Hadith 540
حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ
كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ
عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ
جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَبَعَثَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ ، فَرَجَعْتُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَوَجْهُهُ ، عَلَى غَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَلَيْكَ ، إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي " .
Jabir reported: We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and he sent me on an errand, and when I came back (I saw him) saying prayer on his ride and his face was not turned towards Qibla. I greeted him but he did not respond to me. As he completed the prayer, he said: Nothing prevented me from responding to your greeting but the fact that I was praying.
Hadith 540
This hadith that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Jabir on an errand has been reported by him through another chain of transmitters.