Muslim said: And I was informed from Abu Usamah — and among those who narrated that from him is Ibrahim ibn Sa‘id al-Jawhari — [who said:] Abu Usamah narrated to us, saying: Burayd ibn ‘Abdullah narrated to me, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, when He intends mercy for a community among His servants, He takes His Prophet before it, making him a forerunner and a precedent before them. And when He intends destruction for a community, He punishes them while their Prophet is alive, then destroys them while he is watching, and thus delights his eye with their destruction when they denied him and disobeyed his command."