Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2378b
"عن كَهْمسٍ الهلَالى قال: كُنْتُ عند عمر بن الخطاب فبينما نحن جلوس عنده إِذ جاءتِ امرأةٌ فجلست إليه فقالت: يا أميرَ المؤمنين: إِنَّ زَوْجِى قَدْ كَثُرَ شَرُّهُ وَقَلَّ خَيرُهُ، فقال لها: مَنْ زَوْجُكِ؟ قالت: أبو سَلَمة، قال: إِنَّ ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ صُحبةٌ، وإِنَّهُ لَرَجُلُ صِدْقٍ، ثم قال عمر لرجلٍ عنده جالس: أَلَيْسَ كذَلِكَ؟ قال: يا أمير المؤمنين لا نعرفهُ إلا بها قُلْتَ، فقال لرجلٍ: قُمْ فَادْعُهُ لِى، فقامت المرأةُ حين أرسل إلى زوجِها فقعدت خلفَ عُمَر، فلم يلبث أن جاءا معًا حتى جلس بين يَدَى عمرَ، فقال عمر: مَا تَقُولُ هَذِهِ الجَالِسَةُ خَلفِى؟ قال: وَمَنْ هَذِهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قال: هَذِهِ امْرَأَتُكَ، قال: وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا؟ فقال: تَزْعُمُ أنَّهُ قَدْ قَلَّ خَيْرُكَ وَكَثُرَ شَرُّك، قال: بِئسَمَا قَالَتْ يا أميرَ المؤمنين: إِنَّهَا لَمِنْ صَالِح نِسَائِهَا؛ أكْثَرُهُنَّ كِسْوَةً وَأكْثَرُهُنَّ رَفَاهِيَةَ بَيْتٍ، وَلَكِنَّ فَحْلَهَا بَلِى، فقال عمر للمرأة: مَا تَقُولِينَ؟ قالت: صَدَقَ، فقام عمر إليها بالدِّرَّةِ فَتَنَاوَلَهَا بِهَا ثم قال: أَى عَدُوَّةَ نَفْسِهَا؟ أَكَلْتِ مَالَهُ وَأَفْنَيْتِ شَبَابَهُ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَتِ تُخْبِرِينَ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ؟ قالت: يا أمير المؤمنين: لَا تَعْجَلْ، فَوَاللَّه لَا أَجْلِسُ هَذَا المَجْلِسَ أبَدًا، فأمرَ لَها بثلاثةِ أثوابٍ، فقال: خُذى هَذَا بما صَنَعْتُ بكِ وَإيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْتَكِى هَذَا الشَّيْخَ، قال: فَكَأَنِّى أنْظُرُ إِلَيْها (قَامَتْ وَمَعَهَا الثِّيَابُ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَ: لَا يَحْمِلُكَ مَا رَأَيْتَنِى صَنَعْتُ بِهَا أَنْ تُسِئَ إِلَيْهَا) فقال: ما كنت لأفعلَ، قال: فَانْصَرَفا، ثم قال عمر: سَمعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ يقول: "خَيْرُ أُمَّتِى القَرْنُ الَّذِى أَنَا مِنْهُمْ، ثُمَّ الثَّانِى، ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ، ثُمَّ يَنْشَأ قَوْمٌ يَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ، يَشْهَدُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدُوا، لَهُمْ لَغطٌ فِى أَسْواقِهِم".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Kahms al-Hlālá
- d ʿMr
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Kahmas al-Hilali: I was with Umar ibn al-Khattab, and while we were sitting with him, a woman came and sat before him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, my husband's evil has increased and his good has decreased.' He said to her: 'Who is your husband?' She said: 'Abu Salamah.' He said: 'He is a man who has companionship (with the Prophet), and he is truly a man of truthfulness.' Then Umar said to a man sitting with him: 'Is that not so?' He said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, we know him only as you have said.' He said to a man: 'Stand and call him for me.' The woman stood when he sent for her husband and sat behind Umar. They did not delay before both came together and sat before Umar. Umar said: 'What is this woman sitting behind me saying?' He said: 'And who is this, O Commander of the Faithful?' He said: 'This is your wife.' He said: 'And what does she say?' He said: 'She claims that your good has decreased and your evil has increased.' He said: 'Evil is what she said, O Commander of the Faithful. She is among the best of women: she has the most clothing and the most comfortable home, but her husband is old (fahluha bali).' Umar said to the woman: 'What do you say?' She said: 'He has spoken truthfully.' Umar stood up to her with the whip and struck her with it, then said: 'O enemy of herself! You ate his wealth and wasted his youth, then you began to tell of what is not in him?' She said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, do not hasten. By Allah, I will never sit in this gathering again.' He ordered three garments for her and said: 'Take this in return for what I did to you, and beware of complaining about this old man.' Kahmas said: 'It is as if I am looking at her: she stood up with the garments, then turned to her husband and said: "Let not what you saw me do to her make you mistreat her."' He said: 'I would never do that.' Then they left. Then Umar said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The best of my nation is the generation I am from, then the second, then the third. Then there will arise a people whose oaths precede their testimony, who testify without being asked, and who have idle chatter in their markets."'"
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[ط] الطيالسي [خ] البخاري في تاريخه، والحاكم في الكنى، قال ابن حجر: إسناده قوى
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