'Abdullah bin Khabbab (RAA) narrated, 'I heard my father say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say, "There will be times of Fitan, so O slave of Allah be in it the one who is killed and do not be the killer." Related by Abu Khaithamah and Ad-Daraqutni. Ahmad transmitted a similar hadith on the authority of Khalid bin 'Urfutah.