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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند جابر
Musnad of Jabir
مُسْنَدُ جَابِرٍ
Musnad of Jabir
Musnad Abi Ya'la 2019 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: If
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : لَوْ قَدْ جَاءَ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَعْطَيْتُكَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ، وَحَثَا سُفْيَانُ يُرِينَا بِيَدِهِ ثَلَاثَ حَثَيَاتٍ نَحْوَ رَأْسِهِ ، فَلَمْ يَقْدَمْ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَلَمَّا أَنْ قَدِمَ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عِدَةٌ أَوْ دَيْنٌ فَلْيَأْتِ ، قَالَ جَابِرٌ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَدَنِي ، قَالَ : فَأَعْطَانِي ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَسْأَلُهُ ، فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ سَأَلْتُكَ فَلَمْ تُعْطِنِي وَسَأَلْتُ فَلَمْ تُعْطِنِي ، فَإِمَّا أَنْ تُعْطِيَ ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَبْخَلَ عَلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ : وَأَيُّ الدَّاءِ أَدْوَأُ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ ! مَا مَنَعْتُكَ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "If the wealth of Bahrain comes, I will give you this much, and this much, and this much (three handfuls)." And Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him), (a narrator of the hadith), showed us by gesturing with both his hands three handfuls. The wealth of Bahrain had not yet come when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. So when that wealth came, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "Whoever has a promise owed to him by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or a debt, let him come to us." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went to him and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had made me a promise, so he gave to me. After that I went to him again to ask, but he did not give me. Then I came a third time and said: I asked you but you did not give me, then I asked and you did not give; now either you give to me or else you are being miserly with me. Thereupon Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What disease could be more deadly than miserliness? Whenever I refused to give to you, my intention was only that I would give to you (a generous amount at once)."
