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Sahih Muslim 715m (Book 22, Hadith 137) #11211
Generosity of Allah's Apostle

SUMMARY: Allah's Apostle ﷺ met a man travelling on his jaded camel and offered to buy it for an 'Uqiyyah. The man accepted the offer and was allowed to ride back home with the camel, but when he returned, Allah's Apostle gave him back both the camel and coins.

Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported that he was travelling on his camel which had grown jaded, and he decided to let it off. When Allah's Apostle ﷺ met him and prayed for him and struck it, so it trotted as it had never trotted before. He said: Sell it to me for an 'Uqiyyah. I said: #He again said: Sell it to me. So I sold it to him for an 'Uqiyyah, 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.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسِيرُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَعْيَا فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَيِّبَهُ قَالَ فَلَحِقَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَعَا لِي وَضَرَبَهُ فَسَارَ سَيْرًا لَمْ يَسِرْ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ بِعْنِيهِ بِوُقِيَّةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لاَ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ بِعْنِيهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَبِعْتُهُ بِوُقِيَّةٍ وَاسْتَثْنَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ حُمْلاَنَهُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ أَتَيْتُهُ بِالْجَمَلِ فَنَقَدَنِي ثَمَنَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ فِي أَثَرِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَتُرَانِي مَاكَسْتُكَ لآخُذَ جَمَلَكَ خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَدَرَاهِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ
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generosity  *  camel  *  ihsan  *  wasallam  *  alhamar  *  oqiyah  *  muhammad  *  uqiyyah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous towards others even if you have little yourself .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the generosity of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He met a man travelling on his jaded camel and offered to buy it for an 'Uqiyyah, which is a unit of currency in that time. The man accepted the offer and was allowed to ride back home with the camel, but when he returned, Allah's Apostle gave him back both the camel and coins as a sign of generosity. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous towards others even if we have little ourselves. We should also be thankful for what we have been given by God Almighty as He can take away anything at any time without warning us beforehand.

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