[Machine] While I was standing in the market in the emirate of Ziyad, I accidentally hit one of my hands with the other in amazement. A man from the Ansar (helpers of the Prophet) said, "Hasn't your father been a companion of the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, so you wonder, O Abu Burdah?" I replied, "I am amazed by a people whose religion is one, their prophet is one, their call is one, their Hajj is one, and their warfare is one, yet they kill each other." He said, "Do not be amazed, for I heard my father tell me that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, say, 'Indeed, my Ummah (nation) is a Ummah that is shown mercy. There will be no accountability or punishment for them in the Hereafter. Their punishment is only in killing, earthquakes, and trials.'"  

بَيْنَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ فِي السُّوقِ فِي إِمَارَةِ زِيَادٍ إِذْ ضَرَبْتُ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيَّ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى تَعَجُّبًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ كَانَتْ لِوَالِدِهِ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِمَّا تَعْجَبُ يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ؟ قُلْتُ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ دِينُهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَبِيُّهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَدَعْوَتُهُمْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَحَجُّهُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَغَزْوُهُمْ وَاحِدٌ يَسْتَحِلُّ بَعْضُهُمْ قَتْلَ بَعْضٍ قَالَ فَلَا تَعْجَبْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ وَالِدِي أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّةٌ مَرْحُومَةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ حِسَابٌ وَلَا عَذَابٌ إِنَّمَا عَذَابُهَا فِي الْقَتْلِ وَالزَّلَازِلُ وَالْفِتَنُ»