[Machine] When a man entered upon him and found him crying, he said, "What makes you cry, O Abu 'Ubaidah?" He said, "I cried because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned a day when Allah would grant victory to the Muslims and give them power over their enemies, and he mentioned Sham (Greater Syria). Then he said, 'If you live long enough, O Abu 'Ubaidah, you will see three servants who will serve you: a servant who will serve you, a servant who will travel with you, and a servant who will serve your family and look after them.' And you will have three animals that will carry your belongings: an animal for your luggage, an animal for your provisions, and another animal for your servant's provisions. Then he said, 'Now I am looking at my house, which is filling up with soft things. And I am looking at my stable, which is filling up with animals and horses. So how can I meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after this? Even though the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me that you are the most beloved of people to me and the closest to me among them, to meet me in the same state in which I left you.'

ذَكَرَ مَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ؟ فَقَالَ نَبْكِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ يَوْمًا مَا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيُفِيءُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الشَّامَ فَقَالَ إِنْ يُنْسَأْ فِي أَجَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ فَحَسْبُكَ مِنَ الخَدَمِ ثَلاثَةٌ خَادِمٌ يَخْدُمُكَ وَخَادِمٌ يُسَافِرُ مَعَكَ وَخَادِمٌ يَخْدُمُ أَهْلَكَ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَحَسْبُكَ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ ثَلاثَةٌ دَابَّةٌ لِرَحْلِكَ وَدَابَّةٌ لِثَقَلِكَ وَدَابَّةٌ لِغُلامِكَ ثُمَّ هَذَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيْتِي قَدِ امْتَلَأَ رَقِيقًا وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مِرْبَطِي قَدِ امْتَلَأَ دَوَابَّ وَخَيْلًا فَكَيْفَ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ هَذَا؟ وَقَدْ أوْصَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّأَحَبَّكُمِ إلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي مَنْ لَقِيَنِي عَلَى مِثْلِ الْحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقَنِي عَلَيْهَا

"إِنْ ينْسَأِ اللَّه فِى أَجَلِكَ يا أَبَا عُبيدَةَ فَحْسبُكَ منَ الخَدَمِ ثَلَاثَةٌ. خَادمٌ يَخْدُمُكَ. وَخَادمٌ يُسافرُ مَعَكَ. وَخَادِمٌ يَخْدُمُ أَهْلَكَ وَيَردُّ عَلَيْهِمْ. وَحَسْبُكَ منَ الدَّوابِّ ثَلَاثَة دَابَّةٌ لرَحْلكَ. وَدَابَّةٌ لثقلكَ ودابَّةٌ لغُلَامِكَ. إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلىَّ وَأَقرَبَكُمْ إِلَىَّ وَأقرَبَكُمْ مِنِّى مَنْ لَقِيَنِى عَلَى مثْل الحَالِ التِى فَارقَنِى عَلَيْهَا" .