Miqdad reported, "I came along with two companions of mine, and we had lost our hearing and sight from sheer hunger and exhaustion. We began offering ourselves to the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but none of them would take us in. So we went to the Prophet ﷺ, and he took us home with him. There he had three goats, and the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Milk this milk and divide it among us.'So we would milk them, and each of us would drink his share, and we would set aside the Prophet's share for him. He would come at night and give a greeting that would not wake a sleeper but could be heard by anyone awake. Then he would go to the mosque and pray, then come to his drink and drink it.One night Satan came to me after I had already drunk my share, and he said, 'Muhammad goes to the Ansar and they give him gifts, and he gets from them what he needs. He has no need for this little bit.' So I went to it and drank it. When it had settled into my stomach and I knew there was no way to get it back, Satan made me regret it. He said, 'Woe to you, what have you done? You have drunk Muhammad's drink. He will come and not find it, and he will pray against you, and you will be ruined. You will lose this world and the next.'I had a small cloak. When I put it over my feet, my head was uncovered, and when I put it over my head, my feet were uncovered. Sleep would not come to me, while my two companions slept and had not done what I did.Then the Prophet ﷺ came and gave his greeting as he usually did, then went to the mosque and prayed, then came to his drink. He uncovered it and found nothing in it. He raised his head to the sky, and I said to myself, 'Now he will pray against me, and I am ruined.' But he said, 'O Allah, feed whoever has fed me, and give drink to whoever has given me drink.'So I tied my cloak tightly around me, took the knife, and went out to the goats to see which was the fattest, that I might slaughter it for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. But I found her udder was full, and indeed all of them had full udders. So I took a vessel belonging to the family of Muhammad ﷺ which they had never even hoped to milk into, and I milked into it until the milk was topped with froth.Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he asked, 'Have you had your drink tonight?'I said, 'Messenger of Allah, drink.' So he drank, then handed it to me.I said, 'Messenger of Allah, drink.' So he drank, then handed it to me.When I realized that the Prophet ﷺ had drunk his fill and that I had received his blessing, I laughed until I fell to the ground.The Prophet ﷺ said, 'One of your antics, Miqdad?'I said, 'Messenger of Allah, my situation was such and such, and I did such and such.'The Prophet ﷺ said, 'This is nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why did you not let me know so we could wake our two companions and they could share in it?'I said, 'By the One who sent you with the truth, once you and I have had our share, I do not care who else among the people gets a share of it.'"
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا شبابة بن سوار حدثنا سليمان بن المغيرة عن ثابت عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى
أقبلت أنا وصاحبان لي وقد ذهبت أسماعنا وأبصارنا من الجهد فجعلنا نعرض أنفسنا على أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ فليس أحد منهم يقبلنا فأتينا النبي ﷺ فانطلق بنا إلى أهله فإذا ثلاثة أعنز فقال النبي ﷺ احتلبوا هذا اللبن بيننا قال فكنا نحتلب فيشرب كل إنسان منا نصيبه ونرفع للنبي ﷺ نصيبه قال فيجيء من الليل فيسلم تسليما لا يوقظ نائما ويسمع اليقظان قال ثم يأتي المسجد فيصلي ثم يأتي شرابه فيشرب فأتاني الشيطان ذات ليلة وقد شربت نصيبي فقال محمد يأتي الأنصار فيتحفونه ويصيب عندهم ما به حاجة إلى هذه الجرعة فأتيتها فشربتها فلما أن وغلت في بطني وعلمت أنه ليس إليها سبيل قال ندمني الشيطان فقال ويحك ما صنعت أشربت شراب محمد فيجيء فلا يجده فيدعو عليك فتهلك فتذهب دنياك وآخرتك وعلي شملة إذا وضعتها على قدمي خرج رأسي وإذا وضعتها على رأسي خرج قدماي وجعل لا يجيئني النوم وأما صاحباي فناما ولم يصنعا ما صنعت قال فجاء النبي ﷺ فسلم كما كان يسلم ثم أتى المسجد فصلى ثم أتى شرابه فكشف عنه فلم يجد فيه شيئا فرفع رأسه إلى السماء فقلت الآن يدعو علي فأهلك فقال اللهم أطعم من أطعمني وأسق من أسقاني قال فعمدت إلى الشملة فشددتها علي وأخذت الشفرة فانطلقت إلى الأعنز أيها أسمن فأذبحها لرسول الله ﷺ فإذا هي حافلة وإذا هن حفل كلهن فعمدت إلى إناء لآل محمد ﷺ ما كانوا يطمعون أن يحتلبوا فيه قال فحلبت فيه حتى علته رغوة فجئت إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقال أشربتم شرابكم الليلة قال قلت يا رسول الله اشرب فشرب ثم ناولني فقلت يا رسول الله اشرب فشرب ثم ناولني فلما عرفت أن النبي ﷺ قد روي وأصبت دعوته ضحكت حتى ألقيت إلى الأرض قال فقال النبي ﷺ إحدى سوآتك يا مقداد فقلت يا رسول الله كان من أمري كذا وكذا وفعلت كذا فقال النبي ﷺ ما هذه إلا رحمة من الله أفلا كنت آذنتني فنوقظ صاحبينا فيصيبان منها قال فقلت والذي بعثك بالحق ما أبالي إذا أصبتها وأصبتها معك من أصابها من الناس