The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talha, "Find a young boy from among your servants to attend to me."So Abu Talha took me out, seating me behind him on his mount, and I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whenever he stopped to rest. I often heard him say, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from being overwhelmed by debt, and from being overpowered by men."I continued to serve him until we returned from Khaybar. He brought back Safiya bint Huyayy, whom he had chosen for himself. I would see him preparing a place for her behind him with a cloak or garment, then he would seat her behind him on his mount.When we reached as-Sahba, he prepared hays on a leather mat, then sent me to invite some men, and they came and ate. That was his wedding feast for her.Then we continued on, and when Mount Uhud came into view, he said, "This is a mountain that loves us and we love it."When he caught sight of Madinah, he said, "O Allah, I declare sacred what lies between its two mountains, just as Ibrahim declared Makkah sacred. O Allah, bless them in their mudd and their saa."
حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا إسماعيل بن جعفر عن عمرو بن أبي عمرو مولى المطلب بن عبد الله بن حنطب أنه سمع
قال رسول الله ﷺ لأبي طلحة التمس غلاما من غلمانكم يخدمني فخرج بي أبو طلحة يردفني وراءه فكنت أخدم رسول الله ﷺ كلما نزل فكنت أسمعه يكثر أن يقول اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الهم والحزن والعجز والكسل والبخل والجبن وضلع الدين وغلبة الرجال فلم أزل أخدمه حتى أقبلنا من خيبر وأقبل بصفية بنت حيي قد حازها فكنت أراه يحوي لها وراءه بعباءة أو بكساء ثم يردفها وراءه حتى إذا كنا بالصهباء صنع حيسا في نطع ثم أرسلني فدعوت رجالا فأكلوا وكان ذلك بناءه بها ثم أقبل حتى إذا بدا له أحد قال هذا جبل يحبنا ونحبه فلما أشرف على المدينة قال اللهم إني أحرم ما بين جبليها مثل ما حرم به إبراهيم مكة اللهم بارك لهم في مدهم وصاعهم