Narrator:Mu‘āwiyah
وَعَن مُعَاوِيَة قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَزَالُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ وَلَا مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ» . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ وَذُكِرَ حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ «إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِ الله» فِي «كتاب الْقصاص»
Mu'awiya told that he heard God's messenger say, "There will not cease to be found among my people those who uphold what God commands, not being injured by those who desert or oppose them till God's affair comes about and finds them in that condition." (Bukhari and Muslim.) The tradition of Anas, "Among God's servants..." has been mentioned in the book on retaliation.
Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 6285).