I said to 'Ammar: What is your opinion about that which you have done in case (of your siding with Hadrat 'Ali)? Is it your personal opinion or something you got from Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ)? 'Ammar said: We have got nothing from Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) which people at large did not get, but Hudhaifa told me that Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ) had especially told him amongst his Companion, that there would be twelve hypocrites out of whom eight would not get into Paradise, until a camel would be able to pass through the needle hole. The ulcer would be itself sufficient (to kill) eight. So far as four are concerned, I do not remember what Shu'ba said about them.

قُلْتُ لِعَمَّارٍ أَرَأَيْتُمْ صَنِيعَكُمْ هَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ فِي أَمْرِ عَلِيٍّ أَرَأْيًا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ أَوْ شَيْئًا عَهِدَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً وَلَكِنْ حُذَيْفَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ مُنَافِقًا فِيهِمْ ثَمَانِيَةٌ لاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ ثَمَانِيَةٌ مِنْهُمْ تَكْفِيكَهُمُ الدُّبَيْلَةُ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَمْ أَحْفَظْ مَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فِيهِمْ

[AI] He said: I said to Ammar, "Do you think your fighting was an opinion you formed?" Hajjaj said: "Do you think this matter" meaning their fighting "was an opinion you formed? For opinion can be mistaken and can be correct. Or was it a covenant that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made with you?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not make any special covenant with us that he did not make with all people." And he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, in my nation..."" Shu'bah said, "And I think he said: Hudhayfah narrated to me:" "Indeed, in my nation are twelve hypocrites. They will not enter Paradise, nor will they smell its fragrance, until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. Eight of them, the dubaylah will suffice against them: a lamp of fire that appears in their shoulders until it emerges in their chests."

قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَمَّارٍ: أَرَأَيْتَ قِتَالَكُمْ، رَأْيًا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ؟ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ: أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ، يَعْنِي قِتَالَهُمْ، رَأْيًا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ؟ فَإِنَّ الرَّأْيَ يُخْطِئُ وَيُصِيبُ، أَوْ عَهْدًا عَهِدَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا عَهِدَإِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً. وَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي». قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي حُذَيْفَةُ: «إِنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مُنَافِقًا، لَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَلَا يَجِدُونَ رِيحَهَا، حَتَّى ﴿يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ﴾، ثَمَانِيَةٌ مِنْهُمْ تَكْفِيكَهُمُ الدُّبَيْلَةُ، سِرَاجٌ مِنْ نَارٍ يَظْهَرُ فِي أَكْتَافِهِمْ حَتَّى يَنْجُمَ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ».