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Sahih al-Bukhari 2601 (Book 51, Hadith 35) #2489
Kindness and Mercy of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)

SUMMARY: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) showed kindness and mercy to Jabir bin 'Abdullah by helping him pay off his father's debt.

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: My father was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Uhud and his creditors demanded the debt back in a harsh manner. So I went to Allah's Messenger and informed him of that, he asked them to accept the fruits of my garden and excuse my father, but they refused. So, Allah's Messenger did not give them the fruits, nor did he cut them and distribute them among them, but said, "I will come to you tomorrow morning". So, he came to us the next morning and walked about in between the date-palms and invoked Allah to bless their fruits. I plucked the fruits and gave back all the rights of the creditors in full, and a lot of fruits were left for us. Then I went to Allah's Messenger , who was sitting, and informed him about what happened. Allah's Messenger told 'Umar, who was sitting there, to listen to the story'.Umar said, "Don't we know that you are Allah's Messenger ? By Allah! you are Allah's Messenger !"
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ،‏.‏ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ شَهِيدًا، فَاشْتَدَّ الْغُرَمَاءُ فِي حُقُوقِهِمْ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَلَّمْتُهُ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوا ثَمَرَ حَائِطِي، وَيُحَلِّلُوا أَبِي، فَأَبَوْا، فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ حَائِطِي، وَلَمْ يَكْسِرْهُ لَهُمْ، وَلَكِنْ قَالَ ‏"‏ سَأَغْدُو عَلَيْكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَغَدَا عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، فَطَافَ فِي النَّخْلِ، وَدَعَا فِي ثَمَرِهِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، فَجَدَدْتُهَا، فَقَضَيْتُهُمْ حُقُوقَهُمْ، وَبَقِيَ لَنَا مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا بَقِيَّةٌ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لِعُمَرَ ‏"‏ اسْمَعْ ـ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ ـ يَا عُمَرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏.‏

TOPICS
debt  *  fruits  *  garden  *  creditors  *  invocation  *  payment

QUICK LESSONS:
Be kind and merciful towards others just like how our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was towards those who were in need of help or assistance
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the kindness and mercy of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ towards Jabir bin ‘Abdullah. When Jabir’s father was martyred on the day of Uhud, his creditors demanded their debt back in a harsh manner. So he went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ for help. The Prophet ﷺ asked them to accept the fruits from Jabir’s garden as payment instead but they refused. The next morning the Prophet ﷺ came to them and walked between the date-palms while invoking blessings upon them. After plucking all the fruits from his garden, Jabir was able to pay off all of his father’s debts in full with plenty left over for himself as well! This hadith teaches us that we should always be kind and merciful towards others just like how our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was towards those who were in need of help or assistance.

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