I came one night to stand guard over the Prophet ﷺ, and there was a man whose recitation was loud. The Prophet ﷺ came out, and I said, "Messenger of Allah, this man is showing off."He replied, "No."The man later died in Madinah. When they finished preparing his body and carried his bier, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Be gentle with him, may Allah be gentle with him. He loved Allah and His Messenger."His grave was dug, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Make it spacious for him, may Allah grant him spaciousness."One of his companions said, "Messenger of Allah, you have grieved for him."He replied, "Yes, indeed he loved Allah and His Messenger."
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا زيد بن الحباب حدثنا موسى بن عبيدة حدثني سعيد بن أبي سعيد
جئت ليلة أحرس النبي ﷺ فإذا رجل قراءته عالية فخرج النبي ﷺ فقلت يا رسول الله هذا مراء قال فمات بالمدينة ففرغوا من جهازه فحملوا نعشه فقال النبي ﷺ ارفقوا به رفق الله به إنه كان يحب الله ورسوله قال وحفر حفرته فقال أوسعوا له أوسع الله عليه فقال بعض أصحابه يا رسول الله لقد حزنت عليه فقال أجل إنه كان يحب الله ورسوله
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[Its isnad is daif, see hadith 251 for its defect. Ibn Manda said, "Gharib, we do not know it except from this route." Al-Hafiz said in al-Isabah, 26/12, entry 63, "Musa bin Ubayda al-Rabadhi is in it, and he is daif." The story has also been narrated through the route of Zayd bin Aslam from Ibn al-Adra, and Allah knows best.