Abu Ghadiyah says: When Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred and people informed Sayyiduna Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, he said: I heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who kills him and the one who seizes his belongings after his killing will go to Hell. Someone said to Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him): Are you not also fighting against him? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this regarding his killer and the one who seizes his wealth.

Abdullah bin Harith says: On the return from the Battle of Siffin, I was walking between Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Father! Did you not hear that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him): O son of Sumayyah! Alas, a rebellious group will kill you. Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him): Do you hear what he is saying? Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you always say things that cause distress? Did we kill him? He was killed by those who brought him to the battlefield.

It is narrated from Hanzala bin Khuwailid Anbari, he says: I was present with Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) when two men came to him; both were disputing over the head of Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him), each of them claiming that he had killed him. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is better that one of you willingly concedes this matter to his companion (for this is not something to be proud of). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: A rebellious group will kill Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If this is the case, then why are you with us? He replied: My father went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained about me, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me that as long as your father is alive, obey him and do not disobey him. That is why I am with you, but I do not participate in the fighting.

Kulthum bin Jabr says: We were present at the house of Abdul A’la bin Abdullah bin Aamir in a place called Wasit al-Qasab. There was a man named Abu al-Ghadiyah in the gathering. He asked for water to drink, and he was given water in a vessel whose rim was broken. He refused to drink water from that vessel, and during the conversation, the mention of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his saying also came up, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Do not become disbelievers after me, striking the necks of one another.”That same man, during the conversation, began to curse and speak ill of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). I said: By Allah, if Allah gives me an opportunity over you in any army, then we shall see. On the day of the Battle of Siffin, he was wearing armor, and aiming for an opening in the rings of his armor, I struck him with a spear and killed him. He was Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him). Kulthum says: What kind of hand is this of a young man, that one day, in view of the hadith of the Prophet, he refused to drink water from a vessel with a broken rim, and on another occasion, he killed Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Habib bin Abi Thabit, who says: I was present with Sayyiduna Abu Wa’il in his mosque. I wanted to ask him about those people whom Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) killed at Nahrawan—how did people accept his word, and how did those who did not accept, refuse him, and how did Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) consider it lawful to kill them? He replied: We were present at Siffin, and when fierce fighting broke out with the people of Syria, they took refuge on a mound. Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him): Send the Mushaf to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and invite him to come to the judgment of the Book of Allah; he will not refuse to accept this. So a man came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with the Qur’an and said:“The Book of Allah is sufficient between us and you. The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is: {اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَی الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوْا نَصِیْبًا مِّنَ الْکِتٰبِ یُدْعَوْنَ اِلٰی کِتٰبِ اللّٰہِ لِیَحْکُمَ بَیْنَھُمْ ثُمَّ یَتَوَلّٰی فَرِیْقٌ مِّنْھُمْ وَھُمْ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ} … Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Book of Allah? They are invited to the Book of Allah so that it may judge between them, but then a party of them turn away in aversion.”Hearing this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“Alright, I am more deserving of this; the Book of Allah will judge between us and you.”The Kharijites, whom we used to call Qurra’ in those days, came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with their swords hanging on their shoulders. They said:“O Commander of the Faithful! These people who have taken refuge on the mound, why are we waiting for them? Why do we not draw our swords and go out to fight them until Allah decides between us and them?”Hearing this, Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke and said:“People! Reconsider your opinion or statement. I saw that on the day of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, when peace was made between the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the polytheists, if we had wanted to fight that day, we could have fought. When the matter of peace was discussed, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Are we not upon the truth and are they not upon falsehood? Are our slain in Paradise and their slain in Hell?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Yes.’ Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘Then why should we show weakness in our religion? And why should we return when Allah has not yet decided between us and them?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘O Ibn Khattab! I am the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never forsake me.’ Hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) returned in anger. Unable to be patient, he went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: ‘O Abu Bakr! Are we not upon the truth and are they not upon disbelief? Are our slain in Paradise and their slain in Hell?’ Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘Yes, indeed.’ So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘Then why should we show such weakness in our religion? And why should we return like this when Allah has not yet decided between us and them?’ Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘O Ibn Khattab! He is the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never forsake him.’ Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) says: After this, Surah al-Fath was revealed. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to recite it to him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Will the outcome of this treaty be victory?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Yes.’

