\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\nI participated in a Ghazwa along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) The Prophet (ﷺ) met me (on the way) while I was \nriding a camel of ours used for irrigation and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk. The Prophet (ﷺ) \nasked me, "What is wrong with the camel?" I replied, "It has got tired." So. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came from \nbehind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of \nthem. Then he asked me, "How do you find your camel (now)?" I replied, "I find it quite well, now as \nit has received your blessings." He said, "Will you sell it to me?" I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though \nit was the only camel for irrigation we had. So, I said, "Yes." He said, "Sell it to me then." I sold it to \nhim on the condition that I should keep on riding it till I reached Medina. Then I said, "O Allah's \nApostle! I am a bridegroom," and requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed me, and I set out \nfor Medina before the people till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the \ncamel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that. When I took the permission of \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had \nmarried a matron. He said, "Why hadn't you married a virgin who would have played with you, and \nyou would have played with her?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My father died (or was martyred) and \nI have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would \nneither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them \nand teach them manners." When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him the next \nmorning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well.\n

\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\nI participated in a Ghazwa along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) The Prophet (ﷺ) met me (on the way) while I was \nriding a camel of ours used for irrigation and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk. The Prophet (ﷺ) \nasked me, "What is wrong with the camel?" I replied, "It has got tired." So. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came from \nbehind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of \nthem. Then he asked me, "How do you find your camel (now)?" I replied, "I find it quite well, now as \nit has received your blessings." He said, "Will you sell it to me?" I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though \nit was the only camel for irrigation we had. So, I said, "Yes." He said, "Sell it to me then." I sold it to \nhim on the condition that I should keep on riding it till I reached Medina. Then I said, "O Allah's \nApostle! I am a bridegroom," and requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed me, and I set out \nfor Medina before the people till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the \ncamel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that. When I took the permission of \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had \nmarried a matron. He said, "Why hadn't you married a virgin who would have played with you, and \nyou would have played with her?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My father died (or was martyred) and \nI have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would \nneither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them \nand teach them manners." When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him the next \nmorning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَتَلاَحَقَ بِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ لَنَا قَدْ أَعْيَا فَلاَ يَكَادُ يَسِيرُ فَقَالَ لِي ‏"‏ مَا لِبَعِيرِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ عَيِيَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَتَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَزَجَرَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ، فَمَا زَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الإِبِلِ قُدَّامَهَا يَسِيرُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لِي ‏"‏ كَيْفَ تَرَى بَعِيرَكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ بَرَكَتُكَ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَفَتَبِيعُنِيهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا نَاضِحٌ غَيْرَهُ، قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَبِعْنِيهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَبِعْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى أَنَّ لِي فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ الْمَدِينَةَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي عَرُوسٌ، فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فَأَذِنَ لِي، فَتَقَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَقِيَنِي خَالِي فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ فَلاَمَنِي، قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِي حِينَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ ‏"‏ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ تَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَلاَّ تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّيَ وَالِدِي ـ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ ـ وَلِي أَخَوَاتٌ صِغَارٌ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ مِثْلَهُنَّ، فَلاَ تُؤَدِّبُهُنَّ، وَلاَ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ ثَيِّبًا لِتَقُومَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُؤَدِّبَهُنَّ‏.‏ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْبَعِيرِ، فَأَعْطَانِي ثَمَنَهُ، وَرَدَّهُ عَلَىَّ‏.‏ قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ هَذَا فِي قَضَائِنَا حَسَنٌ لاَ نَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا‏.‏