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tabarani:16681aHāshim b. Marthad al-Ṭabarānī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shaybān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out at a time when no one else goes out or meets him. Abu Bakr came to him and asked, "What made you come out, O Abu Bakr?" He said, "I went out to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , look at his face, and give him my greetings. It was not long before Umar came and said, 'What made you come out, O Umar?' He said, 'Hunger.' Umar said, 'And I found something that you can find.' So let us go to Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayhan al-Ansari, who had many horses and servants. They went to him, but could not find him. They found his wife and asked, 'Where is your husband?' She said, 'He went out in the early morning to fetch water from the canal of Banu Fulan. It was not long before he came back with a container, then he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and accompanied him, holding him by his father and mother, and they went to the shade of his garden. He spread a mat for them, then he went to a palm tree and brought some dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Why don't you shake them and bruise them?' He said, 'I wanted you to taste them fresh and juicy.' So they ate and drank from that water. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished, he said, 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this is a blessing that you will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection. This is the cool shade and the refreshing fruit with the water upon it.' He then told them to set food for him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not slaughter what is pregnant.' So he slaughtered a young or old camel for them. Then he came to them and they ate.  

الطبراني:١٦٦٨١aحَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَلْقَاهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟» قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟» قَالَ الْجُوعُ قَالَ «وَأَنَا قَدْ وَجَدْتُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي تَجِدُ» فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيْهَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا كَثِيرَ الْخَيْلِ وَالْشِيَاهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَأَتَوْهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ وَوَجَدُوا امْرَأَتَهُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكُمْ؟» قَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ غُدْوَةً ليَسْتَعْذِبَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ قَنَاةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ بِقِرْبَةٍ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْزَمُهُ وَيُفَدِّيهِ بِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى ظِلِّ حَدِيقَتِهِ فَبَسَطَ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِعِذْقٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَهَلَّا تَنَقَّيْتَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ؟» فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُحِسُّونَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَبُسْرِهِ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا الظِّلُّ الْبَارِدُ وَالرُّطَبُ الْبَادِ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ» انْطَلِقْ فَضَعْ لَهُمْ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحْ ذَاتَ دَرٍّ» فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَدْيًا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا  


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muslim:2038aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

What has brought you out of your houses at this hour? They said: Messenger of Allah, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought me out too; get up. They got up along with him. and (all of them) came to the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When his wife saw him she said: Most welcome, and Messenger of Allah (may peace be Upon him) said to her: Where is so and so? She said: He has gone to get some fresh water for us. When the Ansari came and he saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his two Companions, he said: Praise be to Allah, no one has more honourable guests today than I (have). He then went out and brought them a bunch of ripe dates, dry dates and fresh dates, and said: Eat some of them. He then took hold of his long knife (for slaughtering a goat or a sheep). Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Beware of killing a milch animal. He slaughtered a sheep for them and after they had eaten of it and of the bunch and drank, and when they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied with the drink, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr and Umar: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you will certainly be questioned about this bounty on the Day of judgment. Hunger brought you out of your house, then you did not return until this bounty came to you.  

مسلم:٢٠٣٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ قَالاَ الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لأَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا قُومُوا فَقَامُوا مَعَهُ فَأَتَى رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ قَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلاً فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ فُلاَنٌ قَالَتْ ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ إِذْ جَاءَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا أَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ أَكْرَمَ أَضْيَافًا مِنِّي قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَهُمْ بِعِذْقٍ فِيهِ بُسْرٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ فَقَالَ كُلُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ الشَّاةِ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْعِذْقِ وَشَرِبُوا فَلَمَّا أَنْ شَبِعُوا وَرَوُوا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجُوعُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا النَّعِيمُ  

tirmidhi:2369Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shaybān Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

