[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not let the fear of people prevent you from speaking the truth when you know it." Abu Sa'id said, "We continued to face difficulties until we became weak, yet we would still convey the secret. Abdullah ibn Yusuf al-Asbahani told us that Abu Bakr al-Qattan narrated to us, who told us Ibrahim ibn al-Harith, who told us Yahya ibn Abi Bukair, who told us Shu'bah, from Abu Muslimah, who said, "I heard Abu Nadrah narrating from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said..." and then he mentioned it. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, "It was that incident that compelled me to embark on a journey to Mu'awiyah, and I filled his ears with it, and then I returned."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ مَخَافَةُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِحَقٍّ إِذَا عَلِمَهُ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَمَا زَالَ بِنَا الْبَلَاءُ حَتَّى قَصَّرْنَا وَإِنَّا لَنُبَلِّغُ فِي السِّرِّ 20181 وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا نَضْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَذَاكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَنِي عَلَى أَنْ رَحَلْتُ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَمَلَأْتُ مَسَامِعَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