Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī meriwayatkan bahwa ketika kaum Muslimin sedang membangun masjid di Madinah, ‘Ammār ibn Yāsir biasa membawa dua batu bata sekaligus, sementara yang lain mengangkat satu. Ketika Nabi ﷺ melihatnya, beliau mulai mengusap debu dari ‘Ammār dengan tangannya seraya bersabda, “Celakalah ‘Ammār, ia akan dibunuh oleh kelompok pembangkang! Ia akan mengajak mereka ke Surga, dan mereka akan mengajaknya ke Neraka.” Mendengar itu, ‘Ammār menjawab, “Kami berlindung kepada Allah dari fitnah-fitnah.”297 Tiga dekade setelah nubuat tersebut, ketika Perang Ṣiffīn terjadi, ‘Ammār terbunuh oleh pasukan Syam yang memberontak terhadap penguasa Muslim, ‘Alī, dengan dalih hendak menuntut balas atas terbunuhnya khalifah, ‘Utsmān. Menariknya, pasukan Syam tidak mengklaim bahwa hadis ini palsu, melainkan berargumen bahwa mereka yang mengajaknya berperang itulah “kelompok pembangkang” yang pada akhirnya bertanggung jawab atas kematiannya.

Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī  narrated that, as the Muslims were building the mosque in Madinah, ‘Ammār ibn Yāsir  would carry two bricks at a time while others lifted one. When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saw him, he began wiping the dust off ‘Ammār with his hands and said, “Woe to ‘Ammār, who will be killed by the transgressing party! He will be inviting them to Paradise, and they will be inviting him to the Fire.” To that, ‘Ammār replied, “We seek refuge with Allah from the trials.”297 Three decades after that prophecy, when the Battle of Ṣiffīn took place, ‘Ammār was killed by the army of Shām who transgressed against the Muslim ruler, ‘Alī, while seeking to avenge the murdered caliph, ‘Uthmān. Interestingly, the army of Shām did not claim that this hadith had been fabricated, but rather argued that those who called him to fight were the “transgressing party” ultimately responsible for his death.

Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa pemalsuan hadis tidak terbayangkan oleh para Sahabat, sehingga mereka tidak mempertanyakan keaslian nubuwat tersebut dan hanya berbeda pendapat dalam menafsirkannya. Akhirnya, tepat sebelum Pertempuran Ṣiffīn, susu diberikan kepada ‘Ammār yang membuatnya tersenyum. Ia berkata, "Nabi ﷺ telah memberitahuku bahwa minuman terakhir yang akan kuminum sebelum wafat adalah susu." Kemudian ia bangkit untuk memenuhi janji Nabinya ﷺ dan berperang hingga gugur.

This substantiates that forging hadith was unfathomable by the Companions, and thus, they did not question the authenticity of the prophecy and only differed on how to interpret it. Finally, moments before the Battle of Ṣiffīn, some milk was passed to ‘Ammār  which caused him to smile. He said, “The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told me that the last thing I would drink before dying would be some milk.”298 Then he rose to meet the promise of his Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and fought until his death.