سنن نسائی · Hadith 4654

It was narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: “I was with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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 Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.’ He said, ‘No, sell it to me.’ I said, ‘No, it is yours, o Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.’ 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 to him. He said to Bilal: ‘Bilal, weigh out for him one Uwqiyah and add a QIraI said: ‘This is something extra that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم gave to me.’ 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-Ilarrah and took from us what they took.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020