I said, "Messenger of Allah, when you send me on a mission, should I act like a heated iron rod, or does the one present see what the absent one does not?"He replied, "The one present sees what the absent one does not."
حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد عن سفيان حدثنا محمد بن عمر بن علي بن أبي طالب
قلت يا رسول الله إذا بعثتني أكون كالسكة المحماة أم الشاهد يرى ما لا يرى الغائب قال الشاهد يرى ما لا يرى الغائب
Its isnad is daif due to disconnection. Muhammad bin Umar bin Ali bin Abu Talib was mentioned by Ibn Hibban among the trustworthy narrators, but his narration from his grandfather is mursal, as he never met him.Al-sikkah is a piece of iron inscribed with writing, engraved, used for striking coins. It is a stamp used to imprint gold, silver, and similar things.The hadith was narrated by Bukhari in al-Kabir 1/1/177, from Abu Naeem, from Yahya bin Saeed, from Sufyan.