حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ وَحَمَّادُ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ قَالَ رَأَی أَبُو أُمَامَةَ رُئُوسًا مَنْصُوبَةً عَلَی دَرَجِ مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ کِلَابُ النَّارِ شَرُّ قَتْلَی تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَائِ خَيْرُ قَتْلَی مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ إِلَی آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا حَتَّی عَدَّ سَبْعًا مَا حَدَّثْتُکُمُوهُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَأَبُو غَالِبٍ يُقَالُ اسْمُهُ حَزَوَّرٌ وَأَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ اسْمُهُ صُدَيُّ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ وَهُوَ سَيِّدُ بَاهِلَةَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3000
Narrated Abu Ghalib: Abu Umamah saw heads (of the Khawarij) hanging on the streets of Damascus. He said: 'The dogs of the Fire and the worst dead people under the canopy of the heavens. The best dead men are those whom these have killed.' He then recited: On the Day when some faces will become white and some faces will become black... (3:106) until the end of the Ayah. I said to Abu Umamah: 'Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?' He said: 'If I had not heard it but one time, or two times, or three times, or four times - until he reached seven - I would not have narrated it to you.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020