It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bashir bin al-Khasasiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and caught up with him (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Baqi', and I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'As-salamu 'ala ahl al-diyar min al-mu'minin' (Peace be upon the believing inhabitants of these dwellings (the graveyard)). (Meanwhile) the strap of my sandal broke, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Lift your foot (or set your sandal right)?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been unmarried (single) for a long time, and I have also become far from the homes of my people." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Bashir! Do you not praise Allah, who chose you for Islam from among the tribe of Rabi'ah, a people who think that, were it not for them, the earth would overturn along with those living on it?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) except his son Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him); Uqbah is alone in narrating it; and this hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 2849
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه الطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 1236، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 6031»