Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2246

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Sufyān ibn Wakī‘ narrated to us; ‘Abd al-A‘lā ibn ‘Abd al-A‘lā narrated to us, from al-Jurayrī, from Abū Naḍrah, from Abū Sa‘īd, who said: Ibn Ṣā’id accompanied me, either on pilgrimage or on a lesser pilgrimage. The people went on, leaving the two of us behind. When I was alone with him, I shuddered and felt uneasy because of what people said about him. When we stopped, I said to him, “Put your belongings by that tree.” He saw some sheep, took a cup, went and milked one, then brought me some milk and said, “Abū Sa‘īd, drink.” I disliked drinking anything from his hand because of what people said about him, so I told him, “It is a hot day, and I do not like milk on a day like this.”

He said to me, “Abū Sa‘īd, I have thought of taking a rope, tying it to a tree, and hanging myself because of what people say about me. Consider this: what is hidden from those who do not know my report will not be hidden from you. Are you not the most knowledgeable people about the reports of the Messenger of Allah? O Ansār, did the Messenger of Allah not say that he is a disbeliever, while I am a Muslim? Did he not say that he is sterile and will have no children, while I have left my children in Madinah? Did he not say that he will not enter—or that Makkah and Madinah are forbidden to him? Am I not one of the people of Madinah? And here I am setting out with you for Makkah!” By Allah, he kept arguing this way until I said, “Perhaps he is being falsely accused.”

Then he said, “Abū Sa‘īd, by Allah, I will tell you something true. By Allah, I know him, I know his father, and I know where he is on earth right now.” I said, “May you be miserable for the rest of this day.”

Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.