Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out from Medina to fight the polytheists. My father Abdullah said to me, "Jabir, there is no harm in your remaining among the watchers from the people of Medina until you learn what becomes of our affair. By Allah, were it not that I am leaving daughters behind me, I would have loved for you to be killed before me."So while I was among the watchers, my aunt came carrying my father and my maternal uncle, balancing them on a water-carrying camel, intending to bring them into Medina to bury them in our graveyards. Then a man caught up with us calling out, "The Prophet ﷺ commands you to return with the slain and bury them where they fell, at the places where they were killed." So we returned with them and buried them where they had been killed.Then during the caliphate of Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan, a man came to me and said, "Jabir bin Abdullah, by Allah, Muawiya's project has disturbed your father's grave, and part of him has emerged." So I went there and found him just as I had buried him, unchanged, except for what death or the slaying had not left untouched. So I covered him over again.My father had left a debt of dates upon me, and one of his creditors pressed me hard for repayment. So I came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said, "Prophet of Allah, my father was killed on such-and-such a day and left a debt of dates upon me. One of his creditors is pressing me hard. I would love for you to help me with him, perhaps he will grant me a delay on a portion of his dates until this coming harvest."He said, "Yes, I will come to you, Allah willing, around midday."He came with his close companions, asked permission to enter, and came in. I had said to my wife, "The Prophet ﷺ is coming to me today around midday, so do not let me see you, and do not bother the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in my house with anything, and do not speak to him."He entered, and I spread out a mattress and pillow for him. He laid down his head and slept. I said to a freed slave of mine, "Slaughter this young goat, it is a fattened domestic one. Quickly, hurry, finish with it before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wakes, and I will help you." We worked on it until we finished while he was still sleeping.I said to the freedman, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wakes, he will call for water for purification. I fear that when he finishes he will rise to leave, so do not let him finish his ablution before you place the goat before him."When he rose he said, "Jabir, bring me water for purification." He had not finished his purification before I had set the goat before him. He looked at me and said, "It is as if you knew our love for meat. Call Abu Bakr for me." Then he summoned his close companions who were with him, and they entered.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put forth his hand and said, "In the name of Allah, eat." They ate until they were full, and a great deal of meat remained. By Allah, the gathering of Banu Salama were watching him, and he was dearer to them than their own eyes, yet none of them would draw near to him for fear of bothering him.When he finished, he stood, and his companions stood. They went out before him, for he used to say, "Leave my back clear for the angels." I followed them until they reached the threshold of the door.My wife put forth her chest from behind a partition in the house where she was concealed and said, "Messenger of Allah, pray for me and for my husband, may Allah bless you."He said, "May Allah bless you and your husband." Then he said, "Call so-and-so for me," meaning my creditor who had been pressing me hard for payment.The man came, and the Prophet said, "Will you grant Jabir bin Abdullah ease," meaning a deferral, "on a portion of the debt that is on his father, until this coming harvest?"He said, "I will not do it," and made excuses, saying, "It is only the property of orphans."The Prophet said, "Where is Jabir?"I said, "Here I am, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Measure out for him, for Allah will fulfill it."I looked at the sky, and the sun had already declined. He said, "Prayer, Abu Bakr." So they hastened off to the mosque.I said, "Bring your containers near," and I measured out for him from the ajwa dates. Allah fulfilled the debt for him, and such-and-such an amount of dates remained over for us.I came running to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his mosque as if I were a spark, and I found that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had already prayed. I said, "Messenger of Allah, did you not see that I measured out his dates for my creditor, and Allah fulfilled it for him, and such-and-such an amount of dates remained over for us?"He said, "Where is Umar bin Khattab?" Umar came at a trot.The Prophet said, "Ask Jabir bin Abdullah about his creditor and his dates."Umar said, "I will not ask him. I already knew that Allah would fulfill it when I was told that Allah would fulfill it." The Prophet repeated this to him three times, and each time Umar said, "I will not ask him." And he never repeated a question after the third time.So the Prophet said, "Jabir, what did your creditor and your dates do?"I said, "Allah fulfilled the debt for him, and such-and-such an amount of dates remained over for us."I returned to my wife and said, "Did I not forbid you to speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?"She said, "Did you think Allah would bring the Messenger of Allah ﷺ into my house and then he would leave without my asking him to bless me and my husband before he went out?"

