حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ إِنَّ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِمَّا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَهْلُ أَخْبَاءٍ- أَوْ خِبَاءٍ- أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ يَذِلُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَخْبَائِكَ- أَوْ خِبَائِكَ، شَكَّ يَحْيَى- ثُمَّ مَا أَصْبَحَ الْيَوْمَ أَهْلُ أَخْبَاءٍ- أَوْ خِبَاءٍ- أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَعِزُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَخْبَائِكَ أَوْ خِبَائِكَ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَأَيْضًا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ». قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ مِسِّيكٌ، فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ حَرَجٌ أَنْ أُطْعِمَ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ قَالَ: «لاَ إِلاَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ».
Narrated `Aisha: Hind bint `Utba bin Rabi`a said, "O Allah 's Apostle! (Before I embraced Islam), there was no family on the surface of the earth, I wish to have degraded more than I did your family. But today there is no family whom I wish to have honored more than I did yours." Allah's Apostle said, "I thought similarly, by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is!" Hind said, "O Allah's Apostle! (My husband) Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to feed my children from his property?" The Prophet said, "No, unless you take it for your needs what is just and reasonable."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Hind's father, Utbah, was killed at the Battle of Badr by Amir Hamzah (radi Allahu anhu).
Therefore, Hind harbored intense enmity towards the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
To the extent that when Amir Hamzah (radi Allahu anhu) was martyred at the Battle of Uhud, Hind extracted his liver and chewed it. After this, when Makkah was conquered, she embraced Islam.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6641
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
Ayḍan:
Imam Ibn Teen has interpreted this to mean, "Now I also love you."
However, most scholars have interpreted it to mean that your faith will become stronger day by day, and accordingly,
there will be an increase in love for Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and a turning away from hatred and aversion,
because the original meaning of "āḍ ayḍan" is to return and to turn back.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4479
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
This hadith establishes that the maintenance (expenses) of the wife and children, according to the customs of the time, is the responsibility of the husband. According to the scholars of Hijaz, if a woman does not do household work in her parents’ home, or is unable to do so due to illness or other reasons, then it is the husband’s responsibility to provide a servant. According to the Hanafi scholars, this is the case when the husband is wealthy, and according to some, the intent is that if a slave-girl (bondwoman) comes with the woman for service, then her maintenance will be the responsibility of the husband. The intent is not that a servant should be hired for her on wages.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4480