Ibn Sayyad accompanied me on a journey, either for Hajj or Umrah. The people went on ahead and the two of us were left behind. When I was alone with him, I felt a shudder of dread and unease at what people said about him.When we stopped to rest, I told him, "Set your belongings down over there by that tree."He noticed some sheep, took a bowl, went and milked one of them, then brought me the milk and said, "Abu Saeed, drink."I disliked the idea of drinking anything from his hand because of what people said about him, so I said to him, "It is a hot day, and I do not want milk on a day like this."He said to me, "Abu Saeed, I have been tempted to take a rope, tie it to a tree, and hang myself because of what people say about me. If my situation is unclear to others, surely it cannot be unclear to you. People of the Ansar, are you not the most knowledgeable of people about the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not say that he is a disbeliever, while I am a Muslim? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not say that he is barren and will have no children, when I have left my own son back in Medina? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not say that he will not enter, or will not be permitted to enter, Mecca and Medina? Am I not a resident of Medina, and here I am setting out with you to Mecca?"By Allah, he kept on speaking like this until I said, "Perhaps what is reported about you is a lie."Then he said, "Abu Saeed, by Allah, I will tell you something true. By Allah, I know him, I know his father, and I know exactly where he is on the earth at this moment."I said, "May ruin be upon you for the rest of the day."
حدثنا سفيان بن وكيع حدثنا عبد الأعلى عن الجريري عن أبي نضرة
صحبني ابن صائد إما حجاجا وإما معتمرين فانطلق الناس وتركت أنا وهو فلما خلصت به اقشعررت منه واستوحشت منه مما يقول الناس فيه فلما نزلت قلت له ضع متاعك حيث تلك الشجرة قال فأبصر غنما فأخذ القدح فانطلق فاستحلب ثم أتاني بلبن فقال لي يا أبا سعيد اشرب فكرهت أن أشرب من يده شيئا لما يقول الناس فيه فقلت له هذا اليوم يوم صائف وإني أكره فيه اللبن قال لي يا أبا سعيد هممت أن آخذ حبلا فأوثقه إلى شجرة ثم أختنق لما يقول الناس لي وفي أرأيت من خفي عليه حديثي فلن يخفى عليكم ألستم أعلم الناس بحديث رسول الله ﷺ يا معشر الأنصار ألم يقل رسول الله ﷺ إنه كافر وأنا مسلم ألم يقل رسول الله ﷺ إنه عقيم لا يولد له وقد خلفت ولدي بالمدينة ألم يقل رسول الله ﷺ لا يدخل أو لا تحل له مكة والمدينة ألست من أهل المدينة وهو ذا أنطلق معك إلى مكة فوالله ما زال يجيء بهذا حتى قلت فلعله مكذوب عليه ثم قال يا أبا سعيد والله لأخبرنك خبرا حقا والله إني لأعرفه وأعرف والده وأعرف أين هو الساعة من الأرض فقلت تبا لك سائر اليوم
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[Sahih] Muslim also narrated it in Sahih Muslim, Book of Fitan, Chapter on the mention of Ibn Sayad, hadith no. 2927, from the hadith of Saeed Jariri, through this same route.