Sahih Muslim Book - 22, Hadith - 4100

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِعُثْمَانَ - قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِىِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَتَلاَحَقَ بِى وَتَحْتِى نَاضِحٌ لِى قَدْ أَعْيَا وَلاَ يَكَادُ يَسِيرُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِى « مَا لِبَعِيرِكَ ». قَالَ قُلْتُ عَلِيلٌ - قَالَ - فَتَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَزَجَرَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَمَازَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الإِبِلِ قُدَّامَهَا يَسِيرُ. قَالَ فَقَالَ لِى « كَيْفَ تَرَى بَعِيرَكَ ». قَالَ قُلْتُ بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ بَرَكَتُكَ. قَالَ « أَفَتَبِيعُنِيهِ ». فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا نَاضِحٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ. فَبِعْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى أَنَّ لِى فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ الْمَدِينَةَ - قَالَ - فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّى عَرُوسٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فَأَذِنَ لِى فَتَقَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ فَلَقِيَنِى خَالِى فَسَأَلَنِى عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ فَلاَمَنِى فِيهِ - قَالَ - وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ لِى حِينَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ « مَا تَزَوَّجْتَ أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا ». فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا. قَالَ « أَفَلاَ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُكَ وَتُلاَعِبُهَا ». فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّىَ وَالِدِى - أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ - وَلِى أَخَوَاتٌ صِغَارٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ إِلَيْهِنَّ مِثْلَهُنَّ فَلاَ تُؤَدِّبُهُنَّ وَلاَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا لِتَقُومَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُؤَدِّبَهُنَّ - قَالَ - فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْمَدِينَةَ غَدَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْبَعِيرِ فَأَعْطَانِى ثَمَنَهُ وَرَدَّهُ عَلَىَّ.

It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) 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 Allah (s.a.w) 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 your 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-Madinah. I said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, 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-Madinah. 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 Allah (s.a.w) 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 Allah, 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 Allah (s.a.w) came to Al-Madinah, I took the camel to him the next morning, and he gave me its price and returned it to me."