Sahih Muslim Book - 1, Hadith - 147

حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا قُعُودًا حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فِي نَفَرٍ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِنَا فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا وَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُقْتَطَعَ دُونَنَا وَفَزِعْنَا وَقُمْنَا فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ فَزِعَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ حَائِطًا لِلْأَنْصَارِ لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ فَدُرْتُ بِهِ هَلْ أَجِدُ لَهُ بَابًا فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فَإِذَا رَبِيعٌ يَدْخُلُ فِي جَوْفِ حَائِطٍ مِنْ بِئْرٍ خَارِجَةٍ وَالرَّبِيعُ الْجَدْوَلُ فَاحْتَفَزْتُ كَمَا يَحْتَفِزُ الثَّعْلَبُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قُلْتُ كُنْتَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا فَقُمْتَ فَأَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا فَخَشِينَا أَنْ تُقْتَطَعَ دُونَنَا فَفَزِعْنَا فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مِنْ فَزِعَ فَأَتَيْتُ هَذَا الْحَائِطَ فَاحْتَفَزْتُ كَمَا يَحْتَفِزُ الثَّعْلَبُ وَهَؤُلَاءِ النَّاسُ وَرَائِي فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَعْطَانِي نَعْلَيْهِ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِنَعْلَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ فَمَنْ لَقِيتَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ هَذَا الْحَائِطِ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِنًا بِهَا قَلْبُهُ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ لَقِيتُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ مَا هَاتَانِ النَّعْلَانِ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ فَقُلْتُ هَاتَانِ نَعْلَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَنِي بِهِمَا مَنْ لَقِيتُ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِنًا بِهَا قَلْبُهُ بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَضَرَبَ عُمَرُ بِيَدِهِ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ ضَرْبَةً فَخَرَرْتُ لِاسْتِي فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَجْهَشْتُ بُكَاءً وَرَكِبَنِي عُمَرُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِي فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قُلْتُ لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي بَعَثْتَنِي بِهِ فَضَرَبَ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ ضَرْبَةً خَرَرْتُ لِاسْتِي قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَا عُمَرُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي أَبَعَثْتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ بِنَعْلَيْكَ مَنْ لَقِيَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِنًا بِهَا قَلْبُهُ بَشَّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَتَّكِلَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا فَخَلِّهِمْ يَعْمَلُونَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَلِّهِمْ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "A group of us were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), and Abu Bakr and 'Umar were with us. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) got up and left, and stayed away from us for a long time. We were afraid that he might have been harmed by some enemy (when he was on his own) so we panicked and got up, and I was the first one to do so. I went out looking for the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), until I came to a walled garden belonging to the Ansar of Banu Najjar. I went around it, looking for a gate, but I could not find any. There was a small stream that entered through a hole in the wall, coming from a well outside the garden, so I drew myself together [like a fox] and entered upon the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). He said: 'Abu Hurairah?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'What is the matter with you?' I said: 'You were among us, then you left and stayed away from us for a long time. We were afraid that you might have been harmed by some enemy (when you were on your own), so we panicked, and I was the first one to do so. I came to this garden and drew myself together like a fox, and these people are behind me.' He said: 'O Abu Hurairah, take these two sandals of mine and whoever you meet beyond this wall who bears witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah, with certainty in his heart, give him the glad tidings of Paradise.' The first one whom I met was 'Umar, who said: 'What are these two sandals, O Abu Hurairah?' I said: 'These are the sandals of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), who sent me with them to give glad tidings of Paradise to whomever I met who bears witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah with certainty in his heart.' 'Umar struck me on my chest so hard that I fell down on my backside and said: 'Go back, O Abu Hurairah!' So I went back, on the verge of tears, and 'Umar followed me closely. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said [to me]: 'What is the matter with you, O Abu Hurairah?' I said: 'I met 'Umar and I told him what you had sent me with, and he struck me on my chest so hard that I fell down on my back, and he said: "Go back."' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'O 'Umar, what made you do that?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, did you send Abu Hurairah with your sandals, to give glad tidings of Paradise to whomever he met who bears witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah with certainty in his heart?' He said: 'Yes.' 'Umar said: 'Do not do that, for I fear that the people will (complacently) rely on that. Let them carry on striving (to do good deeds).' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Yes, let them."'