our slaves have come to you, having no desire for the religion or to gain understanding of it; they have only fled from our lands and property. So return them to us.” He then said to Abū Bakr, “What do you say?” He replied, “They have spoken the truth. They are indeed your neighbors and allies.” The Prophet’s face changed, then he said to ʿUmar, “What do you say?” He replied, “They have spoken the truth. They are indeed your neighbors and allies.” The Prophet’s face changed, and he said:

“O company of Quraysh! By Allah, Allah will surely send against you a man from among yourselves whose heart He has tested with faith; he will strike you over the religion—or strike some of you.”

Abū Bakr said, “Is it I, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “No.” ʿUmar said, “Is it I, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “No; rather, it is the one mending the sandal.” He had given ʿAlī a sandal to mend.

It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (2: 298), al-Nasāʾī in al-Khaṣāʾiṣ (p. 8), and al-Ḍiyāʾ in al-Mukhtārah (1/161). Al-Tirmidhī said: “It is a good, authentic, singular hadith; we know it only through the narration of Ribʿī from ʿAlī.”

I say: Sharīk had a poor memory, but he is suitable for use as supporting evidence and for corroboration. He was corroborated by Abān ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir, with the same report. It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (2700), and from him by al-Ḍiyāʾ (1/161–162).

2488 — “By Him in whose Hand is my soul, no one hates us—the Prophet’s Household—except that Allah will admit him to the Fire.”

It was recorded by al-Ḥākim (3/150) through the route of Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl: Abān ibn Taghlib narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Iyās, from Abū Naḍrah, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said this. And he said: