When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Tabuk, the people went out to meet him at Thaniyyat al-Wada.Saaib said, "I went out with the people, and I was just a boy."
حدثنا ابن أبي عمر وسعيد بن عبد الرحمن المخزومي قالا حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة عن الزهري
لما قدم رسول الله ﷺ من تبوك خرج الناس يتلقونه إلى ثنية الوداع قال السائب فخرجت مع الناس وأنا غلام
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[Sahih]. Bukhari also reported it in the Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on the Prophet's ﷺ letter to Chosroes and Caesar, hadith no. 4427, as did Abu Dawud, hadith no. 2779, both from the hadith of Sufyan bin Uyayna, with the same chain.