Volume 6, Book 60, Number 126:
Narrated Al-Aswad:
While we were sitting in a circle in ‘Abdullah’s gathering, Hudhaifa came and stopped before us,
and greeted us and then said, “People better than you became hypocrites.” Al-Aswad said: I testify the
uniqueness of Allah! Allah says: “Verily! The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire.”
(4.145)
On that ‘Abdullah smiled and Hudhaifa sat somewhere in the Mosque. ‘Abdullah then got up and
his companions (sitting around him) dispersed. Hudhaifa then threw a pebble at me (to attract my
attention). I went to him and he said, “I was surprised at ‘Abdullah’s smile though he understood
what I said. Verily, people better than you became hypocrite and then repented and Allah forgave
them.”