[Machine] I was in Damascus during the time of Abdul Malik, and the heads of the Khawarij were brought and placed on stakes. I came to see if there was anyone I knew among them. Then I saw Abu Umamah near them, so I approached him. I looked at the stakes, and he said, "The dogs of Hell are the worst of the killers under the heavens, and those who kill them are the best of the killers under the heavens." He repeated this three times, then he wept. I said, "O Abu Umamah, what makes you cry?" They were upon our religion, but then I remembered what they would become the next day. So I said to him, "Do you say this based on your own opinion or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "If I had not heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except once or twice or three times, up to seven, I would not have narrated it to you. Do you not recite this verse in Surah Al-Imran, 'The Day when some faces will turn white and some faces will turn black'? Until the end of the verse, 'And as for those whose faces have turned white, they will be within the mercy of Allah; they will abide therein eternally.'"
كُنْتُ بِدِمَشْقَ زَمَنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَأُتِيَ برُءُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى أَعْوَادٍ فَجِئْتُ لِأَنْظُرَ هَلْ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ أَعْرِفُهُ؟ فَإِذَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ عِنْدَهَا فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْأَعْوَادِ فَقَالَ «كِلَابُ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَمَنْ قَتَلُوهُ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ» قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَبْكَى فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ كَانُوا عَلَى دِينِنَا ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ مَا هُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ غَدًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ شَيْئًا تَقُولُهُ بِرَأْيِكَ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا إِلَى السَّبْعِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ أَمَا تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي آلِ عِمْرَانَ» {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ}