It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "One day I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and found the colour of his blessed face changed." I said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, why do I see your colour changed?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For three days nothing has entered my stomach of what enters the stomach of any living creature." He said: I went out and saw a Jew watering his camels, so I watered (the camels) for him (drawing water from the well), at a wage of one date for every bucket. I collected some dates and brought them to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Ka'b, where did you get these from?" I told him the whole matter, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ka'b, do you love me?" I said: "May my father be sacrificed for you, yes!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed poverty rushes towards the one who loves me faster than a flood rushes to its low ground; and soon a trial will afflict you, so prepare a shield for it." The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found Ka'b absent and asked: "What has happened to Ka'b?" The people said that he was ill. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) walked on foot to visit him and said to him: "Rejoice, O Ka'b." His mother said: "Congratulations on Paradise, O Ka'b." the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who is this woman swearing (decisively) about Allah?" Ka'b said: "O Messenger of Allah, she is my mother." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umm Ka'b, what makes you know? Perhaps Ka'b said something that would not benefit him, or withheld (from spending) something he had no need of."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) except Musa bin Wardan, and Dimam is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 7157
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده جيد
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: إسناده جيد «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 10، ص 314»»