أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ طَاوُسًا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ، فَقَالَ لِي : كَانَ هَذَا؟، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ، قَالَ : آللَّهِ، قُلْتُ : آللَّهِ، ثُمّ قَالَ : إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا أَخْبَرُونَا عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ،لَا تَعْجَلُوا بِالْبَلَاءِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهِ، فَيُذْهَبُ بِكُمْ هَهُنَا وَهَهُنَا، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تَعْجَلُوا بِالْبَلَاءِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهِ، لَمْ يَنْفَكَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ إِذَا سُئِلَ، سُدَّدَ، وَإِذَا قَالَ، وُفِّقَ "

Muslim bin Ibrahim told us, Hammad bin Zaid told us, Al-Salt bin Rashid told us, he said: I asked Tawus about a matter, and he told me: It was This? I said: Yes. He said: By God. I said: By God. Then he said: Our companions told us on the authority of Muadh bin Jabal, may God be pleased with him, that he said: “O O people, do not hasten the affliction before it descends, for it will take you here and there. For if you do not hasten the tribulation before it descends, Muslims have never ceased to have among them those who, when asked, respond, and who, when spoken, agree.”