Sahih Ibn Hibban 4188
✧ The companionship of married couples
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ أَبِي زُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ
لَمَّا اعْتَزَلَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْكُتُونَ بِالْحَصَى وَيَقُولُونَ طَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلُ أَنْ يُؤْمَرْنَ بِالْحِجَابِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَأَعْلَمَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنْ شَأْنِكِ أَنْ تُؤْذِيَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَتْ مَالِي وَمَالَكَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَيْكَ بِعَيْبَتِكَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا حَفْصَةُ لَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنْ شَأْنُكِ أَنْ تُؤْذِيَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يُحِبُّكِ وَلَوْلَا أَنَا لَطَلَّقَكِ فَبَكَتْ أَشَدَّ الْبُكَاءِ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ هُوَ فِي خِزَانَتِهِ فِي الْمَشْرُبَةِ فَدَخَلْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَبَاحٍ غُلَامٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٍ عَلَى أُسْكُفَّةِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ مُدَلٍّ رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى نَقِيرٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَهُوَ جِذْعٌ يَرْقَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيَنْحَدِرُ فَنَادَيْتُ يَا رَبَاحُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عِنْدَكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْغُرْفَةِ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبَاحُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنِّي أَظُنُّ رَسُولَ ﷺ ظَنَّ أَنِّي جِئْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِ حَفْصَةَ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِضَرْبِ عُنُقِهَا لَأَضْرِبَنَّ عُنُقَهَا وَرَفَعْتُ صَوْتِي فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيَّ بِيَدِهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُهُ وَإِذَا الْحَصِيرُ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ بِبَصَرِي فِي خِزَانَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا بِقَبْضَةٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ نَحْوَ الصَّاعِ وَمِثْلُهَا قُرْظٌ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْغُرْفَةِ وَإِذَا أَفِيقٌ قَالَ أَبُو حَفْصٍ الْأَفِيقُ الْإِهَابُ الَّذِي قَدْ ذَهَبَ شَعْرُهُ وَلَمْ يُدْبَغْ فَابْتَدَرَتْ عَيْنَايَ فَقَالَ «مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ؟ » قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ وَمَا لِي لَا أَبْكِي وَهَذَا الْحَصِيرُ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِكَ وَهَذِهِ خِزَانَتُكَ وَلَا أَرَى فِيهَا إِلَّا مَا أَرَى وَذَلِكَ قَيْصَرُ وَكِسْرَى فِي الثِّمَارِ وَالْأَنْهَارِ وَأَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَصَفْوَتُهُ وَهَذِهِ خِزَانَتُكَ قَالَ «يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ لَنَا الْآخِرَةُ وَلَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا؟ » قُلْتُ بَلَى فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَرَى فِي وَجْهِهِ الْغَضَبَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا يَشُقُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَأْنِ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ طَلَّقْتَهُنَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَأَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَكَ وَقَلَّمَا تَكَلَّمْتُ وَأَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ بِكَلَامٍ إِلَّا رَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ يُصَدِّقُ قُولِي وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ آيَةُ التَّخْيِيرِ {عَسَى رَبُّهُ إِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُ أَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِنْكُنَّ} {وَإِنْ تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ مَوْلَاهُ} الْآيَةَ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ تُظَاهِرَانِ عَلَى سَائِرِ نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَطَلَّقْتَهُنَّ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَنْزِلُ فَأُخْبِرُهُنَّ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تُطَلِّقْهُنَّ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّ شِئْتَ» فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أُحَدِّثُهُ حَتَّى تَحَسَّرَ الْغَضَبُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَحَتَّى كَشَّرَ فَضَحِكَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ ثَغْرًا فَنَزَلَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَزَلْتُ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِالْجَذَعِ وَنَزَلَ كَمَا يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا يَمَسُّهُ بِيَدِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كُنْتَ فِي الْغُرْفَةِ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ فَقُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَيْتُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِي لَمْ يُطَلِّقِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمَرٌ مِنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنْبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ} فَكُنْتُ أَنَا اسْتَنْبَطْتُ ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرَ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ آيَةَ التَّخْيِيرِ «
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī
- Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná
- ʿUmar b. Yūnus
- ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār
- Simāk Abū Zumayl
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Riḍwān Allāh ʿAlayh
