The reciter: Qutaybah narrated to us, and Isma'il ibn Ja'far narrated to us from Amr ibn Abi Amr, the client of al-Mut'ib ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Hanatib, that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Talhah:
"Seek out a boy from among your boys to serve me." So Abu Talhah took me out, riding me behind him, and I served the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) whenever he stopped. I would hear him frequently say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debt, and being overpowered by men." I continued to serve him until we returned from Khaybar, and he returned with Safiyyah bint Huyayy, whom he had taken captive. I saw him covering her behind him with a cloak or a garment, then riding her behind him. When we reached al-Sahba', he prepared a mixture of dates, barley, and butter in a mat, then sent me to call the men, and they ate. That was his celebration of his marriage to her. Then he proceeded until al-Hudaybiyah appeared to him, and he said, "This is a mountain that loves us and we love it." When he looked down upon al-Madinah, he said: "O Allah, I make sacred what is between its two mountains, just as Ibrahim made Makkah sacred. O Allah, bless them in their mud and their sa'."
التمس غلامًا من غلمانكم يخدمني فخرج بي أبو طلحة يردفني وراءه فكنت أخدم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كلما نزل فكنت أسمعه يكثر أن يقول : اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الهم والحزن والعجز والكسل والبخل والجبن وضلع الدين وغلبة الرجال فلم أزل أخدمه حتى أقبلنا من خيبر وأقبل بصفية بنت حيي قد حازها فكنت أراه يحوي لها وراءه بعباءة أو بكساء ثم يردفها وراءه حتى إذا كنا بالصهباء صنع حيسًا في نطع ثم أرسلني فدعوت رجالاً فأكلوا وكان ذلك بناءه بها ثم أقبل حتى إذا بدا له أحد قال هذا جبل يحبنا ونحبه فلما أشرف على المدينة قال : اللهم إني أحرم ما بين جبليها مثل ما حرم به إبراهيم مكة اللهم بارك لهم في مدهم وصاعهم
