عُمَرُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

[Machine] Ka'b, I was not part of an expedition that was easier on the back and in terms of provisions than the one for which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had set out. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left, I said, 'I will prepare myself tomorrow and catch up with him.' So I took my equipment, but I did not leave it alone that evening. Then I said, 'I will find my equipment tomorrow and the people are near, so I will catch up with them.' But I did not leave it alone that evening either. Then when it was the third day, I took my equipment and prepared myself, but I did not leave it alone that evening. So I said, 'No, the people will soon leave three times.' So I stayed behind. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived, the people started giving their excuses to him, so I came until I stood in front of him and said, 'I was not part of an expedition that was easier on the back and in terms of provisions than this expedition. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from me and ordered the people not to speak to us, and he ordered our wives to stay away from us.' He said, 'So I walled myself off for a day. Then one day, I found myself with Jabir bin 'Abdullah, so I said, 'O Jabir, for Allah's sake! Did you know that I cheated Allah and His Messenger one day?' So he kept silent and did not speak to me. Then one day, while I was at a corner, I heard a man on the roof calling, 'Ka'b, Ka'b, give us glad tidings!'  

كَعْبٌ مَا كُنْتُ فِي غَزَاةٍ أَيْسَرَ لِلظَّهْرِ وَالنَّفَقَةِ مِنِّي فِي تِلْكَ الْغَزَاةِ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ أَتَجَهَّزُ غَدًا ثُمَّ أَلْحَقُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ فِي جَهَازِي فَأَمْسَيْتُ وَلَمْ أَفْرَغْ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ أَجِدُّ فِي جَهَازِي غَدًا وَالنَّاسُ قَرِيبٌ بَعْدُ فَأَلْحَقُهُمْ فَأَمْسَيْتُ وَلَمْ أَفْرَغْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الثَّالِثِ أَخَذْتُ فِي جَهَازِي فَأَمْسَيْتُ وَلَمْ أَفْرَغْ فَقُلْتُ هَيْهَاتَ سَارَ النَّاسُ ثَلَاثًا فَأَقَمْتُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا كُنْتُ فِي غَزْوَةٍ أَيْسَرَ لِلظَّهْرِ وَالنَّفَقَةِ مِنِّي فِي هَذِهِ الْغَزَاةِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ أَنْ لَا يُكَلِّمُونَا وَأَمَرَ نِسَاءَنَا أَنْ يَتَجَنَّبْنَ عَنَّا قَالَ فَتَسَوَّرْتُ حَائِطًا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ أَيْ جَابِرُ‍ نَشَدْتُكَ بِاللهِ هَلْ عَلِمْتَنِي غَشَشْتُ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَوْمًا قَطُّ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي فَجَعَلَ لَا يُكَلِّمُنِي فَبَيْنَا أَنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا عَلَى الثَّنِيَّةِ يَقُولُ كَعْبًا كَعْبًا فَدَنَا مِنِّي فَقَالَ بَشِّرُوا كَعْبًا