[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a rider approached until he stood in front of the Prophet ﷺ . He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you from a journey of nine journeys that wearied my body and kept me awake at night, and made me thirsty during the day. I ask you about two characteristics that kept me awake." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "I am Zaid Al-Khayl." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, rather you are Zaid Al-Khair." He said, "I ask you about Allah's sign in the one who wants, and His sign in the one who does not want. I love goodness and its people, and whoever acts upon it, and if I do it, I am certain of its reward. But if I miss anything from it, I become grief-stricken." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah's sign in the one who wants is that He prepares him for it, then He does not care which path you take."
كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ رَاكِبٌ حَتَّى أَنَاخَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُكَ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ تِسْعٍ أَنْصَبْتُ بَدَنِي وَأَسْهَرْتُ لِيَلِي وَأَظْمَأْتُ نَهَارِي؛ لِأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ خَلَّتَيْنِ أَسْهَرَتَانِي فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَقَالَ أَنَا زَيْدُ الْخَيْلِ قَالَ «بَلْ أَنْتَ زَيْدُ الْخَيْرِ» قَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ عَلَامَةِ اللهِ فِيمَنْ يُرِيدُ وَعَنْ عَلَامَتِهِ فِيمَنْ لَا يُرِيدُ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْخَيْرَ وَأَهْلَهُ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ وَإِنْ عَمِلْتُ بِهِ أَيْقَنْتُ ثَوَابَهُ فَإِنْ فَاتَنِي مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ حَنَنْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَلَامَةُ اللهِ فِيمَنْ يُرِيدُ وَعَلَامَتُهُ فِيمَنْ لَا يُرِيدُ لَوْ أَرَادَكَ فِي الْأُخْرَى هَيَّأَكَ لَهَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يُبَالِ فِي أَيِّ وَادٍ سَلَكْتَ»