Huzayfa -ra said...

Huzayfa -ra said, ‘Come with me to Abay Bin Ka’ab (house), as he knows similar to what I know’. We went to Abay Bin Ka’ab. We knocked on his door. He came but stood behind the door, then said, ‘Who are you all?’ He -ra said, ‘Al-Miqdad -ra ‘. He (Abay) said, ‘What have you come here for?’ He -ra said, ‘Open your door’ for the matter which we have come for (to discuss) is greater than to be discussed from behind the door’.

He said, ‘I will not open my door, and I know what you have come for, and I will not open my door, it is as if you want this pact (allegiance to Abu Bakr) to be reconsidered’. We said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Is Huzayfa -ra among you?’ We said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I say what…