Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1955b
"عَن ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِى مَنْ أُصَدِّقُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بَيْنَا هُوَ يطُوفُ سَمِعَ امْرَأةً تَقُولُ: تَطَاوَلَ هَذَا اللَّيْلُ وَاسْوَدَّ جَانِبُه... وَأَرَّقَنِى أَنْ لَا حَبِيبَ أُلَاعِبُه فَلَوْلَا حِذارُ اللَّه لَا شَىْءَ مِثْلُهُ... لَزُعْزعَ مِنْ هَذَا السَّرِيرِ جَوَانِبهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَمَالَكِ؟ قَالَتْ؟ أغْرَبْتَ زَوْجِى مُنْذُ شَهْرٍ ( ) وَقَدِ اشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: أرَدْتِ سُوءًا؟ قَالَتْ: مَعَاذَ اللَّه، قَالَ: فَامْلِكِى عَلَيْكِ نَفْسَكِ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ البَرِيدُ إِليْهِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّى سَائِلُكِ عَنْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ أَهَمَّنِى فَأَفْرِجِيهِ عنِّى، في كَمْ تَشْتَاقُ المَرْأَةُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا؟ فَخفَضَتْ حَفْصَةُ رَأسَهَا وَاسْتَحْيَتْ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ اللَّه لَا يَسْتَحْى مِنَ الحَقِّ، فَأَشَارَتْ بِيَدِهَا ثلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، وَإلَّا فَأَرْبَعَة أَشْهُرٍ، فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ: أَنْ لَا يُحْبَسَ ( ) الْحَبِيسُ فَوْقَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Jurayj
- Akhbaraniá Man Uṣaddiq
- ʿUmar Baynā
- Yṭūf
- Āmraʾh Taqūlutaṭāwal Hadhā al-Layl Wāswd Jānibuh and ʾArraqaniá
- Lā Ḥabīb Ulāʿibuhfalawlā Ḥidhār Allāh Lā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Ibn Jurayj said: Someone I trust told me that 'Umar, while walking around, heard a woman say: 'This night has lengthened and its side has darkened... and it has kept me awake that I have no beloved to play with. Had it not been for fear of Allah, there is nothing like it... that would shake the sides of this couch.' 'Umar said: 'What is wrong with you?' She said: 'My husband has been away for a month, and I have longed for him.' He said: 'Did you intend something wrong?' She said: 'God forbid.' He said: 'Then control yourself, for he is only a messenger sent to him.' So he sent for him. Then he entered upon Hafsah and said: 'I will ask you about a matter that has troubled me, so relieve me of it: how long can a woman endure longing for her husband?' Hafsah lowered her head and was shy. He said: 'Indeed Allah is not shy of the truth.' She gestured with her hand: three months, or else four months. So 'Umar wrote that no soldier should be detained beyond four months."
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Notes
[عب] عبد الرازق
machine translation[ʿAb] ʿAbd al-Razzāq
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