The Prophet ﷺ used to present himself to people at the pilgrimage stations, saying, "Is there a man who will take me to his people? For Quraysh have prevented me from conveying the words of my Lord."A man from Hamdan came to him, and the Prophet ﷺ asked, "Who are your people?"The man replied, "From Hamdan."He asked, "Do your people have the strength to protect you?"The man answered, "Yes."Then the man feared that his people might let him down, so he came back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I will go to them and inform them, then come to you next year."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes."So he set off, and the delegation of the Ansar came in Rajab.
كان النبي ﷺ يعرض نفسه على الناس بالموقف. فيقول: هل من رجل يحملني إلى قومه؟ فإن قريشا قد منعوني أن أبلغ كلام ربي. فأتاه رجل من همدان فقال: ممن أنت؟ فقال الرجل: من همدان. قال: فهل عند قومك من منعة؟ قال: نعم، ثم إن الرجل خشي أن يحفره قومه. فأتى رسول الله ﷺ فقال: أيهم فأخبرهم، ثم آتيك من عام قابل. قال: نعم فانطلق، وجاء وفد الأنصار في رجب.
Imam Ahmad narrated it (15192), and this is his wording, as did Abu Dawud (4734), Ibn Majah (201), Tirmidhi (2925), and Hakim (2/612-613), all of them from the hadith of Israil, from Uthman bin Mughira, from Salim bin Abu Jaad, from Jabir, who related it. Some of them narrated it in abridged form. Tirmidhi said, "Hasan sahih." And Hakim said, "Sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs, though they did not include it."