English translation
[6361] (...) It was narrated that 'Abdullâh bin Aṣ-Ṣâmit said: Abû Dharr said: "O son of my brother, I prayed for two years before the Prophet ﷺ was sent." I said: "Which direction did you face?" He said: "I faced where my Lord directed me to." And he narrated a Hadîth like that of Sulaimân bin Al-Mughîrah (no. 6360), and he said in the Hadîth: "They went to a man who was a soothsayer to judge between them (about the wager)" – he said – "and my brother Unais kept praising him until he declared him the winner." He said: "And we took his camels and added them to our camels." He also said in his Hadîth: "The Prophet ﷺ came and circumambulated the House and prayed two Rak'ah behind the Maqâm." He said: "I came to him, and I was the first one to greet him with the greeting of Islam. I said: As-Salâmu 'alaika yâ Rasûlullâh (peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allâh)." He said: 'Wa 'alaikas-salâm (and peace be upon you, too), who are you?" In his Hadîth it also says: "Then he said: 'How long have you been here?' I said: 'For fifteen days.'" And it says: "Abû Bakr said: 'Let him be my guest tonight.'"