The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Talha, Choose one of your boys to serve me. So Abu Talha took me (to serve the Prophet (ﷺ) ) by giving me a ride behind him (on his camel). So I used to serve Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) whenever he stayed somewhere. I used to hear him saying, O Allah! I seek refuge with you (Allah) from (worries) care and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by other men. I kept on serving him till he returned from (the battle of) Khaibar. He then brought Safiya, the daughter of Huyay whom he had got (from the booty). I saw him making a kind of cushion with a cloak or a garment for her. He then let her ride behind him. When we reached a place called As-Sahba', he prepared (a special meal called) Hais, and asked me to invite the men who (came and) ate, and that was the marriage banquet given on the consummation of his marriage to her. Then he proceeded till the mountain of Uhud appeared, whereupon he said, This mountain loves us and we love it. When he approached Medina, he said, O Allah! I make the land between its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains a sanctuary, as the prophet Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless them (the people of Medina) in their Mudd and the Sa' (units of measuring).

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Qutaibah bin Sa'id telah menceritakan kepada kami Isma'il bin Ja'far dari 'Amru bin Abu 'Amru bekas budak Al Mutthalib bin Abdullah bin Hanthab bahwa dia mendengar Anas bin Malik berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda kepada Abu Thalhah: 'Berilah aku seorang pelayan lelaki dari yang kamu miliki hingga ia bisa membantuku.' Abu Thalhah lalu keluar dengan membawaku di belakang boncengannya. Aku lalu menjadi pelayan Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam. Setiap kali beliau singgah pada suatu tempat beliau banyak membaca: 'ALLAHUMMA INNI A'UUDZUBIKA MINAL HAMMI WAL HAZANI WAL 'AJZI WAL KASALI WAL BUKHLI WAL JUBNI WA DLALA'ID DAINI WA 'ALAIHI WA GHALABATIR RIJAALI (Ya Allah aku berlindung kepada-Mu dari keluh kesah dan kesedihan dari kelemahan dan kemalasan dari sifat bakhil dan penakut dan dari lilitan hutang dan penindasan) '. Aku selalu melayani (keperluan) beliau hingga kembali dari Khaibar beliau kembali dengan membawa (mengiring) Shafiyah binti Huyai. Dan aku lihat beliau menutupinya dengan kain kemudian memboncengkannya di belakang beliau. Sehingga ketika kami tiba di daerah Shahba` beliau membuat hais dalam bejana dari kulit kemudian beliau menyuruh agar aku mengundang para sahabat. Setelah itu mereka menyantap hidangan tersebut itulah awal rumah tangga beliau dengannya. Kemudian beliau melanjutkan perjalanan hingga ketika Uhud telah terlihat beliau bersabda: 'Ini adalah gunung yang kita mencintainya dan dia mencintai kita.' Ketika memasuki kota Madinah beliau mengatakan: 'Ya Allah sesungguhnya aku mengharamkan apa yang ada di antara dua gunungnya (Madinah) sebagaimana Ibrahim mengharamkan (mensucikan) Makkah. Ya Allah berkahilah mereka dalam mud dan sha' mereka.''