Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 8855

It is narrated from Abu Thawr that he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) at the time when the people of Kufah turned back Sa'id bin al-As on the Day of al-Jara'ah. Abu Mas'ud said: I did not think that he (Sa'id) would go back without blood being shed. At this Hudhayfah said: But by Allah, I knew that we would return in this way and that not even the amount of blood in a cupping vessel would be shed in this matter. And I had no knowledge of anything about this except what I learned during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "A man will be a believer in the morning and by evening he will have become a disbeliever, with nothing of his religion left with him; and he will be a believer in the evening and by morning he will have nothing of his religion left with him. He will fight in today's tribulation and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will destroy him tomorrow. His heart will be turned upside down and his lower part will come on top." I asked: His lower part? He said: "Yes, his rear (that is, he will be disgraced and humiliated)."