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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 20903

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102

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ مَعَ وَالِدِهِ بِالْحَرَّةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: إِنَّ نَاقَةً لِي ذَهَبَتْ، فَإِنْ أَصَبْتَهَا فَأَمْسِكْهَا، فَوَجَدَهَا الرَّجُلُ، فَلَمْ يَجِئْ صَاحِبُهَا حَتَّى مَرِضَتْ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: انْحَرْهَا حَتَّى نَأْكُلَهَا، فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ حَتَّى نَفَقَتْ، فَقَالَتْ امْرَأَتُهُ: اسْلُخْهَا حَتَّى نُقَدِّدَ لَحْمَهَا وَشَحْمَهَا، قَالَ: حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: " هَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ يُغْنِيكَ عَنْهَا؟ " قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: " كُلْهَا "، فَجَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: فَهَلَّا نَحَرْتَهَا؟ قَالَ: اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْكَ (٢)، ، •

Translation

English translation

It is narrated from Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man lived with his father in Harrah. Someone said to him, "My she-camel has run away. If you find it, catch it and bring it back." Coincidentally, that man found it, but its owner did not return until the she-camel became ill. His wife said to him, "Slaughter it so that we can eat it," but he did not do so until the she-camel died. His wife then said, "Skin it so that at least we can cut its meat into pieces for fat." He said, "I will first ask the Prophet (ﷺ)." He asked the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) inquired, "Do you have enough that you can do without this she-camel?" He replied, "No." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then go and eat it." After some time, its owner also came, and after hearing the whole incident, he said, "Why did you not slaughter it?" He replied, "I felt shy before you."

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 20903 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 916, Hadith of Jabir ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 102.

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مسند احمد / أول مسند البصريين / 20903

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