´Narrated Al-Miqdam bin Shuraih:` from his father, that 'Aishah was asked: "Did the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say any poetry?" She said: "He would say parables with the poetry of Ibn Rawahah, saying: 'News shall come to you from where you did not expect it.'"
Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب الأدب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2848
1؎: The complete verse is as follows: «ستبدى لك الأيام ماكنت جاهلا ويأتيك بالأخبار من لم تزود» "Time will reveal and present before you such things of which you will be unaware and ignorant, and to you will come that person with news and information whom you neither sent nor provided expenses for this task."
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Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation: 1: The complete verse is as follows: "Satu bdi laka al-ayyamu ma kunta jahilan wa ya'tika bil-akhbari man lam tuzawwid." (Time will reveal to you those things of which you were unaware and ignorant, and a person whom you did not even send with provisions for this task will bring you news and information.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2848