Sahih Muslim 1479d

Chapter: Ila', Keeping away from one's wives and giving them the choice, And the saying of Allah, The Most High: "But if you help one another against him

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih Muslim 1479d

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ حُنَيْنٍ، - وَهُوَ مَوْلَى الْعَبَّاسِ - قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ، عُمَرَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَظَاهَرَتَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَبِثْتُ سَنَةً مَا أَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا حَتَّى صَحِبْتُهُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ ذَهَبَ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ فَقَالَ أَدْرِكْنِي بِإِدَاوَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَلَمَّا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ وَرَجَعَ ذَهَبْتُ أَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ وَذَكَرْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

مَنِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ فَمَا قَضَيْتُ كَلاَمِي حَتَّى قَالَ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ ‏.‏

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) is reported to have said:

I intended to ask Umar about those two ladies who had pressed for (worldly riches) during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), and I kept waiting for one year, but found no suitable opportunity with him until I happened to accompany him to Mecca. And as he reached Marr al Zahran he went away to answer the call of nature, and he said (to me): Bring me a jug of water, and I took that to him. After having answered the call of nature, as he came back, I began to pour water (over his hands and feet), and I remembered (this event of separation of Allah's Apostle [may peace be upon him] from his wives). So I said to him: Commander of the Faithful, who are the two ladies (who had pressed the Prophet [may peace be upon him] for providing comforts of life) and I had not yet finished my talk when he said: They were 'A'isha and Hafsa.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1479d, 1479b), Al-Bukhari (No. 4914, 4915, 5218, 7263) and Ahmad (No. 321).

Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَان بْن عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْن سَعِيد سَمِعَ عُبَيْد بْن حُنَيْنٍ مَوْلَى الْعَبَّاس ) هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي جَمِيع النُّسَخ ( مَوْلَى الْعَبَّاس ) , قَالُوا : وَهَذَا قَوْل سُفْيَان بْن عُيَيْنَةَ. قَالَ الْبُخَارِيّ : لَا يَصِحّ قَوْل اِبْن عُيَيْنَةَ هَذَا , وَقَالَ مَالِك : هُوَ مَوْلَى آل زَيْد بْن الْخَطَّاب , وَقَالَ مُحَمَّد بْن جَعْفَر بْن أَبِي كَثِير : هُوَ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُرَيْق , قَالَ الْقَاضِي وَغَيْره الصَّحِيح عِنْد الْحُفَّاظ وَغَيْرهمْ فِي هَذَا قَوْل مَالِك. قَوْله فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَة : ( كُنْت أُرِيد أَنْ أَسْأَل عُمَر عَنْ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَظَاهَرَتَا عَلَى عَهْد رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ) هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي ج…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4914

I intended to ask `Umar so I said, "Who were those two ladies who tried to back each other against the Prophet?" I hardly finished my speech when he said, They were `Aisha and Hafsa."

مَنِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ اللَّتَانِ تَظَاهَرَتَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَمَا أَتْمَمْتُ كَلاَمِي حَتَّى قَالَ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ‏.‏