52. Companionship of Women

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8836No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ وَجُعِلَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ»

   "The Messenger of Allah said: 'In this world, women and perfume have been made dear to me, and my comfort has been provided in prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3939)

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8837No grade recorded

   قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ وَجُعِلَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ»

   "The Messenger of Allah said: 'In this world, women and perfume have been made dear to me, and my comfort has been provided in prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3939)

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8838No grade recorded

   «لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ»

   ✧ Nothing was dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after women than horses.

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8839No grade recorded

   عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ امْرَأَتَانِ يَمِيلُ لِإِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَحَدُ شِقَّيْهِ مَائِلٌ»

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever has two wives and inclines more to one than the other will come on the Day of Resurrection with one side of his body leaning."

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8840No grade recorded

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْسِمُ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ فَيَعْدِلُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ هَذَا فِعْلِي فِيمَا أَمْلِكُ فَلَا تَلُمْنِي فِيمَا تَمْلِكُ وَلَا أَمْلِكُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرْسَلَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to divide his time among his wives and be just. Then he would say: "O Allah, this is my action in what I possess, so do not blame me for what You possess and I do not." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Hammad b. Zayd transmitted it as mursal.

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8841No grade recorded

   «أَرْسَلَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ مَعِي فِي مِرْطِي فَأَذِنَ لَهَا» فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَأَنَا سَاكِتَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيْ بُنَيَّةُ أَلَسْتِ تُحِبِّينَ مَا أُحِبُّ» قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَأَحِبِّي هَذِهِ فَقَامَتْ فَاطِمَةُ حِينَ سَمِعَتْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُنَّ بِالَّذِي قَالَتْ وَالَّذِي قَالَ لَهَا فَقُلْنَ لَهَا مَا نَرَاكِ أَغْنَيْتِ عَنَّا مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَارْجِعِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُولِي لَهُ «إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ» فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ «لَا وَاللهِ لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ فِيهَا أَبَدًا» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «فَأَرْسَلَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ أَرَ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ خَيْرًا فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ زَيْنَبَ وَأَتْقَى لِلَّهِ وَأَصْدَقَ حَدِيثًا وَأَوْصَلَ لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَعْظَمَ صَدَقَةً وَأَشَدَّ ابْتِذَالًا لِنَفْسِهَا فِي الْعَمَلِ الَّذِي تَصَدَّقُ بِهِ وَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ مَا عَدَا سَوْرَةً مِنْ حِدَّةٍ كَانَتْ فِيهَا تُسْرِعُ فِيهَا الْفَيْئَةَ» فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَ عَائِشَةَ فِي مِرْطِهَا عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ دَخَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَذِنَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَوَقَعَتْ بِي فَاسْتَطَالَتْ وَأَنَا أَرْقُبُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَرْقُبُ طَرَفَهُ هَلْ يَأْذَنُ لِي فِيهَا فَلَمْ تَبْرَحْ زَيْنَبُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بِهَا لَمْ أَنْشَبْهَا حَتَّى أَنْحَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ» [152] 8842 أَخْبَرَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَتْ فَأَرْسَلَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَدَخَلَتْ فَقَالَتْ نَحْوَهُ خَالَفَهُمَا مَعْمَرٌ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

   ✧ The wives of the Prophet ﷺ sent Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She asked permission to enter while he was lying with me under my woolen cloak, and he gave her permission. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to you asking you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah." I remained silent. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: "O my daughter, do you not love what I love?" She said: "Yes." He said: "Then love this one." Fatimah got up when she heard that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and returned to the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and told them what she had said and what he had said to her. They said to her: "We do not think you have helped us at all. Go back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and say to him: 'Your wives ask you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah.'" Fatimah said: "No, by Allah, I will never speak to him about her again." Aishah said: "The wives of the Prophet ﷺ sent Zaynab bint Jahsh to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She was the one who rivaled me among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ in status with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I have never seen a woman better in religion than Zaynab, more God-fearing, more truthful in speech, more maintaining of kinship ties, greater in charity, and more devoted to exhausting herself in the work by which she gave charity and drew near to Allah, may He be exalted, except for a surge of sharpness that was in her, from which she quickly recovered." She asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was with Aishah under her cloak, in the same state as when Fatimah had entered. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her permission. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to you asking you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah." Then she turned on me and began to insult me, while I watched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and watched his eyes to see if he would allow me to respond. Zaynab did not stop until I knew that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not dislike me defending myself. When I responded to her, I did not hesitate to overpower her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "She is the daughter of Abu Bakr." [152] 8842 Imran b. Bakkar al-Himsi informed me saying: Abu al-Yaman narrated to us saying: Shuayb informed us from al-Zuhri who said: Muhammad b. Abd al-Rahman b. al-Harith b. Hisham informed me that Aishah said... then he mentioned something similar, and she said: "The wives of the Prophet ﷺ sent Zaynab. She asked permission and he gave her permission. She entered and said something similar." Mamar differed from them, narrating it from al-Zuhri from Urwah from Aishah.

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8843No grade recorded

   اجْتَمَعْنَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلْنَ فَاطِمَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْنَ لَهَا «إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ» قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَعَ عَائِشَةَ فِي مِرْطِهَا فَقَالَتْ لَهُ «إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ» فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتُحِبِّينَنِي؟» فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَأَحِبِّيهَا» قَالَتْ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِنَّ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُنَّ بِمَا قَالَ لَهَا فَقُلْنَ إِنَّكِ لَمْ تَصْنَعِي شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ وَاللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا أَبَدًا وَكَانَتِ ابْنَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَقًّا فَأَرْسَلْنَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيَّ فَشَتَمَتْنِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْقُبُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنْظُرُ طَرْفَهُ هَلْ يَأْذَنُ لِي فِي أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَشَتَمَتْنِي حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا فَاسْتَقْبَلْتُهَا فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ أَفْحَمْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «وَلَمْ أَرَ امْرَأَةً أَكْثَرَ خَيْرًا وَلَا أَكْثَرَ صَدَقَةً وَأَوْصَلَ لِرَحِمٍ وَأَبْذَلَ لِنَفْسِهَا فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ مِنْ زَيْنَبَ مَا عَدَا سَوْرَةً مِنْ حِدٍّ كَانَ فِيهَا تُوشِكُ فِيهَا الْفَيْئَةُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ

   ✧ The wives of the Prophet ﷺ gathered and sent Fatimah to the Prophet ﷺ. They said to her: "Your wives" - and he mentioned a word meaning - "ask you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah." She said: She entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was with Aishah under her cloak. She said to him: "Your wives have sent me, and they ask you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah." The Prophet ﷺ said to her: "Do you love me?" She said: "Yes." He said: "Then love her." She said: I returned to them and told them what he had said to her. They said: "You have not done anything. Go back to him." She said: "By Allah, I will never go back to him about her again." She was truly the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then they sent Zaynab bint Jahsh. Aishah said: "She was the one who rivaled me among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ." She said: "Your wives have sent me, and they ask you for fairness regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah." Then she turned to me and insulted me. I began to watch the Prophet ﷺ and look at his eyes to see if he would allow me to defend myself against her. She said: She insulted me until I thought that he did not dislike me defending myself. So I confronted her, and it was not long before I silenced her. The Prophet ﷺ said to her: "She is the daughter of Abu Bakr." Aishah said: "I have never seen a woman with more good, more charity, more maintaining of kinship ties, and more devoted to exhausting herself in everything by which one draws near to Allah, may He be exalted, than Zaynab, except for a surge of sharpness that was in her, from which she quickly recovered." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This is an error; the correct version is the one before it.

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8844No grade recorded

   عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «فَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ»

   ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "The excellence of 'A'ishah over women is like the excellence of tharīd over all other food."

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8845No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «فَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ»

   The Prophet ﷺ said, "The superiority of ʿAisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid to other kinds of food. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 5419)

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8846No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ «لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِي عَائِشَةَ فَإِنَّهُ وَاللهِ مَا أَتَانِي الْوَحْيُ فِي لِحَافِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْكُنَّ إِلَّا هِيَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Umm Salamah, do not harm me regarding 'A'ishah, for by Allah, revelation has never come to me while I was in the blanket of any of you women except her."

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8847No grade recorded

    أَنَّ نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَلَّمْنَهَا أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَتَحَرُّونَ بِهَدَايَاهُمْ يَوْمَ عَائِشَةَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ «إِنَّا نُحِبُّ الْخَيْرَ كَمَا تُحِبُّ عَائِشَةَ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهَا فَلَمَّا دَارَ عَلَيْهَا كَلَّمَتْهُ أَيْضًا فَلَمْ يُجِبْهَا» وَقُلْنَ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيْكِ قَالَتْ «لَمْ يُجِبْنِي» قُلْنَ لَا تَدَعِيهِ حَتَّى يَرُدَّ عَلَيْكِ تَنْظُرِينَ مَا يَقُولُ فَلَمَّا دَارَ عَلَيْهَا الثَّالِثَةَ كَلَّمَتْهُ فَقَالَ «لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِي عَائِشَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ الْوَحْيُ وَأَنَا فِي لِحَافِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْكُنَّ إِلَّا فِي لِحَافِ عَائِشَةَ»

    ✧ The wives of the Prophet ﷺ spoke to her, that she should speak to the Prophet ﷺ, that people were seeking to send their gifts on 'A'ishah's day, and she should say to him: "We love good just as 'A'ishah loves it." So she spoke to him, but he did not answer her. When he came to her turn, she spoke to him again, but he did not answer her. They said, "What did he reply to you?" She said, "He did not answer me." They said, "Do not leave him until he replies to you, so you can see what he says." When he came to her the third time, she spoke to him, and he said: "Do not harm me regarding 'A'ishah, for revelation has never descended upon me while I was in the blanket of any of you women except in the blanket of 'A'ishah."

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8848No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّاسُ يَتَحَرُّونَ بِهَدَايَاهُمْ يَوْمَ عَائِشَةَ يَبْتَغُونَ بِذَلِكَ مَرْضَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «وَهَذَانِ الْحَدِيثَانِ صَحِيحَانِ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ»

    ✧ People would seek to send their gifts on 'A'ishah's day, seeking thereby the pleasure of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: "These two hadiths are authentic from 'Abdah."

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8849No grade recorded

    أُوحِيَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَقُمْتُ فَأَجَفْتُ الْبَابَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ فَلَمَّا رُفِّهَ عَنْهُ قَالَ لِي «يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ يُقْرِئُكِ السَّلَامَ»

    ✧ Revelation came to the Prophet ﷺ while I was with him, so I got up and closed the door between me and him. When he was relieved, he said to me: "O 'A'ishah, Jibril sends you greetings of peace."

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8850No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكِ السَّلَامَ» قُلْتُ «وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ تَرَى مَا لَا نَرَى»

    ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said to her: "Jibril sends you greetings of peace." I said: "And upon him be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. You see what we do not see."

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8851No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَائِشُ «هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكِ السَّلَامَ» مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الصَّوَابُ وَالَّذِي قَبْلَهُ خَطَأٌ 8852 وَعَنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْوَزِيرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُفَيْرٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ بِهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O 'A'ish, this is Jibril, and he sends you greetings of peace," the same exactly. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: "This is the correct version, and the one before it is a mistake." And from Ahmad b. Yahya b. al-Wazir b. Sulayman, from Sa'id b. 'Ufayr, from al-Layth, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid b. Musafir, from al-Zuhri, with it.

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8853No grade recorded

    قَالَ أَنَسٌ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عِنْدَ إِحْدَى أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَرْسَلَتْ أُخْرَى بِقَصْعَةٍ فِيهَا طَعَامٌ فَضَرَبَتْ يَدَ الرَّسُولِ فَسَقَطَتِ الْقَصْعَةُ فَانْكَسَرَتْ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْكِسْرَتَيْنِ فَضَمَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا إِلَى الْأُخْرَى فَجَعَلَ يَجْمَعُ فِيهَا الطَّعَامَ وَيَقُولُ «غَارَتْ أُمُّكُمْ كُلُوا فَأَكَلُوا فَأَمَرَ حَتَّى جَاءَتْ بِقَصْعَتِهَا الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِهَا فَدَفَعَ الْقَصْعَةَ الصَّحِيحَةَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَتَرَكَ الْمَكْسُورَةَ فِي بَيْتِ الَّتِي كَسَرَتْهَا»

    ✧ Anas said: The Prophet ﷺ was with one of the Mothers of the Believers, and another sent a bowl containing food. She struck the hand of the messenger, the bowl fell and broke. The Prophet ﷺ took the two broken pieces and joined one to the other, and began gathering the food in it, saying: "Your mother was jealous. Eat." So they ate. Then he waited until she brought her bowl that was in her house, and he gave the intact bowl to the messenger and left the broken one in the house of the one who broke it.

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8854No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا تَعْنِي أَتَتْ بِطَعَامٍ فِي صَحْفَةٍ لَهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَتْ عَائِشَةُ مُؤْتَزِرَةً بِكِسَاءٍ وَمَعَهَا فِهْرٌ فَفَلَقَتْ بِهِ الصَّحْفَةَ فَجَمَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَ فِلْقَتَيِ الصَّحْفَةِ وَيَقُولُ «كُلُوا غَارَتْ أُمُّكُمْ» مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَحْفَةَ عَائِشَةَ فَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَأَعْطَى صَحْفَةَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ لِعَائِشَةَ

    "Eat; your mother got jealous," twice. Then the Messenger of Allah took the dish of 'Aishah and sent it to Umm Salamah and he gave the dish of Umm Salamah to 'Aishah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3956)

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8855No grade recorded

    مَا رَأَيْتُ صَانِعَةَ طَعَامٍ مِثْلَ صَفِيَّةَ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَاءً فِيهِ طَعَامٌ فَمَا مَلَكَتْ نَفْسِي أَنْ كَسَرْتَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ كَفَّارَتِهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَاءٌ كَإِنَاءٍ وَطَعَامٌ كَطَعَامٍ»

    ✧ I have never seen a maker of food like Safiyyah. She sent to the Prophet ﷺ a vessel containing food, and I could not control myself, so I broke it. I asked the Prophet ﷺ about its expiation, and he said: "A vessel like the vessel and food like the food."

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8856No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَمْكُثُ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَيَشْرَبُ عِنْدَهَا عَسَلًا فَتَوَاصَيْتُ أَنَا وَحَفْصَةُ أَنَّ أَيَّتُنَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلْتَقُلْ إِنِّي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ وَلَنْ أَعُودَ لَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكَ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاةَ أَزْوَاجِكَ} {إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ} [التحريم 4] لِعَائِشَةَ وَحَفْصَةَ وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيثًا لِقَوْلِهِ «بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to stay with Zaynab bt. Jahsh and drink honey at her place. 'A'ishah and Hafsah conspired that whichever of us the Prophet ﷺ entered upon should say: "I detect on you the smell of maghafir; have you eaten maghafir?" He entered upon one of them and she said that to him. He said: "No, rather I drank honey at Zaynab bt. Jahsh's place, and I will not do so again." Then it was revealed: {O Prophet, why do you prohibit what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the pleasure of your wives} and {If you both repent to Allah} [al-Tahrim 4], referring to 'A'ishah and Hafsah. And when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement, referring to his saying: "Rather I drank honey."

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8857No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ يَطَؤُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَلْ بِهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكَ} [التحريم 1] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a slave woman whom he used to have intercourse with. 'A'ishah and Hafsah kept at him until he made her forbidden upon himself. So Allah Most High revealed: {O Prophet, why do you prohibit what Allah has made lawful for you} [al-Tahrim 1] to the end of the verse.

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8858No grade recorded

    الْتَمَسْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَدْخَلْتُ يَدِي فِي شَعْرِهِ فَقَالَ «قَدْ جَاءَكِ شَيْطَانُكِ» فَقُلْتُ أَمَا لَكَ شَيْطَانٌ؟ قَالَ «بَلَى وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ»

    "I looked for the Messenger of Allah and I put my hand on his hair." He said: "Your Shaitan has come to you." I said: "Don't you have a Shaitan?" He said: "Yes, but Allah helped me with him, so he submitted." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3960)

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8859No grade recorded

    فَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَتَحَسَّسْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَاكِعٌ أَوْ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ» فَقَالَتْ «بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّكَ لَفِي شَأْنٍ وَإِنِّي لَفِي آخَرَ»

    ✧ I lost the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night, and I thought that he had gone to one of his wives. I searched for him, and behold, he was bowing or prostrating, saying: "Glory be to You and praise; there is no god but You." She said: "May my father and mother be your ransom, you are in one matter and I am in another."

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8860No grade recorded

    افْتَقَدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَتَحَسَّسْتُهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَاكِعٌ أَوْ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ» فَقُلْتُ «بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّكَ لَفِي شَأْنٍ وَإِنِّي لَفِي آخَرَ»

    ✧ I missed the Prophet ﷺ one night and thought that he had gone to one of his other wives. I looked for him and then returned, and there he was, bowing or prostrating, saying: “Glory be to You and praise; there is no god but You.” I said: “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you; you are engaged in one matter and I am in another.”

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8861No grade recorded

    أَلَا أُحَدِّثَكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَنِّي؟ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَتْ «لَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتِي انْقَلَبَ فَوَضَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَوُضِعَ رِدَاءَهُ وَبَسَطَ طَرَفَ إِزَارِهِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا رَيْثَمَا ظَنَّ أَنِّي قَدْ رَقَدْتُ ثُمَّ انْتَعَلَ رُوَيْدًا وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ رُوَيْدًا ثُمَّ فَتَحَ الْبَابَ رُوَيْدًا فَخَرَجَ وَأَجَافَهُ رُوَيْدًا وَجَعَلْتُ دِرْعِي فِي رَأْسِي وَاخْتَمَرْتُ وَتَقَنَّعْتُ إِزَارِي وَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي أَثَرِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ ثُمَّ انْحَرَفَ وَانْحَرَفْتُ فَأَسْرَعَ فَأَسْرَعْتُ فَهَرْوَلَ فَهَرْوَلْتُ وَأَحْضَرَ وَأَحْضَرْتُ وَسَبَقْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِلَّا أَنِ اضْطَجَعْتُ فَدَخَلَ» فَقَالَ «مَا لَكِ يَا عَائِشُ رَابِيَةً؟» قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ «حَشْيَا» قُلْتُ لَا شَيْءَ قَالَ «لَتُخْبِرِنِّي أَوْ لَيُخْبِرَنِّي اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ قَالَ «أَنْتِ السَّوَادُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ أَمَامِي» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ «فَلَهَدَنِي لَهْدَةً فِي صَدْرِي أَوْجَعَنِي» قَالَ أَظَنَنْتِ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَتْ «مَهْمَا يَكْتُمُ النَّاسُ فَقَدْ عَلِمَهُ اللهُ» قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَانِي حِينَ رَأَيْتِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكِ وَقَدْ وَضَعْتِ ثِيَابَكِ فَنَادَانِي وَأَخْفَى مِنْكِ وَأَجَبْتُهُ فَأَخْفَيْتُهُ مِنْكِ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنْ قَدْ رَقَدْتِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَكِ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَسْتَوْحِشِي فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَهْلَ الْبَقِيعِ فَأَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ» خَالَفَهُ حَجَّاجٌ فَقَالَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ

    ✧ She said: “Shall I not tell you about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and about myself?” We said: “Yes.” She said: “When it was my night and he had turned in, he placed his sandals at his feet and laid down his cloak, and he spread the edge of his lower garment over his bed. He did not wait except as long as it took to think that I had gone to sleep. Then he put on his sandals slowly, took his cloak slowly, then opened the door slowly and went out, and closed it slowly. I put my shift over my head, veiled myself, and wrapped myself in my lower garment, and I set out following his tracks until he came to al-Baqi‘. He raised his hands three times and stood for a long time. Then he turned away and I turned away. He quickened his pace and I quickened mine. He ran and I ran. He hurried and I hurried, and I got ahead of him and entered, and no sooner had I lain down than he entered.” He said: “What is the matter with you, O ‘A’ish, that you are out of breath?” Sulayman said: I think he said: “panting.” I said: “Nothing.” He said: “You will either tell me or the Most Subtle, the All-Aware will tell me.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah,” and I told him the news. He said: “You are the dark figure I saw in front of me.” I said: “Yes.” She said: “He struck me a blow on my chest that hurt me.” He said: “Did you think that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?” She said: “Whatever people conceal, Allah knows it.” He said: “Yes, for Jibril came to me when you saw me, and he had not been entering upon you because you had taken off your clothes. He called me but concealed it from you, and I answered him but concealed it from you, and I thought that you had gone to sleep. I disliked waking you and feared that you would feel lonely. He commanded me to go to the people of al-Baqi‘ and ask forgiveness for them.” Hajjaj disagreed with him and said: from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Muhammad b. Qays.

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8862No grade recorded

    «أَلَا أُحَدِّثَكُمْ عَنِّي وَعَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَتْ «لَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتِي الَّتِي هُوَ عِنْدِي تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ انْقَلَبَ فَوَضَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ وَبَسَطَ طَرَفَ إِزَارِهِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا رَيْثَمَا ظَنَّ أَنِّي قَدْ رَقَدْتُ ثُمَّ انْتَعَلَ رُوَيْدًا وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ رُوَيْدًا ثُمَّ فَتَحَ الْبَابَ رُوَيْدًا وَخَرَجَ فَأَجَافَهُ رُوَيْدًا وَجَعَلْتُ دِرْعِي فِي رَأْسِي وَاخْتَمَرْتُ وَتَقَنَّعْتُ إِزَارِي وَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي أَثَرِهِ فَجَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ ثُمَّ انْحَرَفَ فَانْحَرَفْتُ فَأَسْرَعَ فَأَسْرَعْتُ وَهَرْوَلَ فَهَرْوَلْتُ فَأَحْضَرَ فَأَحْضَرْتُ وَسَبَقْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِلَّا أَنِ اضْطَجَعْتُ فَدَخَلَ» فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ يَا عَائِشُةُ حَشْيَا رَابِيَةً؟ قَالَتْ «لَا» قَالَ لَتُخْبِرِنِّي أَوْ لَيُخْبِرَنِّي اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ» قَالَ فَأَنْتِ السَّوَادُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ أَمَامِي قَالَتْ «نَعَمْ فَلَهَدَنِي فِي صَدْرِي لَهْدَةً أَوْجَعَتْنِي» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَظَنَنْتِ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ» قَالَتْ مَهْمَا يَكْتُمُ النَّاسُ فَقَدْ عَلِمَهُ اللهُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَانِي حِينَ رَأَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكِ وَقَدْ وَضَعْتِ ثِيَابَكِ فَنَادَانِي فَأَخْفَى مِنْكِ فَأَجَبْتُهُ فَأَخْفَيْتُ مِنْكِ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنْ قَدْ رَقَدْتِ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَسْتَوْحِشِي فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَهْلَ الْبَقِيعِ فأسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَثْبَتُ عِنْدَنَا مِنَ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ رِوَاهُ عَاصِمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا اللَّفْظِ

    ✧ She said: “Shall I not tell you about myself and the Prophet ﷺ?” We said: “Yes.” She said: “When it was my night on which he was with me—meaning the Prophet ﷺ—he turned in, placed his sandals at his feet, laid down his cloak, and spread the edge of his lower garment over his bed. He did not wait except as long as it took to think that I had gone to sleep. Then he put on his sandals slowly, took his cloak slowly, then opened the door slowly and went out, and closed it slowly. I put my shift over my head, veiled myself, and wrapped myself in my lower garment, and I set out following his tracks. He came to al-Baqi‘, raised his hands three times, and stood for a long time. Then he turned away and I turned away. He quickened his pace and I quickened mine. He ran and I ran. He hurried and I hurried, and I got ahead of him and entered, and no sooner had I lain down than he entered.” He said: “What is the matter with you, O ‘A’ishah, panting and out of breath?” She said: “No.” He said: “You will either tell me or the Most Subtle, the All-Aware will tell me.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you,” and I told him the news. He said: “So you are the dark figure I saw in front of me.” She said: “Yes.” He struck me a blow on my chest that hurt me. Then he said: “Did you think that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?” She said: “Whatever people conceal, Allah knows it.” He said: “Yes, for Jibril came to me when you saw me, and he had not been entering upon you because you had taken off your clothes. He called me but concealed it from you, and I answered him but concealed it from you, and I thought that you had gone to sleep. I disliked waking you and feared that you would feel lonely. He commanded me to go to the people of al-Baqi‘ and ask forgiveness for them.” Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said: “Hajjaj b. Muhammad is more reliable in our view than Ibn Wahb in narrating from Ibn Jurayj. ‘Asim narrated it from ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amir b. Rabi‘ah from ‘A’ishah with a different wording.”

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8863No grade recorded

    «فَقَدْتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ» قَالَ «سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَإِنَّا لَاحِقُونَ اللهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُمْ وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُمْ» قَالَتْ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «وَيْحَهَا لَوْ تَسْتَطِيعُ مَا فَعَلَتْ»

    ✧ She said: “I missed him during the night and followed him, and there he was at al-Baqi‘.” He said: “Peace be upon you, abode of a believing people. You have gone ahead of us, and we shall join you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward and do not try us after them.” She said: “Then he turned to me and said: ‘Woe to her! If only she could do what she did.’”

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8864No grade recorded

    مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَهَا قَالَتْ «وَتَزَوَّجَنِي بَعْدَهَا بِثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ»

    ✧ She said: “I was not jealous of any woman as I was jealous of Khadijah, because of how much the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned her.” She said: “And he married me three years after her.”

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8865No grade recorded

    مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ عَلَيَّ زَيْنَبُ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ وَهِيَ غَضْبَى ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَسْبُكَ إِذَا قَلَبَتْ لَكَ ابْنَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ذُرَيْعَتَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيَّ فَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهَا حَتَّى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «دُونَكِ فَانْتَصِرِي فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا قَدْ يَبِسَتْ رِيقُهَا فِي فِيهَا مَا تَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَهَلَّلُ وَجْهُهُ»

    ✧ She said: “I did not know until Zaynab entered upon me without permission, and she was angry. Then she said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘It is enough for you when the daughter of Abu Bakr turns her two arms over for you.’ Then she turned to me, and I turned away from her, until the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Go ahead and defend yourself.’ So I turned to her until I saw that her saliva had dried up in her mouth and she could not say anything back to me. And I saw the Prophet’s ﷺ face beaming.”

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8866No grade recorded

    «مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ عَلَيَّ زَيْنَبُ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ وَهِيَ غَضْبَى» ثُمَّ قَالَتْ حَسْبُكَ إِذَا قَلَبَتْ لَكَ ابْنَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ذُرَيْعَتَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيَّ فَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «دُونَكِ فَانْتَصِرِي فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا قَدْ يَبِسَتْ رِيقُهَا فِي فَمِهَا فَمَا رَدَّتْ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَهَلَّلُ وَجْهُهُ» خَالَفَهُ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ 8867 أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْبَهِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ عَلَيَّ زَيْنَبُ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ وَهِيَ غَضْبَى فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ She said: “I did not know until Zaynab entered upon me without permission, and she was angry.” Then she said: “It is enough for you when the daughter of Abu Bakr turns her two arms over for you.” Then she turned to me, and I turned away from her. The Prophet ﷺ said to me: “Go ahead and defend yourself.” So I turned to her until I saw that her saliva had dried up in her mouth and she did not say anything back to me. And I saw the Prophet’s ﷺ face beaming.” Ishaq b. Yusuf disagreed with him: 8867 — Muhammad b. Isma‘il b. Ibrahim reported to me, he said: Ishaq narrated to us from Zakariyya, from Khalid b. Salamah, from al-Bahi, from ‘A’ishah, she said: “I did not know until Zaynab entered upon me without permission, and she was angry,” and he mentioned something similar.

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8868No grade recorded

    عَائِشَةُ زَارَتْنَا سَوْدَةُ يَوْمًا فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَا إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ فِي حِجْرِي وَالْأُخْرَى فِي حِجْرِهَا فَعَمِلْتُ لَهَا حَرِيرَةً أَوْ قَالَ «خَزِيرَةً» فَقُلْتُ كُلِي فَأَبَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَتَأْكُلِي أَوْ لَأُلَطِّخَنَّ وَجْهَكِ فَأَبَتْ فَأَخَذْتُ مِنَ الْقَصْعَةِ شَيْئًا فَلَطَّخْتُ بِهِ وَجْهَهَا فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رِجْلَهُ مِنْ حِجْرِهَا تَسْتَقِيدُ مِنِّي فَأَخَذَتْ مِنَ الْقَصْعَةِ شَيْئًا فَلَطَّخَتْ بِهِ وَجْهِي وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَضْحَكُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ يَقُولُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قُومَا فَاغْسِلَا وُجُوهَكُمَا فَلَا أَحْسِبُ عُمَرَ إِلَّا دَاخِلًا»

    ✧ Aisha visited us one day, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat between her and me, with one of his legs in my room and the other in her room. So, I made something for her with silk or he said "wool". I said, "Eat it," but she refused. I then said, "Eat it, or I will smear your face." She still refused. So, I took something from the cup and smeared her face with it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lifted his leg from her room and asked me to give him something from the cup to smear my face with, and he laughed. Then, Umar said, "O Abdullah bin Umar, O Abdullah bin Umar!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "Get up and wash your faces, for Umar is about to enter."

