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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 16566 — We passed by al-Rabadhah and there was

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا: ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ، ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ: مَرَرْنَا بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَإِذَا فُسْطَاطٌ، قُلْتُ: لِمَنْ هَذَا؟، قِيلَ: لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ، وَفُرْقَةٌ، وَاخْتِلَافٌ، فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَاكْسِرْ سَيْفَكَ وَاكْسِرْ نَبْلَكَ وَاقْطَعْ وَاتْرُكْ وَاجْلِسْ فِي بَيْتِكَ» ، فَقَدْ وَقَعَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ وَفَعَلْتُ الَّذِي أَمَرَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا السَّيْفُ مُعَلَّقٌ بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ فَانْتَصَلْتُهُ فَإِذَا سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ، قَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاتَّخَذْتُ هَذَا أَهِيبُ بِهِ النَّاسَ
Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We passed by al-Rabadhah and there was a tent there. I asked: Whose is this? It was said: It belongs to Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him). So I went in to him, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Muhammad bin Maslamah! Soon there will be tribulation (fitnah), division and disagreement. When that happens, break your sword and break your arrows, cut off ties and withdraw, and sit in your house." So the tribulation came about, and I did what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded me. I looked, and there was the sword hanging from the tent pole, so I drew it from its sheath, and it turned out to be a wooden sword. He said: I did what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me, and I have kept this wooden sword so that I can frighten people with it.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الميم / 16566
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 19، صفحہ 232، حدیث 517