The Prophet ﷺ came out to us one day and called out three times, saying, "People, do you know what my likeness and your likeness is?"They replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best."He said, "My likeness and your likeness is only like that of a people who feared an enemy coming upon them, so they sent a man to scout for them. While they were in that state, he sighted the enemy and came rushing back to warn them, fearing the enemy would overtake him before he could alert his people. So he waved his garment, calling out, 'People, they have come upon you! People, they have come upon you!' three times."
خرج إلينا النبي ﷺ يوما، فنادى ثلاث مرار، فقال: أيها الناس تدرون ما مثلي ومثلكم؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم. قال: إنما مثلي ومثلكم مثل قوم خافوا عدوا يأتيهم، فبعثوا رجلا يتراءى لهم، فبينما هم كذلك أبصر العدو فأقبل لينذرهم، وخشي أن يدركه العدو قبل أن ينذر قومه، فأهوى بثوبه أيها الناس أتيتم، أيها الناس أتيتم ثلاث مرار.
Ahmad (22948) narrated it from Abu Naeem, who said, "Bashir narrated to us, Abdullah bin Burayda narrated to me, from his father," who said, and then he mentioned it.Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Bashir, who is Ibn Muhajir Ghanawi Kufi, one of the men of Muslim, though he is disputed. Still, his hadith is hasan so long as nothing objectionable appears in it. Ahmad criticized him, Ibn Main deemed him reliable, and Nasai said, "There is no harm in him."