Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مُثِّلَتْ لِيَ الْحِيرَةُ كَأَنْيَابِ الْكِلَابِ وَإِنَّكُمْ سَتَفْتَحُونَهَا» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ هَبْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ابْنَةَ بُقَيْلَةَ فَقَالَ «هِيَ لَكَ» فَأَعْطُوهُ إِيَّاهَا فَجَاءَ أَبُوهَا فَقَالَ أَتَبِيعُهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ بِكُمْ؟ احْتَكِمْ مَا شِئْتَ قَالَ بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ قَدْ أَخَذْتَهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ قُلْتَ ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا؟ قَالَ وَهَلْ عَدَدٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَلْفٍ
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Salm informed us, Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi Umar al-Adani narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid from Qays ibn Abi Hazim from Adi ibn Hatim who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Al-Hirah was shown to me like the fangs of dogs, and you will conquer it." A man stood up and said: "Grant me, O Messenger of Allah, the daughter of Buqaylah." He said: "She is yours." So they gave her to him. Her father came and said: "Will you sell her?" He said: "Yes." He said: "For how much? Name your price." He said: "For a thousand dirhams." He said: "I have taken her." It was said to him: "If you had said thirty thousand?" He said: "Is there a number greater than a thousand?"
