[Machine] By Allah, if it were not for something I had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , I would not have stood in this place. Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "When Mu'awiyah heard the mention of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he sat the people down and said, 'Amongst us, sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , when Uthman passed by staggering and limping. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, there will emerge a trial from beneath my feet or from beneath my (companions' feet). Whoever follows it on that day will be guided." So I stood up and grabbed Uthman by the shoulder until I brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Is this the one?' He ﷺ said, 'Yes, this is the one. Whoever follows him on that day will be guided.' Abdullah bin Hawala Al-Ansari stood up from beside the pulpit and said, 'Are you the companion of this (man)?' He said, 'Yes.' He (Abdullah) said, 'By Allah, I was present in that gathering, and were I to have known that I had belief in my army, I would have been the first to speak about him.'"  

أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْلَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا قُمْتُ هَذَا الْمَقَامَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةُ ذِكْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَجْلَسَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ مَرَّ عُثْمَانُ مُرَجِّلًا مُعْدِقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَتَخْرُجَنَّ فِتْنَةٌ مِنْ تَحْتِ رِجْلِي أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ قَدَمِي هَذَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى الْهُدَى» فَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِمَنْكِبِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى لَفَتُّهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ هَذَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى الْهُدَى» فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَوَالَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّكَ لِصَاحِبُ هَذَا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي حَاضِرٌ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسَ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لِي فِي الْجَيْشِ مُصَدِّقًا لَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ»