the palm tree and began to say to his cousin: What are you saying, what are you saying? He said: My master became angry and struck me hard, then said: What do you have to do with this? Focus on your work. He said: I replied: It's nothing, I just wanted to verify what he said. I had something I had collected, so when evening came, I took it and went to the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) who was in Qubāʾ. I entered upon him and said: It has reached me that you are a righteous man, and you have companions who are strangers and in need. This is something I had for charity, and I see you as more deserving of it than others. He said: I brought it near to him, and the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to his companions: Eat, but he held back his hand and did not eat. He said: I thought to myself: This is one [sign], then I left him. I gathered something, and the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) moved to Madīnah. Then I came with it and said: I saw that you do not eat charity, and this is a gift I have honored you with. He said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) ate from it and ordered his companions to eat with him. He said: I thought to myself: These are two [signs], then I came to the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) while he was in Baqīʿ al-Gharqad. He said: He had followed a funeral of one of his companions, wearing two cloaks, and he was sitting among his companions. I greeted him, then circled around to look at his back to see if I could find the seal my companion had described to me. When the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) saw me circling him, he realized that I was verifying something that had been described to me. He said: He threw off his cloak from his back, and I saw the seal and recognized it, so I fell upon him, kissing him and weeping. The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to me: Move, so I moved, and I recounted to him my story—as I have told you, O Ibn ʿAbbās. He said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was pleased to hear this from his companions. Then Salmān was occupied with servitude until he missed Badr and Uḥud with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). Then the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to me: Make a contract for your freedom, O Salmān! So I made a contract with my master for three hundred palm trees that I would cultivate for him in the valley, and for forty ounces. The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "Help your brother," so they helped me with the palm trees, one man with thirty saplings and another with twenty
النخلة فجعلت أقول لابن عمه ذلك: ماذا تقول ماذا تقول؟ قال: فغضب سيدي فلكمني لكمة شديدة، ثم قال: مالك ولهذا؟ ! أقبل على عملك. قال: قلت: لا شيء إنما أردت أن أستثبت عما قال. وقد كان عندي شيء قد جمعته، فلما أمسيت أخذته، ثم ذهبت به إلى رسول الله ﷺ وهو بقباء، فدخلت عليه فقلت له: إنه قد بلغني أنك رجل صالح، ومعك أصحاب لك غرباء ذوو حاجة وهذا شيء كان عندي للصدقة، فرأيتكم أحق به من غيركم، قال: فقربته إليه، فقال رسول الله ﷺ لأصحابه: كلوا، وأمسك يده فلم يأكل. قال: فقلت في نفسي: هذه واحدة، ثم انصرفت عنه، فجمعت شيئا، وتحول رسول الله ﷺ إلى المدينة، ثم جئت به فقلت: إني رأيتك لا تأكل الصدقة وهذه هدية أكرمتك بها، قال: فأكل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منها وأمر أصحابه فأكلوا معه. قال: فقلت في نفسي: هاتان اثنتان، ثم جئت رسول الله ﷺ وهو ببقيع الغرقد قال: وقد تبع جنازة من أصحابه عليه شملتان له وهو جالس في أصحابه، فسلمت عليه، ثم استدرت أنظر إلى ظهره هل أرى الخاتم الذي وصف لي صاحبي، فلما رآني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم استدرته عرف أني أستثبت في شيء وصف لي، قال: فألقى رداءه عن ظهره، فنظرت إلى الخاتم، فعرفته، فانكببت عليه أقبله وأبكي. فقال لي رسول الله ﷺ: تحول، فتحولت، فقصصت عليه حديثي - كما حدثتك يا ابن عباس - قال: فأعجب رسول الله ﷺ أن يسمع ذلك أصحابه. ثم شغل سلمان الرق حتى فاته مع رسول الله ﷺ بدر وأحد، قال: ثم قال لي رسول الله ﷺ: كاتب يا سلمان! فكاتبت صاحبي على ثلاثمائة نخلة أحييها له بالفقير، بأربعين أوقية، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " أعينوا أخاكم " فأعانوني بالنخل، الرجل بثلاثين ودية والرجلبعشرين