English translation
2861. Narrated Abū 'Aqīl: Abū Al-Mutawakkil An-Nāji said: I called on Jābir bin 'Abdullāh Al-Anṣārī and said to him, "Relate to me what you have heard from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ." He said, "I accompanied him on one of the journeys." (Abū 'Aqīl said, "I do not know whether that journey was for the purpose of Jihād or 'Umra." "When we were returning," Jābir continued, "the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever wants to return earlier to his family, should hurry up.' We set off and I was on a black red-tainted camel having no defect, and the people were behind me. While I was in that state the camel stopped suddenly (because of exhaustion). On that the Prophet ﷺ said to me, 'O Jābir, wait!' Then he hit it once with his lash and it started moving on a fast pace. He then said, 'Will you sell the camel?' I replied in the affirmative. When we reached Al-Madīna, and the Prophet ﷺ went to the mosque along with his companions, I, too, went to him after tying the camel on the pavement at the mosque gate. Then I said to him, 'This is your camel.' He came out and started examining the camel and saying, 'The camel is ours.' Then the Prophet ﷺ sent some Awāq (i.e., an amount) of gold saying, 'Give it to Jābir.' Then he asked, 'Have you taken the full price (of the camel)?' I replied in the affirmative. He said, 'Both the price and the camel are for you.'"