Sahih Muslim Book - 43, Hadith - 5954

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالاَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : إِنَّ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى قَوْمَهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ بِعَيْنَيَّ ، وَإِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَانُ ، فَالنَّجَاءَ ، فَأَطَاعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ ، فَأَدْلَجُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا عَلَى مُهْلَتِهِمْ ، وَكَذَّبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا مَكَانَهُمْ ، فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ وَاجْتَاحَهُمْ ، فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَاتَّبَعَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ ، وَمَثَلُ مَنْ عَصَانِي وَكَذَّبَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ.

It was narrated from Abu Musa that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: “The likeness of me and that with which Allah has sent me, is that of a man who came to his people and said: ‘O people. I have seen the army with my own eyes, and I am a plain warner; save yourselves!’ his people obeyed him and fled early of a place of safety. Others belied him, and in the morning the army found them in their houses and killed them and destroyed them. That is the likeness of those who obey me ad follow that which I have brought, and the likeness of those who disobey me and belie that which I have brought of the truth.”