When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was returning from the expedition of Tabuk, he ordered a herald to announce that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would take the mountain pass, so no one else should take it. While Hudhayfa was leading the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ mount and Ammar was driving it from behind, a group of men with their faces covered came riding up on their mounts and crowded in upon Ammar as he drove the mount of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ammar began striking the faces of their mounts.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Hudhayfa, "Move on, move on," until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended from the pass. When he had descended, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted, and Ammar returned to him.He asked, "Ammar, did you recognize the people?"Ammar replied, "I recognized most of the mounts, but the men had their faces covered."The Prophet asked, "Do you know what they intended?"Ammar answered, "Allah and His Messenger know best."He said, "They intended to startle the mount of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so as to throw him off."Then Ammar asked one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "I adjure you by Allah, how many do you know the people of the pass were?"He answered, "Fourteen."Ammar said, "If you were among them, then they were fifteen."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ excused three of them, who said, "By Allah, we did not hear the herald of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we did not know what the people intended."Ammar said, "I bear witness that the remaining twelve are at war with Allah and His Messenger in the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth."Walid said, Abu Tufayl mentioned that during that same expedition the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke to the people, and it was reported to him that there was only a small amount of water at a certain spring. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a herald to announce that no one should approach the water before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived at the water, he found that a group had already reached it before him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed them on that day.
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لما أقبل رسول الله ﷺ من غزوة تبوك أمر مناديا فنادى إن رسول الله ﷺ أخذ العقبة فلا يأخذها أحد فبينما رسول الله ﷺ يقوده حذيفة ويسوق به عمار إذ أقبل رهط متلثمون على الرواحل غشوا عمارا وهو يسوق برسول الله ﷺ وأقبل عمار يضرب وجوه الرواحل فقال رسول الله ﷺ لحذيفة قد قد حتى هبط رسول الله ﷺ فلما هبط رسول الله ﷺ نزل ورجع عمار فقال يا عمار هل عرفت القوم فقال قد عرفت عامة الرواحل والقوم متلثمون قال هل تدري ما أرادوا قال الله ورسوله أعلم قال أرادوا أن ينفروا برسول الله ﷺ فيطرحوه قال فسأل عمار رجلا من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ فقال نشدتك بالله كم تعلم كان أصحاب العقبة فقال أربعة عشر فقال إن كنت فيهم فقد كانوا خمسة عشر فعدد رسول الله ﷺ منهم ثلاثة قالوا والله ما سمعنا منادي رسول الله ﷺ وما علمنا ما أراد القوم فقال عمار أشهد أن الاثني عشر الباقين حرب لله ولرسوله في الحياة الدنيا ويوم يقوم الأشهاد قال الوليد وذكر أبو الطفيل في تلك الغزوة أن رسول الله ﷺ قال للناس وذكر له أن في الماء قلة فأمر رسول الله ﷺ مناديا فنادى أن لا يرد الماء أحد قبل رسول الله ﷺ فورده رسول الله ﷺ فوجد رهطا قد وردوه قبله فلعنهم رسول الله ﷺ يومئذ