I participated in a Ghazwa along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ The Prophet ﷺ met me (on the way) while I was riding a camel of ours used for irrigation and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk. The Prophet ﷺ asked me, "What is wrong with the camel?" I replied, "It has got tired." So. Messenger of Allah ﷺ came from behind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of them. Then he asked me, "How do you find your camel (now)?" I replied, "I find it quite well, now as it has received your blessings." He said, "Will you sell it to me?" I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though it was the only camel for irrigation we had. So, I said, "Yes." He said, "Sell it to me then." I sold it to him on the condition that I should keep on riding it till I reached Medina. Then I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am a bridegroom," and requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed me, and I set out for Medina before the people till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the camel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that. When I took the permission of Messenger of Allah ﷺ he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had married a matron. He said, "Why hadn't you married a virgin who would have played with you, and you would have played with her?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My father died (or was martyred) and I have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would neither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them and teach them manners." When Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him the next morning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well.  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَتَلاَحَقَ بِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ لَنَا قَدْ أَعْيَا فَلاَ يَكَادُ يَسِيرُ فَقَالَ لِي مَا لِبَعِيرِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ عَيِيَ قَالَ فَتَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَجَرَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَمَا زَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الإِبِلِ قُدَّامَهَا يَسِيرُ فَقَالَ لِي كَيْفَ تَرَى بَعِيرَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ بَرَكَتُكَ قَالَ أَفَتَبِيعُنِيهِ قَالَ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا نَاضِحٌ غَيْرَهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَبِعْنِيهِ فَبِعْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى أَنَّ لِي فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي عَرُوسٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَتَقَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيَنِي خَالِي فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ فَلاَمَنِي قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِي حِينَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا فَقُلْتُ تَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا فَقَالَ هَلاَّ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّيَ وَالِدِي أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ صِغَارٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَلاَ تُؤَدِّبُهُنَّ وَلاَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا لِتَقُومَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُؤَدِّبَهُنَّ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْبَعِيرِ فَأَعْطَانِي ثَمَنَهُ وَرَدَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ هَذَا فِي قَضَائِنَا حَسَنٌ لاَ نَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا  

I went on an expedition with Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He overtook me and I was on a water-carrying camel who had grown tired and did not walk (trot). He (the Holy Prophet) said to me: What is the matter with your camel? I said: It is sick. He (the Holy Prophet) stepped behind and drove it and prayed for it, and then it always moved ahead of other camels. He (then) said: How do you find your camel? I said: It is, by the grace of your prayer, all right. He said: Would you sell this (camel) to me? I felt shy (to say him," No" ) as we had no other camel for carrying water, but (later on) I said: Yes, and to I sold it to him on the condition that (I would be permitted) to ride it until I reached Madina. I said to him: Messenger of Allah, I am newly married, so I asked his permission (to go ahead of the caravan). He permitted me, and I reached Medina well in advance of other people, until I reached my destination. There my maternal uncle met me and asked me about the camel, and I told him what I had done with regard to it. He reproved me in this connection. He (Jabir) said: When I asked his permission (to go ahead of the caravan) Messenger of Allah ﷺ inquired of me whether I had married a virgin or a non-virgin. I said to him: I have married a non-virgin. He said: Why did you not marry a virgin who would have played with you and you would have played with her? I said to him: Messenger of Allah, my father died (or he fell as a martyr), and I have small sisters to (look after), so I did not like the idea that I should marry a woman who is like them and thus be not able to teach them manners and look after them properly. So I have married a non-virgin so that she should be able to look after them and teach them manners, When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, I went to him in the morning with the camel. He paid me its price and returned that (the camel) to me.  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَلاَحَقَ بِي وَتَحْتِي نَاضِحٌ لِي قَدْ أَعْيَا وَلاَ يَكَادُ يَسِيرُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي مَا لِبَعِيرِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ عَلِيلٌ قَالَ فَتَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَجَرَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَمَازَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الإِبِلِ قُدَّامَهَا يَسِيرُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي كَيْفَ تَرَى بَعِيرَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ بَرَكَتُكَ قَالَ أَفَتَبِيعُنِيهِ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا نَاضِحٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَبِعْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى أَنَّ لِي فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي عَرُوسٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَتَقَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ فَلَقِيَنِي خَالِي فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ فَلاَمَنِي فِيهِ قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِي حِينَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ مَا تَزَوَّجْتَ أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ أَفَلاَ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُكَ وَتُلاَعِبُهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّيَ وَالِدِي أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ صِغَارٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ إِلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَلاَ تُؤَدِّبُهُنَّ وَلاَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا لِتَقُومَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُؤَدِّبَهُنَّ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ غَدَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْبَعِيرِ فَأَعْطَانِي ثَمَنَهُ وَرَدَّهُ عَلَىَّ  

