Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ ؓ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَاتَلْتُ مَعَهُ أَوْ أَبْلَيْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ أَنْتَ كُنْتَ تَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ؟ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ذَاتِ رِيحٍ شَدِيدَةٍ وَقَرٍّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَأْتِينِي بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ يَكُونُ مَعِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ الثَّانِيَةَ مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ قُمْ فَأْتِنَا بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ بُدًّا إِذْ دَعَانِي بِاسْمِي أَنْ أَقُومَ فَقَالَ ائْتِنِي بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ وَلَا تُذْعِرْهُمْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَمَضَيْتُ كَأَنَّمَا أَمْشِي فِي حَمَّامٍ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُمْ فَإِذَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ يُصْلِي ظَهْرَهُ بِالنَّارِ فَوَضَعْتُ سَهْمِي فِي كَبِدِ قَوْسِي وَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَرْمِيَهُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُذْعِرْهُمْ عَلَيَّ وَلَوْ رَمَيْتُ لَأَصَبْتُهُ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ كَأَنَّمَا أَمْشِي فِي حَمَّامٍ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَنِي الْبَرْدُ حِينَ فَرَغْتُ وَقُرِرْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَلْبَسَنِي رَسُولُ ﷺ مِنْ فَضْلِ عَبَاءَةٍ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ يُصَلِّي فِيهَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ نَائِمًا حَتَّى الصُّبْحِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَصْبَحْتُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُمْ يَا نَوْمَانُ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, from Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ya'qub and Abu al-Fadl ibn Ibrahim, from Ahmad ibn Salamah, from Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, from Jarir, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father who said: We were with Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man said: Had I been with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), I would have fought alongside him and given my best. Hudhayfah said to him: Would you really have done that? I remember being with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on the night of al-Ahzab during a night of fierce wind and cold. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Is there a man who will bring me news of the enemy, to be my companion on the Day of Resurrection? No one answered. He repeated the call a second time, and still no one answered. Then he said: O Hudhayfah, go and bring us news of the enemy. Since he called me by name, I had no choice but to go. He said: Bring me news of the enemy and do not alarm them against me. I went as if walking in a warm bath until I reached them. Abu Sufyan was warming his back by the fire. I placed an arrow in my bow and was about to shoot him, then remembered the Prophet's words: Do not alarm them against me. Had I shot, I would have hit him. I returned as if walking in a warm bath. When I reached the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), the cold struck me. I reported to him, and he covered me with a spare cloak he had been wearing while praying. I slept until morning. When I awoke, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Get up, O sleeper!