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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Suckling

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1156

Chapter: What has been related about a slave woman who is freed but she has a husband

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Companion’s words (mawquf) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1156

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، وَقَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،

أَنَّ زَوْجَ، بَرِيرَةَ كَانَ عَبْدًا أَسْوَدَ لِبَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ يَوْمَ أُعْتِقَتْ بَرِيرَةُ وَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنِّي بِهِ فِي طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَنَوَاحِيهَا وَإِنَّ دُمُوعَهُ لَتَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ يَتَرَضَّاهَا لِتَخْتَارَهُ فَلَمْ تَفْعَلْ ‏

Ibn Abbas narrated:

“Barfahs husband was a black slave belonging to Banu Al-Mughirah. On the day that Barirah was freed. By Allah! It is as if I can see him in the streets of Al-Madinah behind her. Indeed tears were flowing down his beard while he was trying to get her to chose to stay with him, but she did not do it.”

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1156).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( كَانَ عَبْدًا أَسْوَدَ ) قَالَ الْقَارِي : أَيْ كَعَبْدٍ أَسْوَدَ فِي قُبْحِ لِلصُّورَةِ أَوْ كَانَ عَبْدًا فَأَعْتَقَ فَصَارَ حُرًّا اِنْتَهَى. قُلْت هَذَانِ التَّأْوِيلَانِ بَاطِلَانِ مَرْدُودَانِ يَرُدُّهُمَا لَفْظُ : يَوْمَ أُعْتِقَتْ بَرِيرَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ , فَإِنَّهُ نَصٌّ صَرِيحٌ فِي أَنَّ زَوْجَ بَرِيرَةَ كَانَ عَبْدًا يَوْمَ إِعْتَاقِهَا ( وَيَوْمَ أُعْتِقَتْ ) بِصِيغَةِ الْمَجْهُولِ ( وَاَللَّهِ لِكَأَنِّي بِهِ فِي طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَخْ ) وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ : كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَطُوفُ خَلْفَهَا يَبْكِي وَدُمُوعُهُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ. ( يَتَرَضَّاهَا ) قَالَ فِي الْقَامُوسِ : اِسْتَرْضَاهُ وَتَرَضَّاهُ طَلَبَ رِضَاهُ اِنْتَهَى. قَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1156
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari The hadith No. 1156
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1156
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 1156
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