[Machine] I set off, O father of Barzah, to this man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , to Abu Barzah Al-Aslami. He said, "So I set off with him until we entered his house, and there he was sitting in the shade of a high reed on a very hot day. So we sat with him, and my father began to offer him something to eat. He said, 'O Abu Barzah, don't you see?' He replied, and the first thing he said was that he said, 'I seek Allah's forgiveness that I have become angry with the people of Quraysh. Verily, you Arabs were in the state that you knew from your ignorance of poverty, humiliation, and misguidance. And indeed, Allah has granted you life through Islam and through Muhammad, ﷺ , until He has made you see what you see. And indeed, this worldly life which has corrupted you among yourselves. Indeed, that one in Sham, meaning Marwan, by Allah, he did not fight except for the sake of this worldly life. And indeed, that one in Makkah, by Allah, he did not fight except for the sake of this worldly life. And indeed, those around you, whom you call your readers, by Allah, they do not fight except for the sake of this worldly life.' He said, 'So when he did not leave anyone, my father said to him, 'So what do you command us then?' He said, 'Verily, I do not see the best of people today except a group wrapped up,' and he gestured with his hand the width of his stomach, 'from the people's wealth, the lightest in appearance and the heaviest in their blood.'"  

انْطَلِقْ لَا أَبَا لَكَ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي دَارِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَاعِدٌ فِي ظِلِّ عُلُوٍ لَهُ مِنْ قَصَبٍ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ فَجَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَنْشَأَ أَبِي يَسْتَطْعِمُهُ قَالَ يَا أَبَا بَرْزَةَ أَلَا تَرَى؟ قَالَ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَنْ قَالَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ سَاخِطًا عَلَى أَحْيَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ إِنَّكُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْعَرِيبِ كُنْتُمْ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّذِي قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِكُمْ مِنَ الْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَالضَّلَالَةِ وَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ نَعَشَكُمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بِكُمْ مَا تَرَوْنَ وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الَّتِي أَفْسَدَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّ ذَاكَ الَّذِي بِالشَّامِ يَعْنِي مَرْوَانَ وَاللهِ مَا يُقَاتِلُ إِلَّا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ ذَاكَ الَّذِي بِمَكَّةَ وَاللهِ إِنْ يُقَاتِلُ إِلَّا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَهُمْ قُرَّاءَكُمْ وَاللهِ إِنْ يُقَاتِلُونَ إِلَّا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَدَعْ أَحَدًا قَالَ لَهُ أَبِي فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا إِذًا؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَرَى خَيْرَ النَّاسِ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا عِصَابَةٌ مُلَبَّدَةٌ وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ خِمَاصُ الْبُطُونِ مِنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ خِفَافُ الظُّهُورِ مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