[Machine] In the Battle of Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ka'b ibn Malik, I have not missed any expedition that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on, except for the Battle of Tabuk. However, I missed the Battle of Badr, but no one was reproached for missing it because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only went out seeking the caravan of Quraysh in which Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and some members of Quraysh were present." Then he said, "So I came and sat in front of him, and he asked, 'What prevented you? Did you not buy a camel?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, indeed, if I had sat with anyone else from the people of this world, I would have thought that I would escape his anger with an excuse.' And I was given the ability to present an argument, so I mentioned the event and said, 'Indeed, I hope for the forgiveness of Allah.' And he said, 'So I said to my wife, 'Be true to your family until Allah decrees in this matter.' And I heard the sound of a loud caller, the loudest voice on the highest peak of Sal mountain, calling, 'O Ka'b ibn Malik, rejoice!' So I prostrated and knew that relief had come. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced to the people to repent upon us when he performed the Fajr prayer. And he mentioned the meaning of the narration of the son of my brother ibn Shihab, and said, 'So I say to myself, did he move his lips to respond to the greeting of peace?'"  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ قَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا قَطُّ إِلَّا فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْ غَزْوَةِ بَدْرٍ وَلَمْ يُعَاتِبْ أَحَدًا تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُ الْعِيرَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لِقُرَيْشٍ كَانَ فِيهَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَنَفَرٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعَالَ فَجِئْتُ أَمْشِي حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا خَلَّفَكَ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ قَدِ ابْتَعْتَ ظَهْرَكَ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَوْ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ غَيْرِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا لَرَأَيْتُ أَنِّي سَأَخْرُجُ مِنْ سَخْطَتِهِ بِعُذْرٍ وَلَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ جَدَلًا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ فِيهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو عَفْوَ اللهِ وَقَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِامْرَأَتِي الْحَقِي بِأَهْلِكِ فَكُونِي عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللهُ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ صَارِخٍ أَوْفَى عَلَى أَعْلَى جَبَلِ سَلْعٍ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَبْشِرْ قَالَ فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ فَرَجٌ وَآذَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ بِالتَّوْبَةِ عَلَيْنَا حِينَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَأَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي هَلْ حَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ بِرَدِّ السَّلَامِ