"The Prophet ﷺ went out during an hour in which he would normally not go out, nor meet with anyone. Then Abu Bakr came to him. So he said:"What brought you O Abu Bakr?" He said: "I came to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and to look at his face, and to make sure he was safe. It was not long before 'Umar came. He said: "What has brought you O 'Umar ?" He said: "Hunger O Messenger of Allah!"He said: "I also experienced some of that" So they went to the home of Abu Al-Haitham At-Taiyyihan Al-Ansari. He was a man with many date-palms and sheep, but he had no servants so they did not find him there. They said to his wife: "Where is your companion?" She said: "He has gone to fetch us some good water." It was not long before Abu Al-Haitham came along hauling to a large water-skin which he put down. Then he came to hug the Prophet ﷺ and uttered that his father and mother should be ransomed for him. Then he went to grove of his and he spread out a mat for them. Then he went to a date-palm and returned with a cluster of dates which he put down. The prophet ﷺ said: "Why don't you select some ripe dates for us?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I wanted you to select from the ripe dates and the unripe dates." So they ate and they drank from that water. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! This is among the favors which you shall be asked about on the Day of Judgement. Cool shade, tasty ripe dates, and cool water." Abu Al-Haitham left to prepare some food for them. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not slaughter one with milk." So he Slaughtered a small female or male goat and brought it to them so they could eat it. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do you have any servants?" He said: "No." So he said: "Then if we get some captives we shall bring them for you." So (later) the Prophet ﷺ came with 2 males, there was no third among them and he brought them to Abu Al-Haitham. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Choose from them." He said: "O Prophet of Allah! Choose for me." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed the one consulted is entrusted. Take this one for I have seen him praying, and encourage him to do well." So Abu Al-Haitham went to his wife and informed her of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. So his wife said: "You will not fulfill what the Prophet ﷺ said until you have freed him." So he said: "He is free." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has not send a Prophet nor made a Khalifah except that he has two groups of supporters, group ordering him to do good, and prohibiting him from evil and a group that never ceases spoiling his affairs. So whoever protected."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٢٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَاعَةٍ لاَ يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلاَ يَلْقَاهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ خَرَجْتُ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ قَالَ الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَدْ وَجَدْتُ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلاً كَثِيرَ النَّخْلِ وَالشَّاءِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَدَمٌ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ فَقَالُوا لاِمْرَأَتِهِ أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكِ فَقَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا الْمَاءَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ جَاءَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بِقِرْبَةٍ يَزْعَبُهَا فَوَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَلْتَزِمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَيُفَدِّيهِ بِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى حَدِيقَتِهِ فَبَسَطَ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِقِنْوٍ فَوَضَعَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَفَلاَ تَنَقَّيْتَ لَنَا مِنْ رُطَبِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَخْتَارُوا أَوْ قَالَ تَخَيَّرُوا مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَبُسْرِهِ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ظِلٌّ بَارِدٌ وَرُطَبٌ طَيِّبٌ وَمَاءٌ بَارِدٌ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ لِيَصْنَعَ لَهُمْ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَذْبَحَنَّ ذَاتَ دَرٍّ قَالَ فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَدْيًا فَأَتَاهُمْ بِهَا فَأَكَلُوا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ خَادِمٌ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَتَانَا سَبْىٌ فَائْتِنَا فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَأْسَيْنِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا ثَالِثٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ اخْتَرْ لِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُسْتَشَارَ مُؤْتَمَنٌ خُذْ هَذَا فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي وَاسْتَوْصِ بِهِ مَعْرُوفًا فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فَأَخْبَرَهَا بِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ مَا أَنْتَ بِبَالِغٍ مَا قَالَ فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَعْتِقَهُ قَالَ فَهُوَ عَتِيقٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيًّا وَلاَ خَلِيفَةً إِلاَّ وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لاَ تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالاً وَمَنْ يُوقَ بِطَانَةَ السُّوءِ فَقَدْ وُقِيَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ
