حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ أَتَی عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا أَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ قَالَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَی حَاجَةٍ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَی أُمِّي فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ قَالَتْ مَا حَبَسَکَ قُلْتُ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِحَاجَةٍ قَالَتْ مَا حَاجَتُهُ قُلْتُ إِنَّهَا سِرٌّ قَالَتْ لَا تُحَدِّثَنَّ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدًا قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَحَدًا لَحَدَّثْتُکَ يَا ثَابِتُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6378
Anas reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to me as I was playing with playmates. He greeted and sent me on an errand and I made delay in going to my mother. When I came to her she said: What detained you? I said: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sent me on an errand. She said: What was the purpose? I said: It is something secret. Therupon she said: Do not then divulge the secret of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to anyone. Anas said: By Allah, if I were to divulge it to anyone, then, O Thabit, I would have divulged it to you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020