The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said, "You will travel through this evening and night, and you will reach water tomorrow, Allah willing."So the people set off, no one waiting for anyone else.Abu Qatada said, "While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling and the night had grown deep, I was beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dozed off and leaned to one side of his mount. I came up to him and steadied him without waking him until he straightened upright on his mount.Then he continued on, and when the night had grown even later, he leaned again from his mount. I steadied him without waking him until he straightened upright on his mount.Then he continued on, and when it was the last part of the night, he leaned a third time, more severely than the first two, almost falling. I came up to him and steadied him. He raised his head and asked, 'Who is this?'I said, 'Abu Qatada.'He asked, 'How long have you been traveling beside me like this?'I said, 'I have been traveling like this all night.'He said, 'May Allah preserve you as you have preserved His Prophet.'"And the hadith continues.
خطبنا رسول الله ﷺ فقال: إنكم تسيرون عشيتكم وليلتكم، وتأتون الماء إن شاء الله غدا. فانطلق الناس لا يلوى أحد على أحد قال أبو قتادة: فبينما رسول الله ﷺ يسير حتى ابهار الليل وأنا إلى جنبه. قال: فنعس رسول الله ﷺ، فمال عن راحلته، فأتيته فدعمته من غير أن أوقظه حتى اعتدل على راحلته. قال: ثم سار حتى تهور الليل مال عن راحلته. قال: فدعمته من غير أن أوقظه حتى اعتدل على راحلته قال: ثم سار حتى إذا كان من آخر السحر مال ميلة هي أشد من الميلتين الأوليين حتى كاد ينجفل، فأتيته فدعمته، فرفع رأسه، فقال: من هذا؟ قلت: أبو قتادة. قال: متى كان هذا مسيرك مني؟ قلت: ما زال هذا مسيرى منذ الليلة. قال: حفظك الله بما حفظت به نبيه الحديث.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Mosques (681-311), from Shayban bin Farroukh, who said, "Sulayman (meaning Ibn Mughira) narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Rabah, from Abu Qatada," and he related it.The hadith in full is mentioned in the Book of Adhan.