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent gold enclosed in tanned leather from Yemen to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which had not yet been cleaned of earth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed that gold among Zayd Khayr, Aqra' bin Habis, 'Uyainah bin Hisn, and 'Alqamah bin 'Ulathah or 'Amir bin Tufayl (this doubt is from one of the narrators of the hadith, 'Ammarah; the correct one is 'Alqamah bin 'Ulathah because 'Amir had died many years earlier) , , . Some of the Companions and the Ansar, etc., felt this was sufficient, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you not consider me trustworthy and honest? Even though I am Allah's trustee, and news comes to me from the heavens morning and evening." In another narration, some people from the Quraysh and the Ansar became angry at this distribution. They said: "You give gifts to the prominent people of Najd and leave us out." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am winning their hearts." After this, a man came to you; his eyes were sunken, cheeks prominent, forehead high, beard thick, garment raised high, and head shaved. He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Fear Allah." In another narration, he said: "O Muhammad! Fear Allah." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head towards him and said: "Woe to you! Of all the people on the face of the earth, am I not the most deserving to fear Allah?" After this, that man went away. Seeing all this, Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Should I not strike his neck?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! Perhaps he prays." Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Some who pray say such things with their tongues that are not in their hearts." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have not been commanded to split open people's hearts or cut open their bellies to see inside them." That same man was turning his back and leaving, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at him and said: "From his progeny, there will arise people who will recite the Qur'an, but the Qur'an will not go beyond their throats, and they will leave the religion just as an arrow swiftly leaves the hunted prey." In another narration, the words are: "They will kill the people of Islam and leave the idol-worshippers alone. If I find them, I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed, so that not even a trace of them remains." , , .

Muslim bin Abi Bakrah narrates from his father: That a man was in the state of prostration when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also going for prayer at that time. After performing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned, and that man was still in prostration. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped and said: Who will kill him? Then a man stood up, rolled up his sleeves from his arms, drew his sword, and waved it. Then he said: O Messenger of Allah, may my parents be sacrificed for you, how can I kill a man who is in prostration and bears witness to the oneness of Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is Allah’s servant and Messenger? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: Who will kill him? Then another man stood up and said: I will. Then he rolled up his sleeves and drew his sword, and waved it so much that his hand began to tremble. He said: O Messenger of Allah! How can I kill a man who is in the state of prostration and bears witness to the oneness of Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is Allah’s servant and Messenger?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I passed through such-and-such valley and there I saw a handsome and beautiful man performing prayer with extreme humility and devotion. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go and kill him. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went back to him and found him in the same state; he did not consider it appropriate to kill him, so he returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): You go and kill him. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went there and found him in the same state as Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had seen him; he also did not consider it right to kill him, and after returning said: O Messenger of Allah! I saw him performing prayer with great humility, so I did not consider it right to kill him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ali! You go and kill him. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went but did not find him there. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) returned and said: O Messenger of Allah! I did not see him. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He and his companions will recite the Qur'an beautifully, but it will not go below their chests, and they will go out of the religion just as an arrow passes through the bow, and they will not return to the religion until the arrow returns to its bow. You should kill them; they will be the worst of all people.

Maqsam Abu al-Qasim Mawla Abdullah bin Harith bin Nawfal narrates that I and Talid bin Kilab Laithi set out and we reached Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), who was carrying his shoes in his hands and performing Tawaf of the Ka'bah. I said to him: Were you present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Hunayn when a Tamimi was conversing with him? He said: Yes, a man from Banu Tamim came, who was called Dhu al-Khuwaysirah. He came and stood before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was distributing gifts among the people. He said: O Muhammad, I have seen what you are doing today. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, what have you seen? He said: I have seen that you have not acted justly. At this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry and said: Woe to you! If justice is not with me, then with whom will it be? Then Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) requested: O Messenger of Allah! Should we not kill him? He said: No, leave him. Some people will be his supporters and they will go to such extremes in religion that they will exit from the religion as an arrow passes through the prey. If you look at the arrow carefully, there is not even a trace of blood on any part of it; it passes swiftly between blood and dung. Abu Abdur Rahman said: The narrator of this hadith, Abu Ubaidah, is Muhammad and he is a trustworthy narrator. Only Ali bin Zaid has narrated hadith from his brother Salamah bin Muhammad bin Ammar; we are not aware of his circumstances. Maqsim is also an accepted narrator. There are many authentic chains for this hadith. And Allah, the Most Glorious and Exalted, knows best.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a narration similar to the previous hadith. In it, there is also this: Among those people will be a black man whose one arm will be like a woman's breast, or he said: his one arm will be like a piece of flesh and it will move. These people will emerge at a certain time. Regarding these very people, these verses were revealed: {وَمِنْہُمْ مَنْ یَلْمِزُکَ فِی الصَّدَقَاتِ} … And among them are those who criticize you concerning the distribution of charities. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I bear witness that I heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I bear witness that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) killed them, I was with him at that time, and that man was exactly as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had described.