Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Talhah, "Find me a child from among your children who can serve me." So Abu Talhah brought me, seating me behind him on his mount. Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) halted somewhere, I would serve him. I used to hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) frequently recite this supplication: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief, sorrow, incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, the burden of debt, and the overpowering of men." (Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that) I continued to serve him from that time until we returned from Khaybar, and Lady Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) was also with us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had chosen her. I saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a curtain with a cloth for her on his mount and then seated her there. Finally, when we reached the place of Sahba, he spread a dining cloth and prepared hais (a mixture of dates, cheese, and ghee, etc.). Then he sent me, and I called the people, and everyone ate from it. This was the wedding feast (walimah) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for Lady Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her). Then he set out, and when Uhud became visible, he said, "This mountain loves us, and we love it." After that, when Madinah came into view, he said, "O Allah, I declare the area between its two mountains a sanctuary just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared Makkah a sanctuary. O Allah, bless its inhabitants in their mudd and in their sa’ (measures)."