[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent him alone to the Quraysh and he said, "I came to the Khushaba of Khubayb and I was afraid of being noticed, so I entered it cautiously. I untied Khubayb and he fell to the ground. I took him and hid not far away, then I turned back and did not see Khubayb. It was as if the earth had swallowed him and there was no trace of Khubayb until now." Abu Abdur Rahman said, "He (Ibn Abi Shaybah) narrated to us about it from Al-Zuhri, and as for my father, he narrated to us about it without mentioning Al-Zuhri. Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated it to us in Al-Kufa."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ وَحْدَهُ عَيْنًا إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ جِئْتُ إِلَى خَشَبَةِ خُبَيْبٍ وَأَنَا أَتَخَوَّفُ الْعُيُونَ فَرَقِيتُ فِيهَا فَحَلَلْتُ خُبَيْبًا فَوَقَعَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَانْتَبَذْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ فَلَمْ أَرَ خُبَيْبًا وَلَكَأَنَّمَا ابْتَلَعَتْهُ الْأَرْضُ فَلَمْ يُرَ لِخُبَيْبٍ أَثَرٌ حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ وقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَالَ لَنَا فِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَأَمَّا أَبِي فَحَدَّثَنَا عَنْهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الزُّهْرِيَّ وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَجَعَلَهُ لَنَا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