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Sahih al-Bukhari 2861 (Book 56, Hadith 77) #2737
Kindness and Generosity of the Prophet (ﷺ)

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) showed kindness and generosity to Jabir by buying his camel and paying him more than the price.

Narrated Muslim from Abu 'Aqil from Abu Al-Mutawakkil An-Naji: I called on Jabir bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari and said to him, "Relate to me what you have heard from Allah's Messenger ". He said, "I accompanied him on one of the journeys". (Abu 'Aqil said, "I do not know whether that journey was for the purpose of Jihad or 'Umra") "When we were returning," Jabir continued, "the Prophet said, 'Whoever wants to return earlier to his family, should hurry up'. We set off and I was on a black red tainted camel having no defect, and the people were behind me. While I was in that state the camel stopped suddenly (because of exhaustion). On that the Prophet said to me, 'O Jabir, wait!' Then he hit it once with his lash and it started moving on a fast pace. He then said, 'Will you sell the camel?' I replied in the affirmative when we reached Medina, and the Prophet went to the Mosque along with his companions. I, too, went to him after tying the camel on the pavement at the Mosque gate. Then I said to him, 'This is your camel'. He came out and started examining the camel and saying, 'The camel is ours'. Then the Prophet sent some Awaq (ie an amount) of gold saying, 'Give it to Jabir'. Then he asked, 'Have you taken the full price (of the camel)?' I replied in the affirmative. He said, 'Both the price and the camel are for you'. ''
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيُّ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ حَدِّثْنِي بِمَا، سَمِعْتَ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَافَرْتُ مَعَهُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ ـ قَالَ أَبُو عَقِيلٍ لاَ أَدْرِي غَزْوَةً أَوْ عُمْرَةً ـ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَقْبَلْنَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَتَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلْيُعَجِّلْ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَأَقْبَلْنَا وَأَنَا عَلَى جَمَلٍ لِي أَرْمَكَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ شِيَةٌ، وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفِي، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ قَامَ عَلَىَّ، فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ يَا جَابِرُ اسْتَمْسِكْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَضَرَبَهُ بِسَوْطِهِ ضَرْبَةً، فَوَثَبَ الْبَعِيرُ مَكَانَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَتَبِيعُ الْجَمَلَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ الْمَسْجِدَ فِي طَوَائِفِ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَدَخَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَعَقَلْتُ الْجَمَلَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَلاَطِ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَذَا جَمَلُكَ‏.‏ فَخَرَجَ، فَجَعَلَ يُطِيفُ بِالْجَمَلِ وَيَقُولُ ‏"‏ الْجَمَلُ جَمَلُنَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ أَوَاقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَعْطُوهَا جَابِرًا ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ اسْتَوْفَيْتَ الثَّمَنَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ الثَّمَنُ وَالْجَمَلُ لَكَ

TOPICS
generosity  *  kindness  *  journey  *  camel  *  istiqaamah  *  awaq  *  umra  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with others no matter what situation you are in or how small or big something may be; because even small acts of kindness can make a huge difference in someone's life!
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the kindness and generosity of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ towards Jabir bin Abdullah Al-Ansari. On a journey, when Jabir's camel stopped due to exhaustion, the Prophet ﷺ hit it with his lash so that it could move on a fast pace. When they reached Medina, he asked Jabir if he wanted to sell his camel, which he agreed to do so. The Prophet ﷺ then sent an amount of gold as payment for it and said that both the price and the camel were for him. This shows us how generous and kindhearted our beloved prophet was towards others even in small matters like this one. He taught us that we should always be generous with others no matter what situation we are in or how small or big something may be; because even small acts of kindness can make a huge difference in someone's life!

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