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[7350] 91 - (...) It was narrated that Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī said: "We set out for Hajj or Umrah and Ibn Ṣa'īd was with us. We halted and the people scattered, and he and I were left (alone). I felt very uncomfortable with him because of what was being said about him. He brought his luggage and put it with my luggage. I said: 'It is very hot, why don't you put it beneath that tree?' So he did that. Then there appeared before us a flock of sheep. He went and brought a cup of milk, and said: 'Drink, Abū Sa'eed.' I said: 'It is very hot and the milk is hot.' But the only reason was that I did not want to drink from his hand – or to take anything from his hand.' He said: 'O Abū Sa'eed, I was thinking of taking a rope and hanging it from a tree, then strangling myself because of what the people are saying about me. O Abû Sa'eed, some may be ignorant of the Hadîth of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ but you the Anshâr people are not. Who among the people has more knowledge of the Hadîth of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ than you? Aren't you among the most knowledgeable of the Hadîth of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ? Didn't the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: "He is a disbeliever" (meaning the Dajjâl)? But I am a Muslim. Didn't the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: "He is sterile and will have no children"? But I have left my children behind in Al-Madinah. Didn't the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say, "He will not enter Al-Madinah or Makkah"? But I have come from Al-Madinah and am heading for Makkah." Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî said: "I was about to accept his excuse, then he said: 'But, by Allâh, I know him, and I know where he was born, and I know where he is now.'" He said: "I said to him: 'May the rest of your day be ruined.'"