Abu Qatada reported,

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, none waiting for another. Abu Qatada said, "While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling on, until the night was halfway through, I was riding beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew drowsy and leaned to one side off his mount. I came to him and propped him up without waking him, until he was upright on his mount again. Then he went on until the night was deep into its course, and he leaned again. I propped him up without waking him until he was upright on his mount. Then he traveled on until, in the last part of the night, he leaned over more sharply than the first two times, almost falling off. I came to him and propped him up. He raised his head and asked, 'Who is this?'I said, 'Abu Qatada.'He asked, 'How long have you been traveling like this beside me?'I said, 'I have been traveling this way since the start of the night.'He said, 'May Allah preserve you, just as you preserved His Prophet.'Then he said, 'Do you think we might be hidden from the people?'Then he said, 'Do you see anyone?'I said, 'Here is a rider.' Then I said, 'Here is another rider,' until we had gathered together as seven riders.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then turned off the road, set down his head, and said, 'Watch over our prayer for us.'The first to wake was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, with the sun already on his back. We got up alarmed. He said, 'Mount up.'So we mounted and traveled on. When the sun had risen high, he dismounted and called for a small water vessel I had with me, which contained a little water. He performed a light ablution from it, and some water was left in it. Then he said to Abu Qatada, 'Keep watch over your water vessel for us, for it will have a story.'Then Bilal called the adhan for the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed two rakahs, then prayed the morning prayer, doing as he did every day. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted and we mounted with him.We began whispering to one another, 'What is the expiation for what we did in neglecting our prayer?'Then he said, 'Do you not have an example in me?' Then he said, 'There is no negligence in sleep. Negligence is only on the one who does not pray a prayer until the time of the next prayer comes. Whoever does that, let him pray it when he becomes aware of it, and the next day let him pray it at its proper time.'Then he said, 'What do you think the people have done?'Then he said, 'The people woke up and missed their Prophet, and Abu Bakr and Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is behind you, he would not leave you behind." But the people said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is ahead of you." If they obey Abu Bakr and Umar, they will be guided rightly.'We reached the people when the day had grown long and everything had become hot. They were saying, 'Messenger of Allah, we are dying of thirst.'He said, 'There is no destruction upon you.' Then he said, 'Bring me my small drinking cup.' He called for the water vessel, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began pouring while Abu Qatada gave the people to drink. As soon as the people saw the water in the vessel, they crowded around it.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Behave well. Each of you will drink his fill.'So they did. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept pouring while I gave them to drink, until no one was left but myself and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ poured and said to me, 'Drink.'I said, 'I will not drink until you drink, Messenger of Allah.'He said, 'The one who serves the people is the last of them to drink.'So I drank, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank. Then the people came to the water, satisfied and quenched."Abdullah bin Rabah said, "I was narrating this hadith in the congregational mosque when Imran bin Husayn said, 'Look, young man, how you narrate, for I was one of the riders that night.'I said, 'Then you know the hadith better.'He asked, 'Who are you from?'I said, 'From the Ansar.'He said, 'Narrate, for you know your own narrations better.'So I narrated to the people. Imran said, 'I witnessed that night, and I did not realize that anyone had memorized it as you have memorized it.'"

عن أبي قتادة قال

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 مسيري منذ الليلة، قال: حفظك الله بما حفظت به نبيه. ثم قال: هل ترانا نخفى على الناس. ثم قال: هل ترى من أحد؟ قلت: هذا راكب. ثم قلت: هذا راكب آخر، حتى اجتمعنا فكنا سبعة ركب. قال: فمال رسول الله ﷺ عن الطريق فوضع رأسه ثم قال: احفظوا علينا صلاتنا. فكان أول من استيقظ رسول الله ﷺ والشمس فى ظهره، قال: فقمنا فزعين ثم قال: اركبوا. فركبنا فسرنا حتى إذا ارتفعت الشمس نزل ثم دعا بميضأة كانت معي فيها شيء من ماء قال: فتوضأ منها وضوء دون وضوء قال: وبقي فيها شيء من ماء، ثم قال لأبي قتادة: احفظ علينا ميضأتك فسيكون لها نبة. ثم أذن بلال بالصلاة فصلى رسول الله ﷺ ركعتين ثم صلى الغداة فصنع كما كان يصنع كل يوم قال: وركب رسول الله ﷺ وركبنا معه قال: فجعل بعضنا يهمس إلى بعض ما كفارة ما صنعنا بتفريطنا في صلاتنا ثم قال أما لكم في أسوة. ثم قال: أما إنه ليس في النوم تفريط إنما التفريط على من لم يصل الصلاة حتى يحيء وقت الصلاة الأخرى فمن فعل ذلك فليصلها حين ينتبه لها فإذا كان الغد فليصلها عند وقتها. ثم قالما ترون الناس صنعوا. قال: ثم قال: أصبح الناس فقدوا نبيهم، فقال أبو بكر وعمر: رسول الله ﷺ بعدكم لم يكن ليخلفكم. وقال الناس: إن رسول الله ﷺ بين أيديكم فإن يطيعوا أبا بكر وعمر يرشدوا. قال: فانتهينا إلى الناس حين امتد النهار، وحمي كل شيء، وهم يقولون: يا رسول الله ﷺ هلكنا عطشنا. فقال: لا هلك عليكم. ثم قال: أطلقوا لي غمري. قال: ودعا بالميضأة فجعل رسول الله ﷺ يصب وأبو قتادة يسقيهم فلم يعد أن رأى الناس ماء في الميضأة تكابوا عليها. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: أحسنوا الملة كلكم سيروى. قال: ففعلوا فجعل رسول الله ﷺ يصب وأسقيهم حتى ما بقي غيري وغير رسول الله ﷺ قال: ثم صب رسول الله ﷺ فقال لي: اشرب. فقلت: لا أشرب حتى تشرب يا رسول الله قال: إن ساقي القوم آخرهم شربا. قال: فشربت وشرب رسول الله ﷺ، قال: فأتى الناس الماء جامين رواء. قال: فقال عبد الله بن رباح: إني لأحدث هذا الحديث في مسجد الجامع إذ قال عمران بن حصين انظر أيها الفتى كيف تحدث؟ فإني أحد الركب تلك الليلة. قال: قلت: فأنت أعلم بالحديث. فقال: ممن أنت؟ قلت من الأنصار. قال: حدث فأنتم أعلم بحديثكم. قال: فحدثت القوم، فقال عمران: لقد شهدت تلك الليلة، وما شعرت أن أحدا حفظه كما حفظته.