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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل النكاحIssues of Marriage
بَابُ فَضْلٍ مَنْ حَبَسَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى أَبْنَائِهَا وَلَمْ تَتزوج وَفَضْلٍ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَChapter: The Virtue of a Woman Who Devotes Herself to Her Children and Does Not Marry, and the Virtue of the Women of Quraysh and Others
Hadith 6864
اُردوEn
عَنْ كَرِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى بِنْتِ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأَتَتْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ خَطَبَنِي الرِّجَالُ فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ فَتَرْجُو لِي أَنِ اجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِهِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: مَا رَأَيْنَاكَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا مُذْ قَاعَدْنَاكَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((إِنَّ أَسْرَعَ أُمَّتِي بِي لُحُوقًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ)).
It is narrated from Sayyida Salma bint Jabir (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: My husband was martyred, I went to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Marriage proposals from men are coming to me, but I have refused marriage, I wish to meet my husband in this state, do you give hope that if I and my husband are united, I will be among his wives? He said: Yes. Upon hearing this, a man said to him: Since we have been sitting with you, we have not seen you say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did so? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The woman from my Ummah who will meet me first in Paradise will be from Ahmas.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Quraysh, Kinanah, Jadilah, and in the era of Jahiliyyah, their followers were called Aḥmas. The reason for this designation is either that they were firm in matters of their religion, or that they would seek refuge in the “Ḥumsā’.” By “Ḥumsā’” is meant the Ka‘bah. In this hadith, this woman is not mentioned specifically by name, so how did Sayyiduna Ibn Mas‘ud radi Allahu anhu determine that Sayyidah Salma radi Allahu anha was its referent?
The answer is that Sayyidah Salma radi Allahu anha was from the Quraysh, and after her husband was martyred, she refrained from remarrying because she wished to remain with that same husband in Paradise, since martyrs are in Paradise. Therefore, she derived this reasoning, or it is possible that the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed her of it.
The answer is that Sayyidah Salma radi Allahu anha was from the Quraysh, and after her husband was martyred, she refrained from remarrying because she wished to remain with that same husband in Paradise, since martyrs are in Paradise. Therefore, she derived this reasoning, or it is possible that the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed her of it.
