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3811. Khaithamah bin Abi Sabrah said: “I came to Al-Madinah, so I asked Allāh to make it easy for me to sit with one who is righteous. He made Abū Hurairah accessible to me, so I sat with him and said to him: ‘Indeed, I asked Allāh to make it easy for me to sit with one who is righteous, and it is to you that I was guided.’ So he said to me: ‘From where are you?’ I said: ‘From the people of Al-Kūfah, I came to
search out good and to seek it.' So he said: 'Is there not among you Sa'd bin Mālik whose supplication is answered, Ibn Mas'ūd, the one who used to carry the water for purification and the sandals of the Messenger of Allāh, and Ḥudhaifah, the keeper of the secrets of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and 'Ammār whom Allāh has guarded from Shaitān upon the tongue of His Prophet, and Salmān the companion of the Two Books?'" (Ḍa'if)
(One of the narrators) Qatādah said: "And the Two Books are the Injil and the Qur'ān."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb Ṣaḥīḥ, and Khāithamah is Ibn 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Sabrah, he is attributed to his grandfather.
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The Prophet ﷺ prayed to Allāh ﷻ for Sa'd bin Mālik bin Abī Waqqāṣ to accept his supplications. It has already been mentioned while enumerating his qualities. 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd was a special attendant of the Prophet ﷺ who was responsible for his shoes and pillow.
