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.
