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Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The Dajjal’s parents will remain childless for thirty years, then a one-eyed boy will be born to them, most harmful and least beneficial. His eyes sleep, but his heart does not.” Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) described his parents, saying, “His father is a tall, lean man with a nose like a beak, and his mother is a stout woman with long breasts.” Abu Bakrah said: We heard of a child born among the Jews in Medina, so Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and I went to his parents and found them as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) described. We asked, “Do you have a child?” They said, “We were childless for thirty years, then a one-eyed boy was born to us, most harmful and least beneficial. His eyes sleep, but his heart does not.” We left them and found him lying in the sun on a velvet sheet, murmuring. I uncovered his head, and he said, “What did you say?” We said, “Did you hear what we said?” He said, “Yes, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not.”
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- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2248 (unverified) 94% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “most harmful and least beneficial”: Meaning, with large canine teeth. The meaning is no boy is less beneficial than him. Al-Jazari said: The term “most harmful” is in the copies of Al-Masabih, meaning large-toothed or born with teeth. I have no doubt it is a scribal error for “most harmful thing,” as it is in Tirmidhi’s book, from which the author took it. This makes the conjunction “and least beneficial” smooth without strain, with the pronoun referring to “thing,” meaning least beneficial in any way. I say: This is supported by Ibn Hajar’s narration in his commentary on Bukhari, quoting Abu Dawud, which says, “a one-eyed boy, most harmful thing and least beneficial.” His statement: “His eyes sleep, but his heart does not”: Qadi Iyad said this means his corrupt thoughts do not cease during sleep due to abundant whispers, imaginations, and the devil’s influence, just as the Prophet’s heart (ﷺ) did not sleep from righteous thoughts due to continuous revelation and inspiration. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
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(۱) قوله: أضرس أقله منفعة أي عظيم الضرس، وهو ألسن والمراد به الناب؛ لما سيأتي، والمعنى لا غلام أقل منه نفعا. قال الجزري: قوله: أضرس، كذا في نسخ المصابيح) أي عظيم الضرس أو الذي يولد وضرسه معه، ولا شك عندي أنه تصحيف أضر شيء، وكذا هو في كتاب الترمذي» الذي أخذه المؤلف منه، وبهذا يصح عطف وأقله منفعة عليه من غير تعسف، ولا تكلف تقدير، ويكون الضمير عائدا إلى شيء، أي أقل بشيء منفعة. قلت: ويؤيده أنه أورد الحافظ ابن حجر في شرح البخاري حديث أبي بكرة ناقلا عن أبي داود، وفيه غلام أعور أضر شيء وأقله نفعا. وقوله: تنام عيناه ولا ينام قلبه قال القاضي لله: أي لا تنقطع أفكاره الفاسدة عنه عند النوم؛ لكثرة وساوسه وتخيلاته وتواتر ما يلقي الشيطان إليه، كما لم يكن ينام قلب النبي الله من أفكاره الصالحة بسبب ما تواتر عليه من الوحي والإلهام. كذا في «المرقاة».