I came to Kufa during the time when Tustar was conquered, to bring back mules from there. I entered the mosque and found a gathering of men, and there was a man sitting whom you would know, just by looking at him, to be from the people of Hijaz.I asked, "Who is this?"The people frowned at me and said, "Don't you know him? This is Huzaifa bin Yaman, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."Huzaifa said, "People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, but I used to ask him about evil."The people fixed their eyes on him intently, and he said, "I see you find this strange. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, this good that Allah has granted us, will there be evil after it as there was before it?'He said, 'Yes.'I asked, 'What is the protection from that?'He said, 'The sword.'I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, then what will happen?'He said, 'If Allah has a caliph on the earth, even if he flogs your back and seizes your wealth, obey him. Otherwise, die while you are biting onto the trunk of a tree.'I asked, 'Then what?'He said, 'Then the Dajjal will emerge, with him a river and a fire. Whoever falls into his fire, his reward will be assured and his sin removed, and whoever falls into his river, his sin will be assured and his reward removed.'I asked, 'Then what?'He said, 'Then comes the establishment of the Hour.'"
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا أبو عوانة عن قتادة عن نصر بن عاصم
أتيت الكوفة في زمن فتحت تستر أجلب منها بغالا فدخلت المسجد فإذا صدع من الرجال وإذا رجل جالس تعرف إذا رأيته أنه من رجال أهل الحجاز قال قلت من هذا فتجهمني القوم وقالوا أما تعرف هذا هذا حذيفة بن اليمان صاحب رسول الله ﷺ فقال حذيفة إن الناس كانوا يسألون رسول الله ﷺ عن الخير وكنت أسأله عن الشر فأحدقه القوم بأبصارهم فقال إني أرى الذي تنكرون إني قلت يا رسول الله أرأيت هذا الخير الذي أعطانا الله أيكون بعده شر كما كان قبله قال نعم قلت فما العصمة من ذلك قال السيف قلت يا رسول الله ثم ماذا يكون قال إن كان لله خليفة في الأرض فضرب ظهرك وأخذ مالك فأطعه وإلا فمت وأنت عاض بجذل شجرة قلت ثم ماذا قال ثم يخرج الدجال معه نهر ونار فمن وقع في ناره وجب أجره وحط وزره ومن وقع في نهره وجب وزره وحط أجره قال قلت ثم ماذا قال ثم هي قيام الساعة
Sourcing, hasan. Ahmad narrated it in 5/404 from the hadith of Abu Awana, and Hakim graded it sahih in 4/432, 433, and Dhahabi agreed with him. Nasai also narrated it in Al-Kubra, no. 8032, from Qatada, and he was corroborated by Humayd bin Hilal, who is trustworthy.