267 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Abi Samina narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn al-Khattab narrated to us; he said: Masʿud ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAmr ibn Murra, from ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Harith, from Qays ibn al-Rafiʿ, ⦗178⦘ …

“Have you waited? He has already gone up.”

I went in, and there was Hudhayfa. I said, “Are you raising your voice over a Companion of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him?”

He replied, “And why should I not raise my voice when he is declaring, ‘Allah, the Exalted, will surely let the affair of Muhammad’s community be lost’?”

He added, “And I say the same: that will happen when their affairs are placed in the hands of someone who, in Allah’s estimation, is not worth even a single grain of barley.”