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The people started asking the Prophet (ﷺ) too many questions importunately. So one day he ascended the
pulpit and said, “You will not ask me any question but I will explain it to you.” I looked right and left,
and behold, every man was covering his head with his garment and weeping. Then got up a man who,
whenever quarreling with somebody, used to be accused of not being the son of his father. He said, “O
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is my father?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Your father is Hudhaifa.” Then `Umar got
up and said, “We accept Allah as our Lord, Islam as our religion and Muhammad as our Apostle and
we seek refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ” I have never seen the good
and bad like on this day. No doubt, Paradise and Hell was displayed in front of me till I saw them in
front of that wall,” Qatada said: This Hadith used to be mentioned as an explanation of this Verse:– ‘O
you who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble.’
(5.101)

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) related to us, two prophetic narrations one of which I have seen fulfilled and I am
waiting for the fulfillment of the other. The Prophet (ﷺ) told us that the virtue of honesty descended in the
roots of men’s hearts (from Allah) and then they learned it from the Qur’an and then they learned it
from the Sunna (the Prophet’s traditions). The Prophet (ﷺ) further told us how that honesty will be taken
away: He said: “Man will go to sleep during which honesty will be taken away from his heart and only
its trace will remain in his heart like the trace of a dark spot; then man will go to sleep, during which
honesty will decrease further still, so that its trace will resemble the trace of blister as when an ember
is dropped on one’s foot which would make it swell, and one would see it swollen but there would be
nothing inside. People would be carrying out their trade but hardly will there be a trustworthy person.
It will be said, ‘in such-and-such tribe there is an honest man,’ and later it will be said about some man,
‘What a wise, polite and strong man he is!’ Though he will not have faith equal even to a mustard seed
in his heart.” No doubt, there came upon me a time when I did not mind dealing (bargaining) with
anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim his Islam would compel him to pay me what is due to me, and
if he was a Christian, the Muslim official would compel him to pay me what is due to me, but today I
do not deal except with such-and-such person.

That he visited Al-Hajjaj (bin Yusuf). Al-Hajjaj said, “O son of Al-Akwa`! You have turned on your
heels (i.e., deserted Islam) by staying (in the desert) with the bedouins.” Salama replied, “No, but
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) allowed me to stay with the bedouin in the desert.” Narrated Yazid bin Abi Ubaid:
When `Uthman bin `Affan was killed (martyred), Salama bin Al-Akwa` went out to a place called Ar-
Rabadha and married there and begot children, and he stayed there till a few nights before his death
when he came to Medina.

The people used to ask Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about the good but I used to ask him about the evil lest I
should be overtaken by them. So I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We were living in ignorance and in an
(extremely) worst atmosphere, then Allah brought to us this good (i.e., Islam); will there be any evil
after this good?” He said, “Yes.” I said, ‘Will there be any good after that evil?” He replied, “Yes, but
it will be tainted (not pure.)” I asked, “What will be its taint?” He replied, “(There will be) some
people who will guide others not according to my tradition? You will approve of some of their deeds
and disapprove of some others.” I asked, “Will there be any evil after that good?” He replied, “Yes,
(there will be) some people calling at the gates of the (Hell) Fire, and whoever will respond to their
call, will be thrown by them into the (Hell) Fire.” I said, “O Allah s Apostle! Will you describe them
to us?” He said, “They will be from our own people and will speak our language.” I said, “What do
you order me to do if such a state should take place in my life?” He said, “Stick to the group of
Muslims and their Imam (ruler).” I said, “If there is neither a group of Muslims nor an Imam (ruler)?”
He said, “Then turn away from all those sects even if you were to bite (eat) the roots of a tree till death
overtakes you while you are in that state.”

An army unit was being recruited from the people of Medina and my name was written among them.
Then I met `Ikrima, and when I informed him about it, he discouraged me very strongly and said, “Ibn
`Abbas told me that there were some Muslims who were with the pagans to increase their number
against Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (and the Muslim army) so arrows (from the Muslim army) would hit one of
them and kill him or a Muslim would strike him (with his sword) and kill him. So Allah revealed:–
‘Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (by staying
among the disbelievers).’ (4.97)

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will
be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than a walking one, and the walking
one will be better than a running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions, they will
destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take shelter in it.”

(Al-Ahnaf said:) I went out carrying my arms during the nights of the affliction (i.e. the war between
`Ali and `Aisha) and Abu Bakra met me and asked, “Where are you going?” I replied, “I intend to help
the cousin of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (i.e.,`Ali).” Abu Bakra said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘If two Muslims take
out their swords to fight each other, then both of them will be from amongst the people of the Hell-
Fire.’ It was said to the Prophet, ‘It is alright for the killer but what about the killed one?’ He replied,
‘The killed one had the intention to kill his opponent.’” (See Hadith No. 30, Vol. 1)Narrated Al-Ahnaf:Abu Bakra said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said (as above, 204).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me during Hajjat-al-Wada`, “Let the people keep quiet and listen.” Then he said
(addressing the people), “Beware! Do not renegade as disbelievers after me by striking (cutting) the
necks of one another.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will
be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than the walking one, and the
walking one will be better than the running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions,
they will destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take
shelter in it.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) addressed the people saying, “Don’t you know what is the day today?” They replied,
“Allah and His Apostle know better.” We thought that he might give that day another name. The
Prophet said, “Isn’t it the day of An-Nahr?” We replied, “Yes. O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He then said, “What
town is this? Isn’t it the forbidden (Sacred) Town (Mecca)?” We replied, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He
then said, “Your blood, your properties, your honors and your skins (i.e., bodies) are as sacred to one
another like the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours in this town of yours. (Listen)
Haven’t I conveyed Allah’s message to you?” We replied, “Yes” He said, “O Allah! Be witness (for it).
So it is incumbent upon those who are present to convey it (this message of mine) to those who are
absent because the informed one might comprehend what I have said better than the present audience
who will convey it to him.)” The narrator added: In fact, it was like that. The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “Beware!
Do not renegade as disbelievers after me by striking (cutting) the necks of one another.”