قَالَ وَقَالَتْ أَسْمَائُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَکْرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي عَلَی الْحَوْضِ حَتَّی أَنْظُرَ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْکُمْ وَسَيُؤْخَذُ أُنَاسٌ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُقَالُ أَمَا شَعَرْتَ مَا عَمِلُوا بَعْدَکَ وَاللَّهِ مَا بَرِحُوا بَعْدَکَ يَرْجِعُونَ عَلَی أَعْقَابِهِمْ قَالَ فَکَانَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِکَ أَنْ نَرْجِعَ عَلَی أَعْقَابِنَا أَوْ أَنْ نُفْتَنَ عَنْ دِينِنَا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5972
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr said: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: I would be on the Cistern so that I would be seeing those who would be coming to me from you, but some people would be detained (before reaching me). I would say: My Lord, they are my followers and belong to my Ummah, and it would be said to me: Do you know what they did after you? By Allah, they did not do good after you, and they turned back upon their heels. He (the narrator) said: lbn Abu Mulaika used to say (in supplication): O Allah, I seek refuge with Thee that we should turn back upon our heels or put to any trial about our religion.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020