It was related that Amr ibn Salamah said:
“We used to sit in front of Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud's house before the Fajr prayer, so that when he came out we would go with him to the Masjid. (One day) Abu Musa al-Ashari (ra) came and asked us: Did Abu Abdu’r-Rahman (i.e., Ibn Mas’ud) leave yet? We answered: No! So Abu Musa al-Ashari sat with us waiting for him. When he came out, we all stood up. Abu Musa told him: Oh, Abu Abdu’r-Rahman! I recently saw something in the Masjid which I deemed to be evil, but all praise is for Allah, I did see anything except good. Ibn Mas’ud (ra) then asked: Then what was it? Abu Musa (ra) said: You will see it if you stay alive. In the Masjid, I saw a group of people sitting in circles waiting for the Salah. Each circle is led by a person. And every person in these circles carries small stones (pebbles). The leader of a circle would say: Say: Allahu Akbar a hundred times! So they would repeat Allahu Akbar a hundred times; then he says: Say: Lailahaillallah a hundred times! So they would say Lailahaillallah a hundred times; then he would say: Say: SubhanAllah a hundred times! they will say Subhan Allah a hundred times.
Then Ibn Mas’ud said: What did you tell them? He said: I didn't say anything; I waited to hear your opinion. Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud said: Could you not order them to count their evil deeds, and assured them of getting their rewards. Then Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud went ahead and we accompanied him. As he approached one of the circles, he said: What is this that you are doing? They said: Oh! Abu Abdu’r-Rahman, these are pebbles to count the number of times we say Allahu Akbar, LailahaIllallah, and SubhanAllah. He said: Count your evil deeds, and I assure you that you are not going to lose anything of your rewards (Hasanat). Woe unto you, people of Muhammad, how quickly you go to destruction! Those are your Prophet's companions available, these are his clothes not worn out yet, and his pots are not broken yet. I swear by Whom my soul is in His Hands that you are either following a religion that is better than the Prophet's religion or you are opening a door of misguidance. They said: We swear by Allah Almighty, oh, Abu Abdu’r-Rahman, that we had no intention other than doing good deeds. He said: So what? How many people wanted to do good deeds but never got to do them? RasulAllah (saw) has told us about people who recited the Qur'an with no effect on them other than the Qur'an passing through their throats. I swear by Allah, I am almost sure that most of you are from that type of people. Then he left them. Umar Ibn Salamah (the sub narrator) said: We saw most of the people of those circles fighting against us with the Khawarij in the battle of an-Nahrawan."
(Darimi; Abu Nu’aym)
“We used to sit in front of Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud's house before the Fajr prayer, so that when he came out we would go with him to the Masjid. (One day) Abu Musa al-Ashari (ra) came and asked us: Did Abu Abdu’r-Rahman (i.e., Ibn Mas’ud) leave yet? We answered: No! So Abu Musa al-Ashari sat with us waiting for him. When he came out, we all stood up. Abu Musa told him: Oh, Abu Abdu’r-Rahman! I recently saw something in the Masjid which I deemed to be evil, but all praise is for Allah, I did see anything except good. Ibn Mas’ud (ra) then asked: Then what was it? Abu Musa (ra) said: You will see it if you stay alive. In the Masjid, I saw a group of people sitting in circles waiting for the Salah. Each circle is led by a person. And every person in these circles carries small stones (pebbles). The leader of a circle would say: Say: Allahu Akbar a hundred times! So they would repeat Allahu Akbar a hundred times; then he says: Say: Lailahaillallah a hundred times! So they would say Lailahaillallah a hundred times; then he would say: Say: SubhanAllah a hundred times! they will say Subhan Allah a hundred times.
Then Ibn Mas’ud said: What did you tell them? He said: I didn't say anything; I waited to hear your opinion. Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud said: Could you not order them to count their evil deeds, and assured them of getting their rewards. Then Abd-Allah Ibn Mas’ud went ahead and we accompanied him. As he approached one of the circles, he said: What is this that you are doing? They said: Oh! Abu Abdu’r-Rahman, these are pebbles to count the number of times we say Allahu Akbar, LailahaIllallah, and SubhanAllah. He said: Count your evil deeds, and I assure you that you are not going to lose anything of your rewards (Hasanat). Woe unto you, people of Muhammad, how quickly you go to destruction! Those are your Prophet's companions available, these are his clothes not worn out yet, and his pots are not broken yet. I swear by Whom my soul is in His Hands that you are either following a religion that is better than the Prophet's religion or you are opening a door of misguidance. They said: We swear by Allah Almighty, oh, Abu Abdu’r-Rahman, that we had no intention other than doing good deeds. He said: So what? How many people wanted to do good deeds but never got to do them? RasulAllah (saw) has told us about people who recited the Qur'an with no effect on them other than the Qur'an passing through their throats. I swear by Allah, I am almost sure that most of you are from that type of people. Then he left them. Umar Ibn Salamah (the sub narrator) said: We saw most of the people of those circles fighting against us with the Khawarij in the battle of an-Nahrawan."
(Darimi; Abu Nu’aym)
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