[Machine] A group of people who sit from sunset until evening, praising and saying certain phrases. Abdullah said: "If they sit, let me know." When they sat down, they came to him, and he joined them and sat down. He had a headscarf on his head, which he removed when they started their praise. Abdullah bin Masood said, "I am Abdullah bin Masood." The people became silent, and he said, "You have brought a misguided innovation, or you have surpassed the knowledge of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ ." A man from the Banu Tamim tribe said, "We have not brought a misguided innovation, and we have not surpassed the knowledge of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ ." Umar bin Utbah bin Farqad said, "I seek forgiveness from Allah, O Ibn Masood, and I repent to Him." Abdullah bin Masood commanded them to disperse. Ibn Masood saw two gatherings in the mosque of Kufa, so he got up from one of them and asked, "Which of you was here before her?" One of them said, "We were." He said to the other, "Get up and go to them." So he made them one group.  

أَنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْعُدُونَ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ إِلَى الْعِشَاءِ يُسَبِّحُونَ يَقُولُونَ قُولُوا كَذَا وَقُولُوا كَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنْ قَعَدُوا فَآذِنُونِي» فَلَمَّا جَلَسُوا أَتَوْهُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُمْ فَجَلَسَ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسٌ فَأَخَذُوا فِي تَسْبِيحِهِمْ فَحَسَرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ الْبُرْنُسَ وَقَالَ «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ» فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ أَوْ لَقَدْ فَضَلْتُمْ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عِلْمًا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ مَا جِئْنَا بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ وَلَا فَضَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عِلْمًا فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا قَالَ وَرَأَى ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَلْقَتَيْنِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَامَ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ «أَيَّتُكُمَا كَانَتْ قَبْلَ صَاحِبَتِهَا؟» قَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا نَحْنُ فَقَالَ لِلْأُخْرَى «قُومَا إِلَيْهَا» فَجَعَلَهُمْ وَاحِدَةً