Abu Burdah says that once I was passing by the place of Rabdhah when I saw a tent there. I asked the people whose tent it was. The people told me that it belonged to Muhammad bin Maslamah. I went there, sought permission from him, and entered inside. I said to him: May Allah send His mercy upon you, you have secluded yourself in this place regarding this matter, why don’t you go out among the people and enjoin good and forbid evil? He replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon there will be tribulations, divisions, and differences. When this begins to happen, take your sword and go to Mount Uhud, strike it on the mountain from its width, break its blade, break your bow, and sit in your house. And now this has happened, and I have done exactly what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me. Then he took down a sword that was hanging from the pole of the tent, unsheathed it, and it was a wooden sword. He said: I have done what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me, and I had this made so that I could frighten people with it, and thus I too have a sword.