“The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had the best manners among people. One day, he sent me on an errand, and I said: ‘By Allah I will not go.’ However, in my mind, I had the idea that I would do whatever the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, ordered me to do. So I went out until I came across some boys who were playing in the market, and when I was there, The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, came behind me and held me from the back of my neck. I looked at him and found him laughing, and he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘O Unays [i.e. a nickname he gave Anas, meaning little Anas], have you gone where I have ordered you to go?’ so I said to him, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah, I am going.