حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ قَالَ قَالَتْ أَسْمَائُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَنَا عَلَی حَوْضِي أَنْتَظِرُ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِنَاسٍ مِنْ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ أُمَّتِي فَيُقَالُ لَا تَدْرِي مَشَوْا عَلَی الْقَهْقَرَی قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِکَ أَنْ نَرْجِعَ عَلَی أَعْقَابِنَا أَوْ نُفْتَنَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7048
Narrated Asma': The Prophet said, "I will be at my Lake-Fount (Kauthar) waiting for whoever will come to me. Then some people will be taken away from me whereupon I will say, 'My followers!' It will be said, 'You do not know they turned Apostates as renegades (deserted their religion).'" (Ibn Abi Mulaika said, "Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels from the (Islamic) religion and from being put to trial").
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020