مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 14864
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقَدْتُ جَمَلِي لَيْلَةً، فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ يَشُدُّ لِعَائِشَةَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: " مَا لَكَ يَا، ، جَابِرُ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَقَدْتُ جَمَلِي - أَوْ ذَهَبَ جَمَلِي - فِي لَيْلَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: " هَذَا جَمَلُكَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْهُ "، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ نَحْوًا مِمَّا قَالَ لِي، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا وَجَدْتُهُ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: " هَذَا جَمَلُكَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْهُ "، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ نَحْوًا مِمَّا قَالَ لِي، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، لَا وَاللهِ مَا وَجَدْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: " عَلَى رِسْلِكَ "، حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَانْطَلَقَ بِي حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْجَمَلَ، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: " هَذَا جَمَلُكَ "، قَالَ: وَقَدْ سَارَ النَّاسُ، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ عَلَى جَمَلِي فِي عُقْبَتِي، قَالَ: وَكَانَ جَمَلًا فِيهِ قِطَافٌ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا لَهْفَ أُمِّي أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي إِلَّا جَمَلٌ قَطُوفٌ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدِي يَسِيرُ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعَ مَا قُلْتُ، قَالَ: فَلَحِقَ بِي، فَقَالَ: " مَا قُلْتَ يَا جَابِرُ قَبْلُ؟ " قَالَ: فَنَسِيتُ مَا قُلْتُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا قُلْتُ شَيْئًا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ مَا قُلْتُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ يَا لَهْفَاهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي إِلَّا جَمَلٌ قَطُوفٌ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَجُزَ الْجَمَلِ بِسَوْطٍ - أَوْ بِسَوْطِي - قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ أَوْضَعَ - أَوْ أَسْرَعَ - جَمَلٍ رَكِبْتُهُ قَطُّ، وَهُوَ يُنَازِعُنِي خِطَامَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَنْتَ بَائِعِي جَمَلَكَ هَذَا " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: " بِكَمْ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بِوُقِيَّةٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ، لِي: " بَخٍ بَخٍ، كَمْ فِي أُوقِيَّةٍ مِنْ نَاضِحٍ وَنَاضِحٍ "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، مَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ نَاضِحٌ أُحِبُّ، أَنَّهُ لَنَا مَكَانَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِوُقِيَّةٍ " قَالَ: فَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ الرَّحْلِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، قَالَ: " مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جَمَلُكَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي: " ارْكَبْ جَمَلَكَ "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ بِجَمَلِي، وَلَكِنَّهُ جَمَلُكَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نُرَاجِعُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فِي الْأَمْرِ إِذَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ، فَإِذَا أَمَرَنَا الثَّالِثَةَ، لَمْ نُرَاجِعْهُ، قَالَ: فَرَكِبْتُ الْجَمَلَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَمَّتِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ، قَالَ: وَقُلْتُ لَهَا: أَلَمْ تَرَيْ أَنِّي بِعْتُ نَاضِحَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأُوقِيَّةٍ، قَالَ: فَمَا رَأَيْتُهَا أَعْجَبَهَا ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ نَاضِحًا فَارِهًا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ خَبَطٍ أَوْجَرْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ بِخِطَامِهِ فَقُدْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُقَاوِمًا رَجُلًا يُكَلِّمُهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: دُونَكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ جَمَلَكَ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِهِ، ثُمَّ نَادَى بِلَالًا، فَقَالَ: " زِنْ لِجَابِرٍ أُوقِيَّةً، وَأَوْفِهِ "، فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ بِلَالٍ فَوَزَنَ لِي أُوقِيَّةً، وَأَوْفَانِي الْوَزْنِ، (١) قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُحَدِّثُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: قَدْ وَزَنَ لِي أُوقِيَّةً وَأَوْفَانِي، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِي وَلَا أَشْعُرُ، قَالَ: فَنَادَى: " أَيْنَ جَابِرٌ؟ " قَالَوا: ذَهَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: " أَدْرِكْ ائْتِنِي بِهِ "، قَالَ: فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُهُ يَسْعَى، قَالَ: يَا جَابِرُ يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " فَخُذْ جَمَلَكَ "، قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ، ، جَمَلِي، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ جَمَلُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " خُذْ جَمَلَكَ "، قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ جَمَلِي إِنَّمَا هُوَ جَمَلُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " خُذْ جَمَلَكَ "، قَالَ: فَأَخَذْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: " لَعَمْرِي مَا نَفَعْنَاكَ لِنُنْزِلَكَ عَنْهُ "، قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ إِلَى عَمَّتِي بِالنَّاضِحِ مَعِي وَبِالْوَقِيَّةِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: مَا تَرَيْنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَانِي أُوقِيَّةً وَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ جَمَلِي؟ (١)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that one night my camel got lost. While searching for it, I passed by the Prophet (ﷺ) who was preparing a mount for Sayyidah Aisha. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me: "Jabir, what happened?" I replied: "My camel has gotten lost in this dark night." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Here is your camel, go and take it." I went in the direction the Prophet (ﷺ) indicated, but I did not find it there. I returned and said: "I did not find the camel." The same happened a second time. The third time, the Prophet (ﷺ) told me to wait, and after finishing, he took my hand and walked with me until we reached the camel. The Prophet (ﷺ) handed it over to me and said: "Here is your camel." People were traveling, and I too was riding my camel in my turn. My camel was slow, and I uttered: "Alas, even though I found my camel, it is so slow." Coincidentally, the Prophet (ﷺ) was just behind me and heard my words. He came to me and said: "Jabir, what are you saying?" By that time, I had forgotten what I had said, so I replied: "I did not say anything." A little while later, I remembered and said: "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I had said: 'Alas, even though I found my camel, it is slow.'" Upon this, the Prophet (ﷺ) struck the camel's tail with a whip, and immediately it became so fast that I had never ridden a faster camel before; it was almost running out of my hands. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Will you sell your camel to me?" I nodded in agreement, so he asked the price. I mentioned one uqiyah of silver. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Wonderful, wonderful! For one uqiyah, so many camels can be bought." I said: "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), in Madinah, there is no better camel than this in our view." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I have bought it for one uqiyah." At this, I dismounted from my camel. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked: "What happened?" I replied: "The camel now belongs to you." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Ride your camel." I said: "Now it is not my camel, it is yours." We repeated this twice. The third time, when the Prophet (ﷺ) commanded, I did not repeat and mounted my camel. Eventually, I reached my aunt in Madinah and told her: "Look, I have sold my camel to the Prophet (ﷺ) for one uqiyah." She said: "I have never seen anything more astonishing than this, because our camel was very tired." Then I took a rope, put a bridle in its mouth, and brought it, leading it to the Prophet (ﷺ). I saw that the Prophet (ﷺ) was standing and talking to someone. I said: "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), please take your camel." The Prophet (ﷺ) took its bridle and called Bilal, saying: "Weigh out one uqiyah of silver for Jabir and give it in full." So I went with Bilal, and he weighed out one uqiyah of silver for me in full. I returned and the Prophet (ﷺ) was still standing and talking to that man. I said: "He has given me one uqiyah of silver in full." Saying this, I absentmindedly started walking towards my home. The Prophet (ﷺ) called out: "O Jabir, where did you go?" People informed him that I had gone home. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Go and call him back." So a messenger came running to me and said: "Jabir, the Prophet (ﷺ) is calling you." When I presented myself, he said: "Take your camel." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is not my camel, it is yours." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Take your camel." So I took it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "By my life, we did not benefit you so that we could take away your mount." So I took the camel and one uqiyah of silver and went to my aunt and told her that the Prophet (ﷺ) had given me one...
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This is Hadith 14864 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 33, Musnad of Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 753.
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