The Prophet ﷺ said, "My example and the example of what Allah has sent me with is like a man who came to a people and said, 'My people, I have seen the enemy army with my own eyes, and I am the naked warner, so flee for safety!' A group of his people obeyed him and slipped away under cover of night, traveling at their own pace, and they were saved. Another group disbelieved him and stayed where they were, so the army came upon them in the morning, destroyed them, and wiped them out. That is the example of one who obeys me and follows the truth I have brought, and the example of one who disobeys me and rejects the truth I have brought."
حدثنا أبو كريب حدثنا أبو أسامة عن بريد عن أبي بردة
عن النبي ﷺ قال إنما مثلي ومثل ما بعثني الله به كمثل رجل أتى قوما فقال يا قوم إني رأيت الجيش بعيني وإني أنا النذير العريان فالنجاء فأطاعه طائفة من قومه فأدلجوا فانطلقوا على مهلهم فنجوا وكذبت طائفة منهم فأصبحوا مكانهم فصبحهم الجيش فأهلكهم واجتاحهم فذلك مثل من أطاعني فاتبع ما جئت به ومثل من عصاني وكذب بما جئت به من الحق