al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7094

Translation

✧ I was the delegate of Banu al-Muntafiq to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We arrived at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but did not find him in his house; we found 'A'ishah, the Mother of the Believers. She ordered a harīrah for us, so she made it for us, and we were brought a qinā'—and the qinā' is a large plate—containing dates. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and said, "Have you had anything, or shall I order something for you?" We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the shepherd brought his sheep up to the fold, and with him was a lamb that was leaping about. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What did she give birth to, O so-and-so?" He said, "A bahmah." He said, "Then slaughter for us in its place a sheep." Then he turned to us and said, "Do not think—and he did not say 'let it not be thought'—that we slaughtered it for your sake. We have a hundred sheep and do not want them to increase. When the shepherd's ewe gives birth to a bahmah, we slaughter in its place a sheep." He said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a wife," and he mentioned her long tongue and her vulgarity. He said, "Divorce her." I said, "I have a child from her." He said, "Then instruct her—he said: admonish her—and if there is any good in her, she will do it. And do not strike your wife as you strike your slave girl." He said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution." He said, "Perform ablution thoroughly, pass your fingers between the fingers, and exaggerate in sniffing water into the nose unless you are fasting."

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