Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:212 حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَتْ رِحْلَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَطِيبُهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدَهُمَا فَقَالَ «ذَاكَ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ» فَأَتَانِي فَأَعْلَمَنِي فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَعَادَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَتَانِي فَأَعْلَمَنِي فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مَا بَعَثَهُ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَكَادُ يُسْأَلُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا فَعَلَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْ أَلِيَ بَشَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَلِيَ رِحْلَتَهُ فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَفَرًا فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُرْحَلَ لَهُ فَأَتَانِي فَقَالَ أَيُّ الرِّحْلَتَيْنِ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقُلْتُ الطَّائِفِيَّةُ فَرَحَّلَهَا لَهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا ثَارَتْ بِهِ انكبَّتْ فَقَالَ «مَنْ رَحَّلَ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ «رُدُّوهَا إِلَى طَلْحَةَ» فَرُدَّتْ إِلَيَّ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ وَاللهِ مَا غَشَشْتُ أَحَدًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ غَيْرَهُ لِكَيْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ رِحْلَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
English Translation
Talhah said: I was in charge of the Prophet's saddle and his perfume. A man came asking for one of them, and the Prophet said: 'That is up to Talhah ibn Ubaydillah.' The man came to me and I refused. He went back to the Prophet and the same exchange happened several times. Then I said to myself: He would not keep sending him to me unless he wanted his need fulfilled, for the Messenger of Allah hardly refused any request. I thought: caring for the Prophet's person is dearer to me than his saddle. So I gave the saddle away. When the Prophet wanted to travel and ordered it saddled, the man prepared the saddle. When it rose with the Prophet, it lurched. He asked: 'Who saddled this?' They said: 'So-and-so.' He said: 'Return it to Talhah.' Talhah said: By Allah, I never deceived anyone in Islam except him, so that the Prophet's saddle would be returned to me.