Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45832

Ya’qub told us, my father told us, on the authority of Ibn Ishaq, Salim bin Abi Umayyah Abu al-Nadr told us, he said: A sheikh from Banu Tamim sat with me in Basra Mosque, with a newspaper in his hand. He said, “In the time of al-Hajjaj.” He said to me, “O Abdullah, do you think this book is of no use to me?” He said something about this authority, so I said, “What is this letter?” He said, “This is a letter from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, which he wrote for us, lest we He transgresses against us in our charity. He said, “No, by God, I do not think that it will be of any use to you.” And what was the status of this book? He said, “I submitted.” Medina with my father and I, a young boy, with our own camels that we sell. My father was a friend of Talha bin Ubayd Allah al-Taymi, so we went down to him and he said to him: “My father, go out with me and sell these camels to me.” He said, “The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, forbade selling a slave to a slave.” But I will go out with you and sit down and show off your camels. If you are satisfied with a loyal and honest man who bargained with you, I will order you to sell him. So we went out. To the market, we stood and Talha sat nearby. The men bargained with us until, when a man gave us what we were satisfied with, he said to him, “My father, I pledge allegiance to him.” He said Yes, I was satisfied with his loyalty to you, so pledge allegiance to him, so we pledged allegiance to him. When we had received what was ours and had finished our need, my father said to Talhah, “Take it for us from the Messenger of God.” May God’s prayers and peace be upon him, a letter not to transgress against us in our charity. He said, “This is for you and for every Muslim.” He said, “I am I would like to have a letter with me from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. So he left and brought us to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said: Oh Messenger of God, this man from the desert is a friend of ours, and he would like you to write him a letter that would not be violated in I believed him, so the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “This is for him and for every Muslim.” He said, “O Messenger of God, I would love to have a letter from you.” Based on that, he said, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, wrote for us this book, the last hadith of Talha bin Ubaid, may God be pleased with him. God bless him