Sayyiduna Bashir bin al-Khasasiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I set out to come 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) say: "Al-salamu 'ala ahlid-diyari minal-mu'minin" (Peace be upon the believers who dwell in these abodes). Meanwhile the strap of my sandal broke, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Steady your foot." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! My being alone (without a wife) has lasted long, and I have ended up far from the land of my people." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Bashir! Do you not praise Allah, who took you by your forelock and drew you to Islam from among the people of Rabi'ah? (And yet) they are a people who think that were it not for them, the earth would have overturned along with those who live on it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only his son Ishaq narrated this hadith from al-Shaybani, and Uqbah bin al-Mughirah is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 6031
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجاله ثقات
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: ورجاله ثقات وله طريق عند أحمد تأتي في المناقب «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 3، ص 60»» «أخرجه الطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 1236، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 2849»