Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b:
I heard Ka`b bin Malik narrating (when he did not join the battle of Tabuk): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade all the Muslims to speak to us. I would come to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and greet him, and I would wonder whether the Prophet (ﷺ) did move his lips to return to my greetings or not till fifty nights passed away. The Prophet (ﷺ) then announced (to the people) Allah's forgiveness for us (acceptance of our repentance) at the time when he had offered the Fajr (morning) prayer.
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يُحَدِّثُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ تَبُوكَ، وَنَهَى، رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ كَلاَمِنَا، وَآتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي هَلْ حَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ بِرَدِّ السَّلاَمِ أَمْ لاَ حَتَّى كَمَلَتْ خَمْسُونَ لَيْلَةً، وَآذَنَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِتَوْبَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا حِينَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ.
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Yahya bin Yahya bin BukayrNisapur,Khurasan,Hijaz,Iraq,Syria,Egypt · d. 226 AH
- 2al-Laith bin Sa'dAsbahan,Egypt · d. 175 AH
- 3'Aqil bin Khalid bin 'AqilMedina,al-Syria,Egypt · d. 144 AH
- 4al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 5'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Dinar
- 6'Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik b. Abi Ka'bMedina · d. ~98 AH
- 7Ka'b bin Malik bin Abi Ka'bMedina/Syria · d. 40 AH or 50 AH/670 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 79, Hadith 29
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 8, Book 74, Hadith 272 (deprecated numbering scheme)