ذِكْرُ مَا اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِصَفِيِّهِ ﷺ فِي رَاحِلَةِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

We went from Mecca to Medina with Messenger of Allah ﷺ when my camel fell ill, and the rest of the hadith is the same. (But it in also narrated in it: ) He (the Holy Prophet) said to me: Sell your camel to me. I said: No, but it is yours. He said: No. (it can't be), but sell it to me. I said: No, but, Messenger of Allah, it is yours. He said: No, it can't be, but sell it to me. I said: Then give me an 'uqaya of gold for I owe that to a person and then it would be yours. He (the Holy Prophet) said: I take it (for an 'uqiya of gold) and you reach Medina on it. As I reached Medina, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Bilal: Give him an 'uqiya of gold and make some extra payment too. He (Jabir) said: He gave me an 'uqiya of gold and made an addition of a qirat. He (Jabir) said: The addition made by Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with me (as a sacred trust for belssing) and lay with me in a pocket until the people of Syria took it on the Day of Harra.  

أَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاعْتَلَّ جَمَلِي وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِقِصَّتِهِ وَفِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي بِعْنِي جَمَلَكَ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَىَّ أُوقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ فَهُوَ لَكَ بِهَا قَالَ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ فَتَبَلَّغْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِبِلاَلٍ أَعْطِهِ أُوقِيَّةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَزِدْهُ قَالَ فَأَعْطَانِي أُوقِيَّةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَزَادَنِي قِيرَاطًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لاَ تُفَارِقُنِي زِيَادَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَكَانَ فِي كِيسٍ لِي فَأَخَذَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ الْحَرَّةِ  

[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  

[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