Bahz and Affan narrated to us, saying Mahdi narrated to us, Muhammad bin Abu Yaqub narrated to us, from Hasan bin Saad, the freedman of Hasan bin Ali, from Abdullah bin Jafar, who said:The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me behind him on his ride one day and confided to me something I shall never disclose to anyone. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ preferred to conceal himself when relieving himself behind a high mound or a cluster of palm trees.One day he entered one of the gardens belonging to the Ansar, and suddenly a camel came up to him, groaning, with tears streaming from its eyes.Bahz and Affan said, when the camel saw the Prophet ﷺ, it moaned and its eyes shed tears. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped its hump and the area behind its ears, and it grew calm.Then he asked, "Who is the owner of this camel?"A young man from the Ansar came forward and said, "It is mine, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Do you not fear Allah concerning this beast which Allah has placed in your possession? It has complained to me that you starve it and exhaust it with toil."
حدثنا يزيد أنبأنا مهدي بن ميمون عن محمد بن أبي يعقوب عن الحسن بن سعد
حدثنا بهز وعفان قالا حدثنا مهدي حدثنا محمد بن أبي يعقوب عن الحسن بن سعد مولى الحسن بن علي عن عبد الله بن جعفر قال أردفني رسول الله ﷺ ذات يوم خلفه فأسر إلي حديثا لا أخبر به أحدا أبدا وكان رسول الله ﷺ أحب ما استتر به في حاجته هدف أو حائش نخل فدخل يوما حائطا من حيطان الأنصار فإذا جمل قد أتاه فجرجر وذرفت عيناه قال بهز وعفان فلما رأى النبي ﷺ حن وذرفت عيناه فمسح رسول الله ﷺ سراته وذفراه فسكن فقال من صاحب الجمل فجاء فتى من الأنصار فقال هو لي يا رسول الله فقال أما تتقي الله في هذه البهيمة التي ملككها الله إنه شكا إلي أنك تجيعه وتدئبه
Its isnad is sahih. Mahdi bin Maymun Azdi Basri is trustworthy. Muhammad bin Abu Yaqub is Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abu Yaqub Tamimi Dabbi Basri, named after his grandfather, and he is trustworthy. Muslim narrated part of this hadith in 1:105 and 2:243, and likewise Ibn Majah in 1:73. Abu Dawud narrated it at length in 2:328-329, all of them through the route of Mahdi bin Maymun.Al-hadaf, with two fatha vowels, Khattabi said in Maalim 2:248, it refers to anything that has a raised form, whether a building or something else, and it is said "the thing has become a target for you" (istuhdifa) when it stands up and rises before you.Haish nakhl, Khattabi said, al-haish is a cluster of small palm trees, having no singular form derived from the same root. Ibn Athir said, al-haish is palm trees that are intertwined and clustered together, as if, because of their intertwining, each part draws (yahush) the other toward itself.Sarratuhu, with fatha on the sin and a light ra, the sarah of anything is its back and its upper part.Dhifrahu, with kasra on the dhal and sukun on the fa, Khattabi said, the dhifra of a camel is the back of its head, the spot where it sweats from the nape of its neck.Tudiubuhu means it wears it down and tires it out, from al-daab, which means exertion and fatigue.See also 1754.