Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ؓ أَنَّ رَجُلًا نَزَلَ الْحَرَّةَ وَمَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ نَاقَةً لِي قَدْ ضَلَّتْ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهَا فَأَمْسِكْهَا فَوَجَدَهَا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ صَاحِبَهَا فَمَرِضَتْ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ انْحَرْهَا فَأَبَى فَنَفَقَتْ فَقَالَتْ اسْلُخْهَا حَتَّى نُقَدِّدَ شَحْمَهَا وَلَحْمَهَا وَنَأْكُلَهُ فَقَالَ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ هَلْ عِنْدَكَ غِنًى يُغْنِيكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَكُلُوهَا قَالَ فَجَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ هَلَّا كُنْتَ نَحَرْتَهَا؟ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْكَ تَابَعَهُمَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ
English Translation
Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us: Muhammad ibn Bakr reported to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us: Hammad — that is, Ibn Salamah — narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), that a man camped at al-Harrah with his family and children. A [passing] man said: "A she-camel of mine has strayed; if you find her, keep her." He found her but did not find her owner, and she fell ill. His wife said: "Slaughter her." He refused. Then she died. She said: "Skin her, so that we may dry [and preserve] her fat and meat and eat it." He said: "Not until I ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." So he came to him and asked him, and he said: "Do you have wealth that suffices you?" He said: "No." He said: "Then eat her." He said: Then her owner came, and he informed him of the matter, and he [the owner] said: "Why did you not slaughter her?" He said: "I felt too shy before you." Sharik ibn Abdullah followed them [in narrating it] from Simak ibn Harb.