Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ فَلَقِيَهُ فَلَزِمَهُ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ الْأَصْوَاتُ فَمَرَّ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا كَعْبُ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ كَأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ النِّصْفُ فَأَخَذَ نِصْفًا مِمَّا عَلَيْهِ وَتَرَكَ النِّصْفَ.
English Translation
Hasan told us, saying: Ibn Lahi'ah told us, saying: Abd al-Rahman al-A'raj told us, from Abdullah ibn Ka'b, from Ka'b ibn Malik, that he had money owed to him by Abdullah Abu Hadrad al-Aslami, so he met him and pressed him until their voices were raised. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by the two of them and said: "O Ka'b," and gestured with his hand as if to say, "[Reduce it by] half." So he took half of what was owed him and left the other half.