I went with my father to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When I saw him, my father asked, "Who is this?"I replied, "I do not know."He said, "This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."I shuddered when he said that, for I had imagined that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not resemble ordinary people. But there he was, with thick hair tinged with henna, wearing two green garments. My father greeted him, and then he spoke with us for a while.He asked, "Is this your son?"My father answered, "Yes, by the Lord of the Kaabah, I bear witness to it."He said, "Indeed, this son of yours will not bring guilt upon you, nor will you bring guilt upon him." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited, "And no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another" [Anam 6:164].Then my father looked at the growth between his shoulders and said, "Messenger of Allah, I am among the most skilled of men in medicine. Shall I treat it for you?"He replied, "Its physician is the One who created it."
انطلقت مع أبي إلى رسول الله ﷺ، فلما رأيته قال أبي: من هذا؟ قلت: لا أدري، قال: هذا رسول الله ﷺ، فاقشعررت حين قال ذلك، وكنت أظن أن رسول الله ﷺ لا يشبه الناس، فإذا له وفرة بها ردع من حناء، وعليه بردان أخضران، فسلم عليه أبي، ثم أخذ يحدثنا ساعة، قال ابنك هذا؟ قال: إي ورب الكعبة أشهد به، قال: أما إن ابنك هذا لا يجني عليك ولا تجني عليه، ثم قرأ رسول الله ﷺ: {ولا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى} ثم نظر إلى السلعة التي بين كتفيه، فقال: يا رسول الله، إني كأطب الرجال، ألا أعالجها؟ قال: طبيبها الذي خلقها.
Narrated by Ahmad (7109), Abu Dawud (4206), Nasai (1572), and Tirmidhi (2812), and Ibn Hibban (5995) graded it sahih, all of them from the hadith of Ubaydullah bin Iyad bin Laqeet, from Iyad bin Laqeet, from Abu Rimtha, who mentioned it. The wording given is that of Ahmad and Ibn Hibban, while the others reported it in abbreviated form. Its isnad is sahih.