He then mounted Usama behind him and proceeded at a steady pace on his camel. The people were striking their camels right and left, but he paid no attention to them and kept saying, "Calmly, people, calmly." He set out at the moment the sun had set.
ثم أردف أسامة، فجعل يعنق على ناقته، والناس يضربون الإبل يمينا وشمالا لا يلتفت إليهم ويقول: السكينة أيها الناس، ودفع حين غابت الشمس.
Abu Dawud (1922) and Tirmidhi (885) both narrated it from the hadith of Sufyan, from Abdul-Rahman bin Harith bin Ayyash bin Abu Rabia, from Zayd bin Ali, from his father, from Ubaydullah bin Abu Rafi, from Ali bin Abu Talib, and he related it. The wording given is that of Abu Dawud. As for Tirmidhi, he related it within a longer passage. Its chain of transmission is hasan, due to the discussion surrounding Abdul-Rahman bin Harith, except that his hadith is hasan.As for the phrase "he did not turn toward them," this is how it appears in Sunan Abu Dawud, transmitted from Imam Ahmad, and it is found in his Musnad (1348) from Yahya bin Adam, who said, Sufyan narrated to us with his chain of transmission. However, Abu Dawud himself also narrated it (562), as did Tirmidhi, from the hadith of Abu Ahmad Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Zubayr, from Sufyan, and in this version it reads, "he would turn toward them and say, Tranquility..." This is the sahih version, without the negating "not," because the meaning does not hold together if it is affirmed. It appears that Yahya bin Adam made an error in it, stating "he did not turn."Bayhaqi (5/122) is likewise among those who mistakenly included the negating "not" in the narration of Muhammad bin Abdullah Zubayri Asadi, whereas the correct version omits it. Muhibb Din Tabari said in Qira (p. 414), Some scholars said, the narration of whoever transmitted "he would turn toward them" with the "not" dropped is more sahih, for he was looking at them while they were driving the camels, gesturing to them right and left, saying, "Tranquility, tranquility."