Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3471
وَعَن أبي رِمْثَةَ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ أبي فقالَ: «مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي مَعَكَ؟» قَالَ: ابْنِي أَشْهَدُ بِهِ قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَا تَجْنِي عَلَيْهِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَزَادَ فِي «شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ» فِي أَوَّلِهِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَأَى أَبِي الَّذِي بِظَهْرِ رَسُول الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فَقَالَ: دَعْنِي أُعَالِجُ الَّذِي بِظَهْرِكِ فَإِنِّي طَبِيبٌ. فَقَالَ: «أَنْتَ رفيقٌ واللَّهُ الطبيبُ»
Abu Rimthah reported: I came to the Messenger of God with my father. He said, ‘Who is this with you?’ My father said, ‘He is my son; I testify to that.’ He said, ‘He is not accountable for your deeds, and you are not accountable for his.’ Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i transmitted it. Sharh al-Sunnah adds at the beginning: I entered with my father to see the Messenger of God. My father saw what was on the Messenger of God’s back and said, ‘Let me treat what is on your back, for I am a physician.’ He said, ‘You are a companion, and God is the Physician.’
Translation notes
The English witness adds explanatory footnotes for the first saying and the variant about healing; those notes are absent from the Arabic text. The additional phrase is translated as “a companion” for rafiq.