He asked: `Did you hear Sahl say that?

He asked: `Did you hear Sahl say that?' `Yes', I answered." He continued: "I bear witness that Abu Said al-Khudri [a very well-known Companion and traditionist] heard the Prophet say further: `These are my community, but it will be said to me, "You do not know what they did after you!" Then will I say: "Perish those who deviated after me." ' " Qays ibn Abi Hazim also reported that when `A'ishah (the Prophet's wife) arrived at al-Haw'ab [^25], she heard the barking of dogs.

She said: "I am sure that I will return. For I heard the Prophet say to us, `At whom among you shall the dogs of al-Haw'ab bark?"' az-Zubayr said to her, "Perhaps Allah will make peace through you among the people." It is reported that one day az-Zubayr met 'Ali at the Saqifah of Banu Sa'idah, [^26] where the Prophet was present.

The Prophet asked az-Zubayr, "Do you love him?" az-Zubayr answered: "What prevents me from so doing?" The Prophet then said: "How would it be then if you were to fight against him, and you are the wrongdoer?" Abu Jarw al-Mazini reported that he heard 'Ali say to az-Zubayr (on the day of the Battle of Camel): "I adjure you by Allah that you tell me, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah say to you that you shall fight with me and that you shall be doing me wrong?" "Yes, but I forgot", said az-Zubayr.

It is also related by Muslim in his as-Sahih [^27] that the Prophet said to `Ammar ibn Yasir: "You shall be killed by a transgressing group of people." Abu ' l-Bakhtari has reported that `Ammar was brought a drink of milk.

He smiled; when asked why, he answered: "The Messenger of Allah told me that it shall be the last drink I have before I die." Still another of Muhammad's prophecies was what he said concerning al-Khawarij (`the seceders', a group of zealous men who left `Ali's camp during the Battle of Sniffing) "There shall be a group in my community who speak good words, but act wickedly. They shall call others to the Book of Allah, but they themselves have nothing to do with it.

They shall recite the Qur'an, but their recitation will not penetrate further than their throats. They shall slip out of the faith as would an arrow slip out of its bow. They shall no more return to the faith than would an arrow, after being shot, return to its bow. They are the most evil of character among men. Blessed is he whom they shall slay, and blessed is he who shall slay them.