Sahih Muslim Hadith 7037

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[7037] 11 (…) Abfl At-Tufail said: "There was some dispute — – — between a man among the people of Al-'Aqabaht1] and Hudhaifah. He said: 'I adjure you by Allah, •J–i– :. how many were the people ofAl- jj j-4 T 'Aqabah?' The people said to – — – L- — – him: 'Tell him, because he is :JUi ii 3 J4 asking you.' you.' He said: 'We were told that there were fourteen, ii – – ~- and if you were one of them then idL i3 :3 there were fifteen. I bear witness – – – ,-. Al-'Aqabah – what is mentioned here is not A1-'Aqabah located in Minâ, where the Muslims from Al-Madinah swore allegiance (Bay'ah) to the Prophet prior to the Hijrah; rather refers to A1-'Aqabah which was on the road to Tabük, and was a place where the hypocrites gathered to plot their betrayal against the Prophet 49 at Tabñk. Hypocrites, their Attributes.. 181 44..l3 L4,aJ1 QUa 6.ja by Allah that twelve of them were enemies of Allah and His Messenger in this life, and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, and three were excused. They will say: "We did not hear the caller of the Messenger of Allah and we did not know what the people intended." He () was in a lava field (Harrah) and he walked and said: "There is little water; no one should go to it before me." But he found that some people had gone to it before him, and he cursed them on that day."