English translation
3137. Narrated Jābir رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said (to me), "If the property of Bāhrain had come to us, I would have given you so much and so much." But the Bāhrain property did not come till the Prophet ﷺ had died. When the Bāhrain property came, Abū Bakr ordered somebody to announce, "Any person who has money claim on Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, or whom Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had promised something, should come to us." So, I went to him and said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had promised to give me so much and so much." Abū Bakr scooped up money with both hands thrice for me. (The subnarrator Sufyān illustrated this action by scooping up with both hands and said, "Ibn Al-Munkadir, another subnarrator, used to illustrate it in this way.") Narrated Jābir: Once I went to Abū Bakr and asked for the money but he did not give me, and I went to him again, but he did not give me, so I went to him for the third time and said, "I asked you, but you did not give me; then I asked you (for the second time) and you did not give me; then I asked you (for the third time) but you did not give me. You should either give me or allow yourself to be considered a miser regarding my case." Abū Bakr said, "You tell me that I am a miser with regard to you. But really, whenever I rejected your request, I had the inclination to give you." In another narration Jābir added: So, Abū Bakr scooped up money with both hands for me and asked me to count it. I found out that it was five hundred. Abū Bakr told me to take twice that amount (extra over the first amount).