Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زَبْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ مِشْكَمٍ أَبَا عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَوْ قَالَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيُّ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ��َنْزِلًا تَفَرَّقُوا فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ تَفَرُّقَكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَلَمْ يَنْزِلُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَوْ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبٌ لَعَمَّهُمْ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, from Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Hani', from Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Mihran, from Amr ibn Uthman al-Himsi, from al-Walid ibn Muslim, from Abdullah ibn al-Ala' ibn Zabr, who heard Muslim ibn Mishkam Abu Ubaydullah — or he said Abu Abdullah — say: Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us, saying: When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stopped at a place, the people would scatter in the valleys and mountain passes. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Your scattering in these valleys and mountain passes is from Shaytan. After that, they never stopped at a place without gathering close together, so that it was said: If a garment were spread over them, it would cover them all.