It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by al-Hijr (the land of the people of Thamud), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not ask for miracles, for the people of Salih asked (in the same way). So it (the she-camel) would come by this mountain pass and leave by that mountain pass. Then they rebelled against the command of their Lord and slaughtered it, so a dreadful Blast seized them, and Allah destroyed all of their people who were beneath the sky except one man who was in the Sanctuary of Allah." It was asked: "Who was he?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He was Abu Righal. Then when he left the Sanctuary, the same calamity befell him that had befallen his people." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.