We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military expedition. We were six men sharing a single camel, taking turns riding it. Our feet became blistered and torn. My own feet were blistered and my toenails fell off. We used to wrap rags around our feet, so this expedition was called the Expedition of the Patches, because of the rags we bound around our feet.Abu Burda said, Abu Musa narrated this hadith, then he disliked having done so. It was as though he disliked that he had disclosed something of his own deeds.Abu Usama said, Someone other than Burayd added to me, "And Allah will reward him for it."
خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ في غزاة- ونحن ستة نفر، بيننا بعير نعتقبه، قال: فنقبت أقدامنا، فنقبت قدماي وسقطت أظفاري، وكنا نلف على أرجلنا الخرق، فسميت غزوة ذات الرقاع، لما كنا نعصب على أرجلنا من الخرق. قال أبو بردة: فحدث أبو موسى بهذا الحديث، ثم كره ذاك، قال: كأنه كره أن يكون شيء من عمله أفشاه. قال أبو أسامة: وزادني غير بريد: والله يجزى به.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4128), and Muslim in the Book of Jihad (1816), both from Muhammad bin Ala, who said, Abu Usama told us, from Burayd bin Abdullah bin Abu Burda, from Abu Burda, from Abu Musa, who related it.Abu Burda said, Abu Musa related this hadith, then later disliked having done so. He said, it was as if he disliked having disclosed something about his own deeds.Ibn Ishaq said, then the Prophet ﷺ campaigned against Najd, intending Bani Muharib and Bani Thalaba of Ghatfan. He marched until he camped at Nakhl, and this was the expedition of Dhat al-Riqa. He said, there he encountered a gathering of Ghatfan, and the people drew close to one another, but no fighting took place between them, though each side feared the other, so much so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the people in the prayer of fear.