Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ حَجَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلَى أَهْلِي فَمَرَرْتُ بِغِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فَأَعْجَبَنِي لَعِبُهُمْ فَقُمْتُ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ فَرَجَعْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي بَعْدَ السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي كُنْتُ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي مَا حَبَسَكَ الْيَوْمَ يَا بُنَيَّ فَقُلْتُ أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ فَقَالَتْ أَيُّ حَاجَةٍ يَا بُنَيَّ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّاهُ إِنَّهَا سِرٌّ فَقَالَتْ يَا بُنَيَّ احْفَظْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِرَّهُ قَالَ ثَابِتٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَتَحْفَظُ تِلْكَ الْحَاجَةَ الْيَوْمَ أَوْ تَذْكُرُهَا قَالَ إِي وَاللَّهِ وَإِنِّي لَا أَذْكُرُهَا وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُحَدِّثًا بِهَا أَحَدًا مِنْ النَّاسِ لَحَدَّثْتُكَ بِهَا يَا ثَابِتُ.
English Translation
Yunus told us, Habib ibn Hajar told us, Thabit al-Bunani told us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "I went out from the presence of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, heading to my family, and I passed by some boys playing, and their play delighted me, so I stood watching the boys. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came upon me while I was standing watching the boys, and he greeted the boys, then he sent me on an errand for him. I returned, then went out to my family after the hour at which I usually returned to them. My mother said to me, ‘What kept you today, my little son?’ I said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent me on an errand for him.’ She said, ‘What errand, my little son?’ I said, ‘O mother, it is a secret.’ She said, ‘My little son, keep the secret of the Messenger of Allah for him.’" Thabit said: I said, "O Abu Hamzah, do you still remember that errand today, or recall it?" He said, "Yes, by Allah, and I do recall it, but if I were to tell it to anyone at all, I would have told it to you, O Thabit."