عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ حَبِيبَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ أَتَى قَيْسَ بْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ الْأُولَى وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فَتَأَخَّرَ عَنِ السَّرْجِ وَقَالَ: ارْكَبْ فَأَبَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: صَاحِبُ الدَّابَّةِ أَوْلَى بِصَدْرِهَا))، فَقَالَ لَهُ حَبِيبٌ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَجْهَلُ مَا قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ
Abdur Rahman bin Umayyah says that Sayyiduna Habib bin Muslimah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Qais bin Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him); this was during the time of the first tribulation. He was mounted on a horse, and he moved back from the saddle and said to him: “Mount (the horse),” but Sayyiduna Qais (may Allah be pleased with him) refused to mount at that place and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The owner of the mount has more right to ride at its front part.” In response, Sayyiduna Habib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I am not ignorant of this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but I fear (an enemy) for you.”