Sahih Muslim Book - 52, Hadith - 7395

حَدَّثَنِى زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ الْمُخْتَارِ - حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ رَهْطٍ مِنْهُمْ أَبُو الدَّهْمَاءِ وَأَبُو قَتَادَةَ قَالُوا كُنَّا نَمُرُّ عَلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ نَأْتِى عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ فَقَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُجَاوِزُونِى إِلَى رِجَالٍ مَا كَانُوا بِأَحْضَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مِنِّى وَلاَ أَعْلَمَ بِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « مَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ خَلْقٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ ».

It was narrated that a number of people, including Abu Ad-Dahma' and Abu Qatadah, said: We used to pass by Hisham bin 'Amir on our way to 'Imran bin Husain. He said one day: You pass by me to go to some men who did not spend more time in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) than I, and they do not have more knowledge of his Hadith than I. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: "Between the creation of Adam and the onset of the Hour there is no creation that has more impact than the Dajjal"