Sahih al-Bukhari 2967

Hadith text

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:I participated in a Ghazwa along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) The Prophet (ﷺ) met me (on the way) while I was riding a camel of ours used for irrigation and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, "What is wrong with the camel?" I replied, "It has got tired." So. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came from behind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of them. Then he asked me, "How do you find your camel (now)?" I replied, "I find it quite well, now as it has received your blessings." He said, "Will you sell it to me?" I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though it was the only camel for irrigation we had. So, I said, "Yes." He said, "Sell it to me then." I sold it to him on the condition that I should keep on riding it till I reached Medina. Then I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am a bridegroom," and requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed me, and I set out for Medina before the people till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the camel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that. When I took the permission of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had married a matron. He said, "Why hadn't you married a virgin who would have played with you, and you would have played with her?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My father died (or was martyred) and I have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would neither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them and teach them manners." When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him the next morning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well

Jabir bin Abdullah bataate hain: Main Allah ke Rasool ke saath ek Ghazwa mein shaamil tha. Nabi mujhse (raaste mein) mile jabke main humare sinchaee wale unt par sawar tha jo itna thaka hua tha ke woh mushkil se chal pa raha tha. Nabi ne pucha, "Unt ko kya hua hai?" Maine jawab diya, "Yeh thak gaya hai." Isliye Allah ke Rasool uske peeche se aaye aur use daanta aur uske liye dua ki, isliye woh doosre unton se aage nikalne laga. Phir unhone pucha, "Ab apna unt kaisa lag raha hai?" Maine jawab diya, "Ab bilkul theek lag raha hai, kyunke usne aapki barkat paee hai." Unhone kaha, "Kya tum ise mujhe bechoge?" Mujhe (unke pesh kash radd karne mein) sharam mahsoos hui chahe yeh humara ekmaatra sinchaee wala unt tha. Isliye maine kaha, "Haan." Unhone kaha, "Phir mujhe becho." Maine ise unhe becha is shart par ke main Madina pahunchne tak ispar sawar rahunga. Phir maine kaha, "Ya Allah ke Rasool! Main dulha hoon," aur unse ghar jaane ki ijazat maangi. Unhone mujhe ijazat di, aur main logon se pehle Madina ke liye rawana hua jab tak Madina pahuncha, jahan meri mulaqaat mere chacha se hui, jinhone mujhse unt ke baare mein pucha aur maine unhe sab kuch bataya aur unhone mujhe iske liye daanta. Jab maine Allah ke Rasool se ijazat li, unhone mujhse pucha kya maine kunwari se shaadi ki ya biwah se, aur maine jawab diya ke maine biwah se shaadi ki. Unhone kaha, "Tumne kunwari se shaadi kyun nahi ki jo tumhare saath khelti aur tum uske saath khelte?" Maine jawab diya, "Ya Allah ke Rasool! Mere waalid ka intiqal ho gaya (ya shaheed hue) aur meri kuch chhoti behnen hain, isliye mujhe theek nahi laga ke main unhi jaisi ek jawan ladki se shaadi karun jo na unhe adab sikha sake na unki khidmat kar sake. Isliye maine ek biwah se shaadi ki taake woh unki khidmat kare aur unhe adab sikhaye." Jab Allah ke Rasool Madina pahunche, main agli subah unhe unt dekhaane le gaya aur unhone mujhe uski qeemat di, aur unt bhi mujhe wapas de diya.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2967 · Book 56, Hadith 176