Arabic:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَرْسَلَنِي أَصْحَابِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْأَلُهُ لَهُمُ الْحُمْلَانَ، إِذْ هُمْ مَعَهُ فِي جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ، وَهِيَ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّ أَصْحَابِي أَرْسَلُونِي إِلَيْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: «وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ»، وَوَافَقْتُهُ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ وَلَا أَشْعُرُ، فَرَجَعْتُ حَزِينًا مِنْ مَنْعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمِنْ مَخَافَةِ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ وَجَدَ فِي نَفْسِهِ عَلَيَّ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِي، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمُ الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ إِلَّا سُوَيْعَةً إِذْ سَمِعْتُ بِلَالًا يُنَادِي: أَيْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ فَأَجَبْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْعُوكَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: خُذْ هَذَيْنِ الْقَرِينَيْنِ، وَهَذَيْنِ الْقَرِينَيْنِ، وَهَذَيْنِ الْقَرِينَيْنِ، لِسِتَّةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ ابْتَاعَهُنَّ حِينَئِذٍ مِنْ سَعْدٍ، فَانْطَلِقْ بِهِنَّ إِلَى أَصْحَابِكَ، فَقُلْ: إِنَّ اللهَ - أَوْ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ فَارْكَبُوهُنَّ ، قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِي بِهِنَّ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ، وَلَكِنْ وَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُكُمْ حَتَّى يَنْطَلِقَ مَعِي بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ مَقَالَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ سَأَلْتُهُ لَكُمْ، وَمَنْعَهُ فِي أَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، ثُمَّ إِعْطَاءَهُ إِيَّايَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لَا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي حَدَّثْتُكُمْ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ، فَقَالُوا لِي: وَاللهِ إِنَّكَ عِنْدَنَا لَمُصَدَّقٌ، وَلَنَفْعَلَنَّ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو مُوسَى بِنَفَرٍ مِنْهُمْ، حَتَّى أَتَوُا الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْعَهُ إِيَّاهُمْ، ثُمَّ إِعْطَاءَهُمْ بَعْدُ، فَحَدَّثُوهُمْ بِمَا حَدَّثَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُو مُوسَى سَوَاءً.
English:
My friends sent me to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asking him to provide them with mounts as they were going along with him in jaish al-'Usrah (the army of destitutes or of meagre means or army setting out during the hard times and that is the occasion of the expedition of Tabuk) I said: Apostle of Allah, my friends have sent me to you so that you may provide them with mounts. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: By Allah, I cannot provide you with anything to ride. And it so happened that he was at that time much perturbed. I little knew of it, so I came back with a heavy heart on account of the refusal of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and the fear that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) might have some feelings against me. I returned to my friends and informed them about what Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said. I had hardly stayed for a little that I heard Bilal رضی اللہ عنہ calling: 'Abdullah bin Qais. I responded to his call. He said: Hasten to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), he is calling you, When I came to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) he said: Take this pair, this pair, and this pair (i.e. six camels which he had bought from Sa'd رضی اللہ عنہ), and take them to y, our friends and say: Verily Allah (or he said: Verily Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has provided you with these animals. So ride upon them. Abu Musa رضی اللہ عنہ said: I went along with them to my friends and said: Verily Allah's messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has provided you with these animals for riding; but by Allah, I shall not leave you until some of you go along with me to him who had heard the talk of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then I asked him for you, and his refusal for the first time, and then his granting them to me subsequently; so you should not think that I narrated to you something which he did not say. They said to me: By Allah, in our opinion you are certainly truthful, and we would do as you like. So Abu Musa رضی اللہ عنہ went along with some of the men from them until they came to those who had heard the words of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and his refusal to (provide) them with (animals) ; and subsequently his granting (the animals) to them; and they narrated to them exactly as Abu Masa رضی اللہ عنہ had narrated to them.