nasai-kubra:6583Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq from his father > Abū Ḥamzah al-Sukkarī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Prophet ﷺ went out during an hour in which he would normally not go out, nor meet with anyone. Then Abu Bakr came to him. So he said:"What brought you O Abu Bakr?" He said: "I came to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and to look at his face, and to make sure he was safe. It was not long before 'Umar came. He said: "What has brought you O 'Umar ?" He said: "Hunger O Messenger of Allah!"He said: "I also experienced some of that" So they went to the home of Abu Al-Haitham At-Taiyyihan Al-Ansari. He was a man with many date-palms and sheep, but he had no servants so they did not find him there. They said to his wife: "Where is your companion?" She said: "He has gone to fetch us some good water." It was not long before Abu Al-Haitham came along hauling to a large water-skin which he put down. Then he came to hug the Prophet ﷺ and uttered that his father and mother should be ransomed for him. Then he went to grove of his and he spread out a mat for them. Then he went to a date-palm and returned with a cluster of dates which he put down. The prophet ﷺ said: "Why don't you select some ripe dates for us?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I wanted you to select from the ripe dates and the unripe dates." So they ate and they drank from that water. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! This is among the favors which you shall be asked about on the Day of Judgement. Cool shade, tasty ripe dates, and cool water." Abu Al-Haitham left to prepare some food for them. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not slaughter one with milk." So he Slaughtered a small female or male goat and brought it to them so they could eat it. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do you have any servants?" He said: "No." So he said: "Then if we get some captives we shall bring them for you." So (later) the Prophet ﷺ came with 2 males, there was no third among them and he brought them to Abu Al-Haitham. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Choose from them." He said: "O Prophet of Allah! Choose for me." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed the one consulted is entrusted. Take this one for I have seen him praying, and encourage him to do well." So Abu Al-Haitham went to his wife and informed her of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. So his wife said: "You will not fulfill what the Prophet ﷺ said until you have freed him." So he said: "He is free." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah has not send a Prophet nor made a Khalifah except that he has two groups of supporters, group ordering him to do good, and prohibiting him from evil and a group that never ceases spoiling his affairs. So whoever protected." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2369)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٨٣عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ السُّكَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَلْقَاهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟» فَقَالَ خَرَجْتُ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟» قَالَ الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺَ «وَأَنَا قَدْ وَجَدْتُ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ» فَانْطَلِقُوا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا كَثِيرَ النَّخْلِ وَالشَّاءِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَدَمٌ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ فَقَالُوا لِامْرَأَتِهِ أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ انْطَلَقَ يَسْتَعْذِبْ لَنَا الْمَاءَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ جَاءَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بِقِرْبَةٍ يَزْعُبُهَا فَوَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَلْتَزِمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَيُفَدِّيهِ بِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى حَدِيقَتِهِ فَبَسَطَ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِقِنْوٍ فَوَضَعَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَفَلَا تَنَقَّيْتَ لَنَا مِنْ رُطَبِهِ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَخْتَارُوا أَوْ قَالَ تَخَيَّرُوا مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَبُسْرِهِ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ظِلٌّ بَارِدٌ وَرُطَبٌ طَيِّبٌ وَمَاءٌ بَارِدٌ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ لِيَصْنَعَ لَهُمْ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحَنَّ ذَاتَ دَرٍّ» قَالَ فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَدْيًا فَأَتَاهُمْ بِهَا فَأَكَلُوا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلْ لَكَ خَادِمٌ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَإِذَا أَتَانَا سَبْيٌ فَائْتِنَا» فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَأْسَيْنِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا ثَالِثٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اخْتَرْ مِنْهَا» فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ اخْتَرْ لِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمْسُتْشَارَ مُؤْتَمَنٌ خُذْ هَذَا فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي وَاسْتَوْصِ بِهِ مَعْرُوفًا» فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ إِلَى امْرأَتِهِ فَأَخْبَرَهَا بِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ مَا أَنْتَ بِبَالِغٍ مَا قَالَ فِيهِ النَّبِيّ ﷺ إِلَّا أَنْ تُعتِقَهُ قَالَ فَهُوَ عَتِيقٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيًّا وَلَا خَلِيفَةً إلِاَّ وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَاَنِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لَا تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالًا وَمَنْ يُوقَ بِطَانَةَ السُّوءِ فَقَدْ وُقِيَ