Nafi' says: Once we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came to him and said: "So-and-so sends you his greetings of peace" (he said this about a man from the people of Syria). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "It has reached me that he has adopted a new position (an innovation). If that is so, then do not convey my greetings of peace to him. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Soon there will be (the punishment of) transformation and pelting with stones in my Ummah, and that (punishment) will be among the heretics (zanadiqah).'"
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب القدر / 11858
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه احمد فى المسند (6208) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 6173»