Narrated to us Sa'id ibn Mansur, Abu al-Rabi' al-'Ataki, and Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, who said: narrated to us Hammad — and he is Ibn Zayd — from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu Asma', from Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A group of my ummah will not cease to be manifest upon the truth, unharmed by those who forsake them, until the command of Allah comes while they are in that state." And in the hadith of Qutaybah, the phrase "while they are in that state" is not mentioned.