Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ عَمُّهُ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ عِنْدَ الْعَقَبَةِ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَقَالَ لِيَتَكَلَّمْ مُتَكَلِّمُكُمْ وَلَا يُطِيلُ الْخُطْبَةَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَيْنًا وَإِنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِكُمْ يَفْضَحُوكُمْ فَقَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ سَلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِرَبِّكَ مَا شِئْتَ ثُمَّ سَلْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَلِأَصْحَابِكَ مَا شِئْتَ ثُمَّ أَخْبِرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِنْ الثَّوَابِ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَعَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُكُمْ لِرَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَسْأَلُكُمْ لِنَفْسِي وَلِأَصْحَابِي أَنْ تُؤْوُونَا وَتَنْصُرُونَا وَتَمْنَعُونَا مِمَّا مَنَعْتُمْ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَالُوا فَمَا لَنَا إِذَا فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَكُمْ الْجَنَّةُ قَالُوا فَلَكَ ذَلِكَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ نَحْوَ هَذَا قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ أَصْغَرَهُمْ سِنًّا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ مَا سَمِعَ الشِّيبُ وَلَا الشُّبَّانُ خُطْبَةً مِثْلَهَا.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from Amir, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, went out with his uncle al-Abbas to the seventy of the Ansar at al-Aqabah, beneath the tree, and said, "Let your spokesman speak, and let him not prolong the address, for you have a spy among you from the polytheists, and if they learn of you they will expose you." So their spokesman, who was Abu Umamah, said, "O Muhammad, ask for your Lord whatever you wish, then ask for yourself and your companions whatever you wish, then tell us what reward we shall have from Allah, Mighty and Sublime, and from you, if we do that." He said: So he said, "I ask of you, for my Lord, Mighty and Sublime, that you worship Him and associate nothing with Him, and I ask of you, for myself and my companions, that you shelter us and support us and protect us from that which you protect yourselves." They said, "And what shall we have if we do that?" He said, "You shall have Paradise." They said, "Then that is yours." Yahya ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, he said: Mujalid narrated to us, from Amir, from Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari, similar to this. He said: Abu Mas'ud was the youngest of them in age. Yahya ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, he said: I heard al-Sha'bi say, "Neither the gray-haired nor the young ever heard a sermon like it."