Authenticity Assessment of the Hadith on Uthman's Assassination and the Dajjal

**What is the authenticity of this hadith, and are there any chains that are authentic for this matn as Al-Subhi said there is?** In Ibn Kathir, Ismail ibn Umar. *Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihaya*h: > فصل قال الأعمش عن زيد بن وهب ، عن حذيفة أنه قال : أول الفتن قتل عثمان > ، وآخر الفتن الدجال . وروى الحافظ ابن عساكر من طريق شبابة ، عن حفص بن > مرزوق الباهلي ، عن حجاج بن أبي عثمان الصواف ، عن زيد بن وهب ، عن حذيفة > . قال : أول الفتن قتل عثمان ، وآخر الفتن خروج الدجال ، والذي نفسي بيده > لا يموت رجل وفي قلبه مثقال حبة من حب قتل عثمان ، إلا تبع الدجال إن > أدركه ، وإن لم يدركه آمن به في قبره . Translation by external resource: Al-A'mash reported from Zaid ibn Wahb, from Hudhayfah that he said: > "The first of the tribulations is the killing of Uthman, and the last > of the tribulations is the Dajjal." And Al-Hafiz Ibn Asakir reported through the path of Shababah, from Hafs ibn Marzuq al-Bahili, from Hajjaj ibn Abi Uthman al-Sawwaf, from Zaid ibn Wahb, from Hudhayfah. He said: > "The first of the tribulations is the killing of Uthman, and the last > of the tribulations is the emergence of the Dajjal. By the One in > whose hand is my soul, no man will die while having in his heart even > the weight of a grain's worth of love for the killing of Uthman, > except that he will follow the Dajjal if he encounters him, and if he > does not encounter him, he will believe in him in his grave." [1, vol. 10 pp. 330-331] -- I found the same in the work, Al-Subhi, *Fitnat maqtal Uthman ibn Affan radi Allah anhu*: > قال ابن عساكر: أخبرنا أبو القاسم (٢) العلوي، أن رشا بن نظيف (٣) أنا > الحسن بن إسماعيل (٤) أنا أحمد بن مروان (٥) نا زيد بن إسماعيل (٦). > حدثنا شبابة (٧) بن وار، نا حفص بن مورق (١) الباهلي، عن حجاج (٢) بن أبي > عثمان الصواف، عن زيد بن وهب (٣) عن حذيفة قال:أول الفتن قتل عثمان بن > عفان، وآخر الفتن خروج الدجال. والذي نفسي بيده لا يموت رجل وفي قلبه > مثقال حبة من حب قتل عثمان إلا تبع الدجال إن أدركه، وإن لم يدركه آمن به > في قبره" (٤).وذكره المحب الطبري (٥) وعزاه إلى السلفي الحافظ.وهذا > الإسناد موضوع والمتهم به أحمد بن مروان، صرح الدارقطني بأنه يضع الحديث. > لكن متنه ورد بإسناد مقبول (٦). [2, vol. 2, pp. 690-691] -- Translation: Ibn Asakir said: Abu al-Qasim al-Alawi informed us, that Rasha ibn Nazif informed us, that al-Hasan ibn Ismail informed us, that Ahmad ibn Marwan narrated to us, Zaid ibn Ismail narrated to us. Shababah ibn Sawwar narrated to us, Hafs ibn Mawraq al-Bahili narrated to us, from Hajjaj ibn Abi Uthman al-Sawwaf, from Zaid ibn Wahb, from Hudhayfah who said: > "The first of the tribulations is the killing of Uthman ibn Affan, and > the last of the tribulations is the emergence of the Dajjal. By the > One in whose hand is my soul, no man will die while having in his > heart even the weight of a grain's worth of love for the killing of > Uthman, except that he will follow the Dajjal if he encounters him, > and if he does not encounter him, he will believe in him in his > grave." Al-Muhibb al-Tabari mentioned it and attributed it to al-Salafi al-Hafiz. This chain of transmission is fabricated, and the one accused of it is Ahmad ibn Marwan - al-Daraqutni explicitly stated that he fabricates hadith. However, its text (content) has been transmitted through an acceptable chain of transmission. ----------------------------------------------------------------- **** – Ibn Kathir, Ismail ibn Umar. Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End). Edited by Dr. Alaa Abd al-Rahman al-Jaziri, in cooperation with the Center for Research and Arabic and Islamic Studies in Marjouha. Akbara al-Ashir: Dar Hajr for Printing, Publishing, Distribution and Advertising. **** - Al-Subhi, M. A. A. Q. G. (2003). Fitnat maqtal Uthman ibn Affan radi Allah anhu [The tribulation of the killing of Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him] (2nd ed.). Deanship of Scientific Research at the Islamic University. (Original work published 1411 AH as Master's thesis, College of Da'wah and Fundamentals of Religion, Islamic University, Medina, Saudi Arabia)