Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2861
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيُّ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ حَدِّثْنِي بِمَا، سَمِعْتَ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ سَافَرْتُ مَعَهُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ ـ قَالَ أَبُو عَقِيلٍ لاَ أَدْرِي غَزْوَةً أَوْ عُمْرَةً ـ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَقْبَلْنَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَتَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلْيُعَجِّلْ ". قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَأَقْبَلْنَا وَأَنَا عَلَى جَمَلٍ لِي أَرْمَكَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ شِيَةٌ، وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفِي، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ قَامَ عَلَىَّ، فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا جَابِرُ اسْتَمْسِكْ ". فَضَرَبَهُ بِسَوْطِهِ ضَرْبَةً، فَوَثَبَ الْبَعِيرُ مَكَانَهُ. فَقَالَ " أَتَبِيعُ الْجَمَلَ ". قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَسْجِدَ فِي طَوَائِفِ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَدَخَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَعَقَلْتُ الْجَمَلَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَلاَطِ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَذَا جَمَلُكَ. فَخَرَجَ، فَجَعَلَ يُطِيفُ بِالْجَمَلِ وَيَقُولُ " الْجَمَلُ جَمَلُنَا ". فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوَاقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ " أَعْطُوهَا جَابِرًا ". ثُمَّ قَالَ " اسْتَوْفَيْتَ الثَّمَنَ ". قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. قَالَ " الثَّمَنُ وَالْجَمَلُ لَكَ ".
Abu al-Mutawakkil al-Naji said: I went to Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari and asked him to tell me what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Jabir said: I traveled with him on one of his journeys. Abu Aqil said: “I do not know whether it was a military expedition or an ʿumra.” As we were returning, the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever wishes to reach his family sooner, let him hurry.” Jabir continued: We set out, and I was riding my dark, unmarked camel, with the people behind me. As I rode, it stopped. The Prophet ﷺ came up and said: “Hold on, Jabir.” He struck it once with his whip, and it sprang forward. He asked: “Will you sell the camel?” I said yes. When we reached Medina, the Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque with groups of his Companions. I went to him after tethering the camel by the paved area and said: “Here is your camel.” He came out, walked around it, and said: “The camel is ours.” Then the Prophet ﷺ sent some silver coins and said: “Give them to Jabir.” He asked: “Have you received the full price?” I said yes. He said: “The price and the camel are both yours.”
Translation notes
Abu Aqil’s uncertainty about the journey is preserved. The Arabic names awaq as the payment; the rendering uses the source English witness’s general “some silver coins.”