Chapter: Selling Camels and Stipulating that one may ride them

Sell it to me for an 'uqaya. I said : No. He again said : Sell it to me. So I sold it to him for an 'uqaya , but made the stipulation that I should be allowed to ride back to my family. Then when I came to (my place) I took the camel to him and he paid me its price in ready money. I then went back and he sent : (someone) behind me (and as I came) he said : Do you see that I asked you to reduce price for buying your camel. Take your camel and your coins ; these are yours.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters.

I went on an expedition with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He overtook me and I was on a water-carrying camel who had grown tired and did not walk (trot). He (the Holy Prophet) said to me : What is the matter with your camel ? I said : It is sick. He (the Holy Prophet) stepped behind and drove it and prayed for it , and then it always moved ahead of other camels. He (then) said : How do you find your camel ? I said : It is , by the grace of your prayer , all right. He said : Would you sell this (camel) to me ? I felt shy (to say him , " No" ) as we had no other camel for carrying water , but (later on) I said : Yes , and to I sold it to him on the condition that (I would be permitted) to ride it until I reached Madina. I said to him : Allah's Messenger , I am newly married , so I asked his permission (to go ahead of the caravan). He permitted me , and I reached Medina well in advance of other people , until I reached my destination. There my maternal uncle met me and asked me about the camel , and I told him what I had done with regard to it. He reproved me in this connection. He (Jabir) said : When I asked his permission (to go ahead of the caravan) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) inquired of me whether I had married a virgin or a non-virgin. I said to him : I have married a non-virgin. He said : Why did you not marry a virgin who would have played with you and you would have played with her ? I said to him : Allah's Messenger , my father died (or he fell as a martyr) , and I have small sisters to (look after) , so I did not like the idea that I should marry a woman who is like them and thus be not able to teach them manners and look after them properly. So I have married a non-virgin so that she should be able to look after them and teach them manners , When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to Medina , I went to him in the morning with the camel. He paid me its price and returned that (the camel) to me.

We went from Mecca to Medina with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when my camel fell ill , and the rest of the hadith is the same. (But it in also narrated in it : ) He (the Holy Prophet) said to me : Sell your camel to me. I said : No , but it is yours. He said : No. (it can't be) , but sell it to me. I said : No , but , Allah's Messenger , it is yours. He said : No , it can't be , but sell it to me. I said : Then give me an 'uqaya of gold for I owe that to a person and then it would be yours. He (the Holy Prophet) said : I take it (for an 'uqiya of gold) and you reach Medina on it. As I reached Medina , Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Bilal : Give him an 'uqiya of gold and make some extra payment too. He (Jabir) said : He gave me an 'uqiya of gold and made an addition of a qirat. He (Jabir) said : The addition made by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was with me (as a sacred trust for belssing) and lay with me in a pocket until the people of Syria took it on the Day of Harra.

We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in a journey and my camel meant for carrying water lagged behind. The rest of the hadith is the same and it is mentioned also: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) pricked it and then said to me: Ride in the name of Allah. He constantly made addition (in prayers for me) and went on saying. May Allah forgive you!

My camel had grown tired as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me. He goaded it and it began to jump. After that I tried to restrain its rein so that I could listen to his (Prophet's) words , but I could not do that. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) met me and said : Sell it to me , and I sold it for five 'uqiyas. I said : On the condition that I may use it as a ride (for going back) to Medina. He (the Holy Prophet) said : Well , you may use it as a ride up till Medina. When I came to Medina I handed over that to him and he made an addition of an uqiya (to that amount which had been agreed upon) and then presented that (camel) to me.

I accompanied Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in one of his journeys (the narrator says , he said in Jihad) , and he narrated the rest of the hadith , and made this addition : He (the Holy Prophet) said : Jabir , have you received the price ? I said : Yes , whereupon he said : Yours is the price as well as the camel ; yours is the price as well as the camel.

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) bought a camel from me for two 'uqiyas and a dirham or two dirhams. As he reached Sirar (a village near Medina) , he commanded a cow to be slaughtered and it was slaughtered , and they ate of that , and as he (the Holy Prophet) reached Medina he ordered me to go to the mosque and offer two rak'ahs of prayer , and he measured for me the price of the camel and even made an excess payment to me.

He (the Holy Prophet) bought the camel from me on a stipulated price. And he did not mention two 'uqiyas and a dirham or two dirhams , and he comanded a cow (to be slaughtered) and it was slaughtered , and he then distributed its flesh.

I have taken your camelfor four dinars, and you may ride upon it to Medina.