Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6361

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي صَلَّيْتُ سَنَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ مَبْعَثِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : فَأَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَوَجَّهُ ؟ قَالَ : حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِيَ اللَّهُ ، وَاقْتَصَّ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ. وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ : فَتَنَافَرَا إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْكُهَّانِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَخِي ، أُنَيْسٌ يَمْدَحُهُ حَتَّى غَلَبَهُ ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذْنَا صِرْمَتَهُ فَضَمَمْنَاهَا إِلَى صِرْمَتِنَا. وَقَالَ أَيْضًا فِي حَدِيثِهِ : قَالَ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَطَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَلْفَ الْمَقَامِ ، قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ ، فَإِنِّي لأَوَّلُ النَّاسِ حَيَّاهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ الإِسْلاَمِ ، قَالَ قُلْتُ : السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، قَالَ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ . مَنْ أَنْتَ. وَفِي حَدِيثِهِ أَيْضًا : فَقَالَ : مُنْذُ كَمْ أَنْتَ هَاهُنَا ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ : مُنْذُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ. وَفِيهِ : فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : أَتْحِفْنِي بِضِيَافَتِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ.

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin As-Samit said: Abu Dharr said: "O son of my brother, I prayed for two years before the Prophet (s.a.w) was sent." I said: "Which direction did you face?" He said: "I faced where my Lord directed me to." And he narrated a Hadith like that of Sulaiman bin Al-Mughirah (no. 6360), and he said in the Hadith: "They went to a man who was a soothsayer to judge between them (about the wager)" -he said - "and my brother Unais kept praising him until he declared him the winner." He said: "And we took his camels and added them to our camels." He also said in his Hadith: "The Prophet (s.a.w) came and circumambulated the House and prayed two Rak'ah behind the Maqam." He said: "I came to him, and I was the first one to greet him with the greeting of Islam. I said: As-Salamu 'alaika ya Rasulullah (peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah).' He said: 'Wa 'alaikas-salam (and peace be upon you, too), who are you?"' In his Hadith it also says: "Then he said: 'How long have you been here?' I said: 'For fifteen days."' And it says: "Abu Bakr said: 'Let him be my guest tonight."'