The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Dahhak, what is your food?"He replied, "Messenger of Allah, meat and milk."The Prophet asked, "Then what does it become?"He answered, "What you already know."The Prophet said, "Indeed, Allah has made what comes out of the son of Adam a parable for this world."
حدثنا أحمد بن عبد الملك حدثنا حماد بن زيد عن علي بن جدعان عن الحسن
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال له يا ضحاك ما طعامك قال يا رسول الله اللحم واللبن قال ثم يصير إلى ماذا قال إلى ما قد علمت قال فإن الله تبارك وتعالى ضرب ما يخرج من ابن آدم مثلا للدنيا
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Its chain is hasan, due to Ali bin Zayd bin Jadan, and Ahmad bin Abdul-Malik bin Waqid Harrani is trustworthy, though he has been criticized without justification, as has been mentioned many times before. The hadith was likewise graded hasan by Haythami, 10/288, and it is found in Tabarani's Mujam al-Kabir, 8/358, no. 8138, and in Ibn Mubarak's Zuhd, 170, no. 494, and in Ibn Hibban, 616, no. 2489, Al-Mawarid.