Wealth was brought to the Prophet ﷺ from Bahrain, so he said, "Scatter it in the mosque." It was the largest amount of wealth ever brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then went out to pray and paid no attention to it. When he finished the prayer, he came and sat beside it, and he gave to everyone he saw.Then Abbas came to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, give me, for I paid a ransom for myself and a ransom for Aqeel."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Take."So Abbas scooped some into his garment, then tried to lift it but could not. He said, "Messenger of Allah, order someone to help me lift it."He said, "No."Abbas said, "Then you lift it onto me."He said, "No."So he poured some out and tried again to lift it, but still could not. He said, "Messenger of Allah, order someone to help me lift it."He said, "No."Abbas said, "Then you lift it onto me."He said, "No."So he poured some more out, then hoisted it up and threw it onto his shoulder and set off. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept following him with his gaze, amazed at his greed, until he disappeared from our sight. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not rise from that spot until not a single dirham of it remained.
أتي النبي ﷺ بمال من البحرين، فقال: انثروه في المسجد، وكان أكثر مال أتي به رسول الله ﷺ، فخرج رسول الله ﷺ إلى الصلاة، ولم يلتفت إليه، فلما قضى الصلاة جاء، فجلس إليه، فما كان يرى أحدا إلا أعطاه، إذ جاءه العباس فقال: يا رسول الله، أعطني فإني فاديت نفسي، وفاديت عقيلا فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: خذ. فحثا في ثوبه ثم ذهب يقله فلم يستطع، فقال: يا رسول الله اؤمر بعضهم يرفعه إلي قال: لا قال: فارفعه أنت علي قال: لا فنثر منه ثم ذهب يقله فقال: يا رسول الله اؤمربعضهم يرفعه علي قال: لا قال: فارفعه أنت علي قال: لا فنثرمنه ثم احتمله فألقاه على كاهله ثم انطلق فما زال رسول الله ﷺ يتعبه بصره حتى خفي علينا عجبا من حرصه، فما قام رسول الله ﷺ، وثم منها درهم.
Bukhari cited it in the Book of Jizya (3165), saying, Ibrahim, meaning Ibn Tahman, said, on the authority of Abdul-Aziz bin Suhayb, from Anas bin Malik, and he mentioned it.Al-Hafiz said in Fath al-Bari (1/516), Abu Naeem connected it in his Mustakhraj, and Hakim in his Mustadrak, through the route of Ahmad bin Hafs bin Abdullah Nisaburi, from his father, from Ibrahim bin Tahman. Al-Hafiz also connected it in Taghliq Taliq (2272) through this same route, and also attributed it to al-Hafiz Bujayri in his Sahih. Its isnad is hasan, for both Ahmad bin Hafs bin Abdullah Nisaburi and his father were truthful.A note, I did not come across this hadith in the printed Mustadrak of Hakim, nor did I find it in Ithaf Mahra by Ibn Hajar in the Musnad of Anas. I did find it there (3/329-330) in similar wording from the hadith of Abu Musa Ashari.This wealth was brought by Abu Ubayda bin Jarra from Bahrain, and they were the Magians of Hajar. The Prophet ﷺ had no treasury in which to place the funds of zakat, fay, jizya, and other such funds, but rather he would distribute it at the time it arrived, in the masjid. As for Abbas, although he was wealthy, he was burdened with debt, for he had ransomed himself and Aqeel for eighty ounces of gold. It is also said that this wealth was sent by Ala bin Hadrami from Bahrain, and that it amounted to eighty thousand, and that the Prophet ﷺ did not set aside a fifth of it since he had no need of it.