Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #46349

On his authority, he said: People came to the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, asking him to send men with us who would teach us the Qur’an and the Sunnah. So he sent to them seventy men from the Ansar who were called the reciters. Among them were the uncles of Haram. They read the Qur’an and studied it at night, learning. During the day, they would bring water and put it in the mosque. They would collect firewood and sell it, and with it they would buy food for the people of Suffah and for the poor. So he sent them, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and they presented it to them. So they killed them before they reached the place, and they said: Oh God, inform our Prophet that we have met you, and we were satisfied with you and you were satisfied with us. A forbidden man came from behind Anas’s uncle and stabbed him with a spear until he executed it. Haram said: You have won by the Lord of the Kaaba. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Your brothers have been killed and they said: Oh God, inform our Prophet that we have met you.” We were satisfied with you and you were satisfied with us.” (Agreed upon, and this is Muslim’s wording.)