حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ يَعْنِي خَالِدَ بْنَ ذَکْوَانَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ کَعْبٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ عَنَزَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ حَيْثُ سُيِّرَ مِنْ الشَّامِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَکَ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذًا أُخْبِرُکَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَکُونَ سِرًّا قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ هَلْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَافِحُکُمْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ قَالَ مَا لَقِيتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَافَحَنِي وَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَلَمْ أَکُنْ فِي أَهْلِي فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ لِي فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ عَلَی سَرِيرِهِ فَالْتَزَمَنِي فَکَانَتْ تِلْکَ أَجْوَدَ وَأَجْوَدَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5214
Narrated Abu Dharr: Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Kab al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah who said that he asked Abu Dharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask you about a tradition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shake hands with you when you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shaking hands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home. When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to him and found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better and better.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020