حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ وَسَأُنَازَعُ رِجَالًا فَأُغْلَبُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَأَقُولَنَّ رَبِّ أُصَيْحَابِي أُصَيْحَابِي فَلَيُقَالَنَّ لِي إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4332
It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ood that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "i will reach the Cistern ahead of you, and I will plead for some people of my ummah, but I will have to give them up. i will say: 'O Lord, my companions, my companions But it will be said: 'You do not know what they did after you were gone".
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020