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(2). 3313. Zaid bin Arqam said: "We were participating in a battle along with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and there were some people from the Bedouins with us. So we all rushed toward some water and the Bedouins raced us to it. One of the Bedouins beat his companions to it and he (tried to obstruct) the pond, he placed rocks around it and he put a leather sheet over it until his companions came." He said: "A man among the Anṣār reached the Bedouin and he dropped the reigns of his camel to drink, but the Bedouin would not
allow him. So he started removing the barriers around the water, but the Bedouin raised a stick beating the Anṣārī man on the head, and smashed it. He went to ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy, the head of the hypocrites, to inform him – he was in fact one of his companions. So ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy became enraged, then he said: ‘Do not spend anything on whoever is with Muḥammad until they depart.’ Meaning the Bedouins. They were preparing food for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. So ‘Abdullāh said: ‘When they depart from Muḥammad, then bring Muḥammad some food, and let him and whoever is with him eat it.’ Then he said to his companions: ‘If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.’ Zaid said: “And I was riding behind the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and I had heard ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy, so I informed my uncle who went to tell the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He sent a message to him (‘Abdullāh) but he took an oath and denied it.” He said: “So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ accepted what he said and did not believe me. So my uncle came to me and said: ‘You only wanted the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to hate you, and the Muslims to say that you lied.’” He said: “I suffered such worry as has not been suffered by anyone else.” He said: “(Later) while I was on the move with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on a journey, my mind was relieved of
worry, since the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to me and rubbed my ear and smiled in my face. I would never be happier than with that as long as the world remained. Then Abū Bakr caught up to me, and said: 'What did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say to you?' I said: 'He did not say anything to me, he only rubbed my ear and smiled in my face.' He said: 'Receive the good news!' Then 'Umar caught up with me and I said the same to him as I had to Abū Bakr. In the morning the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited Sūrat Al-Munāfiqīn." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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[1] Al-Munāfiqīn 63:1.
Commentary
In the 6th year of emigration, in the battle of Banū Muṣṭaliq, the Prophet ﷺ alighted near a water spring, where a dispute took place between an emigrant and an Anṣārī; and the emigrant slapped the Anṣārī, whereupon the Anṣārī called for the help of Anṣār, and the emigrant asked the help of emigrants; the people from both sides became ready to fight. Fortunately, the matter became calm with the Prophet's intervention.
