Imam Shu’bah says: We were standing at the door of Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), waiting for permission to enter. I heard Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The destruction of my Ummah will be through stabbing and plague. We said: O Messenger of Allah! We know what stabbing is, but what is plague? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is the stabbing of your enemies from among the jinn, and in each there is martyrdom. Ziyad says: Their statement did not settle in my heart, so I asked the chief of the tribe who was with them at that time, and he confirmed it and said that this hadith was indeed narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him).