Prophet Mohamed(peace be upon Him) has said "My example and the example of what I have been sent with is..
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قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم
انما مثلى و مثل ما بعثنى الله به كمثل رجل اتى اقوامآ فقال يا قوم انى رايت الجيش بعينى و انى انا الندير العريان فالنجاء فاطاعه طايفة من قومه فادلجوا فانطلقو على مهلهم فنجوا و كذبت طايفة منهم فاصبحوا مكانهم فصبحهم الجيش فاهلكهم و اجتاحهم فذلك مثل من اطاعنى فاتبع فا جنت به و مثل من عصانى و كذب بما جئت به من الحق
Prophet Mohamed 
has said:
My example and the example of what I have been sent with is that of a man who came to some people and said :'O , people! I have seen the enemy's army with my own eyes, and I am like An-Nadheer Al-'Uryan;[1] so protect yourselves!' Then a group of his people obayed him and fled at night[²] proceeding stealthily till they were safe, while another group of them disbelieved in him and stayed at their places till morning when the army come upon them, and killed and ruined them completely. So this is the example of that person who obays me and follows what I have brought(the Qur'an and the Sunnah), and the example of the one who disobays me and disbelieves the truth I have brought."[³]
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[1] An-Nadheer Al-'Uryan was a man from Khath´am, who was attacked on the day of Zul Khalasah(the house of an idol from the pre-Islamic era) and his hand and that of his wife were cut off by enemies ('Lisan Al-'Arab' 15/48). Or it was the guard and scout of a people who were in an elevated position and when he saw the enemy had come, he tore his garment and waved it, in order to warn them('An-Nihayah'3/255). Great Allah knows better.
[²] It means they set out in the early part of the night.
[³]This is an authentic Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari(no. 7283)and by Muslim (2283).