We went on the expedition of Tabuk with the Prophet ﷺ, and the pack animals suffered severe exhaustion. The people complained to the Prophet ﷺ about the strain on their mounts. He waited until they reached a narrow pass, and the Prophet ﷺ entered it and said, "Pass through, in the name of Allah."So the people passed through with their animals, and he began to breathe upon their mounts, saying, "Allah, carry them in Your path. You are the One who carries the strong and the weak, the moist and the dry, on land and at sea."He said, By the time we reached Madinah, the animals were pulling against their reins with vigor.Fadala said, This was the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ for the strong and the weak, but what about the moist and the dry? Then when we came to Sham, we went on the expedition of Cyprus by sea, and when I saw the ships at sea and what was loaded onto them, I understood the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ.
غزونا مع النبي ﷺ غزوة تبوك، فجهد بالظهر جهدا شديدا، فشكوا إلى النبي ﷺ ما بظهرهم من الجهد، فتحين بهم مضيقا، فسار النبي ﷺ فيه، فقال: مروا بسم الله، فمر الناس عليه بظهرهم فجعل ينفخ بظهرهم: اللهم احمل عليها في سبيلك، إنك تحمل على القوي والضعيف، وعلى الرطب واليابس في البر والبحر قال: فما بلغنا المدينة حتى جعلت تنازعنا أزمتها. قال فضالة: هذه دعوة النبي ﷺ على القوي والضعيف، فما بال الرطب واليابس! فلما قدمنا الشام غزونا غزوة قبرس في البحر، فلما رأيت السفن في البحر وما يدخل فيها عرفت دعوة النبي ﷺ.
Ahmad (23955), Ibn Hibban (4681), and Ibn Abu Asim in Ahad wal-Mathani (2110) all narrated it through the hadith of Safwan bin Amr, from Shurayh bin Ubayd, from Fadala bin Ubayd al-Ansari, who said, then he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.