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ahmad:14273Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaqaghulām Lah Yuqāl Lah Yaʿqūb

A man of the Ansar called Abu Madhkur declared that his slave called Ya'qub would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Who will buy him ? Nu'aim b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams. When he handed them over to him, he (Prophet) said: If any of you is poor, he should begin from himself ; if anything is left over, give it to your family; if anything is left over, give it to your relatives ; if anything is left over (when they received something), then here and here. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3957)   

أحمد:١٤٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَغُلَامًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ

عَنْ دُبُرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ؟ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّحَّامُ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى ذِي قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4653Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah > Dubur

a man from among the Ansar who was called Abu (Madhkur) stated that a slave of his who was called Ya'qub was to be set free after he died, and he did not own any other property apart from him. The Messenger of Allah called for him (the slave) to be brought and he said: "Who will buy him?" Nu'aim bin 'Abdullah bought him for eight hundred dirhams, and he gave it to him and said: "If one of you is poor, let him start with himself; if there is anything left over, (let him give it) to his dependents; if there is anything left over, (let him give it) to his relatives; and if there is anything left over, (let him give it) here and there."  

النسائي:٤٦٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلامًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلاً فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلاً فَعَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلاً فَهَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا  

abudawud:3957Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah Yuqāl Lah Yaʿqūb

A man of the Ansar called Abu Madhkur declared that his slave called Ya'qub would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Who will buy him ? Nu'aim b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams. When he handed them over to him, he (Prophet) said: If any of you is poor, he should begin from himself ; if anything is left over, give it to your family; if anything is left over, give it to your relatives ; if anything is left over (when they received something), then here and here.  

أبو داود:٣٩٥٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلاَمًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ النَّحَّامِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى ذِي قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلاً فَهَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ الصَّدَقَةَ أَوِ النَّفَقَةَ أَنْ يَبْدَأَ بِهَا بِالْأَقْرَبِ فَالْأَقْرَبِ

ibnhibban:3342Aḥmad b. ʿAllān Biʾadhanah > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Zimmānī

[Machine] It is said that Abu Madhkur arranged a marriage for his servant, even though he did not have any other wealth besides him. The servant's name was Ya'qub. The Messenger of Allahﷺ asked, "Who will buy this (servant)?" A man from the Banu Adi ibn Ka'b bought him for a hundred dirhams. The Prophetﷺ said, "If any of you is in need, let him start with himself. If he has surplus, then with his family. If he has surplus, then with his relatives. If he has surplus, then here, here, and here."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلَّانَ بِأَذَنَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الزِّمَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ دَبَّرَ غُلَامًا لَهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ وَكَانَ يُقَالُ لِلْغُلَامِ يَعْقُوبُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَا؟ » فَاشْتَرَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِثَمَنِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مُحْتَاجًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَبِأَهْلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَبِأَقْرِبَائِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا أَجَازَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بَيْعَ الْمُدَبَّرِ

ibnhibban:4934Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Qazzāz Abū ʿAmr al-Muʿaddil Bi-al-Baṣrah > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām > al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah

[Machine] A man from the Ansar (helpers) had freed a slave boy named Ya'qub whose master was known as Abu Madhkur. The man did not have any wealth other than him, so he called upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and asked, "Who will buy this from me?" Then, Nu'aim ibn Abdullah, the brother of Banu Adiy ibn Ka'b, bought him for eight hundred dirhams. Later, the man called upon the Prophet again, and he said to him, "If you are poor, start with yourself. If you have excess, take care of your family. If there is still extra, take care of your relatives. And if there is still extra, then give it to others." Whenever the Prophet relayed this story, he mentioned that Ya'qub was an Abyssinian slave who died in the first year.  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْقَزَّازُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْمُعَدِّلُ بِالْبَصْرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ حَدَّثَنَا الطُّفَاوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ وَاسْمُ الْغُلَامِ يَعْقُوبُ وَالَّذِي أَعْتَقَهُ يُدْعَى أَبَا مَذْكُورٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَا مِنِّي؟ » فَاشْتَرَاهُ مِنْهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَخُو بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِثَمَانِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كُنْتَ فَقِيرًا فَأَبْدَأُ بِنَفْسِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى عِيَالِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى قَرَابَتِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا» وَكَانَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدًا قِبْطِيًّا مَاتَ عَامَ أَوَّلٍ  

nasai-kubra:6204Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah > Dubur

A man of the Ansar called Abu Madhkur declared that his slave called Ya'qub would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Who will buy him ? Nu'aim b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams. When he handed them over to him, he (Prophet) said: If any of you is poor, he should begin from himself ; if anything is left over, give it to your family; if anything is left over, give it to your relatives ; if anything is left over (when they received something), then here and here. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3957)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ

يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ؟ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ؟ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ» أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا  

nasai-kubra:4987Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah > Dubur

A man of the Ansar called Abu Madhkur declared that his slave called Ya'qub would be free after his death, but he had no other property. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Who will buy him ? Nu'aim b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams. When he handed them over to him, he (Prophet) said: If any of you is poor, he should begin from himself ; if anything is left over, give it to your family; if anything is left over, give it to your relatives ; if anything is left over (when they received something), then here and here. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3957)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٨٧أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ §أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ

يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ يَشْتَريهِ؟ مَنْ يَشْتَريهِ؟» فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَبَعَثَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا»  

bayhaqi:7755Abū Ṣāliḥ b. b. Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī from my father > Aḥmad b. Salamah

A person from the Banu 'Udhra set a slave free after his death. This news reached the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon hhn). Upon this he said: Have you any property besides it? He said: No. Upon this he said: Who would buy (this slave) from me? Nulaim b. Abdullah bought it for eight hundred dirhams and (this amount was) brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who returned it to him (the owner), and then said: Start with your own self and spend it on yourself, and if anything is left, it should be spent on your family, and if anything is left (after meeting the needs of the family) it should be spent on relatives, and if anything is left from the family, it should be spent like this, like this. And he was saying: In front of you, on your right and on your left. (Using translation from Muslim 997a)   

البيهقي:٧٧٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ بِنْتِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي أنبأ جَدِّي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةٍ عَبْدًا لَهُ

عَنْ دُبُرٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مِنِّي فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعَدَوِيُّ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَجَاءَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ فَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنْ فَضَلَ شَيْءٌ فَلِأَهْلِكَ فَإِنْ فَضَلَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ فَلِذِي قَرَابَتِكَ فَإِنْ فَضَلَ عَنْ ذِي قَرَابَتِكَ فَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا يَقُولُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَعَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِمَالِكَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ
bayhaqi:21539Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > a man from al-Anṣār Yuqāl Lah Abū Madhkūr Aʿtaq Ghulām Lah Yuqāl Lah Yaʿqūb

[Machine] About a man who had no wealth other than himself, so the Messenger of Allah called for him and said, "Who will buy him?" Nuaim bin Abdullah bin Nahham bought him for 800 dirhams, and he gave them to the Messenger of Allah and said, "If any of you are poor, let him start with himself. If there is any surplus, it should go to his family. If there is still surplus, it should go to his relatives or kin. If there is still surplus, it should be distributed here and there." 21540. And Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us that Muhammad bin Ya'qub narrated to us, who narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim, who narrated from Ya'qub and Ahmad bin Ibrahim Al-Durraqqi, who said that Ismail bin Ulayyah narrated from Ayyub, who mentioned it.  

البيهقي:٢١٥٣٩أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ

عَنْ دُبُرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ ؟ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ النَّحَّامِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى ذِي قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ ذِي رَحِمِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلٌ فَهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا 21540 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ فَذَكَرَهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ الدَّوْرَقِيِّ