[Machine] I traveled with my father to Yazid ibn Muawiya in Hawarin after the death of Muawiya to offer our condolences and congratulate him on the caliphate. There was a man in its mosque saying, "Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that the wicked will be elevated, and the good will be lowered. Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that speech will be widespread, and actions will be concealed. Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that the [mathnā] will be recited, and no one will be found has changed it." He was asked, "What is the mathnā?" He replied, "It is what is written from books other than the Quran. So, adhere to the Quran, for with it you are guided, rewarded, and questioned." I did not know who the man was, and I narrated this incident later in Homs. A man from the people said to me, "Do you not know him?" I said, "No." He said, "That was Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him)."  

وَفَدْتُ مَعَ أَبِي إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِحُوَّارَيْنَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ مُعَاوِيَةُ نُعَزِّيهِ وَنُهَنِّيهِ بِالْخِلَافَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا يَقُولُ أَلَا إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْأَشْرَارُ وَيُوضَعَ الْأَخْيَارُ أَلَا إِنَّ «مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ الْقَوْلُ وَيُخْزَنَ الْعَمَلُ أَلَا إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ تُتْلَى الْمَثْنَاةُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُغَيِّرُهَا» قِيلَ لَهُ وَمَا الْمَثْنَاةُ؟ قَالَ «مَا اسْتُكْتِبَ مِنْ كِتَابٍ غَيْرِ الْقُرْآنِ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَبِهِ هُدِيتُمْ وَبِهِ تُجْزَوْنَ وَعَنْهُ تُسْأَلُونَ» فَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَنِ الرَّجُلُ فَحَدَّثْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِحِمْصَ فَقَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَوَ مَا تَعْرِفُهُ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ؓ