Qatada قتادة · Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: relate traditions from the children of Isra'il; there is no harm.

I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a sudden the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came along and stood beside us. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood, the reader stopped and greeted him. He asked: What were you doing? We said: Messenger of Allah! We had a reader who was reciting to us and…