عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَعْوَادِ أَوْ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ الْقَلِيلَ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ الْكَثِيرَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ اللَّهَ التَّحَدُّثُ بِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ شُكْرٌ وَتَرْكُهَا كُفْرٌ وَالْجَمَاعَةُ رَحْمَةٌ وَالْفُرْقَةُ عَذَابٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّوَادِ الْأَعْظَمِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَا السَّوَادُ الْأَعْظَمُ فَقَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي سُورَةِ النُّورِ {فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ} [سورة النور: ٥٤]
Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on those pieces of wood or on that pulpit: Whoever does not thank for a small thing, will not thank for a large amount either, and whoever does not thank people, does not thank Allah Almighty. To mention the blessing of Allah Almighty is also gratitude, and not to mention it is ingratitude. And congregation is mercy, and division and dissension is punishment. Sayyiduna Abu Umamah Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Adhere to the large group. A man asked: Which is the large group? Sayyiduna Abu Umamah said: It is this verse of Surah An-Nur: “But if you turn away, then upon the Messenger is only that which he has been charged with, and upon you is that which you have been charged with.” (: Surah An-Nur: 54)