WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:04.019 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:10.019 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:17.769 The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah), 00:00:17.769 --> 00:00:25.120 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid Al-Azimi, may Allah preserve him. 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:35.590 The Story of the Sale of the Camel of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:37.590 This story clearly illustrates 00:00:37.590 --> 00:00:42.590 The mercy, humility, and gentleness of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:42.590 --> 00:00:45.590 Toward his noble Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:00:45.590 --> 00:00:50.979 This story was narrated by the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) in their two Sahihs, 00:00:50.979 --> 00:00:53.979 By Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, and by others. 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:59.979 Imam Ahmad cited it in his Musnad in a lengthy and detailed manner. 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:03.979 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good (hasan) chain of transmission, 00:01:03.979 --> 00:01:07.980 On the authority of Jabir Ibn 'Abdillah, may Allah be pleased with both of them, who said: 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:11.980 "I went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:13.980 On the expedition of Dhat al-Riqa', 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:17.980 Riding an exhausted camel of mine. 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:22.040 When the Messenger of Allah turned back, 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.040 The other travel groups began pressing ahead, 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.040 While I began lagging behind, 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.040 Until the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, caught up with me. 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.040 He asked, 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.040 'What is the matter with you, O Jabir?' 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.040 He said: 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.040 I replied, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.099 This camel of mine is slowing me down.' 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:42.099 He said, 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:43.099 'Make it kneel.' 00:01:43.099 --> 00:01:47.099 And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, made his camel kneel as well. 00:01:47.099 --> 00:01:49.099 Then he said, 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:52.099 'Hand me this stick from your hands,' 00:01:52.099 --> 00:01:53.099 Or he said, 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:56.099 'Cut a stick for me from a tree.' 00:01:56.099 --> 00:01:57.099 He said: 00:01:57.099 --> 00:01:58.099 So I did. 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:02.099 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, took it 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:04.099 And poked the camel with it several times. 00:02:04.099 --> 00:02:06.099 Then he said, 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:07.099 'Mount!' 00:02:07.099 --> 00:02:08.099 So I mounted, 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:11.099 And by the One Who sent him with the truth, it set out 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:14.099 Keeping pace stride for stride with his she-camel, 00:02:14.099 --> 00:02:18.169 That is, matching her in pace and walking right beside her. 00:02:18.169 --> 00:02:19.169 He said: 00:02:19.169 --> 00:02:23.169 And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, conversed with me, 00:02:23.169 --> 00:02:25.169 Saying, 00:02:25.169 --> 00:02:28.169 'Will you sell me this camel of yours, O Jabir?' 00:02:28.169 --> 00:02:30.199 I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.199 Rather, I gift it to you!' 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.259 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 00:02:35.259 --> 00:02:36.259 'No, 00:02:36.259 --> 00:02:38.259 But sell it to me.' 00:02:38.259 --> 00:02:39.259 He said: 00:02:39.259 --> 00:02:40.259 I said, 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:42.259 'Name a price for me then.' 00:02:42.259 --> 00:02:45.330 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:48.330 'I will take it for one dirham.' 00:02:48.330 --> 00:02:49.330 I said, 'No, 00:02:49.330 --> 00:02:54.330 In that case, the Messenger of Allah would be shortchanging me!' 00:02:54.330 --> 00:02:57.490 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 00:02:57.490 --> 00:02:59.490 'Then for two dirhams.' 00:02:59.490 --> 00:03:01.490 I said, 'No.' 00:03:01.490 --> 00:03:09.490 He said: And the Messenger of Allah kept raising the price for me until it reached an ounce of silver (uqiyyah). 00:03:09.490 --> 00:03:11.550 I said, 'I agree.' 00:03:11.550 --> 00:03:16.550 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'Do you agree?' 00:03:16.550 --> 00:03:18.550 I said, 'Yes.' 00:03:18.550 --> 00:03:23.620 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'Then it is a deal.' 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:25.620 I said, 'It is yours.' 