English Translation

'Ali ibn 'Isa al-Janzi narrated to us — al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Qabbani narrated to us — Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Muqaddami narrated to us — Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Sadusi narrated to us — Sulayman ibn al-Taymi narrated to us — from Abu Mijlaz — from Qays ibn 'Abbad who said: While I was in Madinah, standing in prayer in the front row of the mosque, a man pulled me back from behind and moved me aside, then stood in my place. He said: By Allah, I could not concentrate on my prayer after that. When the prayer was over, it turned out to be Hadrat Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be well pleased with him). He said: 'O young man, may Allah not cause you grief! This is the covenant of the Beloved Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) to us — that we should stand close to him.' Then he faced the qiblah and said: 'The people of authority have perished!' — he said it three times — 'By the Lord of the Ka'bah!' Then he said: 'By Allah, I do not grieve for them, but I grieve for those whom they have led astray.' I asked: 'Whom do you mean by this?' He said: 'The rulers.' This is a hadith whose chain is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari, for he used Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Sadusi as a proof, yet they did not record it.