Silsilah as-Sahihah 3714 — Consequence of Innovation and Betrayal

Abdullah bin Rafi’, the freed slave of the wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from her. She says: I used to hear people mentioning the Hawd (the Prophet’s Pond), but I had not directly heard any hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on this subject. One day, my slave-girl was combing my hair when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) call out: “O people!” I said to the slave-girl: Move back. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has called the men, not the women. I said: (He has called the people and) I am also among them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I will precede you to the Hawd. Keep obeying me! Lest you come to me there and are driven away from me like a stray camel. I will ask: Why is this happening? I will be told: You do not know what innovations they introduced after you. (Upon hearing this) I will say: Destruction (be upon them).”