Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by 'Amr bin 'Awn/'Auf bin Aws (al-Bazar)fromHammad bin ZaydfromThabit bin Aslam AlbananifromAnas bin Malik
Hadith text · Matn
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ ـ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ، وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَانْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ سَبَقَ النَّاسَ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ وَهْوَ يَقُولُ " لَنْ تُرَاعُوا، لَنْ تُرَاعُوا ". وَهْوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ، فِي عُنُقِهِ سَيْفٌ فَقَالَ " لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا ". أَوْ " إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ ".
English translation
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) was the best among the people (both in shape and character) and was the most generous of them, and was the bravest of them. Once, during the night, the people of Medina got afraid (of a sound). So the people went towards that sound, but the Prophet (ﷺ) having gone to that sound before them, met them while he was saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." (At that time) he was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talha and it was naked without a saddle, and he was carrying a sword slung at his neck. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I found it (the horse) like a sea, or, it is the sea indeed."
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 78, Hadith 63
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 8, Book 73, Hadith 59 (deprecated numbering scheme)