حَدَّثَنَا
عَفَّانُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ
عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ
عَزْرَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ
خَالِدِ بنِ الْوَلِيدِ ، قَالَ : كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حِينَ أَلْقَى الشَّامَ بَوَانِيَةً : بَثْنِيَةً وَعَسَلًا وَشَكَّ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً ، قَالَ : حِينَ أَلْقَى الشَّامَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَسِيرَ إِلَى الْهِنْدِ وَالْهِنْدُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ الْبَصْرَةُ ، قَالَ : وَأَنَا لِذَلِكَ كَارِهٌ ، قَالَ : فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ لِي : يَا أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ ، اتَّقِ اللَّهَ ، فَإِنَّ الْفِتَنَ قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : وَابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ حَيٌّ ! إِنَّمَا تَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ ، وَالنَّاسُ بِذِي بِلِّيَانَ أو بِذِي بِلِّيَانَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَيَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ ، فَيَتَفَكَّرُ هَلْ يَجِدُ مَكَانًا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِهِ مِثْلُ مَا نَزَلَ بِمَكَانِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ ، وَالشَّرِّ فَلَا يَجِدُهُ ، قَالَ : وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ ، أَيَّامُ الْهَرْجِ " ، فَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ تُدْرِكَنَا تِلْكَ وَإِيَّاكُمَْ الْأَيَّامُ
It is narrated from Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (may Allah be pleased with him) that when I tasted the hills and honey of Syria, the Commander of the Faithful wrote me a letter in which he ordered me to go towards India. In those days, we used to refer to Basra as India. I did not consider it appropriate to advance towards it at that time. A man stood up and said to me, "O Abu Sulaiman! Fear Allah, the trials have appeared." Hazrat Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "While Ibn Khattab is still alive? The trials will appear after him, when people will be in Dhi Bilyan, which is the name of a place. At that time, a man will wish that he could find a place where he would not be afflicted by the trials and evils as people are afflicted in them, but he will not be able to find such a place. And those days which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned will come before the Day of Judgment, they will be the days of Harj (days of killing and bloodshed). Therefore, we seek refuge in Allah that time does not come upon us or you."