I said to Ammar, "Tell us about what you did regarding the affair of Ali. Was it an opinion you formed, or something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted to you?"He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not entrust to us anything that he did not entrust to all people. However, Hudhayfah informed me from the Prophet ﷺ that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Among my companions are twelve hypocrites. Eight of them will not enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. As for eight of them, the dubaylah will suffice them, and four...'"Aswad bin Amir said, "I did not memorize what Shuba said about them."In another narration from him, we said to Ammar, "Tell us about your fighting. Was it an opinion you formed, since opinions can be right or wrong, or was it something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted to you?"He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not entrust to us anything that he did not entrust to all people." Then he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, in my nation...'"Shuba said, "I think he said, 'Hudhayfah narrated to me.'"Ghundar said, "I think he said, 'In my nation are twelve hypocrites who will not enter Paradise nor smell its fragrance until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. Eight of them will be dealt with by the dubaylah, a flame of fire that appears on their shoulders until it emerges from their chests.'"
قلت لعمار: أرأيتم صنيعكم هذا الذي صنعتم في أمر علي، أرأيا رأيتموه، أو شيئا عهده إليكم رسول الله ﷺ؟ فقال: ما عهد إلينا رسول الله ﷺ شيئا لم يعهده إلى الناس كافة، ولكن حذيفة أخبرني عن النبي ﷺ قال: قال النبي ﷺ: في أصحابي اثنا عشر منافقا، فيهم ثمانية لا يدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط، ثمانية منهم: تكفيه الدبيلة وأربعة. قال أسود بن عامر: لم أحفظ ما قال شعبة فيهم. وفي رواية عنه: قلنا لعمار أرأيت قتالكم أرأيا رأيتموه؟ فإن الرأي يخطئ ويصيب، أو عهدا عهده إليكم رسول الله ﷺ؟ فقال: ما عهد إلينا رسول الله ﷺ شيئا لم يعهده إلى الناس كافة، وقال: إن رسول الله ﷺ قال: إن في أمتي. قال شعبة: وأحسبه قال: حدثني حذيفة. وقال غندر: أراه قال: في أمتي اثنا عشر منافقا، لا يدخلون الجنة ولا يجدون ريحها حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط، ثمانية منهم تكفيكهم الدبيلة، سراج من النار، يظهر في أكتافهم حتى ينجم من صدورهم.
Muslim narrated it in the chapter on the characteristics of the hypocrites (2779:9), from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, who said, "Aswad bin Amir told us, who said, Shuba told us, from Qatada, from Abu Nadra, from Qays," and he related it with the first wording. He also narrated it (2779:10) through Muhammad bin Jafar, from Shuba, with the same chain, but with the second wording.