(28) باب كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ
Awf b. Malik said :
We were with Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), seven or eight or nine. He said : Do you take the oath of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), and we shortly took the oath of allegiance. We said: we have already taken the oath of allegiance to you. He repeated the same words three times. We then stretched our hands and took the oath of allegiance to him. A man (or us) said : We took the oath of allegiance to you; now on what should we take the oath of allegiance, Messenger of Allah ? He replied: That you should worship Allah, do not associate anything with Him, offer five times prayer, listen and obey. He uttered a word quietly : And do not beg from the people. When the whip fell on the ground, none of that group asked anyone to pick up the whip for him.Abu Dawud said : The version of Hisham was not narrated by anyone except Sa'id. (ES)
Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 1642 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 9, Hadith 87 (ES)
English translation (ES): Book 9, Hadith 1638 (ES)