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8869No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ كَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ تَفْخَرُ عَلَى نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ أَنْكَحَنِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَفِيهَا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ

    ✧ I heard Anas say: “Zaynab used to boast over the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, saying: ‘Allah married me from the heaven.’ And in her regard the verse of hijab was revealed.”

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8870No grade recorded

    بَلَغَ صَفِيَّةَ أَنَّ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ «ابْنَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَبَكَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي» فَقَالَ «مَا يُبْكِيكِ؟» قَالَتْ قَالَتْ لِي حَفْصَةُ ابْنَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّكِ لَابْنَةُ نَبِيٍّ وَإِنَّ عَمَّكِ نَبِيٌّ وَإِنَّكِ لَتَحْتَ نَبِيٍّ فَبِمَ تَفْخَرُ عَلَيْكِ؟» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اتَّقِي اللهَ يَا حَفْصَةُ»

    ✧ It reached Safiyyah that Hafsah had said, “Daughter of a Jew.” So she wept, and the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her while she was weeping. He said, “What makes you weep?” She said, “Hafsah said to me, ‘Daughter of a Jew.’” The Prophet ﷺ said, “You are indeed the daughter of a prophet, your uncle is a prophet, and you are under a prophet—so what can she boast over you about?” Then he said, “Fear Allah, O Hafsah.”

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8871No grade recorded

    «جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي زَوْجًا وَلِي ضَرَّةٌ أَفَأَقُولُ أَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَكَسَانِي كَذَا وَهُوَ كَذِبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»

    ✧ A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have a husband and a co-wife. Can I say that he gave me such-and-such and clothed me with such-and-such, when it is a lie?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The one who claims to have been given what he was not given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.”

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8872No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّ لِي ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنْ تَشَبَّعْتُ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِغَيْرِ الَّذِي يُعْطِينِي؟» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «هَذَا الصَّوَابُ وَالَّذِي قَبْلَهُ خَطَأٌ» 8873 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ «أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ»

    ✧ A woman said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have a co-wife. Is there any sin on me if I pretend from my husband that he gave me what he did not give me?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The one who claims to have been given what he was not given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.” Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said: “This is the correct version, and the one before it is a mistake.” 8873 — Muhammad b. Adam reported to us from ‘Abdah, from Hisham, from Fatimah, from Asma’, she said: “A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ,” and he mentioned something similar.

35. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8874No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا مَعَهُ وَكَانَ يَقْسِمُ لِكُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ يَوْمَهَا وَلَيْلَتَهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتَ زَمْعَةَ وَهَبَتْ يَوْمَهَا وَلَيْلَتَهَا لِعَائِشَةَ تَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ رِضَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ She said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to travel, he would cast lots among his wives, and whichever of them the lot fell upon, he would take her with him. And he used to allot for each of his wives her day and night, except that Sawdah bt. Zam‘ah gave her day and night to ‘A’ishah, seeking thereby the pleasure of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8875No grade recorded

    حَضَرْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ جِنَازَةَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِسَرِفَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «هَذِهِ زَوْجُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ نَعْشَهَا فَلَا تُزَعْزِعُوهَا وَلَا تُزَلْزِلُوهَا وَارْفُقُوا فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تِسْعٌ فَكَانَ يَقْسِمُ لِثَمَانٍ وَلَا يَقْسِمُ لِوَاحِدَةٍ»

    ✧ We attended with Ibn ‘Abbas the funeral of Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, at Sarif. Ibn ‘Abbas said: “This is the wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So when you lift her bier, do not shake her or jolt her, and be gentle. For the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had nine wives, and he used to allot for eight of them but did not allot for one.”

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8876No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ «فَلَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا» وَقَالَ لَهَا «لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ married her — and Ya'qub said: "When he married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her three days and said to her: 'You are not disgraced before your family. If you wish, I will devote seven days to you, and if I devote seven days to you, I will devote seven days to my wives.'"

38. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8877No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ قَالَتْ لَمَّا وَضَعَتْ زَيْنَبُ جَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَخَطَبَنِي فَقُلْتُ «مَا مِثْلِي تُنْكَحُ أَمَا أَنَا فَلَا وَلَدَ فِيَّ وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ ذَاتُ عِيَالٍ» قَالَ «أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكِ وَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ فَيُذْهِبُهَا اللهُ وَأَمَّا الْعِيَالُ فَإِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِيهَا» وَيَقُولُ «أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟» حَتَّى جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ يَوْمًا فَاخْتَلَجَهَا فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ تَمْنَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ تُرْضِعُهَا فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟» قَالَتْ قُرَيْبَةٌ «وَوَافَقَهَا عِنْدَهَا أَخَذَهَا عَمَّارٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنَا أَجِيئُكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ» فَبَاتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ «إِنَّ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ كَرَامَةً فَإِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ أُسَبِّعْ أُسَبِّعْ لِنِسَائِي»

    ✧ Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, informed him: She said: When Zaynab gave birth, the Prophet ﷺ came to me and proposed to me. I said: 'One like me is not to be married. As for me, I have no child, and I am jealous and have dependents.' He said: 'I am older than you. As for jealousy, Allah will remove it. As for dependents, they are to Allah and His Messenger.' So he married her, and he began to come to her and say: 'Where is Zunab?' until one day 'Ammar came and took her away. He said: 'This one prevents the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' She was suckling her. Then the Prophet ﷺ came and said: 'Where is Zunab?' Quraybah said: 'And he found her with her; 'Ammar had taken her.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'I will come to you tonight.' So the Prophet ﷺ spent the night, then in the morning he said when morning came: 'You have honor before your family. If you wish, I will devote seven days to you, and if I devote seven, I will devote seven to my wives.'

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8878No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَغَارُ عَلَى اللَّاتِي وَهَبْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقُولُ أَوَ تَهِبُ الْمَرْأَةُ نَفْسَهَا لِلرَّجُلِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي} [الأحزاب 51] إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ قُلْتُ «وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى رَبَّكَ إِلَّا يُسَارِعُ لَكَ فِي هَوَاكَ»

    ✧ I used to be jealous of those who offered themselves to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I would say: 'Does a woman offer herself to a man?' Then Allah, Exalted is He, sent down: {You may defer any of them you wish, and take in marriage any you wish, and any you desire of those you had set aside; there is no blame on you} [al-Ahzab: 51]. I said: 'By Allah, I do not think your Lord but hastens to fulfill your desire.'

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8879No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا «كَانَتْ فِيمَنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ»

    ✧ She was among those who offered herself to the Prophet ﷺ.

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8880No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to travel, he would cast lots among his wives, and whoever's lot came out, he would travel with her.

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8881No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا مَعَهُ

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to travel, he would cast lots among his wives, and whoever's lot came out, he would travel with her.

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8882No grade recorded

    حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا فَبَرَّأَهَا اللهُ قَالَ وَكُلُّهُمْ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنْ حَدِيثِهَا وَبَعْضُهُمْ كَانَ أَوْعَى لِحَدِيثِهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَأَثْبَتَ لَهُ اقْتِصَاصًا وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمُ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَبَعْضُ حَدِيثِهِمْ يُصَدِّقُ بَعْضًا وَإِنْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ قَالُوا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَهُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَنَا فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا فَخَرَجَ فِيهَا سَهْمِي فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَمَا نَزَلَ الْحِجَابُ فَكُنْتُ أُحْمَلُ فِي هَوْدَجٍ وَأَنْزِلُ فِيهِ فَسِرْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَتِهِ تِلْكَ وَقَفَلَ دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَافِلِينَ آذَنَ لَيْلَةً بِالرَّحِيلِ فَقُمْتُ حِينَ آذَنُوا بِالرَّحِيلِ فَمَشَيْتُ حَتَّى جَاوَزْتُ الْجَيْشَ فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ شَأْنِي أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَحْلِي فَالْتَمَسْتُ صَدْرِي فَإِذَا عِقْدٌ لِي مِنْ جَزْعِ ظَفَارٍ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَالْتَمَسْتُ عِقْدِي فَحَبَسَنِي ابْتِغَاؤُهُ وَأَقْبَلَ الرَّهْطُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُرَحِّلُونِي فَاحْتَمَلُوا هَوْدَجِي فَرَحَلُوهُ عَلَى بَعِيرِي الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرْكَبُ وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنِّي فِيهِ وَكَانَ النِّسَاءُ إِذْ ذَاكَ خِفَافًا لَمْ يُهَبَّلْنَ وَلَمْ يَغْشَهُنَّ اللَّحْمُ إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلْنَ الْعُلْقَةَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَنْكِرِ الْقَوْمُ خِفَّةَ الْهَوْدَجِ حِينَ رَفَعُوهُ وَحَمَلُوهُ وَكُنْتُ جَارِيَةً حَدِيثَةَ السِّنِّ فَبَعَثُوا الْجَمَلَ وَسَارُوا وَوَجَدْتُ عِقْدِي بَعْدَمَا اسْتَمَرَّ الْجَيْشُ فَجِئْتُ مَنَازِلَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ بِهَا مِنْهُمْ دَاعٍ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ فَتَيَمَّمْتُ مَنْزِلِي الَّذِي كُنْتُ بِهِ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَفْقِدُونِي فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيَّ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسَةٌ فِي مَنْزِلِي غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي فَنِمْتُ وَكَانَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ السُّلَمِيُّ ثُمَّ الذَّكْوَانِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجَيْشِ فَأَصْبَحَ عِنْدَ مَنْزِلِي فَرَأَى سَوَادَ إِنْسَانٍ فَعَرَفَنِي حِينَ رَآنِي وَكَانَ يَرَانِي قَبْلَ الْحِجَابِ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ بِاسْتِرْجَاعِهِ حِينَ عَرَفَنِي فَخَمَّرْتُ وَجْهِي بِجِلْبَابِي وَاللهِ مَا تَكَلَّمْنَا كَلِمَةً وَلَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً غَيْرَ اسْتِرْجَاعِهِ وَهَوَى حَتَّى أَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَوَطِئَ عَلَى يَدِهَا فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَرَكِبْتُهَا فَانْطَلَقَ يَقُودُ بِيَ الرَّاحِلَةَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْجَيْشَ مُوغِرِينَ فِي نَحْرِ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَهُمْ نُزُولٌ فَهَلَكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ وَكَانَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَ الْإِفْكِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيِّ ابْنِ سَلُولٍ» قَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُسَبَّ عِنْدَهَا حَسَّانٌ وَتَقُولُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ قَالَ [البحر الوافر] فَإِنَّ أَبِي وَوَالِدَهُ وَعِرْضِي لِعْرِضِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْكُمْ وِقَاءُ [169] قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَاشْتَكَيْتُ حِينَ قَدِمْنَا شَهْرًا وَالنَّاسُ يُفِيضُونَ فِي قَوْلِ أَصْحَابِ الْإِفْكِ لَا أَشْعُرُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ يَرِيبُنِي فِي وَجَعِي أَنِّي لَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اللُّطْفَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرَى مِنْهُ حِينَ أَشْتَكِي إِنَّمَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «كَيْفَ تِيكُمْ؟» ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ فَذَلِكَ يَرِيبُنِي وَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِالشَّرِّ حَتَّى خَرَجْتُ حِينَ نَقِهْتُ فَخَرَجَتْ مَعِي أُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ قِبَلَ الْمَنَاصِعِ وَكَانَتْ مُتَبَرَّزَنَا وَكُنَّا لَا نَخْرُجُ إِلَّا لَيْلًا إِلَى لَيْلٍ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُتَّخَذَ الْكُنُفُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ بُيُوتِنَا وَأَمْرُنَا أَمْرُ الْعَرَبِ الْأُولَى وَكُنَّا نَتَأَذَّى بِالْكُنُفِ أَنْ نَتَّخِذَهَا عِنْدَ بُيُوتِنَا فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَأَمُّ مِسْطَحٍ قِبَلَ بَيْتِي حِينَ فَرَغْنَا مِنْ شَأْنِنَا فَعَثَرَتْ أُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ فِي مِرْطِهَا فَقَالَتْ «تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ» فَقُلْتُ لَهَا بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتِ أَتَسُبِّينَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ بَدْرًا؟ قَالَتْ أَيْ هَنْتَاهُ أَوَ لَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قَالَ؟ قُلْتُ وَمَا قَالَ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي بِقَوْلِ أَهْلِ الْإِفْكِ فَازْدَدْتُ مَرَضًا عَلَى مَرَضِي فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِي دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ تِيكُمْ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَبَوَيَّ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَيْقِنَ الْخَبَرَ مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا فَأَذِنَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجِئْتُ أَبَوَيَّ فَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّي يَا أُمَّتَاهُ مَاذَا يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَتْ يَا بُنَيَّةُ هَوِّنِي عَلَيْكِ فَوَاللهِ لَقَلَّمَا كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ قَطُّ وَضِيئَةٌ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّهَا لَهَا ضَرَائِرُ إِلَّا كَثَّرْنَ عَلَيْهَا [170] فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ أَوَ لَقَدْ تَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ بِهَذَا؟ فَبَكَيْتُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ لَا يَرْقَأُ لِي دَمْعٌ وَلَا أَكْتَحِلُ بِنَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحْتُ أَبْكِي فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ حِينَ اسْتَلْبَثَ الْوَحْيُ يَسْتَشِيرُهُمَا فِي فِرَاقِ أَهْلِهِ فَأَمَّا أُسَامَةُ فَأَشَارَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالَّذِي يَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَرَاءَةِ أَهْلِهِ وَبِالَّذِي يَعْلَمُ لَهُمْ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ «أَهْلُكَ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا» وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ يُضَيِّقِ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ وَالنِّسَاءُ سِوَاهَا كَثِيرٌ وَسَلِ الْجَارِيَةَ تَصْدُقْكَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ «أَيْ بَرِيرَةُ هَلْ رَأَيْتِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَرِيبُكِ؟» قَالَتْ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَطُّ أَمْرًا أَغْمِصُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنَّهَا جَارِيَةٌ حَدِيثَةُ السِّنِّ تَنَامُ عَنْ عَجِينِ أَهْلِهَا فَيَأْتِي الدَّاجِنُ فَيأْكُلُهُ قَالَتْ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَاسْتَعْذَرَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَنْ يَعْذِرُنِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَذَاهُ فِي أَهْلِي وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي إِلَّا خَيْرًا وَلَقَدْ ذَكَرُوا رَجُلًا مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا خَيْرًا وَمَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِي إِلَّا مَعِي فَقَامَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا أَعْذِرُ مِنْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَوْسِ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ أَمَرْتَنَا فَفَعَلْنَا أَمْرَكَ قَالَتْ وَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ حَسَّانٍ ابْنَةَ عَمِّهِ مِنْ فَخِذِهِ وَهُوَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ وَهُوَ سَيِّدُ الْخَزْرَجِ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا وَلَكِنِ احْتَمَلَتْهُ الْحَمِيَّةُ فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ لَا تَقْتُلُهُ وَلَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ فَقَامَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ لَيَقْتُلَنَّهُ فَإِنَّكَ مُنَافِقٌ تُجَادِلُ عَنِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَثَارَ الْحَيَّانِ الْأَوْسُ وَالْخَزْرَجُ [171] حَتَّى هَمُّوا أَنْ يَقْتَتِلُوا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُخَفِّضُهُمْ حَتَّى سَكَتُوا وَسَكَتَ قَالَتْ وَبَكَيْتُ يَوْمِي ذَلِكَ لَا يَرْقَأُ لِي دَمْعٌ وَلَمْ أَكْتَحِلْ بِنَوْمٍ وَأَصْبَحَ أَبَوَايَ عِنْدِي وَقَدْ بَقِيتُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ وَيَوْمًا لَا أَكْتَحِلُ بِنَوْمٍ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْبُكَاءَ فَالِقٌ كَبِدِي فَبَيْنَا أَبَوَايَ جَالِسَانِ عِنْدِي وَأَنَا أَبْكِي اسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَيَّ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَأَذِنْتُ لَهَا فَجَلَسَتْ تَبْكِي مَعِي فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ عِنْدِي مُنْذُ قِيلَ مَا قِيلَ قَبْلَهَا وَلَقَدْ لَبِثَ شَهْرًا لَا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ فِي شَأْنِي بِشَيْءٍ فَتَشَهَّدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ يَا عَائِشَةُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنْ كُنْتِ بَرِيئَةً فَسَيُبَرِّئُكِ اللهُ وَإِنْ كُنْتِ أَلْمَمْتِ بِذَنْبٍ فَاسْتَغْفِرِي اللهَ وَتُوبِي إِلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا اعْتَرَفَ بِذَنْبٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ» فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَالَتَهُ قَلَصَ دَمْعِي حَتَّى مَا أُحِسُّ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً وَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّي أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا قَالَ قَالَتْ وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا جَارِيَةٌ حَدِيثَةُ السِّنِّ لَا أَقْرَأُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَثِيرًا إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى اسْتَقَرَّ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَصَدَّقْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ لَا تُصَدِّقُونِي وَلَئِنِ اعْتَرَفْتُ لَكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْهُ بَرِيئَةٌ لَتُصَدِّقُنِّي فَوَاللهِ لَا أَجِدُ لِي مَثَلًا وَلَا لَكُمْ إِلَّا أَبَا يُوسُفَ حِينَ قَالَ {فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ} [يوسف 18] ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْتُ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ عَلَى فِرَاشِي وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ حِينَئِذٍ أَنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ وَإِنَّ اللهَ مُبَرِّئِي بِبَرَاءَتِي وَلَكِنْ وَاللهِ مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ اللهَ مَنْزِلٌ فِي شَأْنِي وَحْيًا يُتْلَى لَشَأْنِي فِي نَفْسِي كَانَ أَحْقَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ فِيَّ بِأَمْرٍ [172] وَلَكِنْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَرَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ رُؤْيَا يُبَرِّئُنِي اللهُ بِهَا قَالَتْ فَوَاللهِ مَا رَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَجْلَسَهُ وَلَا خَرَجَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ مَا كَانَ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنَ الْبُرَحَاءِ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَدَّرُ مِنْهُ الْعَرَقُ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ وَهُوَ فِي يَوْمٍ شَاتٍ مِنْ ثِقَلِ الْقَوْلِ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَسُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ كَلِمَةٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا أَنْ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ «أَمَّا اللهُ فَقَدْ بَرَّأَكِ» فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي قُومِي إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ وَاللهِ لَا أَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنِّي لَا أَحْمَدُ إِلَّا اللهَ قَالَتْ وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَكُمْ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ} الْعَشْرَ الْآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ هَذَا فِي بَرَاءَتِي قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ وَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ لِقَرَابَتِهِ وَفَقْرِهِ وَاللهِ لَا أُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا بَعْدَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَنْ يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَلَى وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لِي فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مِسْطَحٍ الَّذِي كَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَا أَنْزِعُهَا مِنْهُ أَبَدًا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ عَنْ أَمْرِي فَقَالَ لِزَيْنَبَ مَاذَا عَلِمْتِ أَوْ رَأَيْتِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَصَمَهَا اللهُ بِالْوَرَعِ وَطَفِقَتْ أُخْتُهَا حَمْنَةُ تُحَارِبُ لَهَا فَهَلَكَتْ فِيمَنْ هَلَكَ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَهَذَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطِ

    Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to go on a journey, he used to draw lots amongst his wives, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to take with him the one on whom lot fell. He drew lots amongst us during one of the Ghazwat which he fought. The lot fell on me and so I proceeded with Messenger of Allah ﷺ after Allah's order of veiling (the women) had been revealed. I was carried (on the back of a camel) in my howdah and carried down while still in it (when we came to a halt). So we went on till Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished from that Ghazwa of his and returned. When we approached the city of Medina he announced at night that it was time for departure. So when they announced the news of departure, I got up and went away from the army camps, and after finishing from the call of nature, I came back to my riding animal. I touched my chest to find that my necklace which was made of Zifar beads (i.e. Yemenite beads partly black and partly white) was missing. So I returned to look for my necklace and my search for it detained me. (In the meanwhile) the people who used to carry me on my camel, came and took my howdah and put it on the back of my camel on which I used to ride, as they considered that I was in it. In those days women were light in weight for they did not get fat, and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as they used to eat only a little food. Those people therefore, disregarded the lightness of the howdah while lifting and carrying it; and at that time I was still a young girl. They made the camel rise and all of them left (along with it). I found my necklace after the army had gone. Then I came to their camping place to find no call maker of them, nor one who would respond to the call. So I intended to go to the place where I used to stay, thinking that they would miss me and come back to me (in my search). While I was sitting in my resting place, I was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. Safwan bin Al-Muattal As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the army. When he reached my place in the morning, he saw the figure of a sleeping person and he recognized me on seeing me as he had seen me before the order of compulsory veiling (was prescribed). So I woke up when he recited Istirja' (i.e. "Inna li l-lahi wa inna llaihi raji'un") as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face with my head cover at once, and by Allah, we did not speak a single word, and I did not hear him saying any word besides his Istirja'. He dismounted from his camel and made it kneel down, putting his leg on its front legs and then I got up and rode on it. Then he set out leading the camel that was carrying me till we overtook the army in the extreme heat of midday while they were at a halt (taking a rest). (Because of the event) some people brought destruction upon themselves and the one who spread the Ifk (i.e. slander) more, was ʿAbdullah bin Ubai Ibn Salul." (Urwa said, "The people propagated the slander and talked about it in his (i.e. ʿAbdullah's) presence and he confirmed it and listened to it and asked about it to let it prevail." ʿUrwa also added, "None was mentioned as members of the slanderous group besides (ʿAbdullah) except Hassan bin Thabit and Mistah bin Uthatha and Hamna bint Jahsh along with others about whom I have no knowledge, but they were a group as Allah said. It is said that the one who carried most of the slander was ʿAbdullah bin Ubai bin Salul." ʿUrwa added, "ʿAisha disliked to have Hassan abused in her presence and she used to say, 'It was he who said: My father and his (i.e. my father's) father and my honor are all for the protection of Muhammad's honor from you."). ʿAisha added, "After we returned to Medina, I became ill for a month. The people were propagating the forged statements of the slanderers while I was unaware of anything of all that, but I felt that in my present ailment, I was not receiving the same kindness from Messenger of Allah ﷺ as I used to receive when I got sick. (But now) Messenger of Allah ﷺ would only come, greet me and say,' How is that (lady)?' and leave. That roused my doubts, but I did not discover the evil (i.e. slander) till I went out after my convalescence, I went out with Um Mistah to Al-Manasi' where we used to answer the call of nature and we used not to go out (to answer the call of nature) except at night, and that was before we had latrines near our houses. And this habit of our concerning evacuating the bowels, was similar to the habits of the old 'Arabs living in the deserts, for it would be troublesome for us to take latrines near our houses. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm bin Al-Muttalib bin ʿAbd Manaf, whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr bin 'Amir and the aunt of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and whose son was Mistah bin Uthatha bin ʿAbbas bin Al-Muttalib, went out. I and Um Mistah returned to my house after we finished answering the call of nature. Um Mistah stumbled by getting her foot entangled in her covering sheet and on that she said, 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said, 'What a hard word you have said. Do you abuse a man who took part in the battle of Badr?' On that she said, 'O you Hantah! Didn't you hear what he (i.e. Mistah) said? 'I said, 'What did he say?' Then she told me the slander of the people of Ifk. So my ailment was aggravated, and when I reached my home, Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me, and after greeting me, said, 'How is that (lady)?' I said, 'Will you allow me to go to my parents?' as I wanted to be sure about the news through them. Allah's Apostle allowed me (and I went to my parents) and asked my mother, 'O mother! What are the people talking about?' She said, 'O my daughter! Don't worry, for scarcely is there a charming woman who is loved by her husband and whose husband has other wives besides herself that they (i.e. women) would find faults with her.' I said, 'Subhan-Allah! (I testify the uniqueness of Allah). Are the people really talking in this way?' I kept on weeping that night till dawn I could neither stop weeping nor sleep then in the morning again, I kept on weeping. When the Divine Inspiration was delayed. Messenger of Allah ﷺ called ʿAli bin Abi Talib and Usama bin Zaid to ask and consult them about divorcing me. Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of my innocence, and the respect he preserved in himself for me. Usama said, '(O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!) She is your wife and we do not know anything except good about her.' ʿAli bin Abi Talib said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Allah does not put you in difficulty and there are plenty of women other than she, yet, ask the maid-servant who will tell you the truth.' On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Barira (i.e. the maid-servant) and said, 'O Barira! Did you ever see anything which aroused your suspicion?' Barira said to him, 'By Him Who has sent you with the Truth. I have never seen anything in her (i.e. Aisha) which I would conceal, except that she is a young girl who sleeps leaving the dough of her family exposed so that the domestic goats come and eat it.' So, on that day, Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up on the pulpit and complained about ʿAbdullah bin Ubai (bin Salul) before his companions, saying, 'O you Muslims! Who will relieve me from that man who has hurt me with his evil statement about my family? By Allah, I know nothing except good about my family and they have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and he used never to enter my home except with me.' Saʿd bin Muʿadh the brother of Banu ʿAbd Al-Ashhal got up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I will relieve you from him; if he is from the tribe of Al-Aus, then I will chop his head off, and if he is from our brothers, i.e. Al-Khazraj, then order us, and we will fulfill your order.' On that, a man from Al-Khazraj got up. Um Hassan, his cousin, was from his branch tribe, and he was Saʿd bin Ubada, chief of Al-Khazraj. Before this incident, he was a pious man, but his love for his tribe goaded him into saying to Saʿd (bin Muʿadh). 'By Allah, you have told a lie; you shall not and cannot kill him. If he belonged to your people, you would not wish him to be killed.' On that, Usaid bin Hudair who was the cousin of Saʿd (bin Muʿadh) got up and said to Saʿd bin 'Ubada, 'By Allah! You are a liar! We will surely kill him, and you are a hypocrite arguing on the behalf of hypocrites.' On this, the two tribes of Al-Aus and Al Khazraj got so much excited that they were about to fight while Messenger of Allah ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept on quietening them till they became silent and so did he. All that day I kept on weeping with my tears never ceasing, and I could never sleep. In the morning my parents were with me and I wept for two nights and a day with my tears never ceasing and I could never sleep till I thought that my liver would burst from weeping. So, while my parents were sitting with me and I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked me to grant her admittance. I allowed her to come in, and when she came in, she sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state, Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with me since that day of the slander. A month had elapsed and no Divine Inspiration came to him about my case. Allah's Apostle then recited Tashah-hud and then said, 'Amma Badu, O ʿAisha! I have been informed so-andso about you; if you are innocent, then soon Allah will reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for when a slave confesses his sins and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts his repentance.' (continued...) (continuing... 1): -5.462:...... When Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his speech, my tears ceased flowing completely that I no longer felt a single drop of tear flowing. I said to my father, 'Reply to Messenger of Allah ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said.' My father said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' Then I said to my mother, 'Reply to Messenger of Allah ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said.' She said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' In spite of the fact that I was a young girl and had a little knowledge of Qur'an, I said, 'By Allah, no doubt I know that you heard this (slanderous) speech so that it has been planted in your hearts (i.e. minds) and you have taken it as a truth. Now if I tell you that I am innocent, you will not believe me, and if confess to you about it, and Allah knows that I am innocent, you will surely believe me. By Allah, I find no similitude for me and you except that of Joseph's father when he said, '(For me) patience in the most fitting against that which you assert; it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought.' Then I turned to the other side and lay on my bed; and Allah knew then that I was innocent and hoped that Allah would reveal my innocence. But, by Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal about my case, Divine Inspiration, that would be recited (forever) as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something of my concern, but I hoped that Messenger of Allah ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. But, by Allah, before Messenger of Allah ﷺ left his seat and before any of the household left, the Divine inspiration came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him, (when he used to be inspired Divinely). The sweat was dropping from his body like pearls though it was a wintry day and that was because of the weighty statement which was being revealed to him. When that state of Messenger of Allah ﷺ was over, he got up smiling, and the first word he said was, 'O ʿAisha! Allah has declared your innocence!' Then my Mother said to me, 'Get up and go to him (i.e. Messenger of Allah ﷺ). I replied, 'By Allah, I will not go to him, and I praise none but Allah. So Allah revealed the ten Verses:- - "Verily! They who spread the slander Are a gang, among you............." (24.11-20) Allah revealed those Qur'anic Verses to declare my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to disburse money for Mistah bin Uthatha because of his relationship to him and his poverty, said, 'By Allah, I will never give to Mistah bin Uthatha anything after what he has said about Aisha.' Then Allah revealed:-- "And let not those among you who are good and wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kinsmen, those in need, and those who have left their homes for Allah's cause, let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is oft-Forgiving Most Merciful." (24.22) Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, 'Yes, by Allah, I would like that Allah forgive me.' and went on giving Mistah the money he used to give him before. He also added, 'By Allah, I will never deprive him of it at all.' Aisha further said:." Messenger of Allah ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. his wife) about my case. He said to Zainab, 'What do you know and what did you see?" She replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I refrain from claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By Allah, I know nothing except good (about ʿAisha).' From amongst the wives of the Prophet ﷺ Zainab was my peer (in beauty and in the love she received from the Prophet) but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety. Her sister Hamna, started struggling on her behalf and she was destroyed along with those who were destroyed. The man who was blamed said, 'Subhan-Allah! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I have never uncovered the cover (i.e. veil) of any female.' Later on the man was martyred in Allah's Cause." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4141)

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8883No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ فَطَارَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ عَلَى عَائِشَةِ وَحَفْصَةَ فَخَرَجَتَا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ بِاللَّيْلِ سَارَ مَعَ عَائِشَةَ وَيَتَحَدَّثُ مَعَهَا فَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَلَا تَرْكَبِينَ اللَّيْلَةَ بَعِيرِي وَأَرْكَبُ بَعِيرَكِ فَتَنْظُرِينَ وَأَنْظُرُ؟ قَالَتْ «بَلَى فَرَكِبَتْ عَائِشَةُ عَلَى بَعِيرِ حَفْصَةَ وَرَكِبَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَلَى بَعِيرِ عَائِشَةَ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى جَمَلِ عَائِشَةَ وَعَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَارَ مَعَهَا حَتَّى نَزَلُوا وَافْتَقَدَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ فَغَارَتْ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ جَعَلَتْ تَجْعَلُ رِجْلَيْهَا بَيْنَ الْإِذْخِرِ» وَتَقُولُ «يَا رَبِّ سَلِّطْ عَلَيَّ عَقْرَبًا أَوْ حَيَّةً تَلْدَغُنِي عَنْ رَسُولِكَ ﷺ فَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَهُ شَيْئًا»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out, he would cast lots among his wives. The lot fell on 'A'ishah and Hafsah, so they both set out with him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling at night, he would walk with 'A'ishah and talk with her. Hafsah said to 'A'ishah: 'Won't you ride my camel tonight and I ride your camel, so you can see and I can see?' She said: 'Yes.' So 'A'ishah rode Hafsah's camel, and Hafsah rode 'A'ishah's camel. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to 'A'ishah's camel, on which Hafsah was, and greeted her, then walked with her until they stopped. 'A'ishah noticed his absence and became jealous. When she dismounted, she put her feet among the sweet rush and said: 'O Lord, send upon me a scorpion or a snake to bite me, because of your Messenger ﷺ, for I cannot say anything to him.'

