What is wrong, Asma?” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, you have torn our hearts with the mention of the Dajjal.” He said: “If he emerges while I am alive, I will be his adversary. Otherwise, my Lord is my successor over every believer.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, we knead our dough and do not bake it until we are hungry. How will the believers be at that time?” He said: “What suffices the people of the heavens in glorification and sanctification will suffice them.”