We were traveling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we stopped at a wide valley. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to relieve himself, and I followed him with a small water vessel. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked around but did not see anything to conceal himself behind. Then he noticed two trees at the edge of the valley.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went over to one of them, took hold of one of its branches, and said, "Come along with me by the permission of Allah." The tree followed him like a camel led by its nose-rein, obediently submitting to its handler, until he reached the other tree. He took hold of one of its branches and said, "Come along with me by the permission of Allah." That tree followed him in the same way.When he was at the midpoint between the two spots they had stood, he brought the two trees together and said, "Join together over me by the permission of Allah," and they joined together... and the rest of the hadith.
-: سرنا مع رسول الله ﷺ حتى نزلنا واديا أفيح، فذهب رسول الله ﷺ يقضي حاجته، فاتبعته بإداوة من ماء، فنظر رسول الله ﷺ فلم ير شيئا يستتر به، فإذا شجرتان بشاطئ الوادي، فانطلق رسول الله ﷺ إلى إحداهما فأخذ بغصن من أغصانها، فقال: انقادي علي بإذن الله فانقادت معه كالبعير المخشوش، الذي يصانع قائده، حتى أتى الشجرة الأخرى، فأخذ بغصن من أغصانها، فقال: انقادي علي بإذن الله فانقادت معه كذلك، حتى إذا كان بالمنصف مما بينهما، لام بينهما-يعني جمعهما- فقال: التيما علي بإذن الله فالتأمتا… الحديث.
Muslim narrated it in Zuhd (3012:74) through a route from Hatim bin Ismail, from Yaqub bin Mujahid Abu Hazra, from Ubada bin Walid bin Ubada bin Samit, who said, "My father and I set out seeking knowledge until we came to Jabir bin Abdullah," and he mentioned it in a long hadith, which is cited in Dalail Nubuwwah.As for what has been narrated from Abu Saeed Khudri, who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Two men should not go out to relieve themselves exposing their private parts while talking to each other, for Allah, mighty and exalted, detests that,'" this is daif and mudtarib.Abu Dawud narrated it (15) from Abdullah bin Umar bin Maysara, who said, Ibn Mahdi told us, Ikrima bin Ammar told us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, from Hilal bin Ayyad, who said, Abu Saeed told me, and he mentioned it. Abu Dawud said, "No one gave this a connected chain except Ikrima bin Ammar."I say, the scholars agree that the narration of Ikrima bin Ammar from Yahya bin Abu Kathir is daif. Ibn Madini said, "Ikrima bin Ammar's narration from Yahya bin Abu Kathir is not reliable, it contains objectionable material, and Yahya bin Saeed used to weaken it." Bukhari said, "He is confused in the hadith of Yahya bin Abu Kathir and did not have a written record from him." Abu Dawud said, "Ikrima bin Ammar is trustworthy, but there is confusion in his hadith from Yahya bin Abu Kathir."Uzai contradicted him, narrating it from Yahya bin Abu Kathir as a mursal report. Hakim narrated it (1/158), and Abu Hatim was asked about this hadith and said, "The sahih version is this," meaning the mursal hadith of Uzai, "and the hadith of Ikrima is a mistake." Also, in the connected chain there is Hilal bin Ayyad, or Ayyad bin Hilal, who is unknown.The hadith has a corroborating report from the hadith of Jabir bin Abdullah and Abu Hurairah, but there is also discussion regarding their chains. Since the hadith did not meet the conditions of the Jami Kamil, I did not include it therein.