Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّحَّامُ بِثَمَانِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَعَلَى ذَوِي قَرَابَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى ذَوِي رَحِمِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا.
English Translation
Isma'il told us, Ayyub informed us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir: that a man from the Ansar called Abu Madhkur freed a slave of his called Ya'qub by a will effective after his death, and he had no property other than him. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, called for him and said: "Who will buy him? Who will buy him?" So Nu'aym ibn Abdullah al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams and handed the money to him, and he [the Prophet] said: "If one of you is poor, let him begin with himself; and if there is a surplus, then for his dependents; and if there is a surplus, then for his relatives" — or he said, "for those of his kinship" — "and if there is still a surplus, then here and there."