Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #45893

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said: We were sitting around the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and with us were Abu Bakr and Omar, may God be pleased with them, in a group. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, rose from behind us and slowed down for us. We feared that he would cut us off, and we were terrified, so we stood up. I was the first to be terrified, so I went out seeking the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, until I came to an Ansar wall of Banu al-Najjar. I went around to see if I could find a door for it, but I did not find it, and then I found a spring It enters the hollow of a wall from a well outside it - and the spring: the small stream - so I became excited, so I entered upon the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said: “Abu Hurairah?” So I said: Yes, O Messenger of God. He said: “What’s the matter with you?” I said: You were among us, so you got up and slowed down for us. We feared that you would cut off our ranks, so we were frightened. I was the first to be frightened, so I came to this wall. So I dug like a fox digs, and these people are behind me. He said: “O Abu! Kitten.” He gave me his sandals and said: “Go with these sandals. Whoever you meet from behind this wall bears witness that there is no god but God, being certain of it in his heart, so give him good tidings of Paradise.” He mentioned the hadith in its entirety, ((Narrated by Muslim)).