Who is Ibn Qatan, to whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) compared the Dajjal?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. He says: In a hadith in Sahih Muslim, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the Dajjal in a dreamSahih Muslim 169c My question is: Who is Ibn Qatan? Who is this Ibn Qatan? We are excused, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
No, no, I do not know this hadith, nor am I aware of it.
May Allah reward you with good. He says: In a hadith in Sahih Muslim, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the Dajjal in a dream
and thick curly hair, blind in the right eye. I saw in him the greatest resemblance with Ibn Qitan I asked: Who is he? They replied: It is al-Masih al-Dajjal.
جَعْدَ الرَّأْسِ أَعْوَرَ الْعَيْنِ الْيُمْنَى أَشْبَهُ مَنْ رَأَيْتُ بِهِ ابْنُ قَطَنٍ فَسَأَلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالُوا الْمَسِيحُ الدَّجَّالُAnswer:
No, no, I do not know this hadith, nor am I aware of it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من هو ابن قطن الذي شبه رسول الله ﷺ به المسيح الدجال؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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