وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا أَوْ حَدِيثًا حَسَنًا فَبَدَرَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْحَكَمُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ! مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْقِتَالِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ قَالَ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الْفِتْنَةُ، إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِيهِمْ أَوْ فِي دِينِهِمْ فِتْنَةً وَلَيْسَ كَقِتَالِكُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ
Saeed bin Jubair says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to us. We expected that he would narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or tell us something good. One of us, a man named Hakam, hastened and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! What do you say about fighting during the days of tribulation (fitnah)? He said: May your mother lose you! Do you know what fitnah is? Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fight against the polytheists; at that time, joining the group of the polytheists or entering their religion was fitnah. That fighting was not like your fighting, which is fought for the sake of gaining power.