from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “Follow the example of the two who come after me from among my Companions: Abu Bakr and Umar; follow the guidance of Ammar; and hold fast to the counsel of Abdullah ibn Masud.” (1)
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Salihi informed us; Abu al-Husayn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bishran informed us; Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Saffar informed us; Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Ramadi narrated to us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d, that Mount Uhud shook while the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, Abu Bakr, and Uthman were upon it. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Be still, Uhud! For upon you are no more than a Prophet, a Siddiq, and a martyr.” (2)
Abu al-Hasan Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Dawudi informed us; Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Salt informed us; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Samad al-Hashimi narrated to us; Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj narrated to us; Waki‘ informed us; al-A‘mash narrated to us, from Adi ibn Thabit, from Zir ibn Hubaysh, from Ali, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, gave me this assurance: “No one loves you except a believer, and no one hates you except a hypocrite.” (3)
Abu al-Muzaffar al-Tamimi narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Uthman informed us; Khaythamah ibn Sulayman informed us; Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Hayyan al-Mada’ini narrated to us; Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn Atiyyah narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Muslim, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “Whichever land one of my Companions dies in, he will be its people’s light and leader on the Day of Resurrection.” (4)
His saying, exalted is He: “that He may enrage by them the disbelievers”—that is, He increased their number and strengthened them so that they would be a source of rage for the disbelievers.