upon you.’
He then recited to them: “Allah has certainly turned in mercy to the Prophet…” (Repentance 9:118) and the following verses. Concerning us as well He revealed: “Fear Allah, and be with those who are truthful” (Repentance 9:120).
I said, “O Prophet of Allah, as part of my repentance I will never again speak except truthfully, and I wish to give away all my wealth as charity.” He replied, “Keep some of your wealth; that will be better for you.”
In another wording: Talhah rose and hurried toward me until he shook my hand and congratulated me, and Kaʿb never forgot that courtesy of Talhah (1).
108 – Jarir ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Jabir ibn Malik al-Bajali*
The son of Nasr ibn Thaʿlabah ibn Jusham ibn ʿAwf—the commander, the noble, the handsome—Abu ʿAmr (some say: Abu ʿAbd Allah), al-Bajali, al-Qasri. Qasr is a branch of Qaḥṭan. He was among the eminent Companions.
(1) Reported by al-Bukhari, 8/86, Book of Expeditions. It also appears in several other places in al-Bukhari; see nos. 2757, 2947, 2948, 2949, 2950, 3088, 3556, 3889, 3951, 4418, 4673, 4676, 4677, 4678, 6255, 6690 and 7225. Muslim records it under no. 2769 in the Book of Repentance, chapter “The repentance of Kaab ibn Malik and his two companions.” It is likewise found in Ahmad, 6/387 and 390, and in Ibn Hisham, 2/531.
(*) See: Musnad Ahmad, 4/357; Tabaqat Ibn Saad, 6/22; Tabaqat Khalifah, pp. 116, 138; Tarikh Khalifah, p. 218; al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 2/211; al-Maarif, pp. 292, 293, 586, 592; al-Jarh wa al-Tadil, 2/502; al-Tabarani, al-Mujam al-Kabir, 2/326; al-Mustadrak, 3/464; al-Istiab, 1/337; Jami al-Usul, 9/85; Usd al-Ghaba, 1/333; Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 191; Tarikh al-Islam, 2/274; al-Ibar, 1/57; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 2/73-75; al-Isabah, 2/76; Khulasa Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 61; Shadharat al-Dhahab, 1/57-58.