English translation
[4100] 110 - (...) It was narrated that Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh said: "I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and he caught up with me while I was riding a camel of mine that had grown weak and could hardly walk. He said to me: 'What is the matter with your camel?' I said: 'It has grown weak.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ fell behind and prodded it, and prayed for it, and (after that) it was always in front of the other camels, running ahead of them. He said to me: 'How do you find
you: camel?' I said: 'It is fine; your blessing has reached it.' He said: 'Will you sell it to me?' I felt shy, and we did not have any camel but this one, so I said: 'Yes.' So I sold it to him, on the condition that I would ride it until I reached Al-Madînah. I said to him: 'O Messenger of Allâh, I am newly married,' and I asked him for permission to go on ahead, and he gave me permission. So I went ahead of the people until I reached Al-Madînah. There my maternal uncle met me and asked about the camel, and I told him what I had done with it, and he criticized me. And the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to me when I asked him for permission: 'Who did you marry, a virgin or a previously-married woman?' I said: 'I married a previously-married woman.' He said: 'Why not a virgin, so you could play with her and she could play with you?' I said to him: 'O Messenger of Allâh, my father has died' - or 'was martyred' - 'and I have young sisters. I did not want to marry one who was like them, who would not teach them manners and look after them. So I married a previously-married woman who would look after them and teach them manners.' When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ came to Al-Madînah, I took the camel to him the next morning, and he gave me its price and returned it to me."
Arabic text
110 - (715) حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِعُثْمَانَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَتَلَاحَقَ بِي وَتَحْتِي نَاضِحٌ لِي قَدْ أَعْيَا، وَلَا يَكَادُ يَسِيرُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: «مَا لِبَعِيرِكَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: عَلِيلٌ، قَالَ: فَتَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَزَجَرَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ، فَمَا زَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْإِبِلِ قُدَّامَهَا يَسِيرُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: «كَيْفَ تَرَى بَعِيرَكَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ بَرَكَتُكَ، قَالَ: «أَفَتَبِيعُنِيهِ؟» فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا نَاضِحٌ غَيْرُهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَبِعْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى أَنَّ لِي فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ الْمَدِينَةَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي عَرُوسٌ، فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ، فَأَذِنَ لِي فَتَقَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ، فَلَقِيَنِي خَالِي، فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ، فَلَامَنِي فِيهِ، قَالَ: وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِي حِينَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ: «مَا تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟»، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: تَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «أَفَلَا تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُكَ وَتُلَاعِبُهَا؟»، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تُوُفِّيَ وَالِدِي - أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ - وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ صِغَارٌ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ إِلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَلَا تُؤَدِّبُهُنَّ، وَلَا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا لِتَقُومَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُؤَدِّبَهُنَّ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ غَدَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْبَعِيرِ، فَأَعْطَانِي ثَمَنَهُ وَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ،
