We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the expedition of Banu Anmar.Jabir said, "While I was resting under a tree, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came along, so I said, 'Messenger of Allah, come into the shade.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted, and I went over to a sack of ours and searched through it for something to offer him. I found a small cucumber, which I broke open and presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.He asked, "Where did you get this?"I replied, "We brought it with us from Medina, Messenger of Allah."Jabir continued, "We had a companion with us whom we were preparing to send out to graze our riding animals. I got him ready, and he turned to head off to the herd, wearing two worn-out cloaks of his."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at him and asked, "Doesn't he have any clothes other than these two?"I said, "Yes, Messenger of Allah, he has two garments in his bag that I gave him."He said, "Call him over and tell him to put them on."So I called him, and he put them on, then turned to leave.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What is wrong with him, may Allah strike his neck! Isn't this better for him?"The man heard him and said, "In the cause of Allah, Messenger of Allah?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "In the cause of Allah."And the man was indeed killed in the cause of Allah.
خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة بني أنمار، قال جابر: فبينا أنا نازل تحت شجرة، إذا رسول الله ﷺ، فقلت: يا رسول الله، هلم إلى الظل، قال: فنزل رسول الله ﷺ، فقمت إلى غرارة لنا، فالتمست فيها شيئا، فوجدت جرو قتاء، فكسرته، ثم قربته إلى رسول الله ﷺ، فقال: من أين لكم هذا؟ قال: فقلت: خرجنا به يا رسول الله من المدينة، قال جابر: وعندنا صاحب لنا نجهزه، يذهب يرعى ظهرنا، قال: فجهزته، ثم أدبر يذهب في الظهر، وعليه بردان له قد خلقا، قال: فنظر رسول الله ﷺ إليه، فقال: أما له ثوبان غير هذين؟ فقلت: بلى يا رسول الله، له ثوبان في العيبة، كسوته إيا هما، قال: فادعه، فمره فليلبسهما، قال: فدعوته، فلبسهما، ثم ولى يذهب، قال: فقال رسول الله ﷺ: ما له ضرب الله عنقه، أليس هذا خيرا له؟ قال: فسمعه الرجل، فقال: يا رسول الله، في سبيل الله، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: في سبيل الله، قال: فقتل الرجل في سبيل الله.
Malik narrated it in the Book of Dress (1) from Zayd bin Aslam, from Jabir bin Abdullah, as mentioned. Ibn Hibban also narrated it through this route in his Sahih (5418), as did Bazzar in Kashf Astar (2963), and Hakim (4/183), who said, "Sahih according to the criterion of Muslim."His statement, "jarw" of cucumber, means small cucumbers. His statement, "aybah" refers to something like the box in which clothes are placed.