The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to see me while I was weeping, and he asked me, "What is making you weep?"I replied, "Messenger of Allah, I thought of the Dajjal and wept."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If the Dajjal appears while I am still alive, I will deal with him on your behalf. But if he appears after I am gone, know that your Lord is not one-eyed. He will emerge from the Jewish quarter of Isfahan and make his way until he reaches Madinah, where he will camp on its outskirts. Madinah at that time will have seven gates, and at every passageway there will be two angels guarding it. The most wicked of its people will go out to him, and then he will proceed to Sham, to a city in Palestine called the Gate of Ludd."
دخل علي رسول الله ﷺ وأنا أبكي، فقال لي: ما يبكيك؟ قلت: يا رسول الله، ذكرت الدجال فبكيت. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: إن يخرج الدجال وأنا حي فسأكفيكموه، وإن يخرج بعدي فإن ربكم عز وجل ليس بأعور، إنه يخرج في يهودية أصبهان حتى يأتي المدينة، فينزل ناحيتها، ولها يومئذ سبعة أبواب، على كل نقب منها ملكان، فيخرج إليه شرار أهلها حتى يأتي الشام مدينة فلسطين باب لد.
Imam Ahmad narrated it (24467) from Sulayman bin Dawud, who said, Harb bin Shaddad narrated to us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, who said, Hadrami bin Lahiq narrated to me, that Zakwan Abu Salih informed him, that Ayesha informed him. Then he mentioned the hadith. Abu Dawud (that is, Sulayman bin Dawud Tayalisi) said on one occasion, "until he comes to Palestine, to the gate of Lydda, and Isa descends and kills him, then Isa
remains on earth for forty years as a just leader and a fair judge."Its chain is hasan because of Hadrami bin Lahiq, who is hasan al-hadith. Haythami mentioned it in Majma (7/338) and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih except for Hadrami bin Lahiq, who is trustworthy." Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (6822) and reported it through this same route in similar wording.