Musnad Ahmad 22510

Translation

✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ with some people following him, and I followed him with them. He said: The people came rushing at me. He said: And the people kept me back. [He said:] The Messenger of God ﷺ came upon me and struck me a blow with either a palm branch, a stick, a toothstick, or something he had with him. He said: By God, it did not hurt me. He said: I spent the night. He said: [Or I said:] The Messenger of God ﷺ did not strike me except for something God knew about me. He said: I told myself to go to the Messenger of God ﷺ when morning came. He said: Gabriel ﷺ descended upon the Prophet ﷺ and said: You are a shepherd, so do not break the horns of your flock. He said: When we prayed the morning prayer—or he said: When morning came—he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: O God, some people follow me, and I do not like them to follow me. O God, whoever I have struck or reviled, make it an expiation and a reward for him—or he said: forgiveness and mercy—or as he said.

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