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  

[Machine] I was with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. When we approached the city, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have just got married and I would like permission to go to my family." He asked, "Have you married a virgin or a previously married woman?" I replied, "A previously married woman." He said, "Why not a virgin whom you could play with and she could play with you?" I said, "Abdullah has died and left behind female slaves whom I did not desire to be like them." He said, "Do not go to your family immediately." I was riding on a camel at that time, so I hastened. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught up with me while I was at the rear of the people and asked, "What is the matter, Jabir?" I said, "I was riding on my camel." He seized the halter of the camel and scolded it. Then he said, "I have been at the forefront of people, and I wanted to be in that position. But as soon as we approached the city, he asked me, "What happened to the camel?" I said, "Here it is." He then purchased it from me. I said, "It is yours." He said, "It is for you." I said, "No, I have taken it on rent. Ride it and bring it to us." When I arrived in the city, I brought it to him. He said to Bilal, "Weigh it for him and add some more weight to it." I said, "This camel has already been added weight by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it will never separate from me until I die." I put it in a bag and it remained with me until the people of Sham took it forcefully along with all their spoils on the day of Harrah.  

كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ فَأْذَنْ لِي فِي أَنْ أَتَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِي؟ قَالَ أَفَتَزَوَّجْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ عَلَيَّ جَوَارِيَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَضُمَّ إِلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَقَالَ لَا تَأْتِ أَهْلَكَ طُرُوقًا قَالَ وَكُنْتُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فَاعْتَلَّ قَالَ فَلَحِقَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا فِي آخِرِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا جَابِرُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ اعْتَلَّ بَعِيرِي قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِذَنَبِهِ ثُمَّ زَجَرَهُ قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا فِي أَوَّلِ النَّاسِ يَهُمُّنِي رَأْسُهُ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا فَعَلَ الْجَمَلُ؟ قُلْتُ هُوَ ذَا قَالَ فَبِعْنِيهِ قُلْتُ لَا بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ قَالَ بِعْنِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ قَالَ لَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِأُوقِيَّةٍ ارْكَبْهُ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ فَأْتِنَا بِهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ جِئْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ زِنْ لَهُ وُقِيَّةً وَزِدْهُ قِيرَاطًا قَالَ قُلْتُ هَذَا قِيرَاطٌ زَادَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺلَا يُفَارِقُنِي أَبَدًا حَتَّى أَمُوتَ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي كِيسٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدِي حَتَّى جَاءَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ الْحَرَّةِ فَأَخَذُوهُ فِيمَا أَخَذُوا