Hadith 31

Three-Narrator Ahadith

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · Musnad of Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Anṣārī (may Allāh be pleased with him)

حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: سَمِعَ ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْ جَاءَ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ، لَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا.» قَالَ: فَلَمَّا جَاءَ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَيْنٌ أَوْ عِدَةٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا. قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ قَدْ جَاءَ مَالُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ لَأَعْطَيْتُكَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» ثَلَاثًا. قَالَ: فَخُذْ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذْتُ — قَالَ بَعْضُ مَنْ سَمِعَهُ: فَوَجَدْتُهَا خَمْسَ مِائَةٍ — فَأَخَذْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي، فَقُلْتُ: إِمَّا أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَبْخَلَ عَنِّي. قَالَ: أَقُلْتَ تَبْخَلُ عَنِّي؟ وَأَيُّ دَاءٍ أَدْوَأُ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ؟ مَا سَأَلْتَنِي مَرَّةً إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ.

English translation

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘If the wealth of Bahrain arrives, I will give you this much, this much, and this much,’ gesturing with his hands three times. When the wealth of Bahrain arrived after the death of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), Abū Bakr announced: ‘Whoever is owed a debt by the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), or was made a promise, let him come to us.’ So I came and said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) promised: “If the wealth of Bahrain arrives, I will give you this much, this much, and this much,” three times.’ [Abū Bakr] said: ‘Take it.’ So I took it (some of those who heard the account said it amounted to five hundred ). Then I came back to him and he did not give me. I came again and he did not give me. I came a third time and he still did not give me. I said: ‘Either give me, or admit your miserliness (bukhl) toward me.’ He said: ‘Did you say I am being miserly with you? What ailment is worse than miserliness? I truly wanted to give you every time you came, but I was preoccupied with other affairs.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 31

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