While we were waiting for ʿAbdullah (bin Masʿud). Yazid bin Muawiya came. I said (to him), "Will you sit down?" He said, "No, but I will go into the house (of Ibn Masʿud) and let your companion (Ibn Masʿud) come out to you; and if he should not (come out), I will come out and sit (with you)." Then ʿAbdullah came out, holding the hand of Yazid, addressed us, saying, "I know that you are assembled here, but the reason that prevents me from coming out to you, is that Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to preach to us at intervals during the days, lest we should become bored."

لاَ وَلَكِنْ أَدْخُلُ فَأُخْرِجُ إِلَيْكُمْ صَاحِبَكُمْ وَإِلاَّ جِئْتُ أَنَا فَجَلَسْتُ فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَهْوَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِهِ فَقَامَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي أَخْبَرُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الأَيَّامِ كَرَاهِيَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

[Machine] "Shall I not go and see? If he is at home, perhaps I can bring him to you." He came to us and stood over us, saying, "I have been informed of your whereabouts. I am not coming to you out of reluctance; on the contrary, the Prophet ﷺ used to admonish and advise us in the past, and this was not burdensome to us."

أَلَا أَذْهَبُ فَأَنْظُرَ ؟ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الدَّارِ لَعَلِّي أَنْ أُخْرِجَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ فَجَاءَنَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيُذْكَرُ لِي مَكَانُكُمْ فَمَا آتِيكُمْ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهِيَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

[Machine] Abdullah used to come to us and say, "I want to inform you about your location. The only thing that prevents me from coming to you is my dislike for the fact that I might become your master. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah used to visit us with advice, which we disliked, during certain days."

كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْنَا فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأُخْبَرُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةُ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺكَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهِيَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

[Machine] Abdullah, I will inform you of your position. There is nothing preventing me from coming to you except my reluctance to burden you. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to advise us reluctantly during these days, out of concern for us.

عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأُخْبَرُ بِمَوْضِعِكُمْ فَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةُ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهِيَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

اللَّهِ نَنْتَظِرُهُ فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنَا أُخْرِجُهُ لَكُمْ فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَخْرَجَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ أَمِلَّكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ كَرَاهَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْهُ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