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2369. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ went out during an hour in which he would normally not go out, nor meet with anyone. Then Abū Bakr came to him so he said: "What brought you O Abū Bakr?" He said: "I came to meet the Messenger of Allāh 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 Allāh!" He said: "I also experienced some of that." So they went to the home of Abū Al-Haitham At-Taiyyihān Al-Anṣārī. 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 Abū Al-Haitham came along hauling 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 they went to a 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 Allāh 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 Allāh 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." Abū 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 two males, there was no third among them, and he brought them to Abū Al-Haitham. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Chose from them." He said: "O Prophet of Allāh! Chose 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 Abū Al-Haitham went to his wife and informed her of what the Messenger of Allāh 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 Allāh has not sent a
Prophet nor made a Khalifah except that he has two groups of supporters, a group ordering him to do good, and prohibiting him from evil and a group that never ceases spoiling his affairs. So whoever protects himself against the evil supporters, then he shall be protected.”[1] (Da'if)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
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