حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَی الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَشِّرٌ الْحَلَبِيُّ عَنْ تَمَّامِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ عَنْ کَعْبٍ الْإِيَادِيِّ قَالَ کُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَی أَبِي الدَّرْدَائِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَائِ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا جَلَسَ وَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ فَقَامَ فَأَرَادَ الرُّجُوعَ نَزَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ أَوْ بَعْضَ مَا يَکُونُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَعْرِفُ ذَلِکَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَيَثْبُتُونَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4854
Narrated Abud Darda: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would sit and we would also sit around him. If he got up intending to return, he would take off his sandals or something he was wearing, and his Companions recognising his purpose (that he would return) would stay where they were.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020