Awf ibn Malik likely fabricated the hadith, using his firsthand experiences, long life, and esteemed status to retroactively align personal observations with events, presenting them as prophetic predictions.
This fabricated hadith claims that the idol of Daus would reemerge near the end of times. However, we find that this prophecy was later back-projected onto the Prophet by Ibn Shihab Al-Zuhri.
Apologists claim that the hadith represents divine revelation due to the prophetic nature of certain narratives within the corpus. This article refutes the prophecy regarding the afflictions that were allegedly foretold after the predicted murder of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Self-Proclaimed Sunni Historian on X challenges anyone: 'Show me one Rafidi Shia in the chains of al-Bukhari!' Well sir, here's a mini-compilation.
Apologists claim the hadith corpus contains prophecies proving its divine nature. Examining the hadith of 'The Siege of Baghdad' reveals it as an ex eventu fabrication (and nothing to do with Baghdad), made to appear as a legitimate prophecy.