حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبةُ ، عَنْ
عَمْرِو بنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ
أَبي الْبخْتَرِيِّ الطَّائِيِّ ، عَنْ
أَبي ثَوْرٍ ، قَالَ : بعَثَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمَ الْجَرَعَةِ بسَعِيدِ بنِ الْعَاصِ ، قَالَ : فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْهِ فَرَدُّوهُ ، قَالَ : فَكُنْتُ قَاعِدًا مَعَ أَبي مَسْعُودٍ ، وَحُذَيْفَةَ ، فَقَالَ أَبو مَسْعُودٍ : مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ ولَمْ يُهْرِقْ فِيهِ دَمًا ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ
حُذَيْفَةُ : وَلَكِنْ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ لَتَرْجِعَنَّ عَلَى عُقَيْبهَا لَمْ يُهْرِقْ فِيهَا مَحْجَمَةَ دَمٍ ، وَمَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَيْئًَا عَلِمْتُهُ وَمُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيٌّ :
" حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُصْبحُ مُؤْمِنًا ، ثُمَّ يُمْسِي مَا مَعَهُ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ ، وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا ، وَيُصْبحُ مَا مَعَهُ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ ، يُقَاتِلُ فِئَتَهُ الْيَوْمَ وَيَقْتُلُهُ اللَّهُ غَدًا ، يَنْكُسُ قَلْبهُ ، تَعْلُوهُ اسْتُهُ " ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : أَسْفَلُهُ ؟ قَالَ : اسْتُهُ.
Abu Thawr says that Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Hazrat Saeed bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) towards a smooth sandy area. The people of that area came out and sent Hazrat Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) back. He says that I was sitting with Hazrat Abu Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) when Hazrat Abu Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I do not think that this man will return in such a way that there will be no bloodshed." Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "But I know that when you return, not even as much blood as fills a cupping glass will have been shed. I knew this at the very time when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was still alive. However, a time will come when a person will be a believer in the morning and by evening he will have no faith left, or he will be a believer in the evening and by morning he will have nothing left. Today his group will fight, and tomorrow Allah Almighty will have him killed. His heart will be turned upside down, his buttocks will be raised." The narrator asked, "Is this word the lower part?" So he replied, "This word is indeed 'buttocks'."