Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2359b

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"On the authority of Ibn Abi Maryam who said: I heard 'Ali ibn Abi Talib say: Fatimah used to grind barley between two stones until her hands became blistered. So I said to her: Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She did that for a night or two. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his house, he was told that Fatimah had come to him for a need. When he was slow to come to her, she returned to her house. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us when we had already entered our bed. When he asked permission to enter, we stirred to put on our clothes. When he heard that, he said: Stay as you are under your covers. So he entered and sat at our heads, and he placed his feet between me and her. Then he said: I have been told that my daughter came to me for a need. What was your need, my daughter? Or what was your need, my daughter? Fatimah was too shy to speak to him in that state, so 'Ali answered on her behalf after he had asked her two or three times. He said: O Messenger of Allah, she came to you because her hands had become blistered from grinding barley, and she came asking you for a servant. He said: Shall I tell you about something better for you than what you asked for? When you go to your beds, glorify Allah thirty-three times, declare His greatness thirty-three times, and praise Him thirty-four times. That makes one hundred, and it is better for you than what you asked for."

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