"I was with the Messenger of Allah on a journey, and I was riding a camel. He said: 'Why are you at the back of the people?, I said: 'My camel is tired, He took hold of its tail and shouted at it, then I was at the front of the people, worrying that it would go ahead of the others. When we drew close to al-Madinah he said: 'What happened to the camel? Sell it to me.' I said, No, it is yours O Messenger of Allah.; He said, 'No, sell it tome. I said, 'No, it is yours, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'No, sell it to me. I will take it for one Uwqiyah but you (continue to) ride it. Then when you reach Al-Madinah, bring it to us.' So when I reached Al-Madinah, I brought it him. He said to Bilal: 'O Bilal, weight out for him one Uwqiyyah and add a Qirat.' I said: 'This is something extra that the Messenger of Allah gave to.' I kept it with me and put it in a bag, and it stayed with me until the people of Ash-Sham came on the Day of Al-Harrah and took from us what they took.'  

كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَكُنْتُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ فِي آخِرِ النَّاسِ قُلْتُ أَعْيَا بَعِيرِي فَأَخَذَ بِذَنَبِهِ ثُمَّ زَجَرَهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا فِي أَوَّلِ النَّاسِ يُهِمُّنِي رَأْسُهُ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الْجَمَلُ بِعْنِيهِ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِوُقِيَّةٍ ارْكَبْهُ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَائْتِنَا بِهِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ جِئْتُهُ بِهِ فَقَالَ لِبِلاَلٍ يَا بِلاَلُ زِنْ لَهُ أُوقِيَّةً وَزِدْهُ قِيرَاطًا قُلْتُ هَذَا شَىْءٌ زَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يُفَارِقْنِي فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي كِيسٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدِي حَتَّى جَاءَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ الْحَرَّةِ فَأَخَذُوا مِنَّا مَا أَخَذُوا  

[Machine] We traveled from Makkah to Medina with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. My camel became exhausted, so I left it behind and went ahead to lead it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delayed because of a need, but he caught up with me and said, "Why did you separate?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, only because my camel is unable to proceed, and I intended to join the people." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of its reins, hit it, and scolded it, then he said, "Mount." I said, "I have indeed seen you after that, and I was, indeed, holding it back from the people." Then we descended at a place near Medina, and I wanted to hurry to my family, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Do not take a shortcut to your family." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have just concluded a marriage contract." He said, "Have you not married a virgin?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, but she is too young for me to play with her, and she is too young to play with me." He remained silent and did not say anything good or bad. Then he said, "By the way, your camel, this camel of yours." I said, "No, it belongs to you, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "No, it belongs to both of us." I said, "It is yours, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "No, it belongs to both of us." I said, "Yes, it is for you, in return for the two gold rings." He said, "I have taken it, so continue on it to Medina." When I arrived in Medina, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Bilal, "Give him two gold rings and increase it." So he gave me two gold rings and added one more carat. I said, "Do not leave me without the extra from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He replied, "It is in my bag, and the people of Sham took it on the day of Uhud."  

أَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَعْيَا جَمَلِي فَتَخَلَّفْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَسُوقُهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ مُتَخَلِّفًا فَلَحِقَنِي فَقَالَ لِي «مَا لَكَ مُتَخَلِّفًا؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَنَّ جَمَلِيَ ظَالِعٌ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَلْحَقَهُ بِالْقَوْمِ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذَنَبِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ ثُمَّ زَجَرَهُ فَقَالَ «ارْكَبْ» قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي بَعْدُ وَإِنِّي لَأَكُفُّهُ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا دُونَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَأْتِ أَهْلكَ طَرُوقًا» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ قَالَ «فَمَا تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ » قُلْتُ امْرَأَةً ثَيِّبًا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ؟ » قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّيَ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ وَتَرَكَ جَوَارِيَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَلَا أَسَأْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «بِعْنِي جَمَلَكَ هَذَا» قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ» قُلْتُ أَجَلْ عَلَى أُوقِيَّةِ ذَهَبٍ فَهُوَ لَكَ بِهَا قَالَ «قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ فَتَبَلَّغْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِبِلَالٍ «أَعْطِهِ أُوقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ وَزِدْهُ» قَالَ فَأَعْطَانِي أُوقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ وَزَادَنِي قِيرَاطًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا تُفَارِقُنِي زِيَادَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَكَانَ فِي كِيسٍ لِي فَأَخَذَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ الْحَرَّةِ  

[Machine] I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was riding a lame camel at the rear of the group. He asked me, "What is the matter with your camel?" I said, "It is either lame or stubborn, O Messenger of Allah." He then held its reins, hit it, and said, "Ride it. I have seen it since its beginning, and I have been restraining it." When we approached, I wanted to hurry ahead to meet my family, so he said, "Do not reach your family hastily." He then asked, "Are you married?" I said, "Yes." He asked, "Is she a virgin or previously married?" I said, "Previously married." He said, "Why don't you marry a virgin, so that both of you can amuse each other?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, Abdullah (my son) has abandoned his slave girls, and I disliked bringing women of their kind to be like them, so I wanted to marry a woman who has understanding." He did not say anything to me, neither scolding nor approving. Then he said to me about my camel, "It is yours, O Messenger of Allah." I said, "It is yours, O Messenger of Allah." When he insisted, I said, "If anyone owes a debt to someone, it belongs to the creditor." He said, "Yes, send it to your family and inform Bilal to give you one dinar and increase it." So, he gave me a gold dinar and increased it by a Qirat (a unit of weight). I said, "This Qirat will never leave me, as it was an increase by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." I put it in a bag and it stayed with me until it was taken by the people of Sham (Greater Syria) on the day of Harrah. They mentioned it in Sahih Al-Bukhari, citing it from the hadith of Al-A'mash with a gesture, and it is also mentioned in Sahih Muslim through narration.  

مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِي بَعِيرٌ مُعْتَلٌّ وَأَنَا أَسُوقُهُ فِي آخِرِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُ بَعِيرِكَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ مُعْتَلٌّ أَوْ ظَالِعٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَخَذَ بِذَنَبِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْكَبْ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَإِنِّي لَأَحْبِسُهُ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَقَالَ لَا تَأْتِ أَهْلَكَ طَرُوقًا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ بِكْرٌ أَمْ ثَيِّبٌ؟ قُلْتُ ثَيِّبٌ قَالَ فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ تَرَكَ جَوَارِيَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَضُمَّ إِلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً قَدْ عَقَلَتْ فَمَا قَالَ لِي أَسَأْتَ وَلَا أَحْسَنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي بِعْنِي بَعِيرَكَ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ بِعْنِيهِ قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرَ عَلَيَّ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَيَّ وُقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ فَهُوَ لَكَ بِهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ تَبْلُغُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَ بِلَالٍ فَقَالَ أَعْطِهِ وُقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ وَزِدْهُ فَأَعْطَانِي وُقِيَّةً وَزَادَنِي قِيرَاطًا فَقُلْتُ لَا يُفَارِقْنِي هَذَا الْقِيرَاطُ شَيْءٌ زَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي كِيسٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدِي حَتَّى أَخَذَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ الْحَرَّةِ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَعْمَشِ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِالْإِشَارَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ بِالرِّوَايَةِ