عَنْ ثابتٍ، عنْ أنسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قال: أَتى عليَّ رسولُ اللهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم وأَنا ألْعبُ مع الْغِلْمانِ، فسلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا، فَبَعَثني في حاجةٍ، فَأبْطأْتُ على أُمِّي، فَلَمَّا جِئتُ قالتْ: ما حَبَسَكَ؟ فقُلتُ: بَعَثَني رسولُ اللهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم لحَاجَةٍ، قالتْ: ما حَاجتُهُ؟ قلتُ: إِنَّهَا سرٌّ، قالتْ: لا تُخِبرَنَّ بسِرِّ رسول اللهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ أحدًا، قال أَنَسٌ: واللهِ لوْ حدَّثْتُ بِهِ أحَدًا لحدَّثْتُكَ بِهِ يَا ثابِتُ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ، وروى الْبُخَارِيُّ بَعْضَهُ مُخْتصَرًا.
Thabit reported from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came upon me while I was playing with the boys. He greeted us with salam and then sent me on an errand, so I was late in returning to my mother. When I came, she said: "What kept you?" I said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand." She said: "What was his errand?" I said: "It is a secret." She said: "Do not tell anyone the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Anas said: "By Allah, had I told it to anyone, I would have told it to you, O Thabit." Reported by Muslim, and al-Bukhari reported part of it in abridged form.
الشرح · explanation
فأبطأت: تأخرت وطالت غيبتي. ما حبسك: ما منعك.
"I was late": I was delayed and my absence grew long. "What kept you": what held you back.
الدروس · lessons
فضل أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه، وعظيم لطفه، وصدق أمانته ووفائه، وكتمانه سرّ رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلّم حيًا وميتًا. حسن تربية أم أنس لابنها، فإنها أوصته بعدم التحدث بسرّ رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلّم. كتم سرّ الإخوة وعدم إفشائه من كرم الأخلاق والآداب الإسلامية.
The virtue of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), his great gentleness, the sincerity of his trustworthiness and fidelity, and his keeping the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) both during his life and after his death. The excellent upbringing that Anas's mother gave her son, for she enjoined him not to speak of the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Keeping the secret of one's brothers and not divulging it is among noble character and Islamic etiquette.