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3852. Jābir said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ supplicated for forgiveness for me on the Night of the Camel,
twenty-five times.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan [Ṣaḥīḥ] Gharīb. And the meaning of his statement: “The Night of the Camel,” is what has been related through more than one route, from Jābir, that he was with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, so he sold his camel to the Prophet ﷺ on the condition that he be able to ride it to Al-Madīnah. Jābir said: “The night I sold the camel to the Prophet ﷺ, he sought forgiveness for me twenty-five times.” And Jābir’s father was killed on the Day of (the battle of) Uḥud and he left behind daughters. So Jābir used to take care of them and spend on them. The Prophet ﷺ used to maintain good ties with him and be kind to him because of that. This is how it is related in the Ḥadīth, similarly, from Jābir.
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[1] A type of Turkish horse. See Tuhfat Al-Aḥwadhī.
Commentary
While returning from the ‘Battle of Tabūk’ the camel of Jābir remained behind due to exhaustion. It became a very fast runner with the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked Jābir to sell his camel to him and Jābir sold the camel on a specified condition. The Prophet ﷺ supplicated for forgiveness for Jābir twenty times.
