حَدَّثَنَا الْمَکِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ وَغَيْرِهِ يَزِيدُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَی بَعْضٍ وَلَمْ يُبَلِّغْهُ کُلُّهُمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ کُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَکُنْتُ عَلَی جَمَلٍ ثَفَالٍ إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي آخِرِ الْقَوْمِ فَمَرَّ بِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا قُلْتُ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا لَکَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي عَلَی جَمَلٍ ثَفَالٍ قَالَ أَمَعَکَ قَضِيبٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَعْطِنِيهِ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ فَضَرَبَهُ فَزَجَرَهُ فَکَانَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ الْمَکَانِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ بِعْنِيهِ فَقُلْتُ بَلْ هُوَ لَکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ بَلْ بِعْنِيهِ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَنَانِيرَ وَلَکَ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ أَخَذْتُ أَرْتَحِلُ قَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قُلْتُ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً قَدْ خَلَا مِنْهَا قَالَ فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُکَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ أَبِي تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَکَ بَنَاتٍ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْکِحَ امْرَأَةً قَدْ جَرَّبَتْ خَلَا مِنْهَا قَالَ فَذَلِکَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ يَا بِلَالُ اقْضِهِ وَزِدْهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ أَرْبَعَةَ دَنَانِيرَ وَزَادَهُ قِيرَاطًا قَالَ جَابِرٌ لَا تُفَارِقُنِي زِيَادَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَکُنْ الْقِيرَاطُ يُفَارِقُ جِرَابَ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2309
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I was accompanying the Prophet on a journey and was riding a slow camel that was lagging behind the others. The Prophet passed by me and asked, "Who is this?" I replied, "Jabir bin `Abdullah." He asked, "What is the matter, (why are you late)?" I replied, "I am riding a slow camel." He asked, "Do you have a stick?" I replied in the affirmative. He said, "Give it to me." When I gave it to him, he beat the camel and rebuked it. Then that camel surpassed the others thenceforth. The Prophet said, "Sell it to me." I replied, "It is (a gift) for you, O Allah's Apostle." He said, "Sell it to me. I have bought it for four Dinars (gold pieces) and you can keep on riding it till Medina." When we approached Medina, I started going (towards my house). The Prophet said, "Where are you going?" I Sa`d, "I have married a widow." He said, "Why have you not married a virgin to fondle with each other?" I said, "My father died and left daughters, so I decided to marry a widow (an experienced woman) (to look after them)." He said, "Well done." When we reached Medina, Allah's Apostle said, "O Bilal, pay him (the price of the camel) and give him extra money." Bilal gave me four Dinars and one Qirat extra. (A sub-narrator said): Jabir added, "The extra Qirat of Allah's Apostle never parted from me." The Qirat was always in Jabir bin `Abdullah's purse.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020