[Machine] I have not done a deed that is more frightening to me than the possibility of being admitted to the Fire because of what Ammar did. So we said, "O Abu Sulaiman, what did he do?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me with a group of his companions to a village in the Arabian Peninsula, and I encountered them. Among them were Muslim families. Ammar spoke to me about some of his companions and said, 'Send them.' I said, 'No, not until I bring them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he wishes, he will send them, and if he wishes, he will deal with them as he pleases.' So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Ammar sought permission to enter and he was granted. He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, did you not see what Khalid did? He did such and such.' Khalid said, 'By Allah, if it were not for your meeting, Ibn Sumayyah would not have insulted me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Leave, O Ammar.' So he left while he was crying. He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not support me against Khalid.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Did you not answer the man?' So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I did not respond to him except because of his insignificance.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever belittles Ammar, Allah will belittle him, and whoever insults Ammar, Allah will insult him, and whoever humiliates Ammar, Allah will humiliate him.' So I left and followed him and spoke to him until he sought forgiveness for me."
مَا عَمِلْتُ عَمَلًا أَخْوَفَ عِنْدِي عَلَى أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي النَّارَ مِنْ شَأْنِ عَمَّارٍ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِلَى حَيٍّ مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ فَأَصَبْتُهُمْ وَفِيهِمْ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مُسْلِمَيْنَ فَكَلَّمَنِي عَمَّارٌ فِي أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَرْسِلْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ لَا حَتَّى آتِي بِهِمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ شَاءَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ صَنَعَ بِهِمْ مَا أَرَادَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَمَّارٌ فَدَخَلَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى خَالِدٍ فَعَلَ وَفَعَلَ فَقَالَ خَالِدٌ أَمْ وَاللهِ فَلَوْلَا مَجْلِسُكَ مَا سَبَّنِي ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اخْرُجْ يَا عَمَّارُ» فَخَرَجَ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا نَصَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى خَالِدٍ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أَجَبْتَ الرَّجُلَ؟» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا مَنَعَنِي مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَحْقَرَتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْقِرُ عَمَّارًا يَحْقِرُهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ يَسُبُّ عَمَّارًا يَسُبَّهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ يَنْتَقِصُ عَمَّارًا يَنْتَقِصُهُ اللهُ» فَخَرَجْتُ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَكَلَّمْتُهُ حَتَّى اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي