Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) promised to meet us on the day of Eid al-Adha at the foot of al-Aqabah. We were seventy men. Sayyiduna Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was the youngest of them all. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and said: "Keep your talk brief, for I fear the disbelievers of Quraysh on your account." We said: "O Messenger of Allah! Settle with us whatever you wish for your Lord, for yourself and for your companions, and tell us what reward we will receive from Allah Almighty and from you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Regarding my Lord, I say this: Believe in Him and do not associate anyone with Him. As for my own self, I say to you: Obey me, and I will guide you to the right path. And regarding myself and my companions, I say this to you: You are to treat us well from what you have, and protect us just as you protect yourselves. If you do this, then it is upon Allah Almighty and upon me that Paradise will be granted to you." The narrator says: So we extended our hands and gave him the pledge.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Mujalid bin Sa'id, whose hadith is hasan (good), though there is weakness in him. Ahmad recorded it similar to a mursal narration that will come later; its chain also contains the narrator Mujalid, but he did not record its wording. After this he
mentioned this narration, and that (narration) is this (that is, the one that follows).