Sahih Muslim Hadith 4100 – Selling Camels

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[4100] 110 – ( … ) It was 3LtiiL( … )-\ [t] narrated that Jábir bin 'Abdullâh said: "I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah and he caught up with me while I was – i .J Ij riding a camel of mine that had grown weak and could hardly walk. He said to me: 'What is the matter with your camel?' I said: 01 j 'It has grown weak.' The Messenger of Allah fell behind and prodded it, and prayed for it, and (after that) it was always in front of the other camels, running ahead of them. He said to me: 'How do you find you: camel?' I said: 'It is fine; your blessing has reached it.' He sai(: "Will you sell it to me?' I felt say, and we did not have any camel but this one, so I said: 'Yes.' So I sold it to him, on the condition that I would ride it until I reached A]-Madinah. I said to him: '0 Messenger of Allah, I am newly married,' and I asked him for permission to go on ahead, and he gave me permission. So I went ahead of the people until I reached Al-Madinah. There my maternal uncle met me and asked about the camel, and I told him what I had done with it, and he criticized me. And the Messenger of Allah said to me when I asked him for permission: 'Who did you marry, a virgin or a previously-married woman?' I said: 'I married a previously- married woman.' He said: 'Why not a virgin, so you could play with her and she could play with you?' I said to him: '0 Messenger of Allah, my father has died' – or 'was martyred' – 'and I have young sisters. I did not want to marry one who was like them, who would not teach them manners and look after them. So I married a previously-married woman who would look after them and teach them manners.' When the Messenger of Allah came to Al- Madinah, I took the camel to him the next morning, and he gave me its price and returned it to me."