أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ عَلَى بَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، فَإِذَا خَرَجَ، مَشَيْنَا مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَجَاءَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ :أَخَرَجَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَعْدُ؟، قُلْنَا : لَا، فَجَلَسَ مَعَنَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ، قُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ آنِفًا أَمْرًا أَنْكَرْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَرَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، قَالَ : فَمَا هُوَ؟، فَقَالَ : إِنْ عِشْتَ فَسَتَرَاهُ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَوْمًا حِلَقًا جُلُوسًا يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فِي كُلِّ حَلْقَةٍ رَجُلٌ، وَفِي أَيْدِيهِمْ حَصَا، فَيَقُولُ : كَبِّرُوا مِائَةً، فَيُكَبِّرُونَ مِائَةً، فَيَقُولُ : هَلِّلُوا مِائَةً، فَيُهَلِّلُونَ مِائَةً، وَيَقُولُ : سَبِّحُوا مِائَةً، فَيُسَبِّحُونَ مِائَةً، قَالَ : فَمَاذَا قُلْتَ لَهُمْ؟، قَالَ : مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا انْتِظَارَ رَأْيِكَ أَوِ انْتِظَارَ أَمْرِكَ، قَالَ : أَفَلَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ أَنْ يَعُدُّوا سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ، وَضَمِنْتَ لَهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَضِيعَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ؟ ثُمَّ مَضَى وَمَضَيْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى حَلْقَةً مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحِلَقِ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ : مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَرَاكُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ؟، قَالُوا : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَصًا نَعُدُّ بِهِ التَّكْبِيرَ، وَالتَّهْلِيلَ، وَالتَّسْبِيحَ، قَالَ : " فَعُدُّوا سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ، فَأَنَا ضَامِنٌ أَنْ لَا يَضِيعَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِكُمْ شَيْءٌ، وَيْحَكُمْ يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ، مَا أَسْرَعَ هَلَكَتَكُمْ ! هَؤُلَاءِ صَحَابَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَافِرُونَ، وَهَذِهِ ثِيَابُهُ لَمْ تَبْلَ، وَآنِيَتُهُ لَمْ تُكْسَرْ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، إِنَّكُمْ لَعَلَى مِلَّةٍ هِيَ أَهْدَى مِنْ مِلَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، أَوْ مُفْتَتِحُو بَابِ ضَلَالَةٍ "، قَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَا أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ، قَالَ : " وَكَمْ مِنْ مُرِيدٍ لِلْخَيْرِ لَنْ يُصِيبَهُ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ مِنْكُمْ "، ثُمَّ تَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلَمَةَ : رَأَيْنَا عَامَّةَ أُولَئِكَ الْحِلَقِ يُطَاعِنُونَا يَوْمَ النَّهْرَوَانِ مَعَ الْخَوَارِجِ

Al-Hakam bin Al-Mubarak told us, Amr bin Yahya told us, he said: I heard my father speaking, on the authority of his father, he said: We were sitting at the door of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, before the morning prayer. When he left, we walked with him to the mosque, and Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari came to us. May God be pleased with him. He said: Has Abu Abd al-Rahman come out to you yet? We said: No, so he sat with us until he left. When he came out, we all stood up to him. Then Abu Musa said to him: O Abu Abdul Rahman, I saw in the mosque just something that I disapproved of, and I did not see, praise be to God, anything but good. He said: So what He? He said: If you live, you will see him. He said: I saw in the mosque a group of people sitting around waiting for prayer. In each group was a man, and in their hands was a pebble. So he says: “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, and they say “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, so he says: “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, so they say “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, and He says: “Subhanah” a hundred times, so they say “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, so he said: So what? Did you say to them? He said: I did not say anything to them about waiting for your opinion or waiting for your command. He said: Did you not command them to count their bad deeds, and you guaranteed May they not lose any of their good deeds? Then he went on and we continued with him until he came to one of those circles, and he stood over them and said: What is this that I see you doing? They said: O Abu. Abdul-Rahman is a stone by which we count the takbeer, the tahlil, and the glorification. He said: “Count your bad deeds, for I guarantee that none of your good deeds will be lost.” Something, and woe to you, O nation of Muhammad, how quickly you were destroyed! These companions of your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, are present, and these are his clothes. It was seasoned, and its vessels were not broken, and by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you are perhaps following a religion that is better guided than the religion of Muhammad, or are opening the door to error.” They said: By God, O Abu Abd al-Rahman, we only want good. He said: “How many people want goodness and it will not befall them. Indeed, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace He told us that there are people who recite the Qur’an but it does not exceed their throats, and by God, I do not know, perhaps most of them are more than you.” Then he turned away from them and said Amr bin Salamah: We saw most of these people attacking us on the day of Nahrawan along with the Kharijites.