Hadith 3010 Part E

It is reported on the same authority : We set out on an expedition along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) until it was evening , and we had been near a. water reservoir of Arabia. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said : Who would be the person who would go ahead and set right the reservoir and drink water himself and serve us with it ? Jabir said : I stood up and said : Allah's Messenger , it is I who am ready to do that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said : Who is the person to accompany Jabir ? And then Jabbar b. Sakhr stood up. So we went to that well and poured in that tank a bucket or two of water and plastered it with clay and then began to fill it (with water) until it was filled to the brim. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was the first who appeared before us , and he said : Do you (both) permit me to drink water out of it ? We said : Yea , Allah's Messenger. He led his camel to drink water and it drank. He then pulled its rein and it stretched its legs and began to urinate. He then took it aside and made it kneel down at another place and then came to the tank and performed ablution. I then got up and performed ablution like the ablution of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and Jabbar b. Sakhr went in order to relieve himself and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up to observe prayer and there was a mantle over me. I tried to invert its ends but it was too short (to cover my body easily). It had its borders. I then inverted it (the mantle) and drew its opposite ends and then tied them at my neck. I then came and stood upon the left side of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He caught hold of me and made me go round behind him , until he made me stand on his right side. Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came. He performed ablution and then came and stood on the left side of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) caught hold of our hands together , pushed us back and made us stand behind him. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) began to look upon me with darting looks , but I did not perceive that. After that I became aware of it and he pointed with the gesture of his hand that I should wrap my loin-cloth. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished the prayer , he said : Jabir ! I said : Allah's Messenger , at thy beck and call. He said : When the cloth around you is inadequate , then tie the opposite ends but when it is small , tie it over the lower body.