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3719. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "Abu Bakr went out to trade in Busra, one year before the Prophet ﷺ died, and with him were Nu'aiman and Suwaibit the sons of Harmalah, who had been present at Badr. Nu'aiman was in charge of the provisions, and Suwaibit was a man who joked a lot. He said to Nu'aiman: 'Feed me.' He said: 'Not until Abu Bakr comes.' He said: 'Then I will have to annoy you.' Then they passed by some people, and Suwaibit said to them: 'Will you buy a slave from me?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'He is a slave who talks a lot and he will tell you, "I am a free man." If you are going to let him go when he says that to you, do not bother buying him.' They said: 'We will buy him from you.' So they bought him from him in return for ten young she-camels, then they brought him and tied a turban or a rope around his neck. Nu'aiman said: 'This man is making fun of you. I am a free
man, not a slave.' They said: 'He has already told us about you; and they took him off.' Then Abu Bakr came and he (Suwaibit) told him about that. So he followed those people and returned their camels to them, and took Nu'aimân back. When they came to the Prophet ﷺ they told him what had happened, and the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions laughed about it for a year."
(Da'if)
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1. Shaikh Zuhair Shawish wrote, "The narrators made a mistake in this report; they report that Nu'aimân bin 'Amr Ibn Rifâ'h. was responsible for food and the provisions of journey while Suwaibit bin Harmalah Nahshali ﷺ, was the one who transgressed against him jokingly. The opposite is correct since Nu'aimân was a light-hearted person and quick at repartee. See the details about him in Al-Isâbah, volume 3, page 569 and Usdul-Ghâbah, volume 5, page 36); and the details about Suwaibit ﷺ, in Al-Isâbah, volume 2 page 117)" (footnotes of Du'if Sunan Ibn Mâjah).
2. Joking means doing something as a jest that does not cause harm to anyone. If it hurts someone's feelings then it becomes mockery, which is forbidden. (Footnotes of Ibn Mâjah, Muhammad Fuwâd 'Abdul-Bâqi).
