Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3640
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ أَبِي وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَى غُرَمَائِهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا الثَّمَرَةَ بِمَا عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَوْا وَلَمْ يَرَوْا فِيهِ وَفَاءً فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قَالَ " إِذَا جَدَدْتَهُ فَوَضَعْتَهُ فِي الْمِرْبَدِ فَآذِنِّي ". فَلَمَّا جَدَدْتُهُ وَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي الْمِرْبَدِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَاءَ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ وَدَعَا بِالْبَرَكَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " ادْعُ غُرَمَاءَكَ فَأَوْفِهِمْ ". قَالَ فَمَا تَرَكْتُ أَحَدًا لَهُ عَلَى أَبِي دَيْنٌ إِلاَّ قَضَيْتُهُ وَفَضَلَ لِي ثَلاَثَةَ عَشَرَ وَسْقًا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ " ائْتِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمَا ذَلِكَ ". فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمَا فَقَالاَ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا إِذْ صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا صَنَعَ أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us, narrating from 'Abd al-Wahhab: 'Ubaydullah narrated to us, from Wahb ibn Kaysan, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: My father died owing a debt. I offered his creditors the harvest in payment of what he owed, but they refused, since they did not think it would cover the debt. I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him. He said, ‘When you harvest the dates and put them in the drying yard, let me know.’ After I had harvested them and placed them there, I went to the Messenger of Allah. He came with Abu Bakr and 'Umar, sat on the dates, and prayed for blessing. Then he said, ‘Call your creditors and pay them in full.’ I paid everyone to whom my father owed anything, and thirteen wasqs remained for me. I told him, and he smiled and said, ‘Go to Abu Bakr and 'Umar and tell them.’ I went and told them, and they said, ‘We knew, when the Messenger of Allah did what he did, that this would happen.’
Translation notes
A wasq is a traditional measure of dates; the report states that thirteen wasqs remained after all creditors were paid.