أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ أَدْرَکَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَکُنْتُ عَلَی نَاضِحٍ لَنَا سَوْئٍ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَزَالُ لَنَا نَاضِحُ سَوْئٍ يَا لَهْفَاهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَبِيعُنِيهِ يَا جَابِرُ قُلْتُ بَلْ هُوَ لَکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِکَذَا وَکَذَا وَقَدْ أَعَرْتُکَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ هَيَّأْتُهُ فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ أَعْطِهِ ثَمَنَهُ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرْتُ دَعَانِي فَخِفْتُ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُ فَقَالَ هُوَ لَکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4655
It was narrated that Jàbir said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم caught up with me when I was riding a bad camel of ours, and I said: ‘We have a bad camel, more’s the pity!’ The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Will you sell it to me, Jabir?’ I said, ‘No, it is yours, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.’ He said: ‘Allah, forgive him; Allah, have mercy on him. I will buy it for such and such, and I will lend it to you to ride until (we reach) Al-Madinah.’ When I reached Al-Madinah, I prepared it, and brought it to him, and he said: ‘Bilal, give him its price.’ When I turned to leave, he called me back, and I was afraid that he would give it back, but he said: ‘It is yours.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020