عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنِي حَدِيثٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بَعِيرًا ثُمَّ شَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ رَحْلِي فَسِرْتُ إِلَيْهِ شَهْرًا حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّامَ فَإِذَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ لِلْبَوَّابِ قُلْ لَهُ جَابِرٌ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَخَرَجَ يَطَأُ ثَوْبَهُ فَاعْتَنَقَنِي وَاعْتَنَقْتُهُ قُلْتُ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that a hadith reached me from a man who had heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I bought a mount, then I tied a saddle on it and traveled for a month until I reached him in Syria. He was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unais (may Allah be pleased with him). I said to the doorkeeper: Tell Abdullah that Jabir is present at the door to meet him. He asked: Jabir, the son of Abdullah? I said: Yes. So he came out, trampling his garment, and he embraced me and I embraced him. Then I said: I have received a hadith from you (I have come to hear it directly), then he mentioned a long hadith.