Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2821
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جُبَيْرُ بْنُ مُطْعِمٍ، أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَهُ النَّاسُ، مَقْفَلَهُ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ، فَعَلِقَهُ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَهُ حَتَّى اضْطَرُّوهُ إِلَى سَمُرَةٍ فَخَطِفَتْ رِدَاءَهُ، فَوَقَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَعْطُونِي رِدَائِي، لَوْ كَانَ لِي عَدَدُ هَذِهِ الْعِضَاهِ نَعَمًا لَقَسَمْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ، ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُونِي بَخِيلاً وَلاَ كَذُوبًا وَلاَ جَبَانًا ".
Abu al-Yaman informed us; Shuʿayb informed us, from al-Zuhri, who said: ʿUmar ibn Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mutʿim informed me that Muhammad ibn Jubayr said: Jubayr ibn Mutʿim informed me that while he was traveling with the Messenger of Allah and the people on their return from Hunayn, people crowded around the Prophet asking him for things until they forced him against a thorn tree, which caught and snatched his cloak. The Prophet stopped and said, “Give me my cloak. If I had as many camels as these thorn trees, I would distribute them among you. Then you would not find me miserly, lying, or cowardly.”
Translation notes
The comparison is to the camels that could be counted against the many thorn trees.