حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَعْلَی بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ کُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ فَقَالَ لِي ائْتِ تِلْکَ الْأَشَائَتَيْنِ قَالَ وَکِيعٌ يَعْنِي النَّخْلَ الصِّغَارَ فَقُلْ لَهُمَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُکُمَا أَنْ تَجْتَمِعَا فَاجْتَمَعَتَا فَاسْتَتَرَ بِهِمَا فَقَضَی حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي ائْتِهِمَا فَقُلْ لَهُمَا لِتَرْجِعْ کُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْکُمَا إِلَی مَکَانِهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُمَا فَرَجَعَتَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 339
It was narrated from Ya'la bin Murrah that his father said: "I was with the Prophet on a journey, and he wanted to relieve himself. He said to me: 'Go to those two small date-palm trees and tell them: "The Messenger of Allah orders you to come together.''' So they came together and he concealed himself behind them, and relieved himself. Then he said to me: 'Go to them and tell them: "Go back, each one of you, to your places.''' So I said that to them and they went back."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020