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Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "If the revenue of Al-Bahrain should come, I will give you so much and so much," repeating "so much" thrice. But the revenue of Al-Bahrain did not come till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had died. When the revenue came during the rule of Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr ordered an announcer to announce, "Whoever had any debt or promise due upon the Prophet, should present himself to me (i.e. Abu Bakr). I came to Abu Bakr and informed him that the Prophet (ﷺ) had said (to me), "If the revenue of Al-Bahrain should come, I will give you so-much and so much," repeating "so much" thrice. So Abu Bakr gave me. (In another narration Jabir said:) I met Abu Bakr after that and asked him (to give me what the Prophet (ﷺ) had promised me) but he did not give me. I again went to him but he did not give me. I again went to him (for the third time) but he did not give me, On that I said to him, "I came to you but you did not give me, then I came to you and you did not give me, and then again I came to you, but you did not give me; so you should either give me or else you are like a miserly to me. On that, Abu Bakr said, "Do you say, 'You are like a miserly to me?' There is no worse disease than miserliness." Abu Bakr said it thrice and added, "Whenever I refused to give you, I had the intention of giving you." (In another narration) Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "I went to Abu Bakr (and he gave me a handful of money) and told me to count it, I counted and found it five-hundred, and then Abu Bakr said (to me), "Take the same amount twice

حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا سفيان، سمع ابن المنكدر، جابر بن عبد الله رضى الله عنهما يقول قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لو قد جاء مال البحرين لقد اعطيتك هكذا وهكذا ثلاثا ". فلم يقدم مال البحرين حتى قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فلما قدم على ابي بكر امر مناديا فنادى من كان له عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم دين او عدة فلياتني. قال جابر فجيت ابا بكر، فاخبرته ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " لو جاء مال البحرين اعطيتك هكذا وهكذا ثلاثا ". قال فاعطاني. قال جابر فلقيت ابا بكر بعد ذلك فسالته، فلم يعطني، ثم اتيته فلم يعطني، ثم اتيته الثالثة فلم يعطني، فقلت له قد اتيتك فلم تعطني، ثم اتيتك فلم تعطني، ثم اتيتك فلم تعطني، فاما ان تعطيني، واما ان تبخل عني. فقال اقلت تبخل عني واى داء ادوا من البخل قالها ثلاثا ما منعتك من مرة الا وانا اريد ان اعطيك. وعن عمرو عن محمد بن علي سمعت جابر بن عبد الله يقول جيته، فقال لي ابو بكر عدها. فعددتها فوجدتها خمسماية، فقال خذ مثلها مرتين