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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (166) | The story of the sale of Jabir’s camel, may God be pleased with him
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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah),
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Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid Al-Azimi, may Allah preserve him.
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The Story of the Sale of the Camel of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him.
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This story clearly illustrates
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The mercy, humility, and gentleness of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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Toward his noble Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.
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This story was narrated by the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) in their two Sahihs,
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By Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, and by others.
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Imam Ahmad cited it in his Musnad in a lengthy and detailed manner.
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Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good (hasan) chain of transmission,
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On the authority of Jabir Ibn 'Abdillah, may Allah be pleased with both of them, who said:
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"I went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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On the expedition of Dhat al-Riqa',
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Riding an exhausted camel of mine.
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When the Messenger of Allah turned back,
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The other travel groups began pressing ahead,
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While I began lagging behind,
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Until the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, caught up with me.
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He asked,
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'What is the matter with you, O Jabir?'
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He said:
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I replied, 'O Messenger of Allah,
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This camel of mine is slowing me down.'
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He said,
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'Make it kneel.'
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, made his camel kneel as well.
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Then he said,
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'Hand me this stick from your hands,'
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Or he said,
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'Cut a stick for me from a tree.'
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He said:
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So I did.
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Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, took it
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And poked the camel with it several times.
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Then he said,
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'Mount!'
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So I mounted,
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And by the One Who sent him with the truth, it set out
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Keeping pace stride for stride with his she-camel,
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That is, matching her in pace and walking right beside her.
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He said:
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, conversed with me,
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Saying,
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'Will you sell me this camel of yours, O Jabir?'
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I said, 'O Messenger of Allah,
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Rather, I gift it to you!'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
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'No,
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But sell it to me.'
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He said:
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I said,
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'Name a price for me then.'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
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'I will take it for one dirham.'
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I said, 'No,
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In that case, the Messenger of Allah would be shortchanging me!'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
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'Then for two dirhams.'
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I said, 'No.'
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He said: And the Messenger of Allah kept raising the price for me until it reached an ounce of silver (uqiyyah).
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I said, 'I agree.'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'Do you agree?'
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I said, 'Yes.'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'Then it is a deal.'
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I said, 'It is yours.'
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'I have taken it.' Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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"Then he said to me, 'O Jabir, have you married yet?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of
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Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'A previously married woman or a virgin?' I replied, 'A previously married woman.' The Messenger of Allah,
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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,
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my father was killed on the day of Uhud and left behind seven daughters, so I married a mature woman who could gather
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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.'
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He said, 'When we reach Sirar, we will order a camel to be slaughtered and we shall stay there for that day
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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
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any cushions!' The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'You will soon have them, so when you arrive,
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be intimate with your wife.' Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When we arrived at Sirar,
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the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered a camel to be slaughtered, and we stayed there for that day.
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When evening fell, the Messenger of Allah entered the town and we entered too. He said: So I informed
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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!'
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He said: The next morning, I took the halter of the camel, brought it along, and made it kneel
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at the door of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Then I sat down in
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the mosque near him. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came out and saw
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the camel, so he asked, 'What is this?' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this is a camel brought by Jabir.' The Messenger
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of Allah, peace be upon him, asked, 'Where is Jabir?' So I was called for him, and the Messenger of Allah,
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peace be upon him, said, 'Come, my nephew! Take the halter of your camel, for it is yours!' Then he called
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Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, 'Go with Jabir and give him an ounce of silver.' So I went with him,
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and he gave me an ounce and added a little extra. Jabir said: By Allah, its wealth kept growing
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with us, and we continued to see its blessing in our home until it was lost yesterday among what the people lost—meaning,
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on the Day of al-Harrah. In another narration in the Musnad with an authentic chain, Jabir, may Allah be pleased
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with him, said: When I arrived in Medina, I brought it to him, and the Messenger of Allah said,
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'O Bilal, weigh out an ounce for him and add a qirat.' I said, 'This is a qirat that the Messenger of
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Allah gave me as an extra, and it will never part from me until I die.' So I placed it in a pouch,
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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.
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Ibn Majah narrated in his Sunan with an authentic chain on the authority of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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'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
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for a dinar, and may Allah forgive you?" And he kept adding one dinar after another,
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saying along with every dinar, "And may Allah forgive you," until it reached twenty dinars.'
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Imam al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim narrated on the authority of Jabir Ibn 'Abdillah, may Allah be pleased
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with both of them, who said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sought forgiveness for me on the Night of
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the Camel twenty-five times.' The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography.
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Though longing among people for one another may stretch long, longing for you knows no bound;
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May Allah bestow blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised and lips move in remembrance of the Ever-Living.