While I was in the mosque in the front row, a man pulled me back forcefully, moved me aside, and stood in my place. By Allah, I could not focus on my prayer afterward. When he finished, I saw that it was Ubayy bin Kaab.He said, "Young man, may Allah not cause you any harm. This is a directive from the Prophet ﷺ to us, that we should stand directly behind him."Then he turned toward the Kaabah and said, "The people of the knot are ruined, by the Lord of the Kaabah," repeating it three times.Then he said, "By Allah, I do not grieve for them, but I grieve for those they lead astray."I asked, "Abu Yaqub, who does he mean by the people of the knot?"He replied, "The rulers."
أخبرنا محمد بن عمر بن علي بن مقدم قال حدثنا يوسف بن يعقوب قال أخبرني التيمي عن أبي مجلز
بينا أنا في المسجد في الصف المقدم فجبذني رجل من خلفي جبذة فنحاني وقام مقامي فوالله ما عقلت صلاتي فلما انصرف فإذا هو أبي بن كعب فقال يا فتى لا يسؤك الله إن هذا عهد من النبي ﷺ إلينا أن نليه ثم استقبل القبلة فقال هلك أهل العقد ورب الكعبة ثلاثا ثم قال والله ما عليهم آسى ولكن آسى على من أضلوا قلت يا أبا يعقوب ما يعني بأهل العقد قال الأمراء
[Its chain of transmission is sahih] Ibn Khuzayma narrated it in his Sahih, 30/33, hadith no. 1573, from Muhammad bin Umar, with the same wording, and it is also found in Kubra, no. 882. Ibn Hibban narrated it (Mawarid), hadith no. 398, from Ibn Khuzayma, with the same wording. The hadith has other lines of transmission found in Abdul-Razzaq, 2/53, 54, hadith no. 2460, in Ahmad, 5/140, and in Tayalisi, hadith no. 644, and others.Yusuf here is Sadusi, his teacher is Sulayman bin Tarkhan, Abu Mutamir, and his teacher Abu Majliz is Lahiq bin Humayd.