Al-Mughira ibn Shu’bah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about the False Messiah more than anything else. The Prophet said to me, “O my son, why are you worrying about him? He will not harm you.” I said, “The people will imagine he has flowing rivers and mountains of bread with him.” The Prophet said, “He is too insignificant to Allah to harm you with that.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7122, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2939
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Al-Qadi ‘Iyad commented, “The meaning is he is too insignificant to Allah Almighty to make what Allah creates at his hand a cause of misguidance for believers and doubts in their hearts. He only makes it increase the faith of those who believe and an indictment against the unbelievers, hypocrites, and those like them.”
Source: Sharḥ al-Nawawī ‘alá Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 18/74
عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ مَا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدٌ عَنْ الدَّجَّالِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي أَيْ بُنَيَّ وَمَا يُنْصِبُكَ مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَضُرَّكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ مَعَهُ أَنْهَارَ الْمَاءِ وَجِبَالَ الْخُبْزِ قَالَ هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
7122 صحيح البخاري كتاب الفتن باب ذكر الدجال
2939 صحيح مسلم كتاب الفتن وأشراط الساعة باب في الدجال وهو أهون على الله عز وجل
قَالَ الْقَاضِي مَعْنَاهُ هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مَا خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى يَدِهِ مُضِلًّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمُشَكِّكًا لِقُلُوبِهِمْ بَلْ إِنَّمَا جَعَلَهُ لَهُ لِيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا وَيُثْبِتَ الْحُجَّةَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَنَحْوِهِمْ
18/74 شرح النووي على مسلم
