حَدَّثَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ
ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ
أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : ذُكِرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : " كَانَ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ ، وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً فَانْطَلَقُوا قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَنْ تُرَاعُوا " يَرُدُّهُمْ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْفَرَسِ : " وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا ، أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ " . قَالَ حَمَّادٌ ، وَحَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ ، أَوْ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ : كَانَ فَرَسًا لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ يُبَطَّأُ فَمَا سُبِقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ .
´It was narrated from Hammad bin Zaid from Thabit, that the Prophet (ﷺ) was mentioned before Anas bin Malik and he said:` “He was the best of people, the most generous of people, the most courageous of people. The people of Al-Madinah became alarmed one night, and he was the first of them to investigate the noise and din. He was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talhah, bareback, with no saddle. His sword was hanging from his neck and he was saying: ‘O people, do not be afraid,’ sending them back to their houses. Then he said of the horse, ‘We found it like a sea,’ or, ‘It is a sea.’”*