Sunan Ibn Majah 339

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لِي:‏‏‏‏ ائْتِ تِلْكَ الْأَشَاءَتَيْنِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ وَكِيعٌ:‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي النَّخْلَ الصِّغَارَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أبُو بَكْرٍ:‏‏‏‏ فَقُلْ لَهُمَا:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُكُمَا أَنْ تَجْتَمِعَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاجْتَمَعَتَا فَاسْتَتَرَ بِهِمَا فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي:‏‏‏‏ ائْتِهِمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْ لَهُمَا:‏‏‏‏ لِتَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُمَا إِلَى مَكَانِهَا ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْتُ لَهُمَا فَرَجَعَتَا.

It was narrated from Ya'la bin Murrah that his father said: I was with the Prophet on a journey, and he wanted to relieve himself. He said to me: 'Go to those two small date-palm trees and tell them: The Messenger of Allah orders you to come together.' So they came together and he concealed himself behind them, and relieved himself. Then he said to me: 'Go to them and tell them: Go back, each one of you, to your places.' So I said that to them and they went back.