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nasai-kubra:5926Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Sayf > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb from his father

[Machine] That he demanded a debt from the son of Abi Hadrad that he owed him in the mosque, and their voices were raised until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard them while he was in his house, so he came out to them and revealed the curtain of his room and called out, "O Ka'b!" He said, "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Reduce the debt for him from your debt." And he pointed to the half. He said, "I have done that." He said, "Get up and settle it." Abu Abdullah Al-Rahman said, "Mammar sent him." Muhammad bin Rafi 'narrated to us, he said: 'Abdul Razzaq told us, he said: Mammar told us, from Az-Zuhri, that Ka'b bin Malik was sent.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ سَيْفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَكَشَفَ سِتْرَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَى «يَا كَعْبُ» قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا» وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى الشَّطْرِ قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ قَالَ «قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرْسَلَهُ مَعْمَرٌ [414] 5927 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ مُرْسَلٌ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī
bukhari:457ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb

In the mosque l asked Ibn Abi Hadrad to pay the debts which he owed to me and our voices grew louder. Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard that while he was in his house. So he came to us raising the curtain of his room and said, "O Kaʿb!" I replied, "Labaik, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He said, "O Kaʿb! reduce your debt to one half," gesturing with his hand. I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have done so." Then Allah's Apostle said (to Ibn Abi Hadrad), "Get up and pay the debt to him."  

البخاري:٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَى يَا كَعْبُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ أَىِ الشَّطْرَ قَالَ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

bukhari:471Aḥmad > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

During the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ I asked Ibn Abi Hadrad in the mosque to pay the debts which he owed to me and our voices grew so loud that Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard them while he was in his house. So he came to us after raising the curtain of his room. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Kaʿb bin Malik!" I replied, "Labaik, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He gestured with his hand to me to reduce the debt to one half. I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ have done it." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said (to Ibn Hadrad), "Get up and pay it."  

البخاري:٤٧١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ وَنَادَى يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَا كَعْبُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ ضَعِ الشَّطْرَ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ قَالَ كَعْبٌ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

bukhari:2418ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb

Kaʿb demanded his debt back from Ibn Abi Hadrad in the Mosque and their voices grew louder till Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard them while he was in his house. He came out to them raising the curtain of his room and addressed Kaʿb, "O Kaʿb!" Kaʿb replied, "Labaik, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ." (He said to him), "Reduce your debt to one half," gesturing with his hand. Kaʿb said, "I have done so, O Allah's Apostle!" On that the Prophet ﷺ said to Ibn Abi Hadrad, "Get up and repay the debt, to him."  

البخاري:٢٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَى يَا كَعْبُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ أَىِ الشَّطْرَ قَالَ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

bukhari:2710ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > Kaʿb b. Mālik

That Kaʿb bin Malik told him that in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ he demanded his debt from Ibn Abu Hadrad in the Mosque. Their voices grew louder till Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard them while he was in his house. So he lifted the curtain of his room and called Kaʿb bin Malik saying, "O Kaʿb!" He replied, "Labbaik! O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He beckoned to him with his hand suggesting that he deduct half the debt. Kaʿb said, "I agree, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said (to Ibn Abu Hadrad), "Get up and pay him the rest."  

البخاري:٢٧١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ فِي بَيْتٍ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَى كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ ضَعِ الشَّطْرَ فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

muslim:1558aḤarmalah b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

O Ka'b. He said: At thy beck and call, Messenger of Allah. He pointed out with the help of his hand to remit half of the loan due to him. Ka'b said: Messenger of Allah, I am ready to do that, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said (to Ibn Abu Hadrad): Stand up and make him the payment (of the rest).  

مسلم:١٥٥٨aحَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ وَنَادَى كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ ضَعِ الشَّطْرَ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ قَالَ كَعْبٌ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

nasai:5408Abū Dāwud > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb from his father

He asked Ibn Abi Hadrad to pay off a debt that he owed him. Their voices grew so loud that the Messenger of Allah [SAW] heard them when he was inside his house. He came out to them, drew back the curtain of his room and called out: "O Ka'b!" He said: "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Drop his debt to half." He said: "I will do that." He said (to the debtor): "Go and pay it off."  

النسائي:٥٤٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَكَشَفَ سِتْرَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَنَادَى يَا كَعْبُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى الشَّطْرِ قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ قَالَ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

abudawud:3595Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

"Ka'b!" He said: "At your service, Messenger of Allah." Thereupon he made a gesture with is hand indicating: Remit half the debt due to you. Ka'b said: "I shall do so, Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ then said: "Get up and discharge"  

أبو داود:٣٥٩٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ وَنَادَى كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَشَارَ لَهُ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ ضَعِ الشَّطْرَ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ قَالَ كَعْبٌ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

ibnmajah:2429Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

he demanded payment owed by Ibn Abi Hadrad in the mosque. Their voices became so loud that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard them when he was in his house. He came out and called Ka'b who said: “Here I am, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!” He said: “Waive this much of your loan,” and gestured with his hand to indicate half. He said: “I will do that,” and he said: “Get up and repay it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَنَادَى كَعْبًا فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ دَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الشَّطْرِ فَقَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ قَالَ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

bayhaqi:11345[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram [Chain 2] And ʾNbʾ Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Daqqāq> al-Ḥasan b. Mukram al-Bazzāz > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] He demanded a debt from Ibn Abi Hadrad, which he owed to him in the mosque. Their voices became loud enough for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to hear them. So he came out until he uncovered the curtain of his room and said, "O Ka'b, forgive some of your debt." He pointed towards it, which part, he said, "Yes." So he judged it.  

البيهقي:١١٣٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ح قَالَ وَأنبأ أَبُو عَمْرٍو عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّقَّاقُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِتْرَ حُجْرَتِهِ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا وَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَيِ الشَّطْرَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَضَاهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُسْنَدِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ
bayhaqi:11346Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī Waʾabū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

"Ka'b!" He said: "At your service, Messenger of Allah." Thereupon he made a gesture with is hand indicating: Remit half the debt due to you. Ka'b said: "I shall do so, Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ then said: "Get up and discharge" (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3595)   

البيهقي:١١٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِتْرَ حُجْرَتِهِ وَنَادَى كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ ضَعِ الشَّطْرَ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ قَالَ كَعْبٌ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ هُوَ ابْنُ صَالِحٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ حَرْمَلَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