✧ When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ isolated himself from his wives, I entered the mosque and the people were striking pebbles and saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has divorced his wives.' That was before the women were commanded to observe hijab. Umar said: 'I will certainly know about it today.' So I entered upon Aishah and said, 'O daughter of Abu Bakr, has your matter reached the point that you offend Allah and His Messenger?' She said, 'What is it to you, O son of al-Khattab? Look after your own family.' Then I entered upon Hafsah bt. Umar and said to her, 'O Hafsah, has your matter reached the point that you offend Allah and His Messenger? I know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not love you, and were it not for me, he would have divorced you.' She wept bitterly. I said, 'Where is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' She said, 'He is in his storage room in the upper chamber.' So I went in, and there was Rabah, a servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sitting on the threshold of the upper chamber, dangling his legs on a wooden notch—a trunk that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to climb up and descend on. I called, 'O Rabah, ask permission for me to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He looked at the room, then looked at me, but said nothing. I said, 'O Rabah, ask permission for me to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for I think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ thought I came on behalf of Hafsah. By Allah, if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands me to strike her neck, I will strike her neck.' I raised my voice, and he gestured to me with his hand. So I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying on a mat. He said: I sat down, and he had a waist-wrapper on, with nothing else, and the mat had left marks on his side. I looked around the storage room of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and saw a handful of barley, about a sa', and the like of it of qaraz in a corner of the room, and there was an untanned hide. Abu Hafs said: al-afiq is a hide whose hair has fallen off and has not been tanned. My eyes filled with tears, and he said, 'What makes you weep, O son of al-Khattab?' I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, why should I not weep? This mat has left marks on your side, and this is your storage room, and I see in it only what I see, while Caesar and Khosrau live amid fruits and rivers. You are the Messenger of Allah and His chosen one, and this is your storage room.' He said, 'O son of al-Khattab, are you not pleased that for us is the Hereafter and for them is this world?' I said, 'Yes.' I entered upon him and saw anger in his face. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what distresses you about the matter of women? If you have divorced them, then Allah and His angels, Jibril and Mikail, and I and Abu Bakr are with you. Seldom have I spoken—and I praise Allah—without hoping that Allah would confirm my words. And this verse, the verse of choice, was revealed: {Perhaps his Lord, if he divorces you, will give him in exchange wives better than you} and {If you two support one another against him, then Allah is his protector}—the verse. Aishah and Hafsah used to support one another against the rest of the Prophet's ﷺ wives. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, have you divorced them?' He said, 'No.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I go down and tell them that you have not divorced them?' He said, 'Yes, if you wish.' I kept talking to him until the anger left his face, and until he smiled and laughed. He had one of the most beautiful mouths of the people. Then the Prophet of Allah ﷺ descended, and I descended, holding onto the trunk. He came down as though walking on the ground, without touching it with his hand. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you were in the room for twenty-nine days.' Then I stood at the door of the mosque and called out at the top of my voice: 'The Prophet ﷺ has not divorced his wives.' And this verse was revealed: {When there comes to them a matter of security or fear, they spread it abroad} up to {those among them who could investigate it would have known it}. I was the one who investigated that matter. And Allah revealed the verse of choice.
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What scholars said about it
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- Dāraquṭnī
حدث به مرزوق بن أبي الهذيل عن الزهري فقال عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود عن ابن عباس عن عمر ووهم في نسبه وإنما هو عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن أبي ثور كذلك رواه الحفاظ عن الزهري ولهذا الحديث طرق كثيرة عن ابن عباس عن عمر صحاح
machine translationMarzūq b. Abī al-Hudhayl narrated it from al-Zuhrī and said: "from ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from ʿUmar," but he erred in his lineage; he is in fact ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abī Thawr. This is how the memorizers (ḥuffāẓ) narrated it from al-Zuhrī. This hadith has many authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) routes from Ibn ʿAbbās, from ʿUmar.
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 4193
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبحدثني
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةحدثني
- there is no harm in him (laysa bihi baʾs)d. between 111 and 120 AHسِمَاكٍ أَبِي زُمَيْلٍليس به بأسعن
- truthful (ṣadūq) but makes errors; there is inconsistency (iḍṭirāb) in his narration from Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr, and he had no bookd. 159 AH, or 160 AHعِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍصدوق يغلط ، وفي روايته عن يحيى بن أبي كثير اضطراب ، ولم يكن له كتابحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 206 AHعُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 252 AH, also said: 250 AH, also said: 251 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّىثقة ثبتحدثنا
- d. 303 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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