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عن جابر بن عبد الله قال

خرج رسول الله ﷺ من المدينة إلى المشركين ليقاتلهم وقال لي أبي عبد الله يا جابر لا عليك أن تكون في نظاري أهل المدينة حتى تعلم إلى ما يصير أمرنا فإني والله لولا أني أترك بنات لي بعدي لأحببت أن تقتل بين يدي قال فبينما أنا في النظارين إذ جاءت عمتي بأبي وخالي عادلتهما على ناضح فدخلت بهما المدينة لتدفنهما في مقابرنا إذ لحق رجل ينادي ألا إن النبي ﷺ يأمركم أن ترجعوا بالقتلى فتدفنوها في مصارعها حيث قتلت فرجعنا بهما فدفناهما حيث قتلا فبينما أنا في خلافة معاوية بن أبي سفيان إذ جاءني رجل فقال يا جابر بن عبد الله والله لقد أثار أباك عمل معاوية فبدا فخرج طائفة منه فأتيته فوجدته على النحو الذي دفنته لم يتغير إلا ما لم يدع القتل أو القتيل فواريته قال وترك أبي عليه دينا من التمر فاشتد علي بعض غرمائه في التقاضي فأتيت نبي الله ﷺ فقلت يا نبي الله إن أبي أصيب يوم كذا وكذا وترك علي دينا من التمر واشتد علي بعض غرمائه في التقاضي فأحب أن تعينني عليه لعله أن ينظرني طائفة من تمره إلى هذا الصرام المقبل فقال نعم آتيك إن شاء الله قريبا من وسط النهار وجاء معه حواريه ثم استأذن ودخل فقلت لامرأتي إن النبي ﷺ جاءني اليوم وسط النهار فلا أريتك ولا تؤذي رسول الله ﷺ في بيتي بشيء ولا تكلميه فدخل ففرشت له فراشا ووسادة فوضع رأسه فنام قال وقلت لمولى لي اذبح هذه العناق وهي داجن سمينة والوحا والعجل افرغ منها قبل أن يستيقظ رسول الله ﷺ وأنا معك فلم نزل فيها حتى فرغنا منها وهو نائم فقلت له إن رسول الله ﷺ إذا استيقظ يدعو بالطهور وإني أخاف إذا فرغ أن يقوم فلا يفرغن من وضوئه حتى تضع العناق بين يديه فلما قام قال يا جابر ائتني بطهور فلم يفرغ من طهوره حتى وضعت العناق عنده فنظر إلي فقال كأنك قد علمت حبنا للحم ادع لي أبا بكر قال ثم دعا حوارييه اللذين معه فدخلوا فضرب رسول الله ﷺ يده وقال بسم الله كلوا فأكلوا حتى شبعوا وفضل لحم منها كثير قال والله إن مجلس بني سلمة لينظرون إليه وهو أحب إليهم من أعينهم ما يقربه رجل منهم مخافة أن يؤذوه فلما فرغ قام وقام أصحابه فخرجوا بين يديه وكان يقول خلوا ظهري للملائكة واتبعتهم حتى بلغوا أسكفة الباب قال وأخرجت امرأتي صدرها وكانت مستترة بسقيف في البيت قالت يا رسول الله صل علي وعلى زوجي صلى الله عليك فقال صلى الله عليك وعلى زوجك ثم قال ادع لي فلانا لغريمي الذي اشتد علي في الطلب قال فجاء فقال أيسر جابر بن عبد الله يعني إلى الميسرة طائفة من دينك الذي على أبيه إلى هذا الصرام المقبل قال ما أنا بفاعل واعتل وقال إنما هو مال يتامى فقال أين جابر فقال أنا ذا يا رسول الله قال كل له فإن الله عز وجل سوف يوفيه فنظرت إلى السماء فإذا الشمس قد دلكت قال الصلاة يا أبا بكر فاندفعوا إلى المسجد فقلت قرب أوعيتك فكلت له من العجوة فوفاه الله عز وجل وفضل لنا من التمر كذا وكذا فجئت أسعى إلى رسول الله ﷺ في مسجده كأني شرارة فوجدت رسول الله ﷺ قد صلى فقلت يا رسول الله ألم تر أني كلت لغريمي تمره فوفاه الله وفضل لنا من التمر كذا وكذا فقال أين عمر بن الخطاب فجاء يهرول فقال سل جابر بن عبد الله عن غريمه وتمره فقال ما أنا بسائله قد علمت أن الله عز وجل سوف يوفيه إذ أخبرت أن الله عز وجل سوف يوفيه فكرر عليه هذه الكلمة ثلاث مرات كل ذلك يقول ما أنا بسائله وكان لا يراجع بعد المرة الثالثة فقال يا جابر ما فعل غريمك وتمرك قال قلت وفاه الله عز وجل وفضل لنا من التمر كذا وكذا فرجع إلى امرأته فقال ألم أكن نهيتك أن تكلمي رسول الله ﷺ قالت أكنت تظن أن الله عز وجل يورد رسول الله ﷺ بيتي ثم يخرج ولا أسأله الصلاة علي وعلى زوجي قبل أن يخرج