I heard Abd al-Malik b. A`yan asking Aba Abdillah عليه السلام – and he did not cease asking him – until he said to him: so the people were destroyed then (after the messenger of Allah)? he said: yes, by Allah, O the son of A`yan, all the people were destroyed, I (Abd al-Malik) said: whomever was in the east and the west? he said: it (the whole earth) was opened up to misguidance, yes, by Allah, they were all destroyed, except three, then joined Abu Sasan, Ammar, Shatira and Abu Umra, so they became seven.