It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Burdah that he said: I went to Hazrat Muhammad bin Maslamah and said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you, you are at such a rank in this matter; if you go out to the people, you could forbid and command them." He replied, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Soon there will be tribulations and divisions and disagreements. So if that happens, take your sword and go to Mount Uhud, strike your sword on it until you break it, then sit in your house until someone comes to you—either a wrongdoer with his hand or death that decides.' So this has happened, therefore I have done exactly as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me."