It is narrated from Abu Thawr that on the day of Jar‘ah, Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Sayyiduna Sa‘id bin ‘As (may Allah be pleased with him), but people came to him and sent him back. I (Abu Thawr) was sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Mas‘ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with them). Sayyiduna Abu Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I did not think that he would return just like that without blood being shed. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: But I knew very well that this army would return on their heels just like that without bloodshed. I have known this since the time when Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was alive. Rather, such conditions will arise that a man will begin the morning in a state of faith, but by evening he will have been emptied of faith, and a man will begin the evening in a state of faith, but by morning nothing of faith will remain with him. A man will fight with his own group, and the next day Allah Almighty will kill him and turn his heart over, and his backside will be on top of him. I said: The lower part will be on top? He said: I am saying backside, backside.

It is narrated from Jundub, he says: On the day of Jar‘ah, there was a man there who said: By Allah! Today there will definitely, definitely be bloodshed. Hearing this, another man said: By Allah! Never. The first person said: Why did you not say, "By Allah, yes, there will definitely be bloodshed"? The second said: By Allah! It will never happen. This is a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, which he himself narrated to me. I said: Today you are a bad companion to me. I am swearing an oath about something and you are listening to me, while you have also heard the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about this, and you are not stopping me. Then I thought, what is the need to be angry about this, so I let go of my displeasure and I rushed towards that companion and began to question him. Then it became known that man was Hudhayfah bin Yaman, may Allah be pleased with him.