It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I left the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to go to my family, and I passed by some boys who were playing. Their game pleased me, so I stood by those boys. Meanwhile the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached me, stopped by them and greeted the boys with salam. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on some errand of his. So I reached my mother after the time at which I usually returned, and my mother asked: O my dear son! What kept you today? I said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand of his. She asked: What errand was it? I replied: O mother! It is a secret.
My mother advised me, saying: O my son! Then guard well the secret of the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and do not disclose it to anyone." The narrator of the hadith, Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him), says: I said to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Hamzah! Do you still remember that matter today? He said: "Indeed I keep it guarded (in my breast), and O Thabit, if I were to tell that matter to anyone, I would certainly have told you."
Imam Ibn Abi Umar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated through an elder from Kufah that he said: I went with Thabit to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), and I heard him saying to Thabit: "I hold a secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); if I were to inform anyone among the people of it, I would certainly have informed you."
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2688
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :إسناده ضعيف » «أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 12967»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, and this was the first comprehensive advice he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me: "O my dear son! Keep my secret hidden; you will become a complete believer." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) further relates that (such was his observance of this advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that) my mother and the pure wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask me about his (peace and blessings be upon him) hidden secret, but I would never tell them about it; and I will never inform anyone at all of any secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Imam Abu Ya'la narrated it through the route of Yahya bin Ayyub, Muhammad bin Husayn bin Abi Yazid and Abbad al-Minqari, while Imam Ahmad bin Mani' narrated it through Yazid bin Harun and al-Ala' Abu Muhammad, likewise from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2689
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :—. » «أخرجه صحيح البخاري برقم: 5884، وأخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 5988، وأخرجه المعجم الصغير للطبراني برقم: 823، وأخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 1470، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 540/1، 749، 7194/1»