Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2818b
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْن أَبِى لَيْلَى قَالَ: فَقَدَت امْرَأَةٌ زَوْجَهَا فَمَكَثَتْ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَتْ أَمْرَهَا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَرَبَّصَ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ مِنْ حِينِ رَفَعَتْ أَمْرَهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ جَاءَ زَوْجُهَا وَإلَّا تَزَوَّجَتْ (بَعْدَ السِّنِينِ الأَرْبَعِ)، فَتَزَوَّجَتْ بَعْدَ أَنْ مَضَتِ السَّنَواتُ الأَرْبَعُ وَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ لَهُ بِذِكْرٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ زَوْجُهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ عَلَى بَابِهِ يَسْتَفْتِحُ قَالَ قَائِلٌ: إِنَّ امْرَأَتَكَ قَدْ تَزَوَّجَتْ بَعْدَكَ، فَسَأَلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأخْبِرَ خَبَرَ امْرَأتِهِ، فَأَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ: أَعْدِنِى عَلَى مَنْ غَصَبَنِى عَلَى أَهْلِى وَحَالَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَفَذِع عُمَرُ لِذَلكَ وَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ، قَالَ: وَكَيْفَ؟ قَالَ: ذَهَبَتْ بِى الجِنُّ فَكُنْتُ أَتِيهُ في الأَرْضِ فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَتِ إِمْرَأتِى، زَعموا أَنَّك أَمَرْتَها بِذَلِكَ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ رَدَدْنَا إِلَيْكَ امْرَأَتَكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ زَوَّجْنَاكَ غَيْرَهَا، قَالَ: بَلْ زَوِّجْنِى غَيْرَهَا، فَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجِنِّ وَهُوَ يُخْبِرُهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abiá Laylá
- Faqadat Āmraʾah Zawjahā Famakathat Arbaʿ Sinīn Thum Dhakarat Amrahā Liʿumar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Faʾamarahā
- Tarabbaṣ Arbaʿ Sinīn from Ḥīn Rafaʿat Amrahā Ilayh
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, who said: A woman lost her husband, and she waited four years, then she brought her matter to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. He ordered her to wait four years from the time she raised her matter to him. If her husband came back, (well and good); otherwise she could marry (after the four years). She married after the four years had passed and he had not been heard of. Then her husband came back after that while he was at his door seeking entry, and someone said: Your wife has married after you. He asked about that and was informed of the news of his wife. So he went to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and said: Help me against the one who took my family from me and came between me and them. 'Umar was alarmed by that and said: Who is this? He said: You, O Commander of the Believers. He said: How? He said: The jinn took me away, and I was roaming the earth. Then I came back and my wife had married, and they claim you ordered her to do that. 'Umar said: If you wish, we will return your wife to you, and if you wish, we will marry you to someone else. He said: No, marry me to someone else. So 'Umar began asking him about the jinn while he informed him."
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Notes
[عب] عبد الرازق
machine translation[ʿAb] ʿAbd al-Razzāq
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