Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2403

حَدَّثَنِى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِىُّ وَسَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ - قَالَ سَلَمَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ الدَّارِمِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدِّمَشْقِىُّ - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ - عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِى إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِىِّ عَنْ أَبِى مُسْلِمٍ الْخَوْلاَنِىِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِى الْحَبِيبُ الأَمِينُ أَمَّا هُوَ فَحَبِيبٌ إِلَىَّ وَأَمَّا هُوَ عِنْدِى فَأَمِينٌ عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِىُّ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- تِسْعَةً أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةً أَوْ سَبْعَةً فَقَالَ « أَلاَ تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ » وَكُنَّا حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِبَيْعَةٍ فَقُلْنَا قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَلاَ تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ». فَقُلْنَا قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَلاَ تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ». قَالَ فَبَسَطْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا وَقُلْنَا قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَعَلاَمَ نُبَايِعُكَ قَالَ « 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.

Awf bin Malik Al-Ashjai said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (SAW), nine or eight or seven (people) and he said: ‘Will you not pledge your allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (SAW)?’ We had only recently pledged our allegiance, so we said: “We have sworn our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allah (SAW)”He said: “Will you not pledge your allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (SAW)?”” We said: ‘We have sworn our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allah (SAW)’ then he said: ‘Will you not pledge your allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (SAW)? We held our hands and said: ‘We pledge our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allah (SAW). Tell us on what basis we should pledge allegiance to you?’ He said: ‘On the basis that you will worship Allah and not associate anything with Him, and (you will perform) the five time prayers and you will obey Allah – and he whispered- and you will not ask the people for anything. ’I saw that some of those people, if they dropped a whip, they would not ask anyone to hand it to them.’