أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ مَالِکِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ شَبَبَةٌ مُتَقَارِبُونَ فَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَحِيمًا رَفِيقًا فَظَنَّ أَنَّا قَدْ اشْتَقْنَا إِلَی أَهْلِنَا فَسَأَلَنَا عَمَّنْ تَرَکْنَاهُ مِنْ أَهْلِنَا فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعُوا إِلَی أَهْلِيکُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا عِنْدَهُمْ وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ وَمُرُوهُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَکُمْ أَحَدُکُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّکُمْ أَکْبَرُکُمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 639
It was narrated that Malik bin Al-Huwairith said: “We came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and we were young men close in age. He let us stay with him for twenty days. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was merciful and compassionate, and he thought that we were missing our families; he asked us about those whom we had left behind of our families, so we told him, and he said: ‘Go back to your families, stay with them and teach them.Tell them when the time for prayer comes; let one of you call the Adhan and let the oldest of you lead the prayer.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020