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, “Indeed, the people will think that he has with him flowing rivers and mountains of bread.” The Prophet said, “He is too insignificant to Allah for him to do that.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6705, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2939
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Al-Qadi ‘Iyad said, “The meaning is he is too insignificant to Allah to make what Allah creates at his hand a misguidance for believers and doubts in their hearts. Indeed, 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 2939
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
6705 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
2939 شرح النووي على مسلم