Musnad Ahmad Hadith 23792

It is narrated from Abu Tufail (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was returning from the Battle of Tabuk, he ordered the announcer on the way, and he made this announcement that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) has taken the path of the mountain pass, no one should go on this path. Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) was in front of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) was behind him, when suddenly a group of people with their faces covered appeared on mounts, who surrounded Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him). Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) was behind, he began to strike at the faces of those mounts. When the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) sensed danger, he told Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) to stop the mount and got down. Then the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) began to descend from that mountain pass. Meanwhile, Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) also returned. The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Ammar! Were you able to recognize those people?" He replied, "I recognized most of the mounts, but the people had covered their faces." The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "Do you know their intention?" He replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Their intention was to take the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and push him down from above." Then Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke harshly to a companion of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I ask you by Allah, do you know how many men were in that mountain pass?" He said, "Fourteen." He said, "If you were also among them, they would have been fifteen, out of whom the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) declared three as excused, who said, 'By Allah! We did not hear the voice of the Holy Prophet's announcer, and we did not know what those people intended.'" Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I bear witness that the twelve men who remain are those who fight against Allah and His Messenger in both this worldly life and on the Day when witnesses will rise." Waleed says that Abu Tufail (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated regarding this same expedition that when the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) learned of the shortage of water, he told the people, and the announcer made this announcement that no one should go to the water before the Holy Prophet (ﷺ), but when the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) arrived there, he found some people already present who had reached there before him. On that day, the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) cursed and reproached them.