Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَشْيَاخِهِمْ قَالَ قَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ لِجِيرَانِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَخُطُّونَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ مَا كَانُوا أَحْضَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا أَوْعَى لِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّي وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ أَمْرٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ الدَّجَّالِ.
English Translation
He said, Isma'il told us: Ayyub informed us, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from one of their elders, who said: Hisham ibn Amir said to his neighbors: 'You go for knowledge to men who were no more present with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, nor more retentive of his sayings, than I. And I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Between the creation of Adam and the establishment of the Hour, there is no matter greater than the Dajjal."'