Musnad Ahmad 11252
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ رُبَيْحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ
كُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَبِيتُ عِنْدَهُ؛ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْحَاجَةُ، أَوْ يَطْرُقُهُ أَمْرٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَبْعَثُنَا، فَيُكْثِرُ الْمُحْتَبِسِينَ وَأَهْلَ النُّوَبِ. فَكُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ النَّجْوَى، أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمْ عَنِ النَّجْوَى ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: نَتُوبُ إِلَى اللهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا كُنَّا فِي ذِكْرِ الْمَسِيحِ فَرَقًا مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا هُوَ أَخْوَفُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ عِنْدِي ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: بَلَى. قَالَ: الشِّرْكُ الْخَفِيُّ، أَنْ يَقُومَ الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ لِمَكَانِ رَجُلٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr
- Kathīr b. Zayd
- Rubayḥ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī
- his father
- his father
✧ We used to take turns serving the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, staying overnight with him. If he had a need or something occurred at night, he would send us. There were many who would stay and take turns. We used to converse, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us at night and said: What is this secret talk? Did I not forbid you from secret talk? We said: We repent to Allah, O Prophet of Allah; we were only mentioning the Messiah out of fear of him. He said: Shall I not tell you what is more fearful for you than the Messiah in my estimation? We said: Yes. He said: Hidden polytheism, that a man stands and works for the sake of another man.
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