حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ يُرِيدُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَمَعَهُ غُلَامُهُ ضَلَّ کُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هَذَا غُلَامُکَ قَدْ أَتَاکَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي أُشْهِدُکَ أَنَّهُ حُرٌّ قَالَ فَهُوَ حِينَ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْلَةً مِنْ طُولِهَا وَعَنَائِهَا عَلَی أَنَّهَا مِنْ دَارَةِ الْکُفْرِ نَجَّتِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2530
Narrated Qais: When Abu Huraira accompanied by his slave set out intending to embrace Islam they lost each other on the way. The slave then came while Abu Huraira was sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet said, "O Abu Huraira! Your slave has come back." Abu Huraira said, "Indeed, I would like you to witness that I have manumitted him." That happened at the time when Abu Huraira recited (the following poetic verse):-- 'What a long tedious tiresome night! Nevertheless, it has delivered us From the land of Kufr (disbelief).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020