English translation
[7516] (3010) (Jabir bin 'Abdullâh continued:*) We traveled with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and when evening came we drew near one of the oasis' of the Arabs. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Who will go ahead and set up the water tank for us, and drink and draw water for us?" Jâbir said: 'I stood up and said: "Here is your man, O Messenger of Allâh." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Who will go with Jâbir?" Jabbâr bin Šakhr stood up, and we went to the well and poured a bucket or two into the tank, then we plastered it with clay, then we poured water into it until we filled it. The first one who came to us was the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and he said: "Will you permit me (to drink)?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allâh." He brought his she-camel and it drank, then he pulled on its reins and it stretched its legs and urinated. Then he took it aside and made it kneel down. Then the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ
came to the water tank and performed Wudû from it, then I got up and performed Wudû from the left-over Wudû' water of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. Jabbâr bin Šakhr went to relieve himself, and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stood up to pray. I was wearing a Burdah and it was not wide enough to go around me. It had fringes and I turned it upside down and held the ends under my chin. Then I came and stood to the left of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. He took me by the hand and brought me round to stand on his right. Then Jabbâr bin Šakhr came and performed Wudû, then he came and stood to the left of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ took us both by the hand and pushed us back until we were standing behind him. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ started to cast glances at me but I did not realize, then I noticed him. He gestured with his hand like this, telling me to pull up my loincloth. When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ had finished [his prayer], he said: "O Jâbir!" I said: "Here I am, O Messenger of Allâh." He said: "If it is big enough, tie its opposite ends, and if it is too small, tie it around your waist."
Arabic text
(3010) سِرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ عُشَيْشِيَةٌ وَدَنَوْنَا مَاءً مِنْ مِيَاهِ الْعَرَبِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَتَقَدَّمُنَا فَيَمْدُرُ الْحَوْضَ فَيَشْرَبُ وَيَسْقِينَا؟» قَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا رَجُلٌ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ مَعَ جَابِرٍ؟» فَقَامَ جَبَّارُ بْنُ صَخْرٍ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى الْبِئْرِ، فَنَزَعْنَا فِي الْحَوْضِ سَجْلًا أَوْ سَجْلَيْنِ، ثُمَّ مَدَرْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَا فِيهِ حَتَّى أَفْهَقْنَاهُ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ طَالِعٍ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَأْذَنَانِ؟» قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَشْرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ فَشَرِبَتْ، شَنَقَ لَهَا فَشَجَتْ فَبَالَتْ، ثُمَّ عَدَلَ بِهَا فَأَنَاخَهَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْحَوْضِ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ مِنْ مُتَوَضَّإِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَهَبَ جَبَّارُ بْنُ صَخْرٍ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيُصَلِّيَ، وَكَانَتْ عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ ذَهَبْتُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهَا فَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ لِي، وَكَانَتْ لَهَا ذَبَاذِبُ فَنَكَّسْتُهَا، ثُمَّ خَالَفْتُ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهَا، ثُمَّ تَوَاقَصْتُ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَدَارَنِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ جَبَّارُ بْنُ صَخْرٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَامَ عَنْ يَسَارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدَيْنَا جَمِيعًا، فَدَفَعَنَا حَتَّى أَقَامَنَا خَلْفَهُ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْمُقُنِي وَأَنَا لَا أَشْعُرُ، ثُمَّ فَطِنْتُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ هَكَذَا، بِيَدِهِ - يَعْنِي شُدَّ وَسَطَكَ - فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «يَا جَابِرُ» قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: «إِذَا كَانَ وَاسِعًا فَخَالِفْ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ ضَيِّقًا فَاشْدُدْهُ عَلَى حَقْوِكَ»
