Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15267

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) states: The first thing I came to know about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is this: I came to Makkah with some of my paternal uncles, and we were directed to Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). We reached him while he was sitting by Zamzam, and we sat down with him. While we were with him, a man came from the direction of the Safa gate. His complexion was fair with a reddish tinge; his hair was long and curly, reaching the edges of his ears; he had a high-bridged nose; his front teeth were gleaming; the white and black of his eyes were bright; his beard was thick; there was a fine line of hair on his chest; his palms and feet were full-fleshed. He wore two white garments, and it seemed as though he were the full moon on the fourteenth night. On his right walked a youth whose beard had not yet grown, with a handsome face, close to puberty. Behind them came a woman who had concealed her beauty under covering. These people came to the Black Stone. He touched it, then that boy touched it, then that woman touched it. Then they went round the House seven times, the boy and the woman circling with that man. Whenever he touched the Corner, he would raise both hands and say the takbir. Then, when he had touched the Corner, he raised both hands and said the takbir. The boy stood on his right, raised both hands and said the takbir. The woman stood behind the two of them; she too raised both hands and said the takbir. They stood for a long time, then went into ruku' (bowing) and remained in ruku' for a long time. Then they raised their heads from ruku' and stood; he remained standing upright. Then they went into prostration, and the boy and the woman also went into prostration with him; they kept doing just as that man did, both of them following him. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We had seen something we had never seen in Makkah before, and it seemed very strange to us. We turned to Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu al-Fadl! We did not know of this religion being among you here in Makkah before. Is this something new that has come?" He said: "Yes, by Allah! Do you not know them?" We replied: "No." He said: "This is our nephew Muhammad bin Abdullah, that boy is Ali bin Abi Talib, and that woman is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. By Allah! There is no one on the face of the earth who worships Allah according to this religion except these three people."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains two narrators: one of them is Yahya bin Hatim, whom I do not know, and the other is Bishr bin Mihran, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and Abu Hatim declared da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). The narration of Afif al-Kindi on this has already passed, which Ahmad and others recorded, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).