It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by the vicinity of the people of Thamud, he said: "Enter the places of the punished nations weeping. If you are not able to weep, then do not go there, for I fear that the same punishment may befall you as befell them."