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8884No grade recorded

    وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَتْ لِي «هَلْ لَكِ إِلَى أَنْ تُرْضِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِّي وَأَجْعَلُ لَكِ يَوْمِي؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذْتُ خِمَارًا لَهَا مَصْبُوغًا بِزَعْفَرَانَ فَرَشَشْتُهُ بِالْمَاءِ ثُمَّ اخْتَمَرْتُ بِهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِهَا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَقَالَ إِلَيْكِ يَا عَائِشَةُ «فَلَيْسَ هَذَا بِيَوْمِكِ» فَقُلْتُ «فَضْلُ اللهِ يُؤْتِيَهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَتْهُ خَبَرِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was displeased with Safiyyah. She said to me: 'Would you like to make the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pleased with me, and I will give you my day?' I said: 'Yes.' So I took a veil of hers dyed with saffron, sprinkled it with water, then put it on and entered upon him on her day, and sat beside him. He said: 'Away from you, 'A'ishah, for this is not your day.' I said: 'The bounty of Allah He gives to whom He wills.' Then I told him my story.

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8885No grade recorded

    مَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً فِي مِسْلَاخِهَا مِثْلَ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ فِيهَا حِدَةٌ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَتْ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «جَعَلْتُ يَوْمِي مِنْكَ لِعَائِشَةَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْسِمُ لِعَائِشَةَ يَوْمَيْنِ يَوْمَهَا وَيَوْمَ سَوْدَةَ»

    ✧ I have not seen a woman in her qualities like Sawdah bt. Zam'ah, a woman with sharpness in her. When she grew old, she said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have given my day with you to 'A'ishah.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to allot 'A'ishah two days: her day and Sawdah's day.

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8886No grade recorded

    عَنْ مَرَضِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ اشْتَكَى فَعَلِقَ يَنْفُثُ فَكُنَّا نُشَبِّهُ نَفْثَهُ بِنَفْثِ آكِلِ الزَّبِيبِ وَكَانَ يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ الْمَرَضُ اسْتَأْذَنَهُنَّ أَنْ يُمَرَّضَ عِنْدِي وَيَدُرْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَّ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ وَهُوَ يَتَّكِئُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ تَخُطُّ رِجْلَاهُ الْأَرْضَ خَطًّا أَحَدُهُمَا الْعَبَّاسُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ تُخْبِرْكِ مَنِ الْآخِرُ؟» قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «هُوَ عَلِيٌّ»

    ✧ About the illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said: He became ill and began to spit, and we used to liken his spitting to the spitting of one who eats raisins. He used to go around to his wives. When the illness became severe, he asked their permission to be nursed in my house and for them to visit him, and they permitted him. He entered upon me, leaning on two men, his feet dragging lines on the ground. One of them was al-'Abbas. I mentioned that to Ibn 'Abbas, and he said: 'Did she not tell you who the other was?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'He was 'Ali.'

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8887No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنَّا فِي يَوْمِ إِحْدَانَا بَعْدَمَا نَزَلَتْ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} [الأحزاب 51] وَقَالَتْ مُعَاذَةُ فَقُلْتُ مَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكِ؟ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ «إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَحَدًا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to ask our permission on the day of one of us after it was revealed: {You may defer any of them you wish, and take in marriage any you wish} [al-Ahzab: 51]. Mu'adhah said: I said: 'What would you say to the Prophet ﷺ when he asked your permission?' She said: 'I would say: If that is up to me, I would not prefer anyone over myself.'

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8888No grade recorded

    تَزَوَّجْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تَزَوَّجْتَ يَا جَابِرُ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا بَلْ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ»

    ✧ I got married and came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'Have you married, O Jabir?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'A virgin or a previously married woman?' I said: 'No, rather a previously married woman.' He said: 'Why not a virgin, so you could play with her and she could play with you?'

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8889No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ فَهُوَ لَعِبٌ لَا يَكُونُ أَرْبَعَةٌ مُلَاعَبَةُ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَتَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمَشْيُ الرَّجُلِ بَيْنَ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَتَعَلُّمُ الرَّجُلِ السَّبَّاحَةَ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Everything that is not from the remembrance of Allah is play, except four: a man's playing with his wife, a man's training his horse, a man's walking between the two targets, and a man's learning to swim.

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8890No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُ اللهِ فَهُوَ لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ مُلَاعَبَةُ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَتَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمَشْيُهُ بَيْنَ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَتَعْلِيمُ الرَّجُلِ السَّبَّاحَةَ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Everything in which there is no remembrance of Allah is diversion and play, except four: a man's playing with his wife, a man's training his horse, his walking between the two targets, and a man's teaching swimming.”

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8891No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ فَهُوَ لَغْوٌ وَلَهْوٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةَ خِصَالٍ مَشْيٌ بَيْنَ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَتَأْدِيبُهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ أَهْلَهُ وَتَعْلِيمُ السَّبَّاحَةِ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Everything not from the remembrance of Allah is idle talk and diversion, except four traits: walking between the two targets, training his horse, playing with his family, and teaching swimming.

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8892No grade recorded

    كُنَّا نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي «أَتَزَوَّجْتَ بَعْدَ أَبِيكَ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَثَيِّبًا أَمْ بِكْرًا؟» قُلْتُ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُضَاحِكُكَ وَتُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ وَتُلَاعِبُهَا»

    ✧ We were traveling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to me, “Did you marry after your father?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “A previously married woman or a virgin?” I said, “A previously married woman.” He said, “Why not a virgin whom you could laugh with and she could laugh with you, and play with you and you play with her?”

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8893No grade recorded

    سَابَقَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا رَهِقَنَا اللَّحْمُ سَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ بِتِيكِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raced me, and I outran him, until when the flesh burdened us, he raced me and outran me, and said, “This is for that.”

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8894No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأنا خَفِيفَةُ اللَّحْمِ فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَقَدَّمُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «تَعَالَيْ حَتَّى أُسَابِقَكِ فَسَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقْتُهُ» ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ فِي سَفَرٍ آخَرَ وَقَدْ حَمَلْتُ اللَّحْمَ فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَقَدَّمُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي تَعَالَيْ أُسَابِقُكِ فَسَابَقَنِي فَسَبَقَنِي فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ كَتِفِي وَقَالَ «هَذِهِ بِتِلْكَ»

    ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was light of flesh, and we encamped. He said to his companions, “Go ahead.” Then he said to me, “Come, let me race you.” So I raced him and outran him. Then I went out with him on another journey after I had gained flesh, and we encamped. He said to his companions, “Go ahead.” Then he said to me, “Come, I race you.” So I raced him and he outran me. He struck my shoulder with his hand and said, “This is for that.”

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8895No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَتَقَدَّمَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَابِقِينِي» قَالَتْ فَسَابَقْتُهُ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدُ وَحَمَلْتُ اللَّحْمَ قَالَ «سَابِقِينِي فَسَابَقْتُهُ فَسَبَقَنِي» فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ بِتِلْكَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I were on a journey, and his companions went ahead. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Race me.” She said: So I raced him and outran him. Later, after I had gained flesh, he said, “Race me,” and I raced him and he outran me. He said, “This is for that.”

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8896No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَقَدَّمُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «تَعَالَيْ أُسَابِقْكِ فَسَابَقْتُهُ فَسَبَقْتُهُ عَلَى رِجْلِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدُ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ فِي سَفَرٍ» فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَقَدَّمُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «تَعَالَيْ أُسَابِقْكِ» وَنَسِيتُ الَّذِي كَانَ وَقَدْ حَمَلْتُ اللَّحْمَ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ أُسَابِقُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَأَنَا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ؟ فَقَالَ «لَتَفْعَلِنَّ فَسَابَقْتُهُ فَسَبَقَنِي» فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ بِتِلْكَ السَّبْقَةِ»

    ✧ She was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey while she was a young girl. He said to his companions, “Go ahead.” Then he said, “Come, let me race you.” So I raced him and outran him on my feet. Later, I went out with him on another journey, and he said to his companions, “Go ahead,” then he said, “Come, let me race you.” I had forgotten the previous one and had gained flesh, so I said, “How can I race you, O Messenger of Allah, when I am in this condition?” He said, “You will do it.” So I raced him and he outran me. He said, “This is for that race.”

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8897No grade recorded

    «كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ فِي بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكُنَّ لِي صَوَاحِبَ يَأْتِينَنِي فَيَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي فَيَتَقَمَّعْنَ إِذَا رَأَيْنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَرِّ بِهِنَّ إِلَيَّ فَيَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي»

    ✧ “I used to play with dolls in the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I had friends who would come to me and play with me, and they would hide when they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send them to me, and they would play with me.”

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8898No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ فَرُبَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَوَاحِبَاتِي عِنْدِي فَإِذَا رَأَيْنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَرْنَ فَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَمَا أَنْتِ وَكَمَا أَنْتُنَّ»

    ✧ I used to play with dolls, and sometimes the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would enter upon me while my girlfriends were with me. When they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they would flee, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say, “Stay as you are, and stay as you are.”

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8899No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَرِّبُ إِلَيَّ صَوَاحِبِي يَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي بِاللَّعِبِ الْبَنَاتُ الصِّغَارُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to send my friends to me to play with me with dolls—the little girls.

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8900No grade recorded

    «كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ “I used to play with dolls during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8901No grade recorded

    قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ وَقَدْ نَصَبْتُ عَلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِي عَبَاءَةً وَعَلَى عُرْضِ بَيْتِهَا سِتْرٌ أَرْمَنِّيٌّ فَدَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ لِي يَا عَائِشَةُ «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا؟ فَهَتَكَ الْعُرْضَ حَتَّى وَقَعَ الْأَرْضَ وَفِي سَهْوَتِهَا سِتْرٌ فَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ فَكَشَفَتْ نَاحِيَةً عَنْ بَنَاتٍ لِعَائِشَةَ لَعَبٍ» فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا يَا عَائِشَةُ؟» قَالَتْ بَنَاتِي وَرَأَى بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانِيهِنَّ فَرَسٌ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ قَالَ «وَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَرَى وَسَطَهُنَّ؟» قَالَتْ فَرَسٌ قَالَ «وَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ؟» قَالَتْ جَنَاحَانِ قَالَ «فَرَسٌ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ؟» قَالَتْ «أَوَ مَا سَمِعْتَ أَنَّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ خَيْلًا لَهَا أَجْنِحَةٌ فَضَحِكَ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ نَوَاجِذَهُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ arrived from a military expedition, and I had hung a cloak of coarse wool over the door of my chamber, and on the side of her house was an Armenian curtain. He entered the house. When he saw it, he said to me, "O Aisha, what have I to do with the world?" Then he tore down the side covering until it fell to the ground. In her alcove was another curtain, and a wind blew and lifted a corner revealing dolls that belonged to Aisha. He said, "What is this, O Aisha?" She said, "My daughters." And he saw among them a horse with two wings. He said, "What is this that I see in their midst?" She said, "A horse." He said, "What is this on it?" She said, "Two wings." He said, "A horse with two wings?" She said, "Have you not heard that Solomon had horses with wings?" The Prophet ﷺ laughed until I saw his molar teeth.

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8902No grade recorded

    عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ الْحَبَشَةُ الْمَسْجِدَ يَلْعَبُونَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا حُمَيْرَاءُ أَتُحِبِّينَ أَنْ تَنْظُرِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ «نَعَمْ فَقَامَ بِالْبَابِ وَجِئْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُ ذَقَنِي عَلَى عَاتِقَهُ فَأَسْنَدْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَى خَدِّهِ» قَالَتْ «وَمِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ طَيِّبًا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «حَسْبُكِ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا تَعْجَلْ فَقَامَ لِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «حَسْبُكِ» فَقُلْتُ «لَا تَعْجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ» قَالَتْ «وَمَا لِي حُبُّ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ النِّسَاءَ مَقَامُهُ لِي وَمَكَانِي مِنْهُ»

    ✧ From Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, she said: The Abyssinians entered the mosque playing, and he said to me, "O Humayra, would you like to look at them?" I said, "Yes." So he stood at the door, and I came to him and placed my chin on his shoulder, resting my face against his cheek. She said, "Among their words that day was 'Abul Qasim is good.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "That is enough for you." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, do not be hasty." He remained standing for me, then said, "That is enough for you." I said, "Do not be hasty, O Messenger of Allah." She said, "It was not that I loved looking at them, but I wanted the women to know of his standing for me and my position with him."

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8903No grade recorded

    عَائِشَةُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ وَأَنَا جَارِيَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَاقْدُرُوا قَدْرَ الْجَارِيَةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ السِّنِّ

    ✧ Aisha said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ screening me with his cloak while I looked at the Abyssinians playing, and I was a young girl in the mosque. So estimate the age of a young girl who is eager for entertainment.

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8904No grade recorded

    وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «يَقُومُ عَلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِي وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحِرَابٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ لِكَيْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَى لَعِبِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ مِنْ أَجْلِي حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّتِي أَمَلُّ فَاقْدُرُوا بِقَدْرِ الْجَارِيَةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ السِّنِّ الْحَرِيصَةِ عَلَى اللهْوِ»

    ✧ By Allah, I saw the Prophet ﷺ standing at the door of my chamber while the Abyssinians played with spears in the mosque, screening me with his cloak so that I could watch their play. Then he would continue standing for me until I was the one who became weary. So estimate the age of a young girl who is eager for entertainment.

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8905No grade recorded

    عَائِشَةُ كَانَ الْحَبَشُ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحِرَابٍ لَهُمْ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ بَيْنَ أُذُنِهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَنَا الَّتِي صَدَرْتُ

    ✧ Aisha, the Abyssinians used to play with a bow and arrow that they had. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, and I was looking between his ear and shoulder until I was the one who saw it.

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8906No grade recorded

    «لَعِبَتِ الْحَبَشَةَ فَجِئْتُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يُطَأْطِئُ ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ»

    ✧ "The Abyssinians played, and I came from behind the Prophet ﷺ, and he kept lowering his back so that I could watch."

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8907No grade recorded

    «كَانَ زِنْجٌ يَلْعَبُونَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَوَضَعَتْ عَائِشَةُ حَنَكَهَا عَلَى مَنْكِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ»

    ✧ "There were black people playing in Madinah, and Aisha placed her chin on the shoulder of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and began watching them."

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8908No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا فَسَمِعْنَا لَغَطًا وَصَوْتَ الصِّبْيَانِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا حَبَشِيَّةٌ تَزْفِنُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ حَوْلَهَا فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ تَعَالَيْ فَانْظُرِي فَجِئْتُ فَوَضَعْتُ ذَقَنِي عَلَى مَنْكِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبِ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ لِي «أَمَا شَبِعْتِ؟» فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ «لَا لِأَنْظُرَ مَنزِلَتِي عِنْدَهُ إِذْ طَلَعَ عُمَرُ فَارْفَضَّ النَّاسُ عَنْهَا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى شَيَاطِينِ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ قَدْ فَرُّوا مِنْ عُمَرَ» قَالَتْ «فَرَجَعْتُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting, and we heard noise and the voices of children. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, and there was an Abyssinian woman dancing and children around her. He said, "O Aisha, come and look." So I came and placed my chin on the shoulder of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I began looking at her from between his shoulder and his head. He said to me, "Have you not had your fill?" I kept saying, "No," so as to see my standing with him. Then Umar appeared, and the people dispersed from her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed I see the devils of the jinn and mankind have fled from Umar." She said, "So I returned."

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8909No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ وَأَنَا أَطَّلِعُ مِنْ خَوْخَةٍ لِي فَدَنَا مِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ وَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خُذْنَ بَنَاتِ أَرْفِدَةَ فَمَا زِلْتُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ وَيَزْفِنُونَ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَنَا الَّتِي انْتَهَيْتُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out while the Abyssinians were playing, and I was peeping through a small opening of mine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came near me, so I placed my hands on his shoulder and began watching. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Take it, daughters of Arfida." I did not stop until they were playing and dancing, and I was the one who ended it.

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8910No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا أَيَّامَ مِنَى وَعِنْدَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ وَتَضْرِبَانِ بِدُفَّيْنِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُسَجًّى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ الثَّوْبُ لَا يَأْمُرُهُنَّ وَلَا يَنْهَاهُنَّ فَنَهَرَهُنَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُنَّ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr entered upon her during the days of Mina with two slave girls who were singing and playing the tambourine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was reclining with his face towards his garment, not commanding or forbidding them. Abu Bakr scolded them and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave them, O Abu Bakr, for it is the days of 'Eid."

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8911No grade recorded

    أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ «تَعْرِفِينَ هَذِهِ؟» قَالَتْ لَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ قَالَ «هَذِهِ قَيْنَةُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ تُحِبِّينَ أَنْ تُغَنِّيَكِ؟ فَغَنَّتْهَا»

    ✧ A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "O Aisha, do you know this one?" She said, "No, O Prophet of Allah." He said, "This is the singing girl of the tribe of so-and-so. Would you like her to sing for you?" So she sang for her.

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8912No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَيْرِ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ «الَّتِي تُطِيعُ إِذَا أَمَرَ وَتَسُرُّ إِذَا نَظَرَ وَتَحْفَظُهُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَمَالِهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the best of women. He said, "The one who obeys when he commands, pleases when he looks, and preserves him in herself and his wealth."

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8913No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِبَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَذَاتُ زَوْجٍ أَنْتِ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «كَيْفَ أَنْتِ لَهُ؟» قَالَتْ مَا آلُوهُ إِلَّا مَا عَجَزْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «انْظُرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتِ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ جَنَّتُكِ وَنَارُكِ»

    ✧ She entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for a need, and he fulfilled her need. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Are you a wife?" She said, "Yes." He said, "How are you towards him?" She said, "I only do what I am unable to do." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Look at where you are from him. For indeed, he is your Paradise and your Hellfire."

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8914No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِحَاجَةٍ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا قَالَ «أَذَاتُ زَوْجٍ أَنْتِ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ أَنْتِ لَهُ؟» قَالَتْ مَا آلُوهُ إِلَّا مَا أَعْجَزُ عَنْهُ قَالَ «انْظُرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتِ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ جَنَّتُكِ وَنَارُكِ» 8915 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَمَّتِي أَنَّهَا أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ 8916 أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ أَنَّ عَمَّةً لَهُ أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ [186] 8917 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي الْقَطَّانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَهُوَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ أَنَّ عَمَّةً لَهُ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ 8918 أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ بُشَيْرَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ أَنَّ عَمَّةً لَهُ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ 8919 أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمَّةً لَهُ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ That she came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a need. When she finished her need, he said, "Do you have a husband?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Then how are you with him?" She said, "I do not fall short, except in what I am unable to do." He said, "Look at where you stand with him, for he is your paradise and your hell."

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8920No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِتَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ «أَذَاتُ زَوْجٍ أَنْتِ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ أَنْتِ لَهُ؟» قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا آلُوهُ قَالَ «فَأَحْسِنِي فَإِنَّهُ جَنَّتُكِ وَنَارُكِ»

    ✧ That she entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him about something. He said, "Do you have a husband?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Then how are you with him?" She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I do not fall short." He said, "Then be good to him, for he is your paradise and your hell."

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8921No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا بَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ هَاجِرَةً لِفِرَاشِ زَوْجِهَا لَعَنَتْهَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "When a woman spends the night forsaking her husband's bed, the angels curse her until she returns."

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8922No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا الرَّجُلُ دَعَا زَوْجَتَهُ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَلْتَأْتِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَلَى التَّنُّورِ»

    ✧ I heard the Prophet of God ﷺ say: "When a man calls his wife for his need, she should come to him even if she is at the oven."

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8923No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ «احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَالَ «إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَى أَحَدٌ عَوْرَتَكَ فَافْعَلْ» قُلْتُ فَإِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا فَقَالَ «فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنَ النَّاسِ»

    ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, our private parts—what may we expose of them and what must we conceal? He said: "Guard your private part except from your wife or what your right hand possesses." He said: I said: O Messenger of God, what if people are together, some with others? He said: "If you can ensure that no one sees your private part, then do so." I said: What if one of us is alone? He said: "Then God is more deserving that one be modest before Him than people."

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8924No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَقُولُ إِذَا جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مُجَبَّاةً جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلُ فَقَالَ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ» فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]

    ✧ It was said to the Messenger of God ﷺ that the Jews say: If a man comes to his wife from behind, the child will be cross-eyed. He said: "The Jews have lied." Then was revealed: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223].

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8925No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ يَهُودَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِذَا أُتِيَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ دُبُرِهَا ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ كَانَ وَلَدُهَا أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223] 8926 أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَذَكَرَ آخَرُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الْهَادِ حَدَّثَهُمَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ He used to say: The Jews used to say that if a woman is approached from her rear and then becomes pregnant, her child will be cross-eyed. Then this verse was revealed: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223]. 8926 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam reported to us, he said: Ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us, he said: Yaḥyā b. Ayyūb informed me, and another mentioned that Ibn al-Hād narrated to them from Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir from Jābir something similar.

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8927No grade recorded

    كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ دُبُرِهَا فِي قُبُلِهَا إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ يَكُونُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]

    ✧ The Jews used to say about a man who comes to his wife from her rear into her front that the child will be cross-eyed. Then was revealed: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223].

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8928No grade recorded

    جَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ «وَمَا الَّذِي أَهْلَكَكَ؟» قَالَ حَوَّلْتُ رَحْلِي اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا فَأُوحِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223] يَقُولُ «أَقْبِلْ وَأَدْبِرْ وَاتَّقِ الدُّبُرَ وَالْحَيْضَةَ»

    ✧ ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, I am ruined. He said: "And what has ruined you?" He said: I changed my saddle tonight. He did not reply to him with anything. Then this verse was revealed to the Messenger of God ﷺ: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223]. He said: "Go forward and go back, and avoid the anus and menstruation."

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8929No grade recorded

    يَا نَافِعُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ مَا أَمْرُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ نُجَبِّي النِّسَاءَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَكَحْنَا نِسَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرَدْنَا مِنْهُنَّ مِثْلَ مَا كُنَّا نُرِيدُ مِنْ نِسَائِنَا فَإِذَا هُنَّ قَدْ كَرِهْنَ ذَلِكَ وَأَعْظَمْنَهُ وَكَانَتْ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ إِنَّمَا يُؤْتَيْنَ عَلَى جُنُوبِهِنَّ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]

    ✧ O Nāfiʿ, do you know what is the matter with this verse? We, the Quraysh, used to approach women from behind. When we entered Madinah and married women of the Ansar, we wanted from them the same as we wanted from our women, but they disliked that and considered it grave. The women of the Ansar used to be approached on their sides. Then God, Exalted be He, revealed: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223].

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8930No grade recorded

    «لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ»

    ✧ "There is no harm in it."

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8931No grade recorded

    مَعْنٌ وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «مَا عَلِمْتُ حَرَامًا»

    ✧ Maʿn said: And I heard Mālik say: "I do not know of it being forbidden."

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8932No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَجْدًا شَدِيدًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223] خَالَفَهُ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

    ✧ A man came to his wife in her anus during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ and found great distress from that. Then God, Exalted be He, revealed: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will} [al-Baqarah: 223]. Hishām b. Saʿd differed from him and narrated it from Zayd b. Aslam from ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār.

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8933No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah is not too shy to tell the truth,” three times. “Do not have intercourse with women in their buttocks.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1924)

89. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8934No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ» يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا «لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ»

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "Indeed, God is not shy of the truth," saying it three times: "Do not come to women in their anuses."

90. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8935No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah is not shy of the truth: do not come to women in their anuses.”

91. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8936No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَسْتَحِيي اللهُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ» يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا «لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَوَاهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ

    ✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “Allah is not shy of the truth,” saying it three times: “Do not come to women in their anuses.” Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Al-Walid b. Kathir narrated it and said: Ubayd Allah b. Abdullah.

92. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8937No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Allah is not shy of the truth: do not come to women in their posteriors.”

93. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8938No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "O people, indeed Allah does not feel shy from the truth, so do not approach women during their menstrual cycle."

94. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8939No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «نَهَى أَنْ تُؤْتَى الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ قِبَلِ دُبُرِهَا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ forbade that a woman be approached from her anus.

95. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8940No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah is not too shy to tell the truth,” three times. “Do not have intercourse with women in their buttocks.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1924)

96. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8941No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah is not too shy to tell the truth,” three times. “Do not have intercourse with women in their buttocks.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1924)

97. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8942No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “Allah is not shy of the truth, so do not come to women in their anuses.”

98. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8943No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah forbids you from coming to women in their anuses.”

99. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8944No grade recorded

    لَسَمِعْتُ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

    ✧ I heard Khuzaymah b. Thabit say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah forbids you from coming to women in their anuses.”

100. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8945No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah forbids you from coming to women in their anuses.” – abbreviated.

101. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8946No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِتْيَانُ النِّسَاءِ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ حَرَامٌ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Coming to women in their anuses is unlawful.”

102. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8947No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا فَقَالَ «تِلْكَ اللُّوطِيَّةُ الصُّغْرَى» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ زَائِدَةُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ؟ هُوَ مَجْهُولٌ وَوَجَدْتُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ عَاصِمَ الْأَحْوَلَ

     ✧ A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who comes to his wife in her anus, and he said: “That is the minor sodomy.” Abu Abd al-Rahman said to us: Za'idah, I do not know who he is? He is unknown, and I found in another place: Asim al-Ahwal.

103. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8948No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «هِيَ اللُّوطِيَّةُ الصُّغْرَى» 8949 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو بِمِثْلِهِ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “It is the minor sodomy.” 8949 Muhammad b. al-Muthanna informed us, he said: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us from Sufyan from al-A'raj from Amr b. Shu'ayb from Abdullah b. Amr similarly.

104. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8950No grade recorded

     «إِتْيَانُ النِّسَاءِ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ اللُّوطِيَّةُ الصُّغْرَى»

     ✧ “Coming to women in their anuses is the minor sodomy.”

105. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8951No grade recorded

     «تِلْكَ اللُّوطِيَّةُ الصُّغْرَى»

     ✧ That is minor sodomy.

106. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8952No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَجُلًا أَوِ امْرَأَةً فِي دُبُرٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “God does not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman in the anus.”

107. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8953No grade recorded

     «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَتَى بَهِيمَةً أَوِ امْرَأَةً فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ “God will not look on the Day of Resurrection at a man who has intercourse with an animal or a woman in her anus.”

108. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8954No grade recorded

     مُحَمَّدٌ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اسْقِ حَرْثَكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ نَبَاتِهِ»

     ✧ Muhammad: Indeed, ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās used to say: “Water your tilth from where it grows.”

109. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8955No grade recorded

     «ذَلِكَ الْكُفْرُ»

     ✧ “That is disbelief.”

110. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8956No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُنْزِلُهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْحَرَامِ»

     ✧ He used to treat it as tantamount to what is forbidden.

111. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8957No grade recorded

     «تِلْكَ كَفْرَةٌ»

     ✧ “That is an act of disbelief.”

112. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8958No grade recorded

     عَنِ الْكُفْرِ؟

     ✧ About disbelief?

113. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8959No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “Do not have intercourse with women in their anuses.”

114. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8960No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Be shy before God, for God is not shy of the truth. Do not have intercourse with women in their anuses.”

115. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8961No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ لَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Be shy before God with true shyness. Do not have intercourse with women in their anuses.”

116. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8962No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَأْتِي الْمَرْأَةَ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “God does not look at a man who has intercourse with a woman in her anus.”

117. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8963No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَأْتِي الْمَرْأَةَ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "God does not look at a man who comes to a woman in her backside."

118. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8964No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "God does not look at a man who comes to his wife in her backside."

119. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8965No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَتَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ, he said: "God will not look on the Day of Resurrection at a man who came to his wife in her backside."

120. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8966No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَةً فِي دُبُرِهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Cursed is the one who comes to a woman in her backside."

121. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8967No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَتَى حَائِضًا أَوِ امْرَأَةً فِي دُبُرِهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Whoever comes to a menstruating woman or a woman in her backside has disbelieved."

122. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8968No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَةً حَائِضًا أَوِ امْرَأَةً فِي دُبُرِهَا أَوْ كَاهِنًا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Whoever comes to a menstruating woman, or a woman in her backside, or a soothsayer has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ."

123. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8969No grade recorded

     «إِتْيَانُ النِّسَاءِ وَالرِّجَالِ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ كُفْرٌ»

     ✧ "Coming to women and men in their backsides is disbelief."

124. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8970No grade recorded

     «إِتْيَانُ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ كُفْرٌ»

     ✧ "Coming to men and women in their backsides is disbelief."

125. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8971No grade recorded

     «تِلْكَ كُفْرَةٌ»

     ✧ "That is a cover."

126. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8972No grade recorded

     «مَنْ أَتَى أَدْبَارَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ»

     ✧ "Whoever comes to the backsides of men and women has disbelieved."

127. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8973No grade recorded

     «مَنْ فَعَلَهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ»

     ✧ "Whoever does it is not among the purified."

128. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8974No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَكُونُ فِي الْبَادِيَةِ فَتَكُونُ مِنْ أَحَدِنَا الرُّوَيْحَةُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحِيي مِنَ الْحَقِّ إِذَا فَسَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ»

     ✧ O Messenger of God, we are in the desert and one of us may break wind with a slight odor. He said: "God is not ashamed of the truth. If one of you breaks wind, let him perform ablution, and do not come to women in their posteriors."

129. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8975No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّا نَكُونُ بِهَذِهِ الْبَادِيَةِ وَإِنَّهُ تَكُونُ مِنْ أَحَدِنَا الرُّوَيْحَةُ وَفِي الْمَاءِ قِلَّةٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا فَسَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ»

     ✧ A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "We are in this desert, and one of us may break wind with a slight odor, and water is scarce." The Prophet ﷺ said: "If one of you breaks wind, let him perform ablution, and do not come to women in their backsides, for God is not ashamed of the truth."

130. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8976No grade recorded

     قَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ «الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَكُونُ بِالْأَرْضِ الْفَلَاةِ فَتَكُونُ مِنْهُ الرُّوَيْحَةُ وَيَكُونُ فِي الْمَاءِ قِلَّةٌ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا فَسَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ»

     ✧ A Bedouin said to the Prophet ﷺ, “A man among us may be in a desert land, and he may pass wind, and water may be scarce.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If one of you breaks wind, let him perform ablution. And do not approach women in their anuses, for Allah is not shy of the truth.”

131. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8977No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا فَسَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said, “If one of you breaks wind, let him perform ablution. And do not approach women in their anuses, for Allah is not shy of the truth.”

132. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8978No grade recorded

     كَأَنْ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «إِنَّ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ صَدَقَةً مِنْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَصَدَّقُ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا أَمْوَالٌ؟ قَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ التَّكْبِيرُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَتَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَتَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتَعْزِلُ الشَّوْكَةَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْعَظْمَ وَالْحَجَرَ وَتُهْدِي الْأَعْمَى وَتُدِلُّ الْمُسْتَدِلَّ عَلَى حَاجَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَكَانَهَا وَتَرْفَعُ بِشِدَّةٍ ذِرَاعَيْكَ مَعَ الضَّعِيفِ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ مِنْكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ وَلَكَ فِي جِمَاعِكَ زَوْجَتَكَ أَجْرٌ» قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِي الْأَجْرُ فِي شَهْوَتِي؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ فَأَدْرَكَ وَرَجَوْتَ خَيْرَهُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَكُنْتَ تَحْتَسِبُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهُ؟» قَالَ بَلِ اللهُ خَلَقَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ هَدِيَّتُهُ؟» قَالَ بَلِ اللهُ هَدَاهُ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ كُنْتَ تَرْزُقُهُ؟» قَالَ بَلِ اللهُ رَزَقَهُ قَالَ «كَذَلِكَ فَضَعْهُ فِي حَلَالِهِ وَجَنِّبْهُ حَرَامَهُ فَإِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَحْيَاهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَمَاتَهُ وَلَكَ أَجْرٌ»

     ✧ As if he meant the Prophet ﷺ [who said]: “Upon every soul each day the sun rises, there is a charity due from him for himself.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, from where should I give charity when we have no wealth?” He said, “Are not the gates of charity the takbir, the praise of Allah, the glorification of Allah, seeking Allah's forgiveness, commanding the right, forbidding the wrong, removing a thorn from the path of the Muslims, and a bone and a stone, guiding the blind, and directing the one seeking directions to a need of his whose place you know, and supporting the weak with the strength of your arms? All of that is charity from you for yourself. And in your intercourse with your wife there is a reward.” I said, “How can there be reward for me in my desire?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you not see that if you had a child who reached maturity and you hoped for his good, then he died, would you seek reward for him?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Did you create him?” He said, “Rather, Allah created him.” He said, “Did you guide him?” He said, “Rather, Allah guided him.” He said, “Did you provide for him?” He said, “Rather, Allah provided for him.” He said, “Thus, place it in what is lawful for you and avoid what is forbidden. If Allah wills, He will keep him alive, and if He wills, He will cause him to die, and you will have a reward.”

133. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8979No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلَامَى مِنَ ابْنِ آدَمَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ صَدَقَةٌ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِمَاطَتُكَ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَمُبَاضَعَتُكَ أَهْلَكَ صَدَقَةٌ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيَقْضِي الرَّجُلُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَتَكُونُ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ جَعَلَ تِلْكَ الشَّهْوَةَ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرًا؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا جَعَلَهَا فِيمَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَهُ فَهِيَ صَدَقَةٌ» قَالَ وَذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ صَدَقَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «يُجْزِئُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ رَكْعَتَا الضُّحَى»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said, “Every day charity is due for every joint of the son of Adam.” Then he said, “Your removing harm from the road is charity, your greeting people is charity, your commanding good is charity, your forbidding evil is charity, and your intercourse with your wife is charity.” We said, “O Messenger of Allah, does a man fulfill his desire and have charity for it?” He said, “Yes. Do you not see that if he placed that desire in what Allah has forbidden him, he would have a burden?” We said, “Of course.” He said, “Then if he places it in what Allah has made lawful for him, it is charity.” He mentioned other things as charity, then said, “Two rak'ahs of the forenoon suffice for all of that.”

134. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8980No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَهْلَهُ فَلْيَلْقِ عَلَى عَجُزِهِ وَعَجُزِهَا شَيْئًا وَلَا يَتَجَرَّدَا تَجَرُّدَ الْعَيْرَيْنِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ وَصَدَقَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ضَعِيفٌ وَإِنَّمَا أَخْرَجْتُهُ لِئَلَّا يُجْعَلَ عَمْرٌو عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you comes to his wife, let him throw something over his rear and her rear, and let them not strip completely like two donkeys.” Abu Abd al-Rahman said, “This is a rejected hadith, and Sadaqah b. Abdullah is weak. I only included it so that Amr would not be attributed to Zuhayr.”

135. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8981No grade recorded

     النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ قَالَ حِينَ يُوَاقِعُ أَهْلَهُ «بِسْمِ اللهِ اللهُمَّ جَنَّبَنِي الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا فَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدٌ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ» خَالَفَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “If one of them says when he has intercourse with his wife: ‘In the name of Allah, O Allah, keep Satan away from me and keep Satan away from what You provide for us,’ and a child is decreed between them, Satan will not harm him.” Ibn Abi Umar contradicted him.

136. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8982Weak

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ» قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ اللهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي الشَّيْطَانُ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا ثُمَّ قُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدٌ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If one of you, when he comes to his wife,” he said, “‘In the name of Allah, O Allah, keep Satan away from me and keep Satan away from what You provide for us,’ and then a child is decreed between them, Satan will not harm him.”

137. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8983No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ «أَطُوفُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى مِائَةِ امْرَأَةٍ فَتَأْتِي كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ بِرَجُلٍ يَضْرِبُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ فَطَافَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَجَاءَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ بِنِصْفِ وَلَدٍ» وَلَوْ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ «إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَكَانَ مَا قَالَ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said, “Sulayman b. Dawud (peace be upon them) said, ‘Tonight I will go around to a hundred women, and each woman will bring a man who strikes with the sword,’ and he did not say, ‘If Allah wills.’ So he went around to them, and only one came with half a child. Had Sulayman said, ‘If Allah wills,’ what he said would have been.”

138. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8984No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي السَّاعَةِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ «هَلْ كَانَ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ «كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّهُ أُعْطِيَ قُوَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go around to his wives in an hour of the night or day, and they were eleven. I said to Anas, “Was he able to do that?” He said, “We used to say that he was given the strength of thirty.”

139. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8985No grade recorded

     أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَلَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ»

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to go around to his wives in one night, and on that day he had nine women.

140. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8986No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَجَعَلَ يَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ وَعِنْدَ هَذِهِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ جَعَلْتَهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا قَالَ «هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأَطْيَبُ وَأَطْهَرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went around to his wives one day, and he would wash at this one's and at this one's. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, why not make it one washing?” He said, “This is purer, better, and cleaner.”

141. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8987No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي غُسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go around to his wives with one washing.

142. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8988No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مَرَّةً» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ قَتَادَةَ

143. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8989No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَعُودَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»

     ✧ he should return, let him perform ablution."

144. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8990No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعُودَ مِنْ آخِرِهِ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وُضُوءًا» خَالَفَهُمَا هَمَّامٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever comes to his wife at the beginning of the night, then wants to return at its end, let him perform ablution between that." Hammam disagreed with the two of them.

145. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8991No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الَّذِي يَمَسُّ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعُودَ قَالَ «يَتَوَضَّأُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعُودَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَحَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said regarding the one who touches his wife and then wants to return [to her]: "He should perform ablution before returning." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This is a mistake, and the correct [version] is the hadith of Ibn al-Mubarak and Hafs b. Ghiyath.

146. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8992No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was junub, he performed ablution as for prayer."

147. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8993No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ

     when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 222)

148. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8994No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ» قَالَ النَّسَائِيُّ الصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ إِسْحَاقَ وَحِدِيثُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ خَطَأٌ

     ✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to his wife and then wanted to lie down, he performed ablution as for prayer." Al-Nasai said: The correct [version] is the hadith of Ishaq, and the hadith of Ali b. Ayyash is a mistake.

149. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8995No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was junub, he performed ablution as for prayer before sleeping.

150. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8996No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ قَالَتْ «غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ وَيُشْرَبُ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was junub, he performed ablution as for prayer; and when he wanted to eat or drink, she said: "He washed his hands, then ate and drank."

151. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8997No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ يَأْكُلُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ»

     ✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to eat while he was junub, he washed his hands."

152. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8998No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ خَالَفَهُ مَنْصُورٌ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ wanted to sleep or eat while he was junub, he performed ablution. Mansur disagreed with him.

153. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8999No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ "when he wanted to sleep while he was junub, performed ablution as for prayer."

154. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9000No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "when he became junub and wanted to sleep, performed ablution as for prayer."

155. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9001No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ to sleep, or eat, or drink, he performed ablution as for prayer."

156. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9002No grade recorded

     بِأَنْ يَشْرَبَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ» خَالَفَهُمْ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ

     ✧ that he should drink, even if he did not perform wudu'." Abu Ishaq disagreed with them.

157. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9003No grade recorded

     «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ وَلَا يَمَسُّ مَاءً»

     ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ used to sleep while in a state of janabah without touching water."

158. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9004No grade recorded

     «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ»

     ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ used to relieve himself, then sleep, then pour water over himself."

159. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9005No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ»

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep while in a state of janabah."

160. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9006No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَ «اغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأْ وَنَمْ»

     ✧ that he asked the Prophet ﷺ, "May one of us sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" He said, "Wash your private part, then perform wudu', and sleep."

161. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9007No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ عُمَرُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ تُصِيبُهُ جَنَابَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَوَضَّأْ وَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ ثُمَّ نَمْ»

     ✧ Umar mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he would experience janabah at night. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Perform wudu', wash your private part, then sleep."

162. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9008No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ ذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ تُصِيبُهُ الْجَنَابَةُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ «لِيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلْيَغْسِلْ ذَكَرَهُ وَلْيَنَمْ»

     ✧ that Umar mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he would experience janabah at night. He said, "Let him perform wudu', wash his private part, and sleep."

163. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9009No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيَرْقُدُ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ»

     ✧ that the Prophet ﷺ was asked, "May a man sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" He said, "Yes, if he performs wudu'."

164. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9010No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَ «يَتَوَضَّأُ»

     ✧ I said, "O Messenger of Allah, may one of us sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" He said, "He should perform wudu'."

165. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9011No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيَرْقُدُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»

     ✧ "O Messenger of Allah, may one of us sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you wants to do that, let him perform wudu'."

166. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9012No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَيَرْقُدُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ»

     'Umar bin Khattab said to the Messenger of Allah: "can anyone of us sleep if he is sexually impure?" He said: "Yes, if he performs ablution." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 585)

167. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9013No grade recorded

     أَصَابَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ جَنَابَةٌ فَأَتَى عُمَرَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَتَى عُمَرُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَاسْتَأْمَرَهُ فَقَالَ «يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَرْقُدُ»

     ✧ Ibn Umar had an impurity, so he came to Umar and mentioned it to him. Umar then went to the Prophet ﷺ and consulted him. He said, "Perform ablution and go to sleep."

168. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9014No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» فِي حَدِيثِ نَافِعٍ قَالَ «فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ ثُمَّ لِيَنَمْ» وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ «فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ لِيَنَمْ»

     ✧ that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "May one of us sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" In the hadith of Nafi', he said, "Let him perform wudu', then sleep." And in the hadith of Abu Qilabah, "Let him perform wudu' as he does for prayer, then sleep."

169. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9015No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَغْسِلَ فَرْجَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأَ»

     ✧ that Umar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "May one of us sleep while he is in a state of janabah?" He commanded him to wash his private part and perform wudu'.

170. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9016No grade recorded

     سَأَلَ عُمَرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ»

     ✧ Umar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “May one of us sleep while he is junub?” He said, “Yes, and let him perform wudu.”

171. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9017No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَنَامُ»

     ✧ That Umar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “May one of us sleep while he is junub?” He said, “Yes, he should perform wudu and then sleep.”

172. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9018No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ»

     ✧ That Umar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “May one of us sleep while he is junub?” He said, “Yes, and let him perform wudu.”

173. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9019No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ «أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he asked him, “May one of us sleep while he is junub?” He said, “Yes, and let him perform wudu.”

174. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9020No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ»

     ✧ That he said, “O Messenger of Allah, may one of us sleep while he is junub?” He said, “Yes, and let him perform wudu.”

175. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9021No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ To eat, sleep, or drink while he is junub, he should perform wudu as he does for prayer.”

176. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9022No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ To eat, sleep, or drink while he is junub, he should perform wudu as he does for prayer.”

177. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9023No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَطْعَمَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

     ✧ To sleep or eat, he should perform wudu as he does for prayer.”

178. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9024No grade recorded

     أَقْبَلَتْ يَهُودُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ «نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَإِنْ أَجَبْتَنَا فِيهَا اتَّبَعْنَاكَ وَصَدَّقْنَاكَ وَآمَنَّا بِكَ» قَالَ فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَخَذَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى بَنِيهِ إِذْ قَالُوا {اللهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ} [يوسف 66] قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ عَلَامَةِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ «تَنَامُ عَيْنَاهُ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ» قَالُوا وَأَخْبِرْنَا كَيْفَ تُؤْنِثُ الْمَرْأَةُ وَكَيْفَ يُذْكِرُ الرَّجُلُ؟ قَالَ «يَلْتَقِي الْمَاءَانِ فَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَتْ وَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَتْ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا فَأَخْبِرْنَا عَنِ الرَّعْدِ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُوكَلٌّ بِالسَّحَابِ مَعَهُ مَخَارِيقُ مِنْ نَارٍ يَسُوقُ بِهَا السَّحَابِ حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللهُ» قَالُوا فَمَا هَذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي يُسْمَعُ قَالَ «زَجْرُهُ بِالسَّحَابِ إِذَا زَجَرَهُ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِي إِلَى حَيْثُ أُمِرَ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَالَ كَانَ يُسْكُنُ الْبَدْوَ فَاشْتَكَى عِرْقَ النَّسَا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يُلَاوِمُهُ إِلَّا لُحُومَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَلْبَانَهَا فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَهَا قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا مَنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِيكَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا يَأْتِيَهُ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّهِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَبِالْوُحْيِ فَمَنْ صَاحِبُكَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا بَقِيَتْ هَذِهِ حَتَّى نُتَابِعَكَ قَالَ «هُوَ جِبْرِيلُ» قَالُوا ذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالْحرْبِ وَبِالْقَتْلِ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّنَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَوْ قُلْتَ مِيكَائِيلُ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالْقَطْرِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ تَابَعْنَاكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ} [البقرة 97] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَدُوٌّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ} [البقرة 98]

     ✧ The Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Abu al-Qasim, we will ask you about some things. If you answer us regarding them, we will follow you, believe you, and have faith in you.” He said, “He took from them what Israel took from his sons when they said, {Allah is witness over what we say} [Yusuf 66].” They said, “Tell us about the sign of the Prophet.” He said, “His eyes sleep but his heart does not sleep.” They said, “And tell us how a woman feminizes and how a man masculinizes.” He said, “The two fluids meet. If the woman’s fluid prevails over the man’s fluid, she feminizes; and if the man’s fluid prevails over the woman’s fluid, he masculinizes.” They said, “You have spoken the truth.” They said, “Then tell us about thunder, what is it?” He said, “An angel among the angels, entrusted with the clouds, with whips of fire, driving the clouds wherever Allah wills.” They said, “Then what is this sound that is heard?” He said, “His rebuke of the clouds when he rebukes it until it reaches where it is commanded.” They said, “You have spoken the truth.” They said, “Tell us what Israel forbade upon himself.” He said, “He used to live in the desert and suffered from sciatica. He found nothing that suited him except camel meat and milk, so for that reason he forbade them.” They said, “You have spoken the truth.” They said, “Tell us who comes to you from the angels, for there is no prophet but that an angel from his Lord comes to him with the message and revelation. So who is your companion? For only this remains for us to follow you.” He said, “He is Jibril.” They said, “That is the one who descends with war and killing. He is our enemy among the angels. If you had said Mika’il, who descends with rain and mercy, we would have followed you.” Then Allah Almighty revealed: {Whoever is an enemy to Jibril} [al-Baqarah 97] to the end of the verse, {then indeed Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers} [al-Baqarah 98].

179. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9025No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَدَفَعْتُهُ حَتَّى صَرَعْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِمَ دَفَعْتَنِي؟ قُلْتُ أَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أُسَمِّيهِ بِالِاسْمِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ أَهْلِي سَمُّونِي مُحَمَّدًا» قَالَ جِئْتُ لِأَسْأَلَ قَالَ «فَيَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ» فَقَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا بُدِّلَتِ السَّمَوَاتُ غَيْرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجَسْرُ» قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ أَجَازَهُ اللهُ؟ قَالَ «فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يُتْحَفُ بِهَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «زَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ نُونٍ» قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا» قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ؟ قَالَ «مِنْ عَيْنٍ تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلَا» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ وَاحِدَةٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ قَالَ هَلْ يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ؟ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي قَالَ «سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ» قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ شَبَهُ الْوَلَدِ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ غَلِيظٌ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ رَقِيقٌ فَإِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ أَنَّثَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَأَنْتَ نَبِيٌّ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي حِينَ سَأَلَنِي وَمَا عِنْدِي عِلْمٌ حَتَّى أَنْبَأَنِي اللهُ بِهِ»

     ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a rabbi from the Jewish rabbis came to him and said, “Peace be upon you, O Muhammad.” He said, “I pushed him until I threw him down.” He said, “Why did you push me?” I said, “Will you not say, ‘O Messenger of Allah’?” The Jew said, “I call him by the name his family called him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, my family named me Muhammad.” He said, “I have come to ask.” He said, “It will benefit you if I tell you.” He said, “I will listen with my ears.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ask whatever you like.” The Jew said, “What do you think—when the heavens are replaced with other than the heavens and the earth with other than the earth, where will the people be?” He said, “In darkness before the bridge.” He said, “Who will be the first of people whom Allah will allow to cross?” He said, “The poor among the emigrants.” He said, “What will the people of Paradise be given as a gift?” He said, “The extra lobe of the fish’s liver.” He said, “What is their food after that?” He said, “The bull of Paradise that used to eat from its edges will be slaughtered for them.” He said, “What is their drink?” He said, “From a spring called Salsabil.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.” The Jew said, “I ask you about one thing that none knows except a prophet or a man or two men.” He said, “Will it benefit you if I tell you?” He said, “I will listen with my ears.” He said, “Ask whatever you like.” He said, “From where does the child’s resemblance come?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The man’s fluid is thick and white, and the woman’s fluid is yellow and thin. If the man’s fluid prevails over the woman’s fluid, the child is male by Allah’s permission; and if the woman’s fluid prevails over the man’s fluid, the child is female by Allah’s permission.” He said, “You have spoken the truth, and you are a prophet.” Then he went away. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, “He asked me when he asked me while I had no knowledge until Allah informed me.”

180. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9026No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ بَلَغَهُ مَقْدَمُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ؟ وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ وَمَا بَالُ الْوَلَدِ يَنْزِعُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ وَإِلَى أَبِيهِ؟ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِنَّ جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فَزَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ وَأَمَّا الْوَلَدُ فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ نَزَعَتِ الشَّبَهَ» قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهُتٌ فَسَلْهُمْ عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا إِسْلَامِي فَجَاءَتِ الْيَهُودُ فَقَالَ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالُوا خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا وَأَفْضَلُنَا وَابْنُ أَفْضَلِنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ» قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَعَادَهَا فَقَالُوا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنً شَرِّنَا وَتَنَقَّصُوهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا كُنْتُ أَخَافُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ

     ✧ That Abdullah b. Salam heard of the Prophet’s ﷺ arrival in Madinah, so he came to him and asked him about some things. He said, “I will ask you about three things that none knows except a prophet: What is the first sign of the Hour? What is the first food the people of Paradise will eat? And what is the matter with the child that it inclines to its mother and to its father?” He said, “Jibril informed me of them just now.” Abdullah b. Salam said, “That is the enemy of the Jews among the angels.” He said, “As for the first sign of the Hour, it is a fire that emerges from the east to the west. As for the first food the people of Paradise will eat, it is the extra lobe of the fish’s liver. As for the child, if the man’s fluid precedes, it inclines to him, and if the woman’s fluid precedes, she imparts the resemblance.” He said, “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, the Jews are a slanderous people, so ask them about me before they learn of my Islam.” The Jews came, and he said, “What kind of man is Abdullah b. Salam among you?” They said, “The best of us and the son of our best, the most excellent of us and the son of our most excellent.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “What do you think if Abdullah b. Salam embraces Islam?” They said, “May Allah protect him from that.” He repeated it, and they said the same. Then Abdullah b. Salam came out to them and said, “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” They said, “The worst of us and the son of our worst,” and they belittled him. He said, “This is what I feared, O Messenger of Allah.”

181. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9027No grade recorded

     مَرَّ يَهُودِيٌّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ قَالَ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَا يَهُودِيُّ إِنَّ هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ لَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مِمَّ يُخْلُقُ الْإِنْسَانُ؟ قَالَ يَا يَهُودِيُّ مِنْ كُلٍّ يُخْلَقُ مِنْ نُطْفَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَمِنْ نُطْفَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَأَمَّا نُطْفَةُ الرَّجُلِ فَنُطْفَةٌ غَلِيظَةٌ فَمِنْهَا الْعَظْمُ وَالْعَصَبُ وَأَمَّا نُطْفَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ فَنُطْفَةٌ رُقَيْقَةٌ فَمِنْهَا اللَّحْمُ وَالدَّمُ فَقَامَ الْيَهُودِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ كَانَ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَ

     ✧ A Jew passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was talking to his companions. He said, “Quraysh said, ‘O Jew, this man claims to be a prophet.’ He said, ‘I will ask him about something that none knows except a prophet.’ He came and sat down and said, ‘O Muhammad, from what is the human created?’ He said, ‘O Jew, from both: he is created from the man’s semen and the woman’s semen. As for the man’s semen, it is thick; from it come bone and sinew. As for the woman’s semen, it is thin; from it come flesh and blood.’ The Jew stood up.” The wording is that of Ahmad. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Ata b. al-Sa’ib had changed.

182. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9028No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى فِي مَنَامِهَا مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ» قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَهَلْ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ غَلِيظٌ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ رَقِيقٌ أَصْفَرُ فَمِنْ أَيِّهِمَا عَلَا أَوْ سَبَقَ كَانَ مِنْهُ الشَّبَهُ»

     ✧ Umm Sulaym asked the Prophet ﷺ about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If she sees the fluid, let her perform ghusl." Umm Salamah said, "I felt shy about that. Can that happen, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes. The man's fluid is thick and white, and the woman's fluid is thin and yellow. Whichever of them prevails or comes first, the resemblance comes from it."

183. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9029No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى فِي مَنَامِهَا مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ذَلِكَ أَوْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ» قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَوَ يَكُونُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ رَقِيقٌ أَصْفَرُ وَمَاءُ الرَّجُلِ غَلِيظٌ أَبْيَضُ فَمِنْ أَيُّهُمَا سَبَقَ أَوْ عَلَا يَكُونُ الشَّبَهُ»

     ✧ She asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a woman or one of you sees that, let her perform ghusl." Umm Salamah said, "Does this happen?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The woman's fluid is thin and yellow, and the man's fluid is thick and white. Whichever of them comes first or prevails, the resemblance will be from it."

184. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9030No grade recorded

     الْيَهُودُ إِنَّ تِلْكَ الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ لَوْ أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ رَدَّهُ»

     ✧ The Jews [say] that this is the lesser buried alive. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about that, and he said, "The Jews have lied. If Allah willed to create it, she could not repel it."

185. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9031No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي وَلِيدَةً وَأنا أَعْزِلُ عَنْهَا وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهَا مَا يُرِيدُ الرَّجُلُ وَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ الْمَوْءُودَةَ الصُّغْرَى الْعَزْلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ لَوْ أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَصْرِفَهُ» 9032 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيٌّ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ أَنَّ أَبَا مُطِيعِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ نَحْوَهُ [223] 9033 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي مُطِيعِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I have a young wife and I am not interested in her, but I want from her what a man wants. The Jews claim that a small divorced girl cannot be divorced again." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Jews have lied. If Allah wanted to create her, she would not have the ability to prevent it." Muhammad ibn Al-Muthanna informed us, he said, Uthman ibn Umar informed us, he said, Ali narrated to us, from Yahya, from Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman, from Abu Muti' ibn Rifa'ah, that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated to him from the Prophet ﷺ with a similar narration to the narration of Uthman ibn Umar.

186. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9034No grade recorded

     أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً وَأنا أَشْتَهِي مَا يَشْتَهِي الرِّجَالُ وَأنا أَعْزِلُ عَنْهَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ تَحْمِلَ وَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْعَزْلَ الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَصْرِفَهُ»

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I have a slave girl, and I desire what men desire, and I practice coitus interruptus with her, disliking that she become pregnant. The Jews claim that coitus interruptus is the lesser buried alive." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Jews have lied, the Jews have lied. If Allah willed to create it, you could not turn it away."

187. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9035No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَزْلَ هِيَ الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ لَوْ أَرَادَ اللهُ خَلْقَهَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ عَزْلَهَا»

     ✧ It was said to the Prophet ﷺ, "The Jews say that coitus interruptus is the lesser buried alive." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Jews have lied. If Allah willed to create it, you could not prevent it."

188. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9036No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي أمَةً وَإِنِّي أَعْزِلُهَا وَلَا أَعْزِلُهَا إِلَّا خَشْيَةَ الْوَلَدِ وَزَعَمَتْ يَهُودُ أَنَّهَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ» فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ أَسَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْهُ رَجُلٌ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have a slave woman, and I practice coitus interruptus with her, and I do so only out of fear of a child. The Jews claim that it is the lesser buried alive." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Jews have lied, the Jews have lied." I asked Abu Salamah, "Did you hear it from Abu Sa'id?" He said, "No, but a man informed me from him."

189. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9037No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَزْلِ فَقَالَ «لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُقْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌ» قَالَ حَمْزَةُ هُوَ خَطَأٌ خَالَفَهُ مَعْمَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about isolation, and he said, "It is not necessary for you not to do it, for there is no soul that is decreed to exist except that it is already in existence." Hamza said, "It is a mistake that Ma'mar contradicted."

190. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9038No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَزْلِ قَالَ «أَوَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَفْعَلُونَ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَقْضِ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهَا إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌ» قَالَ حَمْزَةُ وَهُوَ أَيْضًا خَطَأٌ خَالَفَهُ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about isolation. He said, "And do you do that?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Then it is not upon you to stop doing it. For Allah has not decreed a soul to be created except while it is in existence." Hamza said, and he was also mistaken, contradicting Zubaidi.

191. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9039No grade recorded

     عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَزْلِ قَالَ «لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَتَبَهَا اللهُ فِي صُلْبِ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا هِيَ خَارِجَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَافَقَهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ

     ✧ From Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that they asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about coitus interruptus. He said, "It is not upon you if you do not do it. There is no soul that Allah has decreed in the loins of a servant except that it will come forth until the Day of Resurrection." Malik b. Anas concurred with him.

192. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9040No grade recorded

     أَصَبْنَا سَبْيًا فَكُنَّا نَعْزِلُ ثُمَّ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَنَا «إِنَّكُمْ لَتَفْعَلُونَ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَفْعَلُونَ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا هِيَ كَائِنَةٌ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدِيثُ مَالِكٍ وَالزُّبَيْدِيِّ أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ

     ✧ We obtained captives, and we practiced coitus interruptus. Then we asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said to us, "You indeed do it, you indeed do it. There is no soul that will exist until the Day of Resurrection except that it will exist." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: The hadith of Malik and al-Zubaydi is more correct.

193. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9041No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صِرْمَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولَانِ أَصَبْنَا سَبَايَا فِي غَزْوَةِ الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهِيَ الْغَزْوَةُ الَّتِي أَصَابَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جُوَيْرِيَةَ فَكَانَ مِنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ أَهْلًا وَمِنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ وَيَبِيعَ فَتَرَاجَعْنَا فِي الْعَزْلِ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَعْزِلُوا فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ قَدَّرَ مَنْ هُوَ خَالِقٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ He heard Abu Sirmah and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri say: We obtained captives in the campaign of al-Mustaliq, which is the campaign in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ obtained Juwayriyah. Among us were those who wanted to take a wife, and among us were those who wanted to enjoy and sell. We deliberated about coitus interruptus and mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "It is not upon you if you do not practice coitus interruptus, for Allah has decreed whom He will create until the Day of Resurrection."

194. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9042No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ الْعَزْلُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لِمَ يَفْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ؟» وَلِمَ يَقُلْ فَلَا يَفْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ «فَلَيْسَتْ نَفْسٌ مَخْلُوقَةٌ إِلَّا اللهُ خَالِقُهَا»

     ✧ Coitus interruptus was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "Why does one of you do that?" And he did not say, "Let none of you do that." "There is no soul created except that Allah is its Creator."

195. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9043No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَزْلِ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّهَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى فَقَالَ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about coitus interruptus, and it was said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews claim that it is the lesser buried alive." He said, "The Jews have lied."

196. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9044No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي الْعَزْلَ قُلْتُ لِعَمْرٍو أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ جَابِرٍ؟ قَالَ «لَا»

     ✧ We used to do it during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, meaning coitus interruptus. I said to Amr, "Did you hear it from Jabir?" He said, "No."

197. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9045No grade recorded

     «كُنَّا نَعْزِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْقُرْآنُ يُنَزَّلُ»

     ✧ We used to practice coitus interruptus during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the Qur'an was still being revealed.

198. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9046No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «وَمَا ذَلِكُمْ؟» قَالُوا الرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَتُرْضِعُ لَهُ فَيُصِيبُ مِنْهَا وَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ تَحْمِلَ مِنْهُ وَتَكُونُ لَهُ الْجَارِيَةُ فَيُصِيبُ مِنْهَا وَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ تَحْمِلَ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ «فَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذَاكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ الْقَدَرُ» خَالَفَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّخْعِيُّ

     ✧ That was mentioned before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "And what is that?" They said: "A man has a wife who breastfeeds for him, and he has intercourse with her but dislikes that she becomes pregnant from him; and he has a slave-girl and has intercourse with her but dislikes that she becomes pregnant from him." He said: "Then there is no harm upon you if you do not do that, for it is only divine decree." Ibrahim al-Nakha'i disagreed with him.

199. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9047No grade recorded

     «إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْقَدَرُ»

     ✧ It is only divine decree.

200. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9048No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً وَأنا أَعْزِلُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ ذَاكَ لَا يَمْنَعُ شَيْئًا أَرَادَ اللهُ» ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَشَعَرْتَ أَنَّ تِلْكَ الْجَارِيَةَ قَدْ حَمَلَتْ؟ فَقَالَ «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَرَسُولُهُ»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "I have a slave-girl and I practice coitus interruptus with her." He said: "Indeed, that does not prevent anything that Allah wills." Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Did you know that that slave-girl has become pregnant?" He said: "I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger."

201. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9049No grade recorded

     كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُمْ لَمْ يُؤَاكِلُوهَا وَلَمْ يُشَارِبُوهَا وَلَمْ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَ} [البقرة 222] قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «افْعَلُوا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا الْجِمَاعَ»

     ✧ The Jews, when a woman among them menstruated, would not eat with her, drink with her, or have intercourse with her in the houses. So Allah, Exalted is He, revealed: {And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is harm, so keep away from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they are pure} [al-Baqarah 222]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do everything except intercourse."

202. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9050No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ regarding the one who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating, he said: "He should give charity of a dinar or half a dinar."

203. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9051No grade recorded

     فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ «§يَتَصَدَّقُ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَمَّا حِفْظِي فَمَرْفُوعٌ وَقَالَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا أَبَا بِسْطَامٍ حَدِّثْنَا بِحِفْظِكَ وَدَعْنَا مِنْ فُلَانٍ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا وَسَكَتُّ عَنْ هَذَا وَأَنِّي عُمِّرْتُ فِي الدُّنْيَا عُمَرَ نُوحٍ فِي قَوْمِهِ

     ✧ "This is about how my life spanned as long as the life of Noah among his people in this world."

204. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9052No grade recorded

     وَاقَعَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ

     ✧ A man had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to give charity of half a dinar.

205. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9053No grade recorded

     «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ نِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ He should give charity of a dinar or half a dinar.

206. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9054No grade recorded

     «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ He should give charity of a dinar or half a dinar.

207. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9055No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا غَشِيَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ «يَتَصَدَّقَ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ A man had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to "give charity of a dinar or half a dinar."

208. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9056No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «أَمَرَ رَجُلًا غَشِيَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ» 9057 أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ رَفَعَهُ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ وَبَيَّنَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ "commanded a man who had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating to give charity of a dinar or half a dinar." 9057 'Amr b. 'Ali informed us, he said: 'Asim b. Hilal narrated to us, he said: Qatadah narrated to us from Miqsam from Ibn 'Abbas similarly, but he did not raise it; 'Abd al-Karim raised it and clarified it.

209. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9058No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ الدَّمُ عَبِيطًا فَدِينَارٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ صُفْرَةٌ فَنِصْفُ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ regarding the one who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating, he said: "If the blood is bright red, then a dinar; and if there is yellowness in it, then half a dinar."

210. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9059No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَطَأُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ ضَعِيفٌ صَاحِبُ تَدْلِيسٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating. He said: “He should give half a dinar in charity.” Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Hajjaj b. Artah is weak and given to tadlis.

211. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9060No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَصَابَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ

     ✧ He informed him that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ having had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, and he ordered him to give half a dinar.

212. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9061No grade recorded

     «كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ أَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ»

     ✧ “When a man had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would order him to give half a dinar in charity.”

213. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9062No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي يَقَعُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said concerning the one who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating: “He should give half a dinar in charity.”

214. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9063No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ مِقْسَمٌ «فَإِنْ أَصَابَهَا بَعْدَمَا تَرَى الطُّهْرَ فَنِصْفُ دِينَارٍ مَا لَمْ تَغْتَسِلْ»

     ✧ Miqsam said: “If he has intercourse with her after she sees purity, then half a dinar as long as she has not performed ghusl.”

215. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9064No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَشَرِيكٌ لَيْسَ بِالْحَافِظِ يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ سَهْلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ concerning a man who had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating: he ordered him to give half a dinar in charity. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: “This is a mistake, and Sharik is not a reliable memorizer, meaning the hadith of Sahl b. Salih.”

216. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9065No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي أَهْلَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ concerning the one who comes to his wife while she is menstruating: he said: “He should give half a dinar in charity.”

217. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9066No grade recorded

     «إِذَا وَاقَعَ فِي الدَّمِ الْعَبِيطِ تَصَدَّقَ بِدِينَارٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الصُّفْرَةِ فَنِصْفُ دِينَارٍ»

     ✧ “If he has intercourse during the bright red blood, he should give a dinar in charity, and if it is during the yellowish discharge, then half a dinar.”

218. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9067No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَخْبَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «أَصَابَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتِقَ نَسَمَةً» خَالَفَهُ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ

     ✧ A man informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, and he ordered him to free a slave. Mahmud b. Khalid contradicted him.

219. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9068No grade recorded

     رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ امْرَأَتِي وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَعْتِقَ نَسَمَةً قَالَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ «وَقِيمَةُ النَّسَمَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ دِينَارٌ»

     ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I had intercourse with my wife while she was menstruating.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to free a slave. Ibn Abbas said: “The value of a slave on that day was a dinar.”

220. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9069No grade recorded

     أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو حَرِيزٍ ضَعِيفٌ الْحَدِيثِ وَأَيْفَعَ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ قَالَ حَمْزَةُ أَبُو حَرِيزٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ قَاضِي سِجِسْتَانَ

     ✧ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Abu Hariz is weak in hadith, and Ayfaʿ I do not know. Hamzah said: Abu Hariz is Abdullah b. al-Husayn, the qadi of Sijistan.

221. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9070No grade recorded

     لَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ الْأَسْوَدَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ مَرَّةٍ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُ إِحْدَانَا تَتَّزِرَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ ثُمَّ يُبَاشِرُهَا وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ «يُضَاجِعُهَا»

     ✧ He did not mention al-Aswad in it, but on the last occasion he mentioned it from al-Aswad from Aishah. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would order one of us to wear a waist-wrapper while she was menstruating, and then he would fondle her. And sometimes he said: “He would lie with her.”

222. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9071No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ «كُنْتُ أَشْرَبُ وَأنا حَائِضٌ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَيَضَعُ فَمَهُ عَلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي شَرِبْتُ وَكُنْتُ أَتَعَرَّقُ فَيَأْخُذُهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَيَضَعُ فَمَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ»

     ✧ that he heard 'A'ishah saying, "I would drink while I was menstruating, then the Prophet ﷺ would take (the vessel) and place his mouth on the place where I had drunk. And I would eat meat from a bone, then the Prophet ﷺ would take it and place his mouth on that place."

223. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9072No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَصُرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَرَجَعَ فَدَخَلَ إِلَى زَيْنَبَ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُقْبِلُ فِي صُورَةِ شَيْطَانٍ وَتُدْبِرُ فِي صُورَةِ شَيْطَانٍ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وِجَاءً»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and saw a woman, so he returned and entered upon Zaynab and fulfilled his need, then he came out to his companions and said: "A woman comes in the shape of a devil and goes in the shape of a devil. So whoever of you sees something of that, let him go to his wife, for that will be a protection for him."

224. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9073No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَالِسًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ نَحْوَهُ إِلَى صُورَةِ شَيْطَانٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا بَعْدَهُ هَذَا كَأَنَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ مِنَ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was sitting and a woman passed by him and she pleased him, similar to the shape of a devil, and he did not mention what came after it. This seems more correct than the one before it.

225. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9074No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَيَقُولَ خَيْرًا أَوْ يُنَمِّيَ خَيْرًا وَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ كَذِبٌ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ «فِي الْحَرْبِ وَالْإِصْلَاحِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَحَدِيثِ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَحَدِيثِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا»

     ✧ that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The liar is not the one who makes peace between people and says good or conveys good." He did not permit anything of what people call lying except in three cases: "in war, making peace between people, and a man's talk with his wife and a woman's talk with her husband."

226. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9075No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُرَخَّصُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا أَعُدُّهُ كَذِبًا الرَّجُلُ يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ يُرِيدُ الصَّلَاحَ وَالرَّجُلُ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ فِي الْحَرْبِ وَالرَّجُلُ يُحَدِّثُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تُحَدِّثُ زَوْجَهَا» خَالَفَهُ يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ

     ✧ that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Nothing of lying is permitted except in three cases. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'I do not consider it lying: a man who makes peace between people and says a statement intending reconciliation, a man who says a statement in war, and a man who talks with his wife and a woman who talks with her husband.'" Yunus b. Yazid differed with him.

227. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9076No grade recorded

     أَسْمَعْ أَنَّهُ رَخَّصَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ نَحْوَهُ» يُونُسُ أََثْبَتُ فِي الزُّهْرِيِّ

     ✧ I hear that he permitted something of what people say, similar to it." Yunus is more reliable in narrations from al-Zuhri.

228. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9077No grade recorded

     عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُجَامِعُ أَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ يُكْسِلُ هَلْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غُسْلٍ؟ وَعَائِشَةُ جَالِسَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ أَنَا وَهَذِهِ ثُمَّ نَغْتَسِلُ»

     ✧ From 'A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who has intercourse with his wife and then becomes flaccid without ejaculating – is there a bath due on him? 'A'ishah was sitting there, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I do that, I and this one, then we perform the bath."

229. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9078No grade recorded

     «إِذَا جَاوَزَ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ فَعَلْتُهُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاغْتَسَلْنَا»

     ✧ "When the circumcised part passes the circumcised part, the bath becomes obligatory. I did it, I and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we performed the bath."

230. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9079No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَتَّزِرَ وَأنا حَائِضٌ وَيُبَاشِرُنِي»

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to order me to wear a waist-wrapper while I was menstruating, and he would touch me."

231. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9080No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُنِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ»

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would touch me while he was fasting, but he was the most in control of his desire among you."

232. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9081No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «كَانَ يُقَبِّلُهَا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ؟ فَسَكَتُّ سَاعَةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

     ✧ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "used to kiss her while he was fasting? I remained silent for a while." Then he said, "Yes."

233. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9082No grade recorded

     «أَهْوَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيُقَبِّلَنِي» فَقُلْتُ «إِنِّي صَائِمَةٌ» فَقَالَ «وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ فَقَبَّلَنِي»

     ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ leaned over to kiss me," I said, "I am fasting." He said, "And I am fasting," and he kissed me.

234. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9083No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَظَلُّ صَائِمًا فَيُقَبِّلُ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ وَجْهِي»

235. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9084No grade recorded

     «مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ وَجْهِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not refrain from anything of my face while he was fasting.

236. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9085No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الْإِبِلَ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى طِفْلٍ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ «وَلَمْ تَرْكَبْ مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ بَعِيرًا قَطُّ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “The women of Quraysh are the best women to ever ride camels: they are the most compassionate toward a child and the most protective of a husband’s property.” Abu Hurayrah said: “Maryam bt. ʿImran never rode a camel at all.”

237. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9086No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ لَا تَشْكَرُ لِزَوْجِهَا وَهِيَ لَا تَسْتَغْنِي عَنْهُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سِرَّارُ بْنُ مُجَشِّرٍ هَذَا ثِقَةٌ بَصْرِيٌّ هُوَ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ يُقَدَّمَانِ فِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ؛ لَأَنَّ سَعِيدًا كَانَ تَغَيَّرَ فِي آخِرِ عُمُرِهِ فَمَنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ قَدِيمًا فَحَدِيثُهُ صَحِيحٌ وَافَقَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَى رَفْعِهِ وَجَعَلَ مَوْضِعَ سَعِيدٍ الْحَسَنَ الْبَصْرِيَّ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah does not look at a woman who does not thank her husband, while she cannot do without him.” Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: “This Sirar b. Mujashshir is trustworthy, a Basran. He and Yazid b. Zurayʿ are given precedence over Saʿid b. Abi ʿArubah, because Saʿid’s memory deteriorated at the end of his life. Whoever heard from him early on, his hadith is sound. ʿUmar b. Ibrahim agreed with him in raising it, and he put al-Hasan al-Basri in place of Saʿid.”

238. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9087No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ لَا تَشْكَرُ لِزَوْجِهَا» وَقَفَهُ شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ 9088 أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَوْلِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah does not look at a woman who does not thank her husband.” Shuʿbah b. al-Hajjaj stopped it. 9088: ʿAmr b. ʿAli informed us, he said: Yahya narrated to us, he said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Saʿid b. al-Musayyab, from ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr, as his statement.

239. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9089No grade recorded

     جَلَسَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً فَتَعَاهَدْنَ وَتَعَاقَدْنَ أَنْ لَا يَكْتُمْنَ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ شَيْئًا قَالَتِ الْأُولَى «زَوْجِي لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ لَا سَهْلٍ فَيُرْتَقَى وَلَا سَمِينٍ فَيُنْتَقَلُ» قَالَتِ الثَّانِيَةُ «زَوْجِي لَا أَبُثُّ خَبَرَهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ إِنْ أَذْكُرْهُ أَذْكُرْ عُجَرَهُ وَبُجَرَهُ» قَالَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ «زَوْجِيَ الْعَشَنَّقُ إِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ وَإِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ» قَالَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ «زَوْجِي كَلَيْلِ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرٌّ وَلَا قُرٌّ وَلَا مَخَافَةَ وَلَا سَآمَةَ» قَالَتِ الْخَامِسَةُ «زَوْجِي إِنْ دَخَلَ فَهِدَ وَإِنْ خَرَجَ أَسِدَ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ» قَالَتِ السَّادِسَةُ «زَوْجِي إِنْ أَكَلَ لَفَّ وَإِنْ شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ وَإِنِ اضْطَجَعَ الْتَفَّ وَلَا يُولِجُ الْكَفَّ لِيَعْلَمَ الْبَثَّ» قَالَتِ السَّابِعَةُ «زَوْجِي عَيَايَاءُ أَوْ غَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ شَجَّكِ أَوْ فَلَّكِ أَوْ جَمَعَ كُلًّا لَكِ» وَقَالَتِ الثَّامِنَةُ «زَوْجِيَ الْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ» وَقَالَتِ التَّاسِعَةُ «زَوْجِي رَفِيعُ الْعِمَادِ طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنِ النَّادِ» قَالَتِ الْعَاشِرَةُ «زَوْجِي مَالِكٌ فَمَا مَالِكٌ مَالِكٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكِ لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَبَارِكِ قَلِيلَاتُ الْمَسَارِحِ [242] إِذَا سَمِعْنَ يَوْمًا صَوْتَ الْمِزْهَرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ» قَالَتِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ «زَوْجِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ فَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ أَنَاسَ مِنْ حُلِيٍّ أُذُنَيَّ وَمَلَأَ مِنْ شَحْمٍ عَضُدَيَّ وَبَجَّحَنِي فَبَجِحَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي وَجَدَنِي فِي أَهْلِ غُنَيْمَةٍ بِشِقٍّ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ فَعِنْدَهُ أَقُولُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ وَأَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَنَّحُ أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ عُكُومُهَا رَدَاحٌ وَبَيْتُهَا فَسَاحٌ ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ شَطْبَةٍ وَتُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ طَوْعُ أَبِيهَا وَطَوْعُ أُمِّهَا وَمِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا وَغَيْظُ جَارَتِهَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ لَا تَبُثُّ حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا وَلَا تُنَقِّثُ مِيرَتَنَا تَنْقِيثًا وَلَا تَمْلَأُ بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا» قَالَتْ خَرَجَ أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ فَلَقِيَ امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا وَلَدَانِ لَهَا كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِ خَصْرِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ فَطَلَّقَنِي وَنَكَحَهَا فَنَكَحْتُ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلًا سَرِيًّا وَرَكِبَ شَرِيًّا وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا وَأَرَاحَ عَلَيَّ نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا وَأَعْطَانِي مِنْ كُلِّ رَائِحَةٍ زَوْجًا فَقَالَ «كُلِي أُمَّ زَرْعٍ وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ» قَالَتْ فَلَوْ جَمَعْتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَعْطَانِيهِ مَا بَلَغَ أَصْغَرَ آنِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ»

     ✧ Eleven women sat together and made a pact and covenant not to conceal anything about their husbands. The first said, "My husband is like the meat of a lean camel on top of a rough mountain, neither easy to climb nor plump to take down." The second said, "I will not disclose my husband's story, for I fear I may not abandon him. If I speak, I will reveal his secrets and flaws." The third said, "My husband is tall; if I speak, I will be divorced, and if I stay silent, I will be hung up." The fourth said, "My husband is like a night of Tihamah: neither hot nor cold, with no fear and no boredom." The fifth said, "When my husband enters, he is like a leopard, and when he goes out, he is like a lion, and he does not ask about what he entrusts." The sixth said, "If my husband eats, he devours; if he drinks, he fully drinks; and if he lies down, he wraps himself. He does not insert his hand to know the distress." The seventh said, "My husband is helpless and confused, full of maladies. He may injure or break you or gather all kinds of harm for you." The eighth said, "My husband’s touch is like a rabbit’s fur and his scent is like a fragrant herb." The ninth said, "My husband is of high stature, long sword, generous with his wealth, and his home is near the gathering." The tenth said, "My husband, Malik, what can describe Malik? He is better than that. He has many camels parked and few pasturing. When they hear the sound of the flute, they are certain they will perish." The eleventh said, "My husband Abu Zar’—and what can describe Abu Zar’? He adorned my ears with jewelry, filled my arms with fat, which made me happy, and I was content with myself. He found me among a people with little livestock; he made me among a people with horses and camels. With him, I speak without rebuke, I sleep and wake up late, and I drink and am filled. The mother of Abu Zar’, what can describe the mother of Abu Zar’? Her containers are large and her house is spacious. The son of Abu Zar’, what can describe the son of Abu Zar’? His bed is like a twig of a palm, and a tender arm fills him. The daughter of Abu Zar’, what can describe the daughter of Abu Zar’? She is obedient to her father and mother and fills her clothes. She angers her neighbor. The servant of Abu Zar’, what can describe the servant of Abu Zar’? She does not gossip or waste our food and does not fill our house with waste.” She said, “Abu Zar’ went out while the vessels were spinning, and he met a woman with two boys like leopards playing under her waist with pomegranates. He divorced me and married her. After him, I married a noble man who rode a fast horse, held a spear, tended livestock, and gave me many kinds of perfume, and he said, 'Eat, O Umm Zar’, and provide for your family.'” She said, “If I gathered everything he gave me, it would not fill a small vessel of Abu Zar’s.” Aisha said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'I am to you like Abu Zar’ was to Umm Zar’.'"

240. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9090No grade recorded

     «§اجْتَمَعْنَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَتَعَاهَدْنَ أَنْ يَتَصَادَقْنَ بَيْنَهُنَّ وَلَا يَكْتُمْنَ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ شَيْئًا» قَالَتِ الْأُولَى «زَوْجِي لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ لَا سَمِينًا فَيُرْتَقَى إِلَيْهِ وَلَا سَهْلًا فَيُنْتَقَلُ» قَالَتِ الثَّانِيَةُ «زَوْجِي لَا أَبُثُّ خَبَرَهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ أَذْكُرْهُ وَأَذْكُرُ عُجَرَهُ وَبُجَرَهُ» قَالَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ «زَوْجِيَ الْعَشَنَّقُ إِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ وَإِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ» قَالَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ «زَوْجِي كَلَيْلِ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرٌّ وَلَا قُرٌّ وَلَا مَخَافَةَ وَلَا سَآمَةَ» قَالَتِ الْخَامِسَةُ «زَوْجِي إِذَا دَخَلَ فَهِدَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ أَسِدَ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ» قَالَتِ السَّادِسَةُ «زَوْجِي إِنْ أَكَلَ لَفَّ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ وَإِذَا هَجَعَ الْتَفَّ وَلَا يُولِجُ الْكَفَّ فَيَعْلَمُ الْبَثَّ» قَالَتِ السَّابِعَةُ «زَوْجِي عَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ شَجَّكِ أَوْ فَلَّكِ أَوْ جَمَعَ كُلًّا لَكِ» وَقَالَتِ الثَّامِنَةُ «زَوْجِي رَفِيعُ الْعِمَادِ طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنِ النَّادِ» [247] قَالَتِ التَّاسِعَةُ «زَوْجِيَ الْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ وَأَنَا أَغْلِبُهُ وَالنَّاسَ يَغْلِبُ» قَالَتِ الْعَاشِرَةُ «زَوْجِي مَالِكٌ وَمَا مَالِكٌ مَالِكٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكِ لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَبَارِكِ قَلِيلَاتُ الْمَسَارِحِ إِذَا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَ الْمِزْهَرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ» قَالَتِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ «زَوْجِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ أَنَاسَ مِنْ حُلِيٍّ أُذُنَيَّ وَمَلَأَ مِنْ شَحْمٍ عَضُدَيَّ فَبَجَّحَنِي فَبَجِحَتْ نَفْسِي إِلَيَّ وَجَدَنِي فِي أَهْلِ غُنَيْمَةٍ بِشِقٍّ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدِيَاسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ فَعِنْدَهُ أَقُولُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَنَّحُ وَأَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ عُكُومُهَا رَدَاحٌ وَبَيْتُهَا فَسَاحٌ ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ شَطْبَةٍ وَتُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ طَوْعُ أَبِيهَا وَطَوْعُ أُمِّهَا وَصِفْرُ رِدَائِهَا وَمِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا وَغَيْظُ جَارَتِهَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ لَا تَبُثُّ حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا وَلَا تَغُشُّ مِيرَتَنَا تَغْشِيشًا وَلَا تَمْلَأُ بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا» «خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ فَلَقِيَ امْرَأَةً لَهَا ابْنَانِ كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِ خَصْرِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ فَنَكَحَهَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَطَلَّقَنِي فَنَكَحْتُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رَجُلًا سَرِيًّا رَكِبَ شَرِيًّا وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا وَأَرَاحَ عَلَيَّ نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا» فَقَالَ «كُلِي وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ فَلَوْ جَمَعْتُ كُلَّ الَّذِي أَعْطَانِي مَا بَلَغَتْ إِنَاءً مِنْ إِنَاءِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَكُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» [248] 9091 قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ يَعْنِي آخِرَ الْحَدِيثِ

     ✧ "Our conversation is thorough and our mirror does not deceive. Our house is not filled with disturbance. Abu Zarr left me and the camels were in labor, so he met a woman who had two sons like cheetahs playing under her waistband with pomegranates. Abu Zarr married her and divorced me, so I married a secret man who rides a strong horse and takes my dowry, and he showered me with abundant blessings." She said, "Eat and dress your fill, for if I were to gather everything he had given me, it would not fill a container from Abu Zarr's belongings." Aisha said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'You are to me like the wife of Abu Zarr to Um Zarr.'" Hisham said, "Yazid bin Ruman narrated to me from Urwa from Aisha from the Prophet ﷺ with a similar narration, meaning the end of the hadith."

241. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9092No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَائِشَةُ «كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ أَبُو زَرْعٍ؟» قَالَ «اجْتَمَعَتْ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ نِسْوَةٍ فَأَقْسَمْنَ لَيَصْدُقْنَ عَنْ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ» فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ «لَا أُخْبِرُ خَبَرَهُ أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ مِنْ سُوءٍ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ» وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَلْ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَبِي زَرْعٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O Aisha, I am to you like Abu Zar' to his Umm Zar'." Aisha said, "By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, who was Abu Zar'?" He said, "Eleven women gathered and each of them swore that she would tell the truth about her husband." One of them said, "I don't want to speak about his news, as I fear that I might not benefit from it and the conversation will become too lengthy." And at the end, Aisha said, "O Messenger of Allah, you are better to me than Abu Zar'."

242. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9093No grade recorded

     «فَخُرْتُ بِمَالِ أَبِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَلَّفَ أَلْفَ وَقِيَّةٍ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْكُتِي يَا عَائِشَةُ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُ يُحَدِّثُ «إِنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً اجْتَمَعْنَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَتَعَاهَدْنَ لَتُخْبِرَنَّ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ بِمَا فِي زَوْجِهَا وَلَا تَكْذِبُ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتِ «اللَّيْلُ لَيْلُ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرَّ وَلَا بَرْدَ وَلَا مَخَافَةَ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «الرِّيحُ رِيحُ الزَّرْنَبِ وَالْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبِ وَنَغْلِبُهُ وَالنَّاسَ يَغْلِبُ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ إِنَّهُ لرفيعُ الْعِمَادِ طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النَّادِ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «نَكَحْتُ مَالِكًا وَمَا مَالِكٌ لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَسَارِحِ قَلِيلَاتُ الْمَبَارِحِ إِذَا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَ الْمِزْهَرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «ذَرْنِي لَا أَذْكُرَهُ إِنْ أَذْكُرُهُ أَذْكُرُ عُجَرَهُ وَبُجَرَهُ أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَا سَمِينٍ فَيُرْتَقَى عَلَيْهِ وَلَا بِالسَّهْلِ فَيُنْتَقَلُ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ إِنَّهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ فَهِدَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَأَسِدَ» [250] قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا أَكَلَ اقْتَفَّ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ وَإِذَا ذَبَحَ اغْتَثَّ وَإِذَا نَامَ الْتَفَّ وَلَا يُدْخِلُ الْكَفَّ لِيَعْلَمَ الْبَثَّ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «نَكَحْتُ الْعَشَنَّقَ إِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ وَإِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «عَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ شَجَّكِ أَوْ فَلَّكِ أَوْ جَمَعَ كَلَّا لَكِ» قِيلَ أَنْتِ يَا فُلَانَةُ قَالَتْ «نَكَحْتُ أَبَا زَرْعٍ فَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ؟ أَنَاسَ أُذُنَيَّ وَفَرَّعَ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ شَحْمِ عَضُدَيَّ فَبَجَّحَ نَفْسِي فَبَجَحَتْ إِلَيَّ فَوَجَدَنِي فِي غُنَيْمَةٍ بِشِقٍّ فَجَعَلَنِي بَيْنَ جَامِلٍ وَصَاهِلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ فَأَنَا أَنَامُ عِنْدَهُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَمَّحُ وَأَنْطِقُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ» ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ مَضْجَعُهُ مَسَلُّ الشَّطْبَةِ وَيُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ مِلْءُ إِزَارِهَا وَصَفْرُ رِدَائِهَا وَزَيْنُ أَبِيهَا وَزَيْنُ أُمِّهَا وَحَيْرُ جَارَتِهَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ لَا تُخْرِجُ حَدِيثَنَا تَفْتِيشًا وَلَا تُهْلِكُ مِيرَتَنَا تَبْثِيثًا فَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأُمِّ غُلَامَيْنِ كَالصَّقْرَيْنِ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَطَلَّقَنِي فَاسْتَبْدَلْتُ وَكُلُّ بَدَلٍ أَعْوَرُ فَنَكَحْتُ شَابًّا سَرِيًّا رَكِبَ شَرِيًّا وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا وَأَعْطَانِي نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا وَأَعْطَانِي مِنْ كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ زَوْجًا وَقَالَ «امْتَارِي بِهَذَا يَا أُمَّ زَرْعٍ وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ فَجَمَعْتُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ فَلَمْ يَمْلَأْ أَصْغَرَ وِعَاءٍ مِنْ أَوْعِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «بَلْ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي زَرْعٍ»

     ✧ Here is the translation of the passage into English: "I bragged about my father's wealth during the pre-Islamic era, and he had accumulated a thousand weights," so the Prophet ﷺ said, "Be silent, O Aisha, for I am to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to narrate the story: "Eleven women gathered during the pre-Islamic period and agreed that each would tell the truth about her husband without lying." Someone asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "The night is like the night of Tihama, neither hot nor cold, and no fear." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "The scent is like the scent of Zarnab, and the touch is like the touch of a rabbit. We overpower him, and he overpowers people." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "By Allah, I know that he is of lofty stature, long straps and generous hospitality, close to the meeting place of the public." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "I married Malik, and what is Malik's wealth? He has camels that roam abundantly and rarely stay idle. When they hear the sound of the lute, they know they are doomed." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "Leave me alone, for if I mention him, I speak of his faults, and I fear I won't stop." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "Thin camel meat on a mountain: neither fat so it can be climbed nor low-lying so it can be moved." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "By Allah, I know that when he enters, he is like a panther and when he exits, he is like a lion." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "By Allah, I know that when he eats, he consumes fully, when he drinks, he drains in one gulp. When he slaughters, he savors, and when he sleeps, he curls up, and he does not intrude to discover matters." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "I married Ashannaq. If I remain silent, I am suspended, and if I speak, I am divorced." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "He is incapacitated and lacks direction; every ailment is for him, inflicting wounds and fracturing bones, or it causes total exhaustion." Someone else was asked, "And you, O so-and-so?" She said, "I married Abu Zar'. What is Abu Zar'? He adorned my ears and filled me with joy and companionship. He satisfied me with food until I became content. He found me among modest herds and placed me between wealth and horses, luxuries and festivities. I sleep, wake up in opulence, drink, and am satisfied, and speak without being rebuked." "The son of Abu Zar', and what is the son of Abu Zar'? His bedding is as long as a sword scabbard and he eats to his satisfaction." "The daughter of Abu Zar', and what is the daughter of Abu Zar'? Her clothing is full, and she is a decoration to her father and mother and a pride to her neighbor." "The servant of Abu Zar', and what is the servant of Abu Zar'? She does not disclose our secrets and does not waste our resources." He divorced me while the milking vessels were still full, then he found a woman with two hawkish children and married her, divorcing me. I replaced him with another, but every replacement is lesser. I married a noble young man who rode swift mounts and carried weaponry. He gave me abundant cattle and from each livestock, a pair. He said, 'Take this, O Umm Zar’, and support your family with it.' I collected it all, but it could not fill the smallest of Abu Zar’s vessels." Aisha said, "O Messenger of Allah, you are better than Abu Zar’."

243. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9094No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِنِسَائِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الْوَدُودُ الْوَلُودُ الْعَؤُودُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا الَّتِي إِذَا آذَتْ أَوْ أُوذِيَتْ جَاءَتْ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ بَيْدَ زَوْجِهَا ثُمَّ تَقُولُ وَاللهِ لَا أَذُوقُ غُمْضًا حَتَّى تَرْضَى»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Shall I not tell you about the women of Paradise among you? The loving, the prolific, the devoted to her husband—who, when she is hurt or wronged, comes and takes her husband’s hand, then says: ‘By Allah, I will not taste sleep until you are pleased.’”

244. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9095No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَيْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلَاهُ إِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Treat women well, for woman was created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If you try to straighten it, you will break it; and if you leave it, it remains crooked. So treat women well.”

245. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9096No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا أَنْ يَتَخَوَّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man from coming to his family at night, in a way that betrays them or seeks out their stumbles.

246. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9097No grade recorded

     نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَطَالَ الرَّجُلُ الْغِيبَةَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ forbade, when a man has been away long, that he come to his family by night.

247. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9098No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَدِمَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ فَلَا يَطْرُقُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you returns from his journey, let him not come to his family at night.”

248. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9099No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَدْخُلَ فَقَالَ «أَمْهِلُوا حَتَّى نَدْخُلَ لَيْلًا أَيْ عِشَاءً حَتَّى تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ وَتَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ»

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. When we returned, we went to enter, and he said: “Wait until we enter at night—that is, in the evening—so that the disheveled woman may comb her hair and the one whose husband is absent may shave.”

249. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9100No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا دَخَلْتَ لَيْلًا فَلَا تَدْخُلْ أَهْلَكَ حَتَّى تَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ وَتَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ» وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا دَخَلْتَ فَعَلَيْكَ الْكَيْسَ الْكَيْسَ»

     The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you enter (your town) at night (after coming from a journey), do not enter upon your family till the woman whose husband was absent (from the house) shaves her pubic hair and the woman with unkempt hair, combs her hair" Messenger of Allah ﷺ further said, "(O Jabir!) Seek to have offspring, seek to have offspring!" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5246)

250. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9101No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَطْرُقُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا يَقْدَمُ غُدْوَةً أَوْ عَشِيَّةً»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not come to his family at night; he would arrive in the morning or in the evening.

251. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9102No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَصْلُحُ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ وَلَوْ صَلَحَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ لَأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا مِنْ عِظَمِ حَقِّهِ عَلَيْهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not proper for any human to prostrate to another human. If it were proper for a human to prostrate to another human, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband, because of the greatness of his right over her.”

252. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9103No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْظَمُ حَقًّا عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ؟ قَالَ «زَوْجُهَا» قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْظَمُ حَقًّا عَلَى الرَّجُلِ؟ قَالَ «أُمُّهُ»

     ✧ I asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Which person has the greatest right over a woman?" He said, "Her husband." I said, "Then which person has the greatest right over a man?" He said, "His mother."

253. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9104No grade recorded

     عنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحَرِّجُ حَقَّ الضَّعِيفَيْنِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "O Allah, I declare inviolable the right of the two weak ones: the orphan and the woman."

254. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9105No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحَرِّجُ حَقَّ الضَّعِيفَيْنِ حَقَّ الْيَتِيمِ وَحَقَّ الْمَرْأَةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, I declare inviolable the right of the two weak ones: the right of the orphan and the right of the woman."

255. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9106No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا دُفِعْتُ إِلَيْهِ قُلْتُ «بِاللهِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ أَهُوَ أَرْسَلَكَ بِمَا تَقُولُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَهُوَ أَمَرَكَ بِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا بِهِ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي نِسَائِنَا؟» قَالَ «هُنَّ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ وَأَطْعِمُوهُنَّ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ وَاكْسُوهُنَّ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ وَلَا تَضْرِبُوهُنَّ وَلَا تُقَبِّحُوهُنَّ»

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and when I was brought before him, I said: "By Allah who sent you, is it He who sent you with what you say?" He said: "Yes." He said: "And is it He who commanded you with what you command us?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What do you say about our women?" He said: "They are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth as you wish. Feed them from what you eat, and clothe them from what you wear, and do not strike them, and do not revile them."

256. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9107No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ فَإِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقَوِّمُهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَدَعْهَا فَإِنَّ فِيهَا أَمَدًا وَبُلْغَةً»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed the woman was created from a rib, so if you go to straighten her, you will break her; and if you leave her, then in her there is crookedness and a means of enjoyment."

257. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9108No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have not left after me a trial more harmful to men than women."

258. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9109No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنَهُمْ خُلُقًا وَأَلْطَفُهُمْ بِأَهْلِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Then he mentioned a word whose meaning is: the most complete of the believers in faith is the best of them in character and the kindest of them to his family."

259. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9110No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَ عَائِشَةَ عَالِيًا وَهِيَ تَقُولُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَبِي فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِيَلْطِمَهَا وَقَالَ يَا ابْنَةَ فُلَانَةَ أَرَاكِ تَرْفَعِينَ صَوْتَكِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمْسَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُغْضَبًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَائِشَةُ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتِنِي أَنْقَذْتُكِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ؟ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَدِ اصْطَلَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ «أَدْخِلَانِي فِي السِّلْمِ كَمَا أَدْخَلْتُمَانِي فِي الْحَرْبِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ فَعَلْنَا»

     ✧ Abu Bakr sought permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he heard the voice of 'A'ishah raised, saying: "By Allah, I know that 'Ali is dearer to you than my father." Abu Bakr lunged toward her to slap her and said: "O daughter of so-and-so, I see that you raise your voice over the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ restrained him, and Abu Bakr went out angry. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O 'A'ishah, how did you see me rescue you from the man?" Then Abu Bakr sought permission after that, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and 'A'ishah had reconciled. He said: "Include me in the peace as you included me in the war." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We have done so."

260. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9111No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ إِذَا كُنْتِ عَنِّي رَاضِيَةً وَإِذَا كُنْتِ عَلَيَّ غَضْبَى» قُلْتُ بِمَ تَعْلَمُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «إِذَا كُنْتِ عَلَيَّ غَضْبَى فَحَلَفْتِ» قُلْتِ كَلَّا وَرَبِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِذَا كُنْتِ عَنِّي رَاضِيَةً قُلْتِ كَلَّا وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ قُلْتُ «صَدَقْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَهَجَرُ إِلَّا اسْمَكَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I know when you are pleased with me and when you are angry with me." I said: "How do you know, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "When you are angry with me, and you swear, you say: 'No, by the Lord of Ibrahim.' And when you are pleased with me, you say: 'No, by the Lord of Muhammad.'" I said: "You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah; I do not abandon anything but your name."

261. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9112No grade recorded

     «لَمْ أَزَلْ حَرِيصًا أَسْأَلُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اللَّتَيْنِ» قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا} [التحريم 4] فَحَجَّ عُمَرُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا كُنَّا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ عَدَلَ عُمَرُ وَعَدَلْتُ مَعَهُ بِالْإِدَاوَةِ فَتَبَرَّزَ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي فَسَكَبْتُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَنِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اللَّتَانِ قَالَ اللهُ لَهُمَا {إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا} [التحريم 4] قَالَ عُمَرُ وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ يَسُوقُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ «كُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ قَوْمًا نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدْنَا قَوْمًا تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ فَطَفِقَ نِسَاؤُنَا يَتَعَلَّمْنَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ» وَكَانَ مَنْزِلِي فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ بِالْعَوَالِي فَغَضِبْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فَإِذَا هِيَ تُرَاجِعُنِي فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ تُرَاجِعَنِي فَقَالَتْ «مَا تُنْكِرُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَكَ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْيَوْمَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ» فَقُلْتُ أَتُرَاجِعِينَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْيَوْمَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ قَالَتْ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ لَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُنَّ وَخَسِرَ أَفَتَأْمَنُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا لِغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ هَلَكَتْ؟ لَا تُرَاجِعِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا تَسْأَلِيهِ وَسَلِينِي مَا بَدَا لَكِ [258] وَلَا يَغْرُرْكِ أَنْ كَانَتْ جَارَتُكِ هِيَ أَوْسَمُ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْكِ يُرِيدُ عَائِشَةَ فَكَانَ لِي جَارٌ مِنِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ النُّزُولَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا وَيَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا فَيَأْتِينِي بِخَبَرِ الْوَحْيِ وَغَيْرِهِ وَآتِيهِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ وَكُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ غَسَّانَ تُنْعِلُ الْخَيْلَ لِتَغْزُوَنَا فَنَزَلَ صَاحِبِي يَوْمًا ثُمَّ أَتَانِي عِشَاءً فَضَرَبَ بَابِي ثُمَّ نَادَى فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ» قُلْتُ مَا حَدَثَ؟ جَاءَتْ غَسَّانُ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ طَلَّقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ» فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ خَابَتْ حَفْصَةُ إِذًا وَخَسِرَتْ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ هَذَا كَائِنًا حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الصُّبْحَ شَدَدْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي ثُمَّ نَزَلْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا أَطَلَّقَكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ «لَا أَدْرِي هَذَا هُوَ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ فَنَادَيْتُ غُلَامًا لَهُ أَسْوَدَ» فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ فَدَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَصَمَتَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمِنْبَرَ فَجَلَسْتُ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ رَهْطٌ جُلُوسٌ يَبْكِي بَعْضُهُمْ فَجَلَسْتُ قَلِيلًا فَغَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَأَتَيْتُ الْغُلَامَ» فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ فَدَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَصَمَتَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْغُلَامِ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأَذِنْ لِعُمَرَ فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ قَدَ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَصَمَتَ فَوَلَّيْتُ مُدْبِرًا فَإِذَا الْغُلَامُ يَدْعُونِي فَقَالَ ادْخُلْ فَقَدْ أَذِنَ لَكَ فَدَخَلْتُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَطَلَّقْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نِسَاءَكَ؟ فَرَفَعَ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ «لَا» [259] قُلْتُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ قَوْمًا نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدْنَا قَوْمًا تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ فَطَفِقَ نِسَاؤُنَا يَتَعَلَّمْنَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ فَغَضِبْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فَطَفِقَتْ تُرَاجِعُنِي فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ تُرَاجِعَنِي فَقَالَتْ مَا تُنْكِرُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَكَ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ يَوْمًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكِ مِنْهُنَّ وَخَسِرَ أَتَأْمَنُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا لِغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ؟ فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ هَلَكَتْ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَغْرُرْكِ أَنْ كَانَتْ جَارَتُكِ هِيَ أَوْسَمَ مِنْكِ وَأَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْكِ فَتَبَسَّمَ أُخْرَى فَقُلْتُ أَسْتَأْنِسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَجَلَسْتُ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فِي الْبَيْتِ فَوَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا يَرُدُّ الْبَصَرَ إِلَّا أُهُبًا ثَلَاثَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ يُوَسِّعْ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ فَقَدْ وَسَّعَ اللهُ عَلَى فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ وَهُمْ لَا يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ فَاسْتَوَى جَالِسًا وَقَالَ «أَوَفِي شَكٍّ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ؟ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ قَدْ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ فِي حَيَاتِهِمُ الدُّنْيَا» فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَقْسَمَ أَلَّا يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ شَهْرًا مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَوْجِدَتِهِ عَلَيْهِنَّ حِينَ عَاتَبَهُ اللهُ

     ✧ "I had been eager to ask 'Umar b. al-Khattab about the two women among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ about whom Allah Almighty said: {If you two repent to Allah, then your hearts have inclined} [al-Tahrim 4]. 'Umar performed Hajj and I performed Hajj with him. When we were on part of the road, 'Umar turned aside, and I turned aside with him with the water vessel. He relieved himself, then came to me, and I poured water over his hands, and he performed ablution. I said: 'O Commander of the Believers, who are the two women among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ to whom Allah said: {If you two repent to Allah, then your hearts have inclined} [al-Tahrim 4]?' 'Umar said: 'How amazing of you, O Ibn 'Abbas! 'A'ishah and Hafsah.' Then he began to narrate the hadith. He said: 'We, the people of Quraysh, were a people who dominated women, but when we came to Madinah, we found a people whose women dominated them, so our women began to learn from their women.' My dwelling was among Banu Umayyah b. Zayd in al-'Awali. One day I became angry with my wife, and she answered me back. I disapproved of her answering me back, and she said: 'What do you disapprove of in my answering you back? By Allah, the wives of the Prophet ﷺ answer him back, and one of them forsakes him from day until night.' So I set out and entered upon Hafsah. I said: 'Do you answer back the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' She said: 'Yes.' I said: 'And does one of you forsake him from day until night?' She said: 'Yes.' I said: 'Whoever among you does that has failed and lost. Does one of you feel secure that Allah will be angry with her due to the anger of His Messenger ﷺ, and then she will have perished? Do not answer back the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and do not ask him, but ask me whatever you need. And do not let it deceive you that your neighbor is more beautiful and more beloved to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than you'—meaning 'A'ishah. I had a neighbor from the Ansar, and we used to take turns going down to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I would go down one day, and he would go down one day, and he would bring me news of the revelation and other matters, and I would bring him the like of that. We used to speak about Ghassan shoeing their horses to raid us. My companion went down one day, then came to me in the evening, knocked on my door, and called out. I went out to him, and he said: 'A great event has occurred.' I said: 'What happened? Has Ghassan come?' He said: 'No, it is greater than that: the Prophet ﷺ has divorced his wives.' I said: 'Then Hafsah has failed and lost. I used to think this would happen.' When I had prayed the dawn prayer, I tightened my clothes, then went down and entered upon Hafsah while she was weeping. I said: 'Then he mentioned a word whose meaning is: has the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divorced you?' She said: 'I do not know. He is secluded in this upper room.' So I called a black slave of his and said: 'Ask permission for 'Umar.' The slave entered, then came out to me and said: 'I mentioned you to him, but he remained silent.' So I went until I came to the pulpit and sat down. There was a group sitting with him, some of them weeping. I sat for a little while, then what I felt overwhelmed me, so I went to the slave and said: 'Ask permission for 'Umar.' The slave entered, then returned to me and said: 'I mentioned you to him, but he remained silent.' I sat by the pulpit, then what I felt overwhelmed me, so I went back to the slave and said: 'Ask permission for 'Umar.' He entered, then came out to me and said: 'I mentioned you to him, but he remained silent.' So I turned away, departing, and then the slave called me and said: 'Enter, for he has given you permission.' I entered and greeted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and there he was reclining on a mat that had left marks on his side. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, have you divorced your wives?' He raised his head to me and said: 'No.' I said: 'Allah is Greatest! If you had seen us, O Messenger of Allah—we, the people of Quraysh, were a people who dominated women, but when we came to Madinah, we found a people whose women dominated them, so our women began to learn from their women. One day I became angry with my wife, and she answered me back. I disapproved of her answering me back, and she said: "What do you disapprove of in my answering you back? By Allah, the wives of the Prophet ﷺ answer him back, and one of them forsakes him from day until night." I said: "Whoever among them does that has failed and lost. Does one of them feel secure that Allah will be angry with her due to the anger of His Messenger ﷺ? Then she will have perished."' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I entered upon Hafsah and said: "Do not let it deceive you that your neighbor is more beautiful than you and more beloved to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than you."' He smiled again. I said: 'May I be at ease, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes.' So I sat down, and I raised my head in the house. By Allah, I saw nothing that would catch the eye except three hides. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to expand provision for your ummah, for Allah has expanded provision for Persia and Rome, while they do not worship Allah.' He sat up straight and said: 'Are you in doubt, O Ibn al-Khattab? Those are a people whose good things have been hastened for them in the life of this world.' I said: 'Ask forgiveness for me, O Messenger of Allah.' He had sworn not to enter upon them for a month because of the intensity of his anger toward them when Allah reproached him."

262. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9113No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «حَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ شَهْرًا فَلَمَّا مَضَتْ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ لَيْلَةً غَدَا عَلَيْهِنَّ» فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ شَهْرًا قَالَ «إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ swore not to enter upon some of his family for a month. When twenty-nine nights had passed, he went to them in the morning. It was said to him: "You swore not to enter upon them for a month." He said: "Indeed the month may be twenty-nine days."

263. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9114No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ اعْتَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَخَرَجَ صَبَاحَ تِسْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ» ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ كُلِّهَا وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالتِّسْعِ مِنْهَا

     ✧ He heard Jabir say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ secluded himself from his wives for a month, and he came out on the morning of the twenty-ninth. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Indeed the month may be twenty-nine days.' Then the Prophet of Allah ﷺ clapped his hands three times—twice with all the fingers of his hands, and the third time with nine of them."

264. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9115No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نِسَاؤُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا أَمْ مَا نَدَعُ؟ قَالَ «حَرْثُكَ أَنَّى شِئْتَ غَيْرَ أَنْ لَا تُقَبِّحَ الْوَجْهَ وَلَا تَضْرِبَ وَأَطْعِمْهَا إِذَا طَعِمْتَ وَاكْسُهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَيْتَ وَلَا تَهْجُرْهَا إِلَّا فِي بَيْتِهَا كَيْفَ وَقَدْ أَفْضَى بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ إِلَّا بِمَا حَلَّ عَلَيْهَا»

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, our wives—what may we approach of them and what may we leave? He said: “Your tilth, however you wish, except that you do not strike the face or beat, and feed her when you eat, and clothe her when you clothe yourself, and do not shun her except within her house. How [could you], when some of you have been intimate with one another, except by what has become lawful for her?”

265. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9116No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا هِجْرَةَ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ هَاجَرَ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ فَمَاتَ دَخَلَ النَّارَ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “There is no desertion beyond three [days]. Whoever deserts beyond three and then dies will enter the Fire.”

266. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9117No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ صَفِيَّةُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَهَا فَأَبْطَأْتُ فِي الْمَسِيرِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي وَتَقُولُ «حَمَلْتَنِي عَلَى بَعِيرٍ بَطِيءٍ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ بِيَدَيْهِ عَيْنَيْهَا وُيُسْكِتُهَا فَأَبَتْ إِلَّا بُكَاءً فَغَضبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَرْكَهَا فَقَدِمْتُ» فَأَتَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَتْ «يَوْمِي هَذَا لَكِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ أَنْتِ أَرْضَيْتِهِ عَنِّي فَعَمَدَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِلَى خِمَارِهَا وَكَانَتْ صَبَغَتْهُ بِوَرْسٍ وَزَعْفَرَانٍ فَنَضَحَتْهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ حَتَّى قَعَدَتْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لَكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ «ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللهِ يُؤْتِيَهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ فَعَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَدِيثَ فَرَضِيَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى زَيْنَبَ» فَقَالَ لَهَا «إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ قَدْ أَعْيَا بِهَا بَعِيرُهَا فَمَا عَلَيْكِ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهَا بَعِيرَكِ» قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ «أَتَعْمَدُ إِلَى بَعِيرِي فَتُعْطِيَهُ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ؟ فَهَاجَرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَلَمْ يَقْرَبْ بَيْتَهَا وَعَطَّلَتْ زَيْنَبُ نَفْسَهَا وَعَطَّلَتْ بَيْتَهَا وَعَمَدَتْ إِلَى السَّرِيرِ فَأَسْنَدَتْهُ إِلَى مُؤَخَّرِ الْبَيْتِ وَأَيَسَتْ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَيْنَا هِيَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذَا بِوَجْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَوَضَعَ السَّرِيرَ مَوْضِعَهُ» فَقَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «جَارِيَتِي فُلَانَةُ قَدْ طَهُرَتْ مِنْ حَيْضَتِهَا الْيَوْمَ هِيَ لَكَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهَا»

     ✧ Safiyyah was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and that was her day. She was slow in traveling, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to meet her while she was weeping and saying: “You mounted me on a slow camel.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to wipe her eyes with his hands and calm her, but she insisted on crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angry and left her, and I arrived. Then 'A'ishah came and said: “This day of mine is yours with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ if you make him pleased with me.” So 'A'ishah went to her head-covering, which she had dyed with wars and saffron, sprinkled it with some water, then came and sat by the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: “What is the matter with you?” She said: “That is the bounty of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recognized the matter and was pleased with Safiyyah. Then he went to Zaynab and said to her: “Safiyyah's camel has become exhausted; what harm would it be for you to give her your camel?” Zaynab said: “Do you intend to give my camel to the Jewess?” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deserted her for three months and did not come near her house. Zaynab gave up on herself and abandoned her house; she took the bed and leaned it against the back of the house, despairing that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would come to her. One day, while she was like that, she felt the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entering the house; he put the bed back in its place. Zaynab said: “O Messenger of Allah, my slave-girl so-and-so has purified from her menses today; she is yours.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went in to her and was pleased with her.

267. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9118No grade recorded

     «وَاللهِ مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ امْرَأَةً لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا خَادِمًا لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَأْثَمًا فَإِنْ كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبَعْدَ النَّاسِ وَوَاللهِ مَا انْتَقَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَطُّ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُنْتَهَكَ مِنْ حُرُمَاتِ اللهِ فَيَنْتَقِمُ لِلَّهِ»

     ✧ “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never struck any of his wives with his hand, nor any servant of his, nor did he ever strike anything with his hand except when fighting in the cause of Allah. He was never given a choice between two matters except that he chose the easier of them, as long as it was not sinful; if it was sinful, he was the farthest of people from it. By Allah, he never took revenge for himself over anything that was done to him, until the sanctities of Allah were violated, and then he would take revenge for Allah.”

268. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9119No grade recorded

     «مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةً لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا جَلَدَ خَادِمًا لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ تُنْتَهَكُ مَحَارِمُ اللهِ فَيَنْتَقِمُ لِلَّهِ»

     ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never struck a wife of his, nor ever beat a servant of his, nor ever struck anything with his hand except in the cause of Allah or when the sanctities of Allah were violated, and then he would take revenge for Allah.”

269. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9120No grade recorded

     «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ خَادِمًا لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا امْرَأَةً وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ زَادَ عَبْدَةُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

     ✧ “I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ strike a servant of his, nor a wife, nor did he ever strike anything with his hand,” 'Abdah added: “except when fighting in the cause of Allah.”

270. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9121No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَعَظَهُمْ فِي الرِّيحِ الَّتِي تَخْرُجُ قَالَ «وَلَمْ يَضْحَكْ أَحَدُكُمْ مِمَّا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ وَوَعَظَهُمْ فِي النِّسَاءِ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ أَحَدُهُمُ امْرَأَتَهُ كَمَا يَضْرِبُ الْعَبْدَ أَوِ الْأَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يُعَانِقُهَا مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ admonished them about the wind that passes [from one]. He said: “None of you should laugh at what comes from him.” And he admonished them about women: that one of you should strike his wife as he strikes a slave or a slave-girl at the beginning of the day, then embrace her at the end of the day.

271. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9122No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَضْرِبُوا إِمَاءَ اللهِ» فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «قَدْ ذَئِرَ النِّسَاءُ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَضَرَبُوهُنَّ فَطَافَ بِآلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نِسَاءٌ كَثِيرٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ طَافَ بِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ اللَّيْلَةَ سَبْعُونَ امْرَأَةً كُلُّهُمْ يَشْتَكِينَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ وَلَا تَجِدُونَ أُولَئِكَ خِيَارَكُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not strike the maidservants of Allah.” Then 'Umar came and said: “The women have become defiant against their husbands,” so he permitted them [to strike], and they struck them. Then many women went around the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Seventy women went around the family of Muhammad ﷺ tonight, all of them complaining about their husbands. You will not find those [who strike] among the best of you.”

272. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9123No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يُسْأَلُ الرَّجُلُ فِيمَ ضَرَبَ امْرَأَتَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A man is not to be asked about why he struck his wife.”

273. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9124No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّمَا هُنَّ عَوَانٌ عِنْدَكُمْ لَيْسَ تَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ {إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ} [النساء 19] فَإِنْ فَعَلْنَ فَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا إِلَّا إِنَّ لَكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ حَقًّا وَلِنِسَائِكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَقٌّ فَأَمَّا حَقُّكُمْ عَلَى نِسَائِكُمْ فَلَا يُوطِئْنَ فُرُشَكُمْ مَنْ تَكْرَهُونَ وَلَا يَأْذَنَّ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ لِمَنْ تَكْرَهُونَ أَلَا وَحَقُّهُنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِنَّ فِي كِسْوَتِهِنَّ وَطَعَامِهِنَّ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Treat women well, for they are like captives in your hands; you do not possess anything from them beyond that, except if they commit clear immorality {illā an ya'tīna bifāḥishatin mubayyinatin} [Qur'an 4:19]. If they do so, then shun them in bed and strike them with a strike that is not severe. If they obey you, then do not seek a way against them. Indeed, you have rights over your wives, and your wives have rights over you. As for your rights over your wives: they should not allow anyone you dislike to sit on your beds, nor permit anyone you dislike to enter your houses. And their rights over you are that you treat them kindly in their clothing and food.”

274. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9125No grade recorded

     تَزَوَّجَنِي الزُّبَيْرُ وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مَالٍ وَلَا مَمْلُوكٍ وَلَا شَيْءٍ غَيْرُ فَرَسِهِ فَكُنْتُ أَعْلِفُ فَرَسَهُ وَأَكْفِيهِ مُؤْنَتَهُ وَأَسُوسُهُ وَأَدُقُّ النَّوَى لِنَاضِحِهِ وَأَعْلِفُهُ وَأَسْتَقِي الْمَاءَ وَأَخْرِزُ غَرْبَهُ وَأَعْجِنُ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أُحْسِنُ أَخْبِزُ فَكَانَ يَخْبِزُ جَارَاتٌ لِي مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكُنَّ نِسْوَةَ صِدْقٍ وَكُنْتُ أَنْقُلُ النَّوَى مِنْ أَرْضِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَهِيَ الَّتِي أَقْطَعَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثُلُثَيْ فَرْسَخٍ فَجِئْتُ يَوْمًا وَالنَّوَى عَلَى رَأْسِي فَلَقِيَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابٍهٍ فَدَعَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِخْ إِخْ لِيَحْمِلَنِي خَلْفَهُ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسِيرَ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ وَذَكَرْتُ الزُّبَيْرَ وَغَيْرَتَهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَغْيَرِ النَّاسِ فَعَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ قَدِ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ فَمَضَى فَجِئْتُ إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ فَقُلْتُ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَى رَأْسِي النَّوَى وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَأَنَاخَ لِأَرْكَبَ مَعَهُ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَعَرَفْتُ غَيْرَتَكَ فَقَالَ «وَاللهِ لَحَمْلُكِ النَّوَى كَانَ أَشَدَّ مِنْ رُكُوبِكِ مَعَهُ» قَالَتْ «حَتَّى أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِخَادِمٍ فَكَفَتْنِي سِيَاسَةَ الْفَرَسِ فَكَأَنَّمَا أَعْتَقَنِي»

     ✧ Al-Zubayr married me while he had no wealth on earth, no slave, and nothing except his horse. I used to feed his horse, take care of its needs, tend it, grind date pits for his camel, feed it, draw water, stitch its bucket, and knead dough. I was not good at baking, so some of my Ansari neighbors, who were truthful women, used to bake for me. I used to carry date pits from al-Zubayr's land, which the Prophet ﷺ had allotted to him, on my head, a distance of two-thirds of a farsakh. One day I came with the date pits on my head, and the Prophet ﷺ met me with a group of his companions. He called me, then said: “Ikh, ikh,” to make me ride behind him. I felt shy to walk with the men, and I remembered al-Zubayr and his jealousy; he was one of the most jealous of people. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ realized that I was shy, so he went on. I came to al-Zubayr and said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met me with the date pits on my head, and with him was a group of his companions. He made his camel kneel so I could ride with him, but I felt shy and knew your jealousy.” He said: “By Allah, your carrying the date pits was harder on me than your riding with him.” She said: “Then Abu Bakr sent me a servant after that, who took care of the horse for me, and it was as if he had freed me.”

275. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9126No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا حَقُّ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا قَالَ «تُطْعِمُهَا إِذَا طَعِمْتَ وَتَكْسُوَهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَيْتَ وَلَا تَضْرِبِ الْوَجْهَ وَلَا تُقَبِّحْ وَلَا تُهْجَرْ إِلَّا فِي الْبَيْتِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: a man asked him, “What is the right of a woman upon her husband?” He said: “Feed her when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, do not strike the face, do not revile, and do not shun except within the house.”

276. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9127No grade recorded

     شَكَتْ إِلَيَّ فَاطِمَةُ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحِينِ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَتَيْتِ أَبَاكِ فَسَأَلْتِيهِ خَادِمًا فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمْ تُصَادِفْهُ فَرَجَعَتْ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أُخْبِرَ فَأَتَانَا وَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا وَعَلَيْنَا قَطِيفَةٌ إِذَا لَبِسْنَاهَا طُولًا خَرَجَتْ مِنْهَا جُنُوبُنَا وَإِذَا لَبِسْنَاهَا عَرْضًا خَرَجَتْ رُءُوسُنَا أَوْ أَقْدَامُنَا۔ فَقَالَ: «يَا فَاطِمَةُ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّكِ جِئْتِ فَهَلْ كَانَ لَكِ حَاجَةٌ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى شَكَتْ إِلَيَّ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحِينِ۔ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَتَيْتِ أَبَاكِ فَسَأَلْتِيهِ خَادِمًا۔ قَالَ: «أَفَلَا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنَ الْخَادِمِ؟ إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضَاجِعَكُمَا» فَقُولَا «ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَأَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ تَحْمِيدٍ وَتَسْبِيحٍ وَتَكْبِيرٍ»

     Fatimah complained to me about the marks on her hands from grinding flour. I suggested to her, "Why don't you go to your father and ask him for a servant?" She went to the Prophet ﷺ to request a servant but did not find him there. When he returned, she had already left. When she later informed him about it, he came to us, and we had already gone to bed. We had a thin curtain over us, and when we wore it long, our feet would protrude, but when we wore it sideways, our heads or feet would be exposed. The Prophet ﷺ asked Fatimah, "Were you the one who came earlier with a need?" She replied, "Yes, I complained to you about the marks on my hands from grinding flour, and you suggested I ask for a servant." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I guide you to something better than having a servant? When you go to bed, say subḥān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) thirty-three times, al-ḥamdu lillāh (Praise be to Allah) thirty-three times, and Allāhu akbar (Allah is the Greatest) thirty-four times."

277. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9128No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُلُّ رَاعٍ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ الْإِمَامُ رَاعٍ وَمَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَهُوَ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَالْمَرْأَةُ فِي بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا رَاعِيَةٌ وَهِيَ مَسْئُولَةٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهَا وَالْخَادِمُ رَاعٍ فِي مَالِ سَيِّدِهِ وَمَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَالرَّجُلُ فِي مَالِ أَبِيهِ رَاعٍ وَهُوَ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَكُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ

     I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Everyone of you is a guardian, and responsible for what is in his custody. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects and responsible for them; a husband is a guardian of his family and is responsible for it; a lady is a guardian of her husband's house and is responsible for it, and a servant is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it." I heard that from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I think that the Prophet ﷺ also said, "A man is a guardian of is father's property and is responsible for it, so all of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and things under your care." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2409)

278. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9129No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَائِلٌ كُلَّ رَاعٍ عَمَّا اسْتَرْعَاهُ أَحَفِظَ ذَلِكَ أَمْ ضَيَّعَ؟ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا أَحَدٌ عَلِمْنَاهُ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ غَيْرَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ 9130 أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, Allah will ask every shepherd about what he was entrusted to care for: did he safeguard it or waste it? Even a man will be asked about his own household." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "None that we know narrated this from Mu'adh b. Hisham except Ishaq b. Ibrahim b. Rahawayh. Ishaq b. Ibrahim informed us, saying: 9130 Mu'adh b. Hisham informed us, saying: My father narrated to me from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, the like of it."

279. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9131No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُضَيِّعَ مَنْ يَعُولُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "It is enough sin for a man that he neglects those whom he supports."

280. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9132No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُضَيِّعَ مَنْ يَقُوتُ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "It is enough sin for a man that he neglects those whom he sustains."

281. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9133No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَفَى بِالْعَبْدِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُضَيِّعَ مَنْ يَقُوتُ»

     ✧ I heard the Prophet of Allah ﷺ say: "It is enough sin for a servant that he neglects those whom he sustains."

282. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9134No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ يُصْبِحُ الْعِبَادُ فِيهِ إِلَّا مَلَكَانِ يَقُولَانِ فَيَقُولُ «أَحَدُهُمَا اللهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا» وَيَقُولُ الْآخِرُ «اللهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no day upon which the servants awake except that two angels descend, and one of them says: 'O Allah, give the one who spends a replacement,' and the other says: 'O Allah, give the one who withholds ruin.'"

283. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9135No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «اتَّقُوا اللهَ فِي النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُنَّ بِأَمَانَةِ اللهِ وَاسْتَحْلَلْتُمْ فُرُوجَهُنَّ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَنْ لَا يُوطِئْنَ فُرُشَكُمْ أَحَدًا تَكْرَهُونَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْنَ فَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ وَلَهُنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people and said: "Fear Allah regarding women, for you have taken them as a trust from Allah, and you have made their private parts lawful by the word of Allah. Your right over them is that they do not allow anyone you dislike to enter your beds. If they do that, then strike them with a non-severe striking. And they have a right upon you to their provision and clothing in an honorable manner."

284. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9136No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «مَا حَقُّ أَزْوَاجِنَا عَلَيْنَا؟» قَالَ «أَطْعِمْ إِذَا طَعِمْتَ وَاكْسُ إِذَا اكْتَسَيْتَ وَلَا تَضْرِبِ الْوَجْهَ وَلَا تُقَبِّحْ وَلَا تَهْجُرْ إِلَّا فِي الْبَيْتِ»

     ✧ I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the right of our wives upon us?" He said: "Feed her when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, do not strike the face, do not revile, and do not abandon except within the house."

285. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9137No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى زَوْجَتِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى وَلَدِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْفِقْهُ عَلَى خَادِمِكَ» قَالَ عِنْدِي آخَرُ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَبْصَرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded giving charity, so a man came and said: "I have a dinar." He said: "Spend it on yourself." He said: "I have another." He said: "Spend it on your wife." He said: "I have another." He said: "Spend it on your child." He said: "I have another." He said: "Spend it on your servant." He said: "I have another." He said: "You know best."

286. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9138No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَفْضَلُ دِينَارٍ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ «بَدَأَ بِالْعِيَالِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "The best dinar is a dinar a man spends on his family, a dinar he spends on his riding animal in the cause of Allah, and a dinar he spends on his companions in the cause of Allah." Abu Qilabah said: "He began with the family."

287. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9139No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «دِينَارٌ أَنْفِقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَدِينَارٌ فِي الْمَسَاكِينِ وَدِينَارٌ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ وَدِينَارٌ فِي الرِّقَابِ وَدِينَارٌ فِي نَسِيَهُ يَحْيَى أَفْضَلُهَا دِينَارًا دِينَارٌ أَنْفَقْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "A dinar you spend in the cause of Allah, a dinar on the poor, a dinar on your family, a dinar on freeing slaves, and a dinar on..." Yahya forgot: "The best of them is a dinar you spend on your family."

288. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9140No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلُّ مَا صَنَعْتَ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ مُخْتَصَرٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "All that you do for your family is charity for them." (abridged)

289. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9141No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whatever you feed yourself is charity for you, whatever you feed your child is charity for you, whatever you feed your wife is charity for you, and whatever you feed your servant is charity for you."

290. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9142No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً إِلَّا أُجِرْتَ حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةِ تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِيِّ امْرَأَتِكَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed, if Allah wills, you will never spend an expenditure except that you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel that you raise to your wife’s mouth.”

291. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9143No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ أَمْوَالُ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِمَّا لَمْ يُوجِفِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْزِلُ نَفَقَةَ أَهْلِهِ سَنَةً ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ مَا بَقِيَ فِي الْكُرَاعِ وَالسِّلَاحِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ

     ✧ The wealth of Banu al-Nadir was among that which Allah granted as fay’ to His Messenger ﷺ, which the Muslims had not spurred horses or camels for. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to set aside his family’s expenditure for a year, then put what remained into horses and weapons in the way of Allah.

292. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9144No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ أَمْوَالُ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِمَّا لَمْ يُوجِفِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ فَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ مِنْهَا نَفَقَةَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا بَقِيَ جَعَلَهُ فِي السِّلَاحِ وَالْكُرَاعِ عُدَّةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ

     ✧ The wealth of Banu al-Nadir was among that which Allah granted as fay’ to His Messenger ﷺ, which the Muslims had not spurred horses or camels for. He used to spend on his family from it the expenditure of a year, and what remained he made into weapons and horses as preparedness in the way of Allah.

293. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9145No grade recorded

     أَنَّ «أَمْوَالَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِمَّا لَمْ يُوجِفِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَكَانَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَالِصًا وَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ مِنْهَا نَفَقَةَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا بَقِيَ جَعَلَهُ فِي الْكُرَاعِ وَالسِّلَاحِ عُدَّةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

     ✧ The wealth of Banu al-Nadir was among that which Allah granted as fay’ to His Messenger ﷺ, which the Muslims had not spurred horses or camels for. It was exclusively for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He used to spend on his family from it the expenditure of a year, and what remained he made into horses and weapons as preparedness in the way of Allah.

294. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9146No grade recorded

     جَاءَتْ هِنْدٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ مُمْسِكٌ فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا حَرَجَ عَلَيْكِ أَنْ تُنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ»

     ✧ Hind came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a miserly man. Is there any sin upon me if I spend on his dependents from his wealth without his permission?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “There is no blame upon you to spend on them with what is reasonable.”

295. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9147No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ شَحِيحٌ وَلَيْسَ يُعْطِينِي مَا يَكْفِينِي وَوَلَدِي إِلَّا مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ قَالَ «خُذِي مَا يَكْفِيكِ وَوَلَدَكِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ»

     ✧ “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man, and he does not give me what suffices me and my child, except what I take from him without his knowledge.” He said, “Take what suffices you and your child with what is reasonable.”

296. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9148No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا مَا أَدْخَلَ عَلَيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ بَيْتَهُ، فَآخُذُ مِنْ مَالِهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْفِقِي وَلَا تُوكِي فَيُوكَى عَلَيْكِ».

     ✧ I said to the Prophet ﷺ, “I do not own anything except what al-Zubayr brings into his house for me, so may I take from his wealth?” He said: “Spend, and do not tie it up, lest it be tied up against you.”

297. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9149No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ لَيْسَ لِي شَيْءٌ إِلَّا مَا أَدْخَلَ عَلَيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَرْضَخَ مِمَّا يُدْخِلُ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ «ارْضَخِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتِ وَلَا تُوكِي فَيُوكِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ»

     ✧ She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Prophet of Allah, I have nothing except what al-Zubayr brings to me. Is there any sin upon me if I give in charity from what he brings to me?” He said, “Give in charity as much as you can, and do not hoard, lest Allah withhold from you.”

298. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9150No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا «لَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: “Do not count, lest Allah count against you.”

299. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9151No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْفِقِي وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ وَلَا تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ»

     Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a limited amount; and do not withhold your money lest Allah should withhold it from you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2591)

300. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9152No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا تَصَدَّقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا كَانَ لَهَا أَجْرٌ وَلِلزَّوْجِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلِلْخَازِنِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلَا يَنْقُصُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ أَجْرِ صَاحِبِهِ شَيْئًا لِلزَّوْجِ مَا كَسَبَ وَلَهَا مَا أَنْفَقَتْ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “When a woman gives charity from her husband’s house, she has a reward, and the husband has the like of that, and the treasurer has the like of that, without any of them diminishing the other’s reward at all. The husband gets what he earned, and she gets what she spent.”

301. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9153No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَنْفَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ طَعَامِ بَيْتِهَا غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ كَانَ لَهَا أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقَتْ وَلِلزَّوْجِ أَجْرَهُ بِمَا كَسَبَ وَلِلْخَازِنِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ لَا يَنْقُصُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ أَجْرِ بَعْضٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a woman spends from the food of her house without causing damage, she has the reward of what she spent, and the husband has his reward for what he earned, and the treasurer has the like of that, without any of them diminishing the reward of another.”

302. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9154No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَنْفَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا غَيْرَ مُفْسِدَةٍ كَانَ لَهَا أَجْرُهَا وَلَهُ مِثْلُهُ بِمَا كَسَبَ وَلَهَا بِمَا أَنْفَقَتْ وَلِلْخَازِنِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْتَقَصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْءٌ» وَقَفَهُ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a woman spends from her husband’s house without causing damage, she has her reward, and he has the like of it for what he earned, and she has what she spent, and the treasurer has the like of that, without anything being diminished from their rewards.” Habib b. Abi Thabit stopped it (as mawquf).

303. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9155No grade recorded

     «مَا تَصَدَّقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ عَرَضِ بَيْتِهَا فَالْأَجْرُ بَيْنَهُمَا شَطْرَانِ»

     ✧ “Whatever a woman gives in charity from the goods of her house, the reward is between them in two halves.”

304. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9156No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ «تَصَدَّقْنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلُ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَتْ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ رَجُلًا خَفِيفَ ذَاتِ الْيَدِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ سَلْ لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُجْزِئُ عَنِّي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ النَّفَقَةُ عَلَى زَوْجِي وَأَيْتَامٍ فِي حَجْرِي؟ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أُلْقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَهَابَةُ فَقَالَ «لَا بَلْ سَلِيهِ أَنْتِ» قَالَتْ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْبَابِ وَإِذَا عَلَى الْبَابِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهَا زَيْنَبُ حَاجَتُهَا حَاجَتِي فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا بِلَالٌ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ «سَلْ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتُجْزِئُ عَنَّا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ النَّفَقَةُ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِنَا وَأَيْتَامٍ فِي حُجُورِنَا؟» قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِلَالٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلَى الْبَابِ زَيْنَبُ قَالَ «أَيُّ الزَّيَانِبِ» قَالَ زَيْنَبُ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَزَيْنَبُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ تَسْأَلَانِكَ عَنِ النَّفَقَةِ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمَا وَأَيْتَامٍ فِي حُجُورِهِمَا يُجْزِئُ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمَا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَهُمَا أَجْرَانِ أَجْرُ الْقَرَابَةِ وَأَجْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: 'O assembly of women, give charity even from your jewelry, for you are the majority of the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection.' She said: 'Abdullah was a man of light means, so I said to him: Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for me whether spending on my husband and orphans in my care suffices me for charity.' She said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ inspired awe, so he said: No, rather you ask him yourself.' She said: 'So I went and reached the door, and there at the door was a woman from the Ansar called Zainab whose need was the same as mine. Bilal came out to us, and we said to him: Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for us whether spending on our husbands and orphans in our care suffices us for charity.' She said: 'Bilal entered upon him and said to him: At the door are Zainab. He said: Which Zainab? He said: Zainab the wife of Abdullah and Zainab, a woman from the Ansar. They ask you about spending on their husbands and orphans in their care; does that suffice them for charity? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They have two rewards: the reward of kinship and the reward of charity.'

305. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9157No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلنِّسَاءِ «تَصَدَّقْنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ» قَالَتْ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ خَفِيفَ ذَاتِ الْيَدِ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ «أَيَسَعُنِي أَنْ أَضَعَ صَدَقَتِي فِيكَ وَفِي بَنِي أَخٍ لِي أَيْتَامٍ؟» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ سَلِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَإِذَا عَلَى بَابِهِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهَا زَيْنَبُ تَسْأَلُ عَمَّا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا بِلَالٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَلَا تُخْبِرْهُ مَنْ نَحْنُ فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ هُمَا؟ قَالَ زَيْنَبُ قَالَ «أَيُّ الزَّيَانِبِ؟» قَالَ زَيْنَبُ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَزَيْنَبُ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ لَهَا أَجْرَانِ أَجْرُ الْقَرَابَةِ وَأَجْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the women: 'Give charity even from your jewelry.' She said: 'Abdullah was of light means, so she said to him: Is it permissible for me to place my charity in you and in the orphan children of my brother? Abdullah said: Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that.' She said: 'So I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and there at his door was a woman from the Ansar called Zainab asking about what I was asking about. Bilal came out to us, and I said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him about that, but do not tell him who we are. So he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: Who are they? He said: Zainab. He said: Which Zainab? He said: Zainab the wife of Abdullah and Zainab the Ansari woman. He said: Yes, she has two rewards: the reward of kinship and the reward of charity.'

306. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9158No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تَصَدَّقْنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ» فَكَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ تُنْفِقُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَيْتَامٍ فِي حَجْرِهَا فَقَالَتْ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ «أَيُجْزِئُ عَنِّي أَنْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَيْتَامٍ فِي حَجْرِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ؟» قَالَ سَلِي أَنْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى بَابِهِ حَاجَتُهَا مِثْلُ حَاجَتِي فَمَرَّ عَلَيْنَا بِلَالٌ فَقُلْنَا «سَلْ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُجْزِئُ عَنِّي أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَلَى زَوْجِي وَأَيْتَامٍ فِي حَجْرِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ؟ فَدَخَلَ فَسَأَلَهُ» فَقَالَ «مَنْ هُمَا؟» قَالَ زَيْنَبُ قَالَ «أَيُّ الزَّيَانِبِ؟» قَالَ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَكُونُ لَهَا أَجْرَانِ أَجْرُ الْقَرَابَةِ وَأَجْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ»

     ✧ I was in the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me and said: 'Give charity even from your jewelry.' Zainab used to spend on Abdullah and orphans in her care, so she said to Abdullah: 'Does it suffice me to spend on you and on orphans in my care as charity?' He said: 'You ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ yourself.' So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found a woman from the Ansar at his door whose need was like my need. Bilal passed by us, and we said: 'Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for us: Does it suffice me to spend on my husband and orphans in my care as charity?' He entered and asked him, and he said: 'Who are they?' He said: 'Zainab.' He said: 'Which Zainab?' He said: 'The wife of Abdullah.' He said: 'Yes, she will have two rewards: the reward of kinship and the reward of charity.'

307. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9159No grade recorded

     انْطَلَقَتِ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَامْرَأَةُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ تَكْتُمْ صَاحِبَتَهَا أَمْرَهَا فَأَتَتَا الْحُجْرَةَ فَقَالَتَا لِبِلَالٍ ايتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلِ «امْرَأَتَانِ لِإِحْدَاهُمَا فَضْلُ مَالٍ وَفِي حَجْرِهَا بَنُو أَخٍ لَهَا أَيْتَامٌ» فَقَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى إِنَّ لِي فَضْلَ مَالٍ وَلِي زَوْجٌ خَفِيفُ ذَاتِ الْيَدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَهُمَا كِفْلَانِ»

     ✧ The wife of Abdullah and the wife of Abu Mas'ud went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, each one concealing her matter from her companion. They came to the chamber and said to Bilal: 'Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and say: Two women; one of them has surplus wealth and in her care are orphan sons of her brother.' The other said: 'I have surplus wealth and a husband of light means.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'They have two portions.'

308. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9160No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا أَطْعَمْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ زَوْجَتَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ وَلَدَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ وَمَا أَطْعَمْتَ خَادِمَكَ فَهُوَ لَكَ صَدَقَةٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What you feed yourself is charity for you, what you feed your wife is charity for you, what you feed your child is charity for you, and what you feed your servant is charity for you.'

309. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9161No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ نَفَقَةً وَهُوَ يَحْتَسِبُهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةً»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'When a Muslim spends on his family an expenditure while hoping for reward, it is recorded for him as charity.'

310. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9162No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا سَعْدُ «إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُنْفِقَ نَفَقَةً تَبْتَغِي بِهَا وَجْهَ اللهِ إِلَّا أُجِرْتَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةِ تَجْعَلُهَا فِي فِيِّ امْرَأَتِكَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Sa'd, you will never spend an expenditure seeking thereby the Face of Allah except that you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel you place in your wife's mouth.'

311. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9163No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ مَهْمَا أَنْفَقْتَ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ حَتَّى اللُّقْمَةِ تَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِيِّ امْرَأَتِكَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whatever you spend of an expenditure, it is charity, even the morsel you raise to your wife's mouth.'

312. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9164No grade recorded

     أَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ بِبَابِهِ جُلُوسٌ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَجَلَسَ ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَدَخَلَا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَحَوْلَهُ نِسَاؤُهُ وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ وَاجِمٌ قَالَ عُمَرُ «لَأُكَلِّمَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَضْحَكَ» قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ رَأَيْتَ ابْنَةَ زَيْدٍ امْرَأَةَ عُمَرَ سَأَلَتْنِي النَّفَقَةَ آنِفًا فَوَجَأْتُ عُنُقَهَا فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ قَالَ «هُنَّ حَوْلِي كَمَا تَرَى يَسْأَلْنَنِي النَّفَقَةَ» فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ لِيَضْرِبَهَا وَقَامَ عُمَرُ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ كِلَاهُمَا يَقُولُ تَسْأَلَانِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ فَنَهَاهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَ نِسَاؤُهُ وَاللهِ لَا نَسْأَلُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْخِيَارُ فَبَدَأَ بِعَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ لَكِ شَيْئًا لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَعْجَلِي فِيهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرِي أَبَوَيْكِ» قَالَتْ وَمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَتَلَا عَلَيْهَا {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتِهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ} [الأحزاب 28] قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «أَفِيكَ أَسْتَأْمِرُ أَبَوَيَّ؟ بَلْ أَخْتَارُ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ لَا تَذْكُرَ لِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِكَ مَا اخْتَرْتُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْنِي مُعَنِّفًا وَلَكِنْ مُعَلِّمًا مُبَشِّرًا لَا تَسْأَلُنِي امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ عَمَّا اخْتَرْتِ إِلَّا أَخْبَرْتُهَا»

     ✧ Abu Bakr came seeking permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ while people were sitting at his door, and he was not granted permission. Then Umar came and sought permission, and he was not granted permission, so he sat down. Then permission was granted to Abu Bakr and Umar, and they entered while the Prophet ﷺ was sitting with his wives around him, silent and gloomy. Umar said: 'I will speak to the Prophet ﷺ so that perhaps he may laugh.' Umar said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if you had seen the daughter of Zaid, Umar's wife, she asked me for maintenance just now, and I struck her neck.' The Prophet ﷺ laughed until his molars showed, and said: 'They are around me as you see, asking me for maintenance.' Abu Bakr stood up to Aisha to strike her, and Umar stood up to Hafsa, both saying: 'You ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for what he does not have?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade them, and his wives said: 'By Allah, we will never ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after this gathering for what he does not have.' Then Allah the Exalted revealed the choice, and He began with Aisha, saying: 'I want to mention something to you, and I do not want you to hasten in it until you consult your parents.' She said: 'What is it, O Messenger of Allah?' He recited to her: {O Prophet, say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you} [Al-Ahzab 28]. Aisha said: 'Should I consult my parents about you? Rather I choose Allah and His Messenger and the Abode of the Hereafter, and I ask you not to mention to any of your wives what I have chosen.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah did not send me as a harsh rebuker, but as a teacher and a bringer of glad tidings. No woman among them will ask me about what you chose except that I will tell her.'

313. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9165No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ» تَقُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِمَّا أَنْ تُنْفِقَ عَلَيَّ أَوْ تُطَلِّقَنِي وَيَقُولُ الِابْنُ إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي وَيَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ أَنْفِقْ عَلَيَّ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي قِيلَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هَذَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا هَذَا مِنْ كِيسِي»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best charity is that given from surplus means, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin with those you support.' The woman says: 'Either spend on me or divorce me.' The son says: 'To whom do you entrust me?' The slave says: 'Spend on me and employ me.' It was said: 'O Abu Hurairah, is this from the Prophet ﷺ?' He said: 'No, this is from my own pocket.'

314. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9166No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ» قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَسُئِلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَنْ تَعُولُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ امْرَأَتُكَ تَقُولُ أَنْفِقْ عَلَيَّ أَوْ طَلِّقْنِي وَعَبْدُكَ يَقُولُ «أَطْعِمْنِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي» وَابْنُكَ يَقُولُ «إِلَى مَنْ تَذَرُنِي»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin with those you support.' Zaid said: 'Abu Hurairah was asked: Who do you support, O Abu Hurairah? He said: Your wife says: Spend on me or divorce me, your slave says: Feed me and employ me, and your son says: To whom do you leave me?'

315. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9167No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ» فَقِيلَ مَنْ أَعُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «امْرَأَتُكَ مِمَّنْ تَعُولُ» تَقُولُ أَطْعِمْنِي وَإِلَّا فَارِقْنِي خَادِمُكَ يَقُولُ أَطْعِمْنِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي وَوَلَدُكَ يَقُولُ إِلَى مَنْ تَتْرُكُنِي؟

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'The best charity is that given from surplus means, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin with those you support.' It was said: 'Who do I support, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Your wife is among those you support; she says: Feed me or else separate from me. Your servant says: Feed me and employ me. And your child says: To whom do you leave me?'

316. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9168No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا وَلْتَنْكِحْ فَإِنَّمَا لَهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A woman should not ask for the divorce of her sister so as to empty her plate; rather she should marry, for she will have only what is decreed for her.”

317. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9169No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ الْأُخْرَى لِتَكْتَفِئَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “A woman should not ask for the divorce of another woman so as to overturn what is in her vessel.”

318. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9170No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ خَبَّبَ عَبْدًا عَلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَمَنْ أَفْسَدَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever incites a slave against his masters is not of us, and whoever corrupts a woman against her husband is not of us.”

319. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9171No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا لَا يَبِيتَنَّ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ امْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَاكِحًا أَوْ ذَا مَحْرَمٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed, no man should spend the night at a woman’s place unless he is married to her or is her mahram.”

320. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9172No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالدُّخُولَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرَأَيْتَ الْحَمْوَ؟ قَالَ «الْحَمْوُ الْمَوْتُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Beware of entering upon women.” A man from the Ansar said: “What do you think about the brother-in-law?” He said: “The brother-in-law is death.”

321. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9173No grade recorded

     أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ دَخَلُوا عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهِيَ تَحْتَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَمْ أَرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ بَرَّأَهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ» فَقَالَ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ يَوْمِي هَذَا عَلَى مُغِيبَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ»

     ✧ Some men from Banu Hashim entered upon Asma’ bt. Umays while Abu Bakr, who was her husband at that time, entered and disapproved of that. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “I saw nothing but good.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the pulpit and said: “After this day of mine, no man should enter upon a woman whose husband is absent unless he has with him one or two men.”

322. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9174No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ»

     ✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “No man should be alone with a woman.”

323. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9175No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِي مِثْلِ مَقَامِي هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَحْسِنُوا إِلَى أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَحْلِفَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَحْلَفَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَشْهَدُ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهَا فَمَنْ أَرَادَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَنَالَ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ أَلَا لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَإِنَّ ثَالِثَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ تَسُوءُهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ وَتَسُرُّهُ حَسَنَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ» 9176 أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بِالْجَابِيَةِ فَقَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in a position like this one of mine, then said: “Be good to my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then lying will spread, until a man will swear an oath before being asked to swear, and will give testimony before being asked to testify. Whoever among you wishes to attain the midst of Paradise, let him adhere to the community, for Satan is with the solitary person and is farther from two. Indeed, no man should be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan. Indeed, whoever among you is grieved by his evil deed and pleased by his good deed is a believer.”

324. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9177No grade recorded

     قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَامِي فِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ «أَحْسِنُوا إِلَى أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ لَا يَسْأَلُهَا وَحَتَّى يَحْلِفَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ لَا يَسْأَلُهَا فَمَنْ أَرَادَ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ أَلَا لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْمَرْأَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ثَالِثُهُمَا وَمَنْ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us in the position I stand among you today and said: “Be good to my Companions, then those who follow them. Then lying will spread, until a man gives testimony without being asked for it, and swears an oath without being asked for it. Whoever wishes to attain the midst of Paradise, let him adhere to the community, for Satan is with the solitary person and is farther from two. Indeed, none of you should be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan. Whoever is pleased by his good deed and grieved by his evil deed is a believer.”

325. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9178No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ «أَكْرِمُوا أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَظْهَرُ الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدْ وَيَحْلِفَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفَ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ بُحْبُحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ وَلَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَإِنَّ ثَالِثَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ وَمَنْ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving a sermon, saying: “Honor my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then lying will appear, until a man gives testimony without being asked to testify and swears an oath without being asked to swear. Whoever among you loves the midst of Paradise, let him adhere to the community, for Satan is with the solitary person and is farther from two. No man should be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan. Whoever is pleased by his good deed and grieved by his evil deed is a believer.”

326. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9179No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِينَا كَقِيَامِي فِيكُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ «أَكْرِمُوا أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيَحْلِفَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَحْلَفَ وَيَشْهَدَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدَ فَمَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنَالَ بُحْبُحَةَ الْجَنَّةٍ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ يَدَ اللهِ فَوْقَ الْجَمَاعَةِ لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ثَالِثُهُمَا أَلَا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ أَلَا مَنْ سَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ وَسَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ فَذَلِكَ الْمُؤْمِنُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us like my standing among you and said: O people, “Honor my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then lying will spread, until a man swears an oath before being asked to swear and gives testimony before being asked to testify. Whoever is pleased to attain the midst of Paradise must adhere to the community, for the hand of Allah is over the community. No man should be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan. Indeed, Satan is with the solitary person and is farther from two. Indeed, whoever is grieved by his evil deed and pleased by his good deed is the believer.”

327. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9180No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِينَا كَقِيَامِي فِيكُمْ فَقَالَ «أَكْرِمُوا أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَظْهَرُ الْكَذِبُ فَيَحْلِفُ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُ وَيَشْهَدُ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ بُحْبُحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْفَذِّ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ وَلَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ثَالِثُهُمَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us like my standing among you and said: “Honor my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then lying will appear, and a man will swear an oath without being asked to swear, and will give testimony without being asked to testify. Whoever wishes for the midst of Paradise, let him adhere to the community, for Satan is with the solitary person and is farther from two. No man should be alone with a woman who is not lawful for him, for the third of them is Satan.”

328. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9181No grade recorded

     إِنِّي قُمْتُ فِيكُمْ كَمَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِينَا فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِأَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى يَحْلِفَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُ وَحَتَّى يَشْهَدَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُرْقَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ إِلَّا كَانَ ثَالِثَهُمَا شَيْطَانٌ مَنْ أَرَادَ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ مَنْ سَرَّتَهُ حَسَنَتْهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَذَلِكَ الْمُؤْمِنُ»

     ✧ I stood among you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us, and he said: "I enjoin you to treat my Companions well, then those after them, then lying will spread until a man swears without being asked to swear and testifies without being asked to testify. You must keep to the community, and beware of division, for Satan is with the one and is farther from the two. No man should be alone with a woman three times"—he said it three times—"except that Satan is the third of them. Whoever desires the best part of Paradise, let him adhere to the community. Whoever is pleased by his good deed and grieved by his evil deed, that is the believer."

329. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9182No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «احْفَظُونِي فِي أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ يَشْهَدُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدُوا وَيَحْلِفُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْتَحْلَفُوا فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ الْجَنَّةَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مِنَ الْوَاحِدِ قَرِيبٌ وَمِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبَعْدُ وَلَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ وَمَنْ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Preserve me in respect of my Companions, then those after them"—three times—"then after that there will come people who testify without being asked to testify and swear without being asked to swear. So whoever loves Paradise, let him keep to the community, for Satan is near to the one and farther from the two. No man should be alone with a woman unless there is a mahram with him. Whoever is pleased by his good deed and grieved by his evil deed is a believer."

330. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9183No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ كَانَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا إِذَا كَانَ لِإِحْدَانَا مُكَاتَبٌ فَقَضَى مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ فَاضْرِبْنَ دُونَهُ الْحِجَابَ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخِرَ وَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْمُكَاتَبِ مَا يَقْضِي عَنْهُ فَاحْتَجِبِي مِنْهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had enjoined us: when one of us had a mukatab (a slave with a contract of emancipation) who had paid off the remainder of his contract, we should put a veil between ourselves and him. Ubaidullah b. Sa'd reported it to me elsewhere and said: "When the mukatab has enough to pay off his contract, then veil yourself from him."

331. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9184No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When one of you has a mukatab and he has enough to pay, she should veil herself from him."

332. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9185No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَلَا تَنْظُرُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَلَا يُفْضِي الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي الثَّوْبِ وَلَا تُفْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فِي الثَّوْبِ»

     "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'A man is not to look at the 'Awrah of a man, and a woman is not to look at the 'Awrah of a woman. A man is not to be alone with a man under one garment, and a woman is not to be alone with a woman under one garment.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2793)

333. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9186No grade recorded

     أَنْ تَصِفَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا»

     ✧...that she describe her to her husband."

334. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9187No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَتَصِفَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "A woman should not embrace another woman and then describe her to her husband as if he were looking at her."

335. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9188No grade recorded

     «لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ وَلَا الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ»

     ✧ "A woman should not embrace another woman, nor a man another man."

336. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9189No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفَجْأَةِ فَقَالَ «غُضَّ بَصَرَكَ»

     ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the sudden glance, and he said: "Avert your gaze."

337. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9190No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَرْجِعُ النَّاسُ بِنُسُكَيْنِ وَأَرْجِعُ بِنُسُكٍ وَاحِدٍ فَأَمَرَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِي إِلَى التَّنْعِيمِ فَأَرْدَفَنِي خَلْفَهُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ شَدِيدَةِ الْحَرِّ فَكُنْتُ أَحْسِرُ خِمَارِي عَنْ عُنُقِي فَيَتَنَاوَلُ رِجْلِي فَيَضْرِبُهَا بِالرَّاحِلَةِ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ تَرَى مِنْ أَحَدٍ؟ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى التَّنْعِيمِ فَأَهْلَلْتُ مِنْهَا بِالْعُمْرَةِ فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ لَمْ يَبْرَحْ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمَ النَّفْرِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَلَا أَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ؟» فَقَالَ «ادْخُلِي الْحِجْرَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ»

     ✧ I said: "O Messenger of Allah, the people will return with two rites and I will return with one." So he ordered Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr to take me to al-Tan'im, and he seated me behind him on a camel on a very hot night. I was removing my khimar from my neck, and he would reach for my leg and strike it with the mount. I said: "Do you see anyone?" We reached al-Tan'im, and I entered ihram for umrah from there. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at al-Batha', not having left, and that was the day of nafr. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I not enter the House?" He said: "Enter the Hijr, for it is part of the House."

338. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9191No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ النِّسَاءُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ يَتْبَعُونَهُمْ بِالْمَاءِ فَكَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فِيمَنْ خَرَجَ فَلَمَّا لَقِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اعْتَنَقَتْهُ وَجَعَلَتْ تَغْسِلُ جُرْحَهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَيَزْدَادُ الدَّمُ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ ذَلِكَ أَخَذَتْ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فَأَحْرَقَتْهُ بِالنَّارِ فَكَمَدَتْهُ حَتَّى لَصَقَ بِالْجُرْحِ وَاسْتَمْسَكَ الدَّمُ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: the women went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, following them with water. Fatimah was among those who went out. When she met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she embraced him and began washing his wound with water, but the blood increased. When she saw that, she took a piece of matting, burned it in the fire, and cauterized the wound until it sealed and the blood stopped.

339. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9192No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَشْبَهَ كَلَامًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا حَدِيثًا وَلَا جَلْسَةً مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَآهَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ رَحَّبَ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَبَّلَهَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا فَجَاءَ بِهَا حَتَّى يَجْلِسَهَا فِي مَكَانِهِ وَكَانَتْ إِذَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَحَّبَتْ بِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَتْهُ وَإِنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ فَرَحَّبَ بِهَا وَقَبَّلَهَا ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ لِلنِّسَاءِ مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ لَهَا فَضْلًا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بَيْنَمَا هِيَ تَبْكِي إِذْ ضَحِكَتْ فَسَأَلْتُهَا مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ إِنِّي إِذًا لَبَذِرَةٌ فَلَمَّا أَنْ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ وَإِنِّي مَيِّتٌ فَبَكَيْتُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّكِ لَأَوَّلُ أَهْلِي بِي لُحُوقًا فَسُرِرْتُ وَأَعْجَبَنِي فَضَحِكْتُ»

     ✧ I have not seen anyone whose speech, conversation, or way of sitting resembled the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than Fatimah. She said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw her coming, he would welcome her, then stand up to her and kiss her, then take her by the hand and bring her until he seated her in his place. When she saw the Prophet ﷺ, she would welcome him, then stand up to him and kiss him. She entered upon the Prophet ﷺ during his final illness, and he welcomed her and kissed her, then whispered something to her, and she wept. Then he whispered something else to her, and she laughed. I said to the women: "I used to think that this woman had a special virtue over other women, and now she is just one of them—while she weeps, she laughs." I asked her: "What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you?" She said: "Then I would be a blabbermouth." After the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I asked her, and she said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'My appointed time has come, and I am dying,' so I wept. Then he said: 'You will be the first of my family to join me,' so I was pleased and it delighted me, and I laughed."

340. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9193No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً أَشْبَهَ حَدِيثًا وَكَلَامًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ وَكَانَتْ إِذَا دَخَلَتْ بَيْتَهُ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا فَقَبَّلَهَا وَأَجْلَسَهَا فِي مَجْلِسِهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا قَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَتْهُ وَأَخَذَتْ بِيَدِهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَقُلْتُ كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُ أَنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَضْلًا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مِنْهُنَّ بَيْنَا هِيَ تَبْكِي إِذَا هِيَ تَضْحَكُ فَسَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي إِذًا لَبَذِرَةٌ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ «أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي أَوَّلُ أَهْلِهِ لُحُوقًا بِهِ فَضَحِكْتُ»

     ✧ I have not seen a woman whose speech and conversation resembled the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than Fatimah. When she entered his house, he would take her by the hand, kiss her, and seat her in his sitting place. When he entered upon her, she would stand up to him, kiss him, and take his hand. I entered upon him during the illness in which he died, and he whispered to her, and she wept. Then he whispered to her, and she laughed. I said: "I used to think that this woman had a special virtue over women, and now she is one of them—while she weeps, she laughs." I asked her, and she said: "Then I would be a blabbermouth." After the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I asked her, and she said: "He whispered to me and told me that he was dying, so I wept. Then he whispered to me that I would be the first of his family to join him, so I laughed."

341. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9194No grade recorded

     «مَا مَسَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً يَمْلِكُهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never touched the hand of a woman, except a woman he owned.

342. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9195No grade recorded

     «لَا وَاللهِ مَا مَسَّتْ يَدُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُبَايِعُهُنَّ بِالْكَلَامِ»

     ✧ No, by Allah, the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never touched the hand of a woman, except that he would take their pledge verbally.

343. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9196No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَا أُصَافِحُ النِّسَاءَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I do not shake hands with women."

344. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9197No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أُمِرَ بِالْحِجَابِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ» فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَعْمَى لَا يُبْصِرُنَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُنَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَفَعَمْيَاوَانِ أَنْتُمَا؟ أَلَسْتُمَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ؟» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَى عَنْ نَبْهَانَ غَيْرَ الزُّهْرِيِّ

     ✧ She was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and while we were with him, Ibn Umm Maktum came and entered upon him—that was after the command of hijab—so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Veil yourselves from him." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, is he not blind, unable to see us or recognize us?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Are you two blind? Do you not see him?" Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "We do not know anyone who narrated from Nabhan other than al-Zuhri."

345. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9198No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأنا وَمَيْمُونَةُ جَالِسَتَانِ فَجَلَسَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى فَقَالَ «احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَيْسَ بِأَعْمَى لَا يُبْصِرُنَا قَالَ «فَأَنْتُمَا لَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ؟»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me while I and Maymunah were sitting, and he sat down. Then Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind, sought permission to enter. He said: "Veil yourselves from him." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, is he not blind, unable to see us?" He said: "Do you not see him?"

346. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9199No grade recorded

     أَنْ يُنْفِقَ عَلَيْهَا فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا نَفَقَةَ لَكِ فَاذْهَبِي فَانْتَقِلِي إِلَى ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَكُونِي عِنْدَهُ فَإِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى تَضَعِينَ ثِيَابَكِ عِنْدَهُ»

     There is no maintenance allowance for you, and you better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum and live with him for he is a blind man and you can put off your clothes in his house (i. e. you shall not face much difficulty in observing purdah there). (Using translation from Muslim 1480c)

347. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9200No grade recorded

     لَا فَشَدَدْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «كَمْ طَلَّقَكِ» قُلْتُ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ «صَدَقَ وَلَيْسَ لَكِ نَفَقَةٌ اعْتَدِّي فِي بَيْتِ ابْنِ عَمِّكِ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَإِنَّهُ ضَرِيرُ الْبَصَرِ تُلْقِينَ ثِيَابَكِ عَنْكِ فَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُكِ فَآذِنِينِي فَخَطَبَنِي خُطَّابٌ مِنْهُمْ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَأَبُو الْجَهْمِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ تَرِبٌ خَفِيفُ الْحَالِ وَأَبُو الْجَهْمِ يَضْرِبُ النِّسَاءَ أَوْ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ وَلَكِنْ عَلَيْكِ بِأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ» أَوْ قَالَ «انْكِحِي أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ»

     ✧ No, so I tied my clothes tightly around me, then I came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: "How many times did he divorce you?" I said: "Three." He said: "He spoke the truth, and you have no maintenance. Observe your waiting period in the house of your cousin, Ibn Umm Maktum, for he is blind; you may put off your clothes there. When your waiting period ends, inform me." Then some men proposed to me, among them Mu'awiyah and Abu al-Jahm. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "As for Mu'awiyah, he is a poor man of little wealth, and Abu al-Jahm beats women—or he is harsh with women—but you should marry Usamah b. Zayd," or he said: "Marry Usamah b. Zayd."

348. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9201No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ عِنْدَهَا وَفِي الْبَيْتِ مُخَنَّثٌ فَقَالَ «الْمُخَنَّثُ لِأَخِي أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ إِنْ فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الطَّائِفَ غَدًا فَإِنِّي أَدُلُّكُ عَلَى بِنْتِ غَيْلَانَ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبِلُ بِأَرْبَعَ وَتُدْبِرُ بِثَمَانٍ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَيْكُمْ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was with her, and in the house there was a mukhannath. He said to the brother of Umm Salamah, Abd Allah b. Abi Umayyah: "If Allah grants you victory over al-Ta'if tomorrow, I will direct you to the daughter of Ghaylan, for she approaches with four and turns away with eight." The Prophet ﷺ said: "These must never enter upon you."

349. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9202No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَإِذَا مُخَنَّثٌ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانُوا يَعُدُّونَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ أَقْبَلَتْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ أَدْبَرَتْ بِثَمَانٍ يَنْعَتُ امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أَرَى هَذَا يَعْلَمُ مَا هَاهُنَا لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاحْجُبُوهُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered while a mukhannath was with some of his wives, and they used to consider him among those without desire. The Prophet ﷺ heard him describing a woman, saying: "When she approaches, she approaches with four, and when she turns away, she turns away with eight." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do I not see that this one knows what is here? He must never enter upon you; veil him."

350. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9203No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُخَنَّثٌ فَكَانُوا يَعُدُّونَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ وَهُوَ يَنْعَتُ امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ أَقْبَلَتْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ أَدْبَرَتْ بِثَمَانٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أَرَى هَذَا يَعْلَمُ مَا هَاهُنَا لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَحَجَبُوهُ»

     ✧ A mukhannath used to enter upon the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, and they counted him among those without desire. The Prophet ﷺ entered while he was with some of his wives, describing a woman, saying: "When she approaches, she approaches with four, and when she turns away, she turns away with eight." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do I not see that this one knows what is here? He must never enter upon you." So they veiled him.

351. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9204No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَعِنْدَهَا مُخَنَّثٌ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ لَوْ قَدْ فَتَحْتَ الطَّائِفَ لَقَدْ أُرِيتُكَ بَادِيَةَ بِنْتَ غَيْلَانَ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبِلُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتُدْبِرُ بِثَمَانٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْكُمْ هَذَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the house of Umm Salamah while a mukhannath was with her. He said: "O Abd Allah b. Abi Umayyah, if you conquer al-Ta'if, I will show you Badiyah, the daughter of Ghaylan, for she approaches with four and turns away with eight." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "This one must never enter upon you."

352. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9205No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهَا أَخُوهَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَعِنْدَهَا مُخَنَّثٌ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ إِنْ فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الطَّائِفَ فَعَلَيْكَ بِابْنَةِ غَيْلَانَ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبِلُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتُدْبِرُ بِثَمَانٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ هَذَا عَلَيْكِ» خَالَفَهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon her while her brother Abd Allah was with her, and a mukhannath was with her, saying: "O Abd Allah, if Allah grants you victory over al-Ta'if, take the daughter of Ghaylan, for she approaches with four and turns away with eight." The Prophet ﷺ said to Umm Salamah: "This one must never enter upon you." Malik b. Anas differed from him.

353. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9206No grade recorded

     لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْمَعُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ إِنْ فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الطَّائِفَ غَدًا فَأَنَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى ابْنَةِ غَيْلَانَ فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبِلُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتُدْبِرُ بِثَمَانٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدِيثُ هِشَامٍ أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ وَالزُّهْرِيُّ أَثْبَتُ فِي عُرْوَةَ مِنْ هِشَامٍ وَهِشَامٌ مِنَ الْحُفَّاظِ وَحَدِيثُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ خَطَأٌ

     ✧ To Abd Allah b. Abi Umayyah, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was listening: "O Abd Allah, if Allah grants you victory over al-Ta'if tomorrow, I will direct you to the daughter of Ghaylan, for she approaches with four and turns away with eight." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "These must never enter upon you." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "The hadith of Hisham is more correct, and al-Zuhri is more reliable in Urwah than Hisham, and Hisham is among the meticulous memorizers, but the hadith of Hammad b. Salamah is an error."

354. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9207No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ الْمُخَنَّثِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الْمُتَرَجِّلَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ» وَقَالَ «أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ» فَأَخْرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فُلَانًا وَأَخْرَجَ عُمَرُ فُلَانًا

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the effeminate men and the women who imitate men, and said: "Expel them from your homes." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ expelled so-and-so, and Umar expelled so-and-so.

355. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9208No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «أَخْرَجَ مُخَنَّثًا وَأَنَّ عُمَرُ أَخْرَجَ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ expelled an effeminate man, and that Umar expelled so-and-so and so-and-so.

356. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9209No grade recorded

     «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّجُلَ يَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْمَرْأَةَ تَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الرَّجُلِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the man who wears women's clothing and the woman who wears men's clothing.

357. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9210No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ الْمُخَنَّثِينَ وَقَالَ «أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ فَأَخْرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فُلَانًا وَأَخْرَجَ عُمَرُ فُلَانًا»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the effeminate men and said: "Expel them from your homes." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ expelled so-and-so, and Umar expelled so-and-so.

358. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9211No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قَامَ مُتَوَكِّئًا عَلَى بِلَالٍ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَذَكَّرَهُمْ وَحَثَّهُمْ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى النِّسَاءِ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَمَرَهُنَّ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَذَكَرَّهُنَّ وَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَثَّهُنَّ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُنَّ حَطَبُ جَهَنَّمَ» فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ سَفِلَةِ النِّسَاءِ سَفْعَاءُ الْخَدَّيْنِ لِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ فَجَعَلْنَ يَنْزِعْنَ حُلِيَّهُنَّ قَلَائِدَهُنَّ وَأَقْرِطَتَهُنَّ وَخَوَاتِيمَهُنَّ يَقْذِفْنَهُ فِي ثَوْبِ بِلَالٍ يَتَصَدَّقْنَ بِهِ»

     "I attended the prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of 'Eid. He started with the prayer before the Khutbah, with no Adhan and no Iqamah. When he finished the prayer, he stood leaning on Bilal, and he praised and glorified Allah (SWT) and exhorted the people, reminding them and urging them to obey Allah (SWT). Then he moved away and went to the women, and Bilal was with him. He commanded them to fear Allah (SWT) and exhorted them and reminded them. He praised and glorified Allah, then he urged them to obey Allah, then he said: 'Give charity, for most of you are the fuel of Hell.' A lowly woman with dark cheeks said: 'Why, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'You complain a great deal and are ungrateful to your husbands.' They started taking off their necklaces, earrings and rings, throwing them into Bilal's garment, giving them in charity." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1575)

359. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9212No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لِلنِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فِيمَ؟ أَوْ لِمَ؟ أَوْ بِمَ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ»

     ✧ On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ, he said, "Women should give in charity, for you (women) are the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." A woman asked, "O Messenger of Allah, why is that? In what way? Or for what reason?" He replied, "Because you (women) often curse excessively and are ungrateful to your husbands."

360. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9213No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَصَدَّقْنَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ» وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «لِأَنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O women, give charity even if it is from your adornments, for indeed you are the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." A woman not belonging to the noblest of women asked, "Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "Because you curse frequently and are ungrateful to your spouses."

361. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9214No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَصَدَّقْنَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ نَحْوَهُ» وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ

     ✧ Abdullah said: "Give charity, O assembly of women," and the like, without attributing it to the Prophet.

362. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9215No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I looked into the Fire and saw that most of its inhabitants were women, and I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor."

363. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9216No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَظَرْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor, and I looked into the Fire and saw that most of its inhabitants were women."

364. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9217No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: "I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor, and I looked into the Fire and saw that most of its inhabitants were women."

365. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9218No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ أَهْلِهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ» [301] 9219 أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَافَى عَنْ صَخْرِ بْنِ جُوَيْرِيَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيَّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I looked into the Fire and found that most of its inhabitants were women, and I looked into Paradise and found that most of its inhabitants were the destitute." [301] 9219: Yahya ibn Makhlad informed us: Mu'afa narrated to us from Sakhr ibn Juwayriyah, who said: I heard Abu Raja' al-Utaridi, from Ibn Abbas.

366. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9220No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَإِذَا أَصْحَابُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I looked into Paradise and found that most of its inhabitants were the poor, and those of wealth were detained, and I looked into the Fire and found that most of its inhabitants were women."

367. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9221No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَامَّةُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ النِّسَاءُ»

     ✧ I heard the Prophet of Allah ﷺ say: "The majority of the inhabitants of the Fire are women."

368. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9222No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَقَلُّ سُكَّانِ الْجَنَّةِ النِّسَاءُ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "The fewest inhabitants of Paradise are women."

369. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9223No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِغِرْبَانٍ كَثِيرٍ فِيهَا غُرَابٌ أَعْصَمُ أَحْمَرُ الْمِنْقَارِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا كَقَدْرِ هَذَا الْغُرَابِ مَعَ هَذِهِ الْغِرْبَانِ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this place, and suddenly we saw many crows, among them a crow with white patches on its wings, red-beaked and red-legged. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “None of the women will enter Paradise except as many as the proportion of this crow among these crows.”

370. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9224No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّ اللهَ مُسْتَخْلِفُكُمْ فِيهَا لِيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ فَاتَّقُوا الدُّنْيَا وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ فَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ فِتْنَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَتْ فِي النِّسَاءِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “The world is green and sweet, and Allah is making you successors in it to see how you act. So beware of the world and beware of women, for the first trial of the Children of Israel was through women.”

371. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9225No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِي النَّاسِ فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I have not left after me among the people any trial more harmful to men than women.”

372. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9226No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ مِنَ الصُّبْحِ يَوْمًا فَأَتَى النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَالَ «مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَوَاقِصَ عُقُولٍ قَطُّ وَدِينٍ أَذْهَبَ بِقُلُوبِ ذَوِي الْأَلْبَابِ مِنْكُنَّ أَمَّا نُقْصَانُ دِينِكُنَّ فَالْحَيْضَةُ الَّتِي تُصِيبُكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ لَا تُصَلِّي وَلَا تَصُومُ فَذَلِكَ نُقْصَانُ دِينِكُنَّ وَأَمَّا نُقْصَانُ عُقُولِكُنَّ فَشَهَادَتُكُنَّ إِنَّمَا شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ نِصْفُ شَهَادَةٍ مُخْتَصَرٌ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ one day finished the dawn prayer and came to the women in the mosque and stood before them and said: “I have never seen any people deficient in intellect and religion who are more capable of winning over the minds of men of understanding than you. As for the deficiency in your religion, it is the menstruation that befalls you; one of you remains as long as Allah wills, not praying and not fasting. That is the deficiency in your religion. As for the deficiency in your intellect, it is your testimony; the testimony of a woman is half of a testimony.” Abridged.

373. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9227No grade recorded

     لَمَّا اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَكْوَهُ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ قَالَ «لَيُصَلِّ لِلنَّاسِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَمْلِكُ دَمْعَهُ حِينَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَمُرْ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يُصَلِّي لِلنَّاسِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِيُصَلِّ لِلنَّاسِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَاجَعَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ» فَقَالَ «لَيُصَلِّ لِلنَّاسِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ» خَالَفَهُ مَعْمَرٌ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was suffering from the illness of which he died, he said: “Let Abu Bakr lead the people in prayer.” Aisha said: “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a tender-hearted man, and he cannot control his tears when he recites the Quran. Order Umar b. al-Khattab to lead the people in prayer.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Let Abu Bakr lead the people in prayer.” Aisha repeated her request, and he said: “Let Abu Bakr lead the people in prayer, for you are like the companions of Yusuf.” Ma'mar contradicted this.

374. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9228No grade recorded

     لَمَّا مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ يَمْلِكْ دَمْعَهُ فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَ غَيْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ «وَمَا بِي إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَشَاءَمَ النَّاسُ بِمَقَامِ أَوَّلِ مَنْ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ تَعْنِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَاجَعَتْهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا» قَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, he said: “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a tender-hearted man; when he recites the Quran, he cannot control his tears. If only you would order someone other than Abu Bakr.” She said: “My only concern was that the people might regard it as a bad omen for the first person to stand in the place of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” She repeated her request two or three times. He said: “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer, for you are like the companions of Yusuf.”

375. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9229No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَعْظَمُ النِّسَاءِ بَرَكَةً أَيْسَرُهُنَّ مَئُونَةً»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “The woman with the greatest blessing is the one with the least burden.”

376. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9230No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Ill omen is in three things: the dwelling, the horse, and the woman.”

377. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9231No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “Ill omen is in the horse, the woman, and the house.”

378. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9232No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَالشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ وَالْفَرَسِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no contagion and no evil omen, but ill omen is in three things: the woman, the house, and the horse.”

379. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9233No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْفَرَسُ وَالدَّارُ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَزِيدُ الْكَلِمَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no contagion and no evil omen; ill omen is only in three things: the woman, the horse, and the house.” And one of them adds a word.

380. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9234No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الدَّارِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ» أَدْخَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ بَيْنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَبَيْنَ سَالِمٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ قُنْفُذٍ وَأَرْسَلَ الْحَدِيثَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Ill omen is in the house, the woman, and the horse.” Ibn Abi Dhi'b inserted Muhammad b. Zayd b. Qunfudh between al-Zuhri and Salim and transmitted the hadith as mursal.

381. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9235No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ فَفِي الْمَسْكَنِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالسَّيْفِ» خَالَفَهُ شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَسُفْيَانُ

     ✧ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If there is ill omen in anything, it is in the dwelling, the woman, the horse, and the sword.” Shuʿayb b. Abī Ḥamzah, Maʿmar, and Sufyān disagreed with him.

382. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9236No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Ill omen is only in three: the horse, the woman, and the house.”

383. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9237No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ill omen is in three: the woman, the horse, and the house.”

384. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9238No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said, “Ill omen is in three: the woman, the horse, and the house.”

385. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9239No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ill omen is in the horse, the woman, and the house.”

386. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9240No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Ill omen is in the horse, the woman, and the house.”