حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ التَّنُوخِيُّ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَبِيبُ الْأَمِينُ أَمَّا هُوَ إِلَيَّ فَحَبِيبٌ وَأَمَّا هُوَ عِنْدِي فَأَمِينٌ عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ قَالَ کُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْعَةً أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةً أَوْ تِسْعَةً فَقَالَ أَلَا تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَبَسَطْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا قَدْ بَايَعْنَاکَ فَعَلَامَ نُبَايِعُکَ فَقَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِکُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُوا الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ وَتَسْمَعُوا وَتُطِيعُوا وَأَسَرَّ کَلِمَةً خُفْيَةً وَلَا تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ أُولَئِکَ النَّفَرِ يَسْقُطُ سَوْطُهُ فَلَا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا يُنَاوِلُهُ إِيَّاهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2867
Awf bin Malik Al-Asbja'I said: "We were with the Prophet P.B.U.H seven or eight or nine of us – and he said: 'Will you not give pledge to the Messenger of AlIah?' So we strgetched forth our hands and someone said: '0 Messenger of Allah, we have already given you our pledge. On what basis shall we give this pledge?' He said: '(On the basis that) you will worship Allah and not associate anything with Him, you will establish the five daily prayers, you will listen and obey' – then he spoke some words under his breath – 'and you will not ask the people for anything: He said: 'I saw some of that group. If he dropped his whip he would not ask anyone to pick it up for him.'" (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020