It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: "O people! We used to know you when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was among us and revelation was coming down, and it used to inform us of your news. Now that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has departed and revelation has ended, we will know you only by what I am telling you. Beware! Whoever of you shows good (outwardly), we will think well of him and love him for it; and whoever shows an evil deed, we will think ill of him and hate him for it. Your hidden matters are between you and your Lord. Beware! There was a time when I thought that whoever recited the Qur'an recited it only for Allah and the reward that is with Him; but lately it has seemed to me that some people recite the Qur'an for the sake of what is with people (wealth and status). So seek only the pleasure of Allah through your recitation and your deeds. Beware! By Allah, I do not send my agents (governors) to flay your skins and seize your wealth; rather I send them to teach you your religion and your Sunnahs, to judge justly between you, and to distribute among you your fay' (the wealth of the public treasury). Beware! Whoever has anything done to him contrary to this, let him bring his case to me. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Umar! I will surely take retaliation (qisas) from him." At this, Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) leapt up and said: O Commander of the Believers! Do you mean that if some Muslim (governor) is in charge of his subjects and punishes one of his subjects (by way of discipline), you would take retaliation from him too? He said: "Why would I not take retaliation from him, when I myself saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) giving retaliation against himself? Beware! Do not beat them (the subjects) and so humiliate them, nor withhold their rights and so drive them to kufr (that is, rebellion and despair), nor compel them (to anything) and so put them into tribulation, nor settle them in dense thickets (dangerous places) and so bring them to ruin." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to the Arabs because of an evil that has drawn near. If you are able, embrace death (to escape the tribulations)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it in their books.

It is narrated from Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) that when the tribulation broke out, not even forty men out of the ten thousand Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took (an active) part in it, while with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) there were two hundred and forty-some men from the people of Badr, among them Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub, Sahl bin Hunayf and Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with them).