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[Machine] "The people of the city were frightened once, so the Prophet ﷺ mounted a horse as if it was a creepy creature and he rode it in their trails. When he returned, he said, 'We found it as a sea.'"  

أحمد:١٢٦٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّةً فَرَكِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرَسًا كَأَنَّهُ مُقْرِفٌ فَرَكَضَهُ فِي آثَارِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا