عَلَى أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَالصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ وَتُطِيعُوا - وَأَسَرَّ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً - وَلاَ تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا " . فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ يَسْقُطُ سَوْطُ أَحَدِهِمْ فَمَا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا يُنَاوِلُهُ إِيَّاهُ .
Malik al-Ashja'i reported: We, nine, eight or seven men, were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: Why don't you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? -while we had recently pledged allegiance. So we said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged allegiance to you. He again said: Why don't you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? And we said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged allegiance to you. He again said: Why don't you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? We stretched our hands and said: Messenger of Allah. we have already pledged allegiance to you. Now tell (on what things) should we pledge allegiance to you. He said I (You must pledge allegiance) that you would worship Allah only and would not associate with Him anything, (and observe) five prayers, and obey- (and he said onething in an undertone) -that you would not beg people of anything. (And as a consequence of that) I saw that some of these people did not ask anyone to pick up the whip for them if it fell down.
مواضع دراسته في كتب التخريج والشروح
المنهاج في شرح صحيح مسلم بن الحجاجج٧ ص١٠٩·كِتَاب الزَّكَاةِ
المفهم لما أشكل من تلخيص مسلمج٣ ص٨٥·كتاب الزكاة
السيرة النبويةج١ ص٤٣٣·بَدْءُ إسْلَامِ الْأَنْصَارِ
إتحاف المهرة بالفوائد المبتكرة من أطراف العشرةج١٢ ص٥٤٦·عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِي
تحفة الأشراف بمعرفة الأطرافج٨ ص٢١٦·حرف العين
طرقه ومواضعه في الكتب الأخرى
مدار الحديث: عوف بن مالك — ٣ طريقاً في ١٠ كتاباً
رواه عنه: أبي مسلم الخولاني (ت ٦٢) ×١٤، أبي إدريس الخولاني (ت ٨٠) ×٢، ربيعة بن لقيط (ت ٨١) ×٢