Once, Messenger of Allah ﷺ accompanied by Ubai bin Ka'b set out to Ibn Saiyyad. He was informed that Ibn Saiyyad was in a garden of date palms. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the garden of date-palms, he started hiding himself behind the trunks of the palms while Ibn Saiyyad was covered with a velvet sheet with murmurs emanating from under it. Ibn Saiyyah's mother saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Saf! This is Muhammad." So Ibn Saiyyad got up. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If she had left him (in his state), the truth would have been clear."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ انْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قِبَلَ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ فَحُدِّثَ بِهِ فِي نَخْلٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّخْلَ طَفِقَ يَتَّقِي بِجُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ وَابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فِي قَطِيفَةٍ لَهُ فِيهَا رَمْرَمَةٌ فَرَأَتْ أُمُّ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا صَافِ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ فَوَثَبَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ تَرَكَتْهُ بَيَّنَ