Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ خَلْفَهُ فَأَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ حَدِيثًا لَا أُخْبِرُ بِهِ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَبُّ مَا اسْتَتَرَ بِهِ فِي حَاجَتِهِ هَدَفٌ أَوْ حَائِشُ نَخْلٍ فَدَخَلَ يَوْمًا حَائِطًا مِنْ حِيطَانِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا جَمَلٌ قَدْ أَتَاهُ فَجَرْجَرَ وَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ قَالَ بَهْزٌ وَعَفَّانُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَنَّ وَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَمَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرَاتَهُ وَذِفْرَاهُ فَسَكَنَ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ فَجَاءَ فَتًى مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ هُوَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَمَا تَتَّقِي اللَّهَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَهِيمَةِ الَّتِي مَلَّكَكَهَا اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَيَّ أَنَّكَ تُجِيعُهُ وَتُدْئِبُهُ.
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Ja'far said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) once placed me behind him on his mount and confided to me something I would never tell anyone. The Messenger of Allah preferred to screen himself behind a mound or a cluster of palm trees when relieving himself. One day he entered a garden of the Ansar, and a camel came to him, moaning and shedding tears. When the camel saw the Prophet (peace be upon him), it whimpered and its eyes welled up. The Messenger of Allah wiped its back and behind its ears, and it calmed down. He asked: 'Who is the owner of this camel?' A young man from the Ansar came and said: 'It is mine, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Do you not fear Allah regarding this beast that Allah has given you ownership of? It complained to me that you starve it and overwork it.'