When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was returning from the expedition of Tabuk, he ordered an announcer to proclaim that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would be taking the mountain pass, so no one else should take it.While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was passing through, with Hudhayfa leading his mount and Ammar driving it from behind, a group of men with their faces covered approached on their riding animals. They came upon Ammar as he was driving 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 came down, he 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."He asked, "Do you know what they intended?"Ammar said, "Allah and His Messenger know best."He said, "They intended to startle the mount of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and throw him off."Later, 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 to have been?"The man 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 announcer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor did we know what the group intended."Ammar said, "I bear witness that the remaining twelve are at war with Allah and His Messenger in this worldly life and on the Day when the witnesses shall arise."Abu Walid said, Abu Tufayl mentioned that during that same expedition the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke to the people, having been informed that there was little water at a certain spring. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered an announcer to proclaim that no one should approach the water before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived at it, he found that a group had reached it before him, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed them on that day.
لما أقبل رسول الله ﷺ من غزوة تبوك أمر مناديا فنادى: أن رسول الله ﷺ أخذ العقبة، فلا يأخذها أحد. فبينما رسول الله ﷺ يقوده حذيفة، و يسوق به عمار إذ أقبل رهط متلثمون على الرواحل، غشوا عمارا وهو يسوق برسول الله ﷺ وأقبل عمار يضرب وجوه الرواحل، فقال رسول الله ﷺ الحذيفة 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 رضي الله عنه 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، فعذر 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 منهم حرب لله ولرسوله في الحياة الدنيا ويوم يقوم الأشهاد. قال أبو 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 وردوه قبله، فلعنهم رسول الله ﷺ يومئذ.
Ahmad narrated it (23792) from Yazid, Walid, meaning Ibn Abdullah bin Jami, told us, from Abu Tufayl, who said, then he mentioned it. Its chain is hasan because of Walid bin Abdullah bin Jami, for his hadith is hasan.