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:33.969 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'I have taken it.' Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:03:33.969 --> 00:03:44.139 "Then he said to me, 'O Jabir, have you married yet?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of 00:03:44.139 --> 00:03:53.530 Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'A previously married woman or a virgin?' I replied, 'A previously married woman.' The Messenger of Allah, 00:03:53.530 --> 00:04:01.819 peace be upon him, said, 'Why not a young maiden with whom you could play and who could play with you?' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:04:01.819 --> 00:04:11.300 my father was killed on the day of Uhud and left behind seven daughters, so I married a mature woman who could gather 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:19.980 them together and take care of them.' The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'You have made the right choice, if Allah wills.' 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:30.199 He said, 'When we reach Sirar, we will order a camel to be slaughtered and we shall stay there for that day 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:39.120 of ours, and she will hear of our arrival and shake out her cushions.' I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we do not have 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:48.060 any cushions!' The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'You will soon have them, so when you arrive, 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:56.899 be intimate with your wife.' Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When we arrived at Sirar, 00:04:56.899 --> 00:05:04.259 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered a camel to be slaughtered, and we stayed there for that day. 00:05:04.259 --> 00:05:13.490 When evening fell, the Messenger of Allah entered the town and we entered too. He said: So I informed 00:05:13.490 --> 00:05:21.569 my wife of the conversation and what the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had said to me. She said, 'Proceed then, and we hear and obey!' 00:05:21.569 --> 00:05:30.699 He said: The next morning, I took the halter of the camel, brought it along, and made it kneel 00:05:30.699 --> 00:05:36.860 at the door of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Then I sat down in 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:43.300 the mosque near him. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came out and saw 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:53.540 the camel, so he asked, 'What is this?' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this is a camel brought by Jabir.' The Messenger 00:05:53.540 --> 00:06:01.459 of Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'Where is Jabir?' So I was called for him, and the Messenger of Allah, 00:06:01.459 --> 00:06:09.970 peace be upon him, said, 'Come, my nephew! Take the halter of your camel, for it is yours!' Then he called 00:06:09.970 --> 00:06:18.610 Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, 'Go with Jabir and give him an ounce of silver.' So I went with him, 00:06:18.610 --> 00:06:26.810 and he gave me an ounce and added a little extra. Jabir said: By Allah, its wealth kept growing 00:06:26.810 --> 00:06:35.050 with us, and we continued to see its blessing in our home until it was lost yesterday among what the people lost—meaning, 00:06:35.050 --> 00:06:43.110 on the Day of al-Harrah. In another narration in the Musnad with an authentic chain, Jabir, may Allah be pleased 00:06:43.110 --> 00:06:50.480 with him, said: When I arrived in Medina, I brought it to him, and the Messenger of Allah said, 00:06:51.079 --> 00:07:02.000 'O Bilal, weigh out an ounce for him and add a qirat.' I said, 'This is a qirat that the Messenger of 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:10.319 Allah gave me as an extra, and it will never part from me until I die.' So I placed it in a pouch, 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:18.040 and it remained with me until the people of the Levant came on the Day of al-Harrah and took it among what they plundered. 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:25.339 Ibn Majah narrated in his Sunan with an authentic chain on the authority of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:07:25.339 --> 00:07:33.730 'I was with the Prophet, peace be upon him, on an expedition, and he said to me, "Will you sell us this mount of yours 00:07:33.730 --> 00:07:40.810 for a dinar, and may Allah forgive you?" And he kept adding one dinar after another, 00:07:40.810 --> 00:07:48.750 saying along with every dinar, "And may Allah forgive you," until it reached twenty dinars.' 00:07:48.750 --> 00:07:55.889 Imam al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim narrated on the authority of Jabir Ibn 'Abdillah, may Allah be pleased 00:07:55.889 --> 00:08:02.370 with both of them, who said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sought forgiveness for me on the Night of 00:08:02.370 --> 00:08:10.779 the Camel twenty-five times.' The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography. 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:25.100 Though longing among people for one another may stretch long, longing for you knows no bound; 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:40.000 May Allah bestow blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised and lips move in remembrance of the Ever-Living.