Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ م��الِكٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ قَائِدَ كَعْبٍ حِينَ عَمِيَ مِنْ بَنِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثَهُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ فِي تَوْبَتِهِ وَإِيذَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِتَوْبَةِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى صَاحِبَيْهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ صَارِخٍ أَوْفَى عَلَى جَبَلِ سَلْعٍ يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَبْشِرْ قَالَ فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ الْفَرَجُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَنِي الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَهُ يُبَشِّرُنِي نَزَعْتُ ثَوْبِيَّ فَكَسَوْتُهُمَا إِيَّاهُ بِبُشْرَاهُ وَوَاللهِ مَا أَمْلِكُ غَيْرَهُمَا يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاسْتَعَرْتُ ثَوْبَيْنِ فَلَبِسْتُهُمَا وَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz narrated to us > Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq > Ubayd ibn Abd al-Wahid > Yahya ibn Bukayr > al-Layth > Uqayl > Ibn Shihab > Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, that Abdullah ibn Ka'b, the guide of Ka'b when he became blind, from among his sons, said: I heard Ka'b ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating his story when he stayed behind from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk. He mentioned the lengthy hadith about his repentance and the Messenger of Allah's announcement that Allah had accepted his repentance and that of his two companions. He said: I heard a crier call out from the top of Mount Sal': "O Ka'b ibn Malik, rejoice!" He said: I fell prostrate and knew that relief had come. When the one whose voice I heard came to give me the good news, I took off my two garments and clothed him with them as a reward for his good tidings. By Allah, I owned nothing else that day, and I borrowed two garments and wore them and went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). Al-Bukhari narrated it from Yahya ibn Bukayr.