Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 7689

Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the time of Jahiliyyah, eleven women gathered together and agreed that they would speak the truth among themselves and would not conceal anything about their husbands. The first said: 'My husband is the meat of a lean camel placed on a mountaintop; the mountain is not easy enough to be climbed, and the meat is not healthy enough to be carried away.' The second said: 'I will not say anything about my husband, for I fear that I will not leave out anything about him and will describe every open and hidden matter.' The third said: 'Nothing about my husband is straight; if I speak I will be divorced, and if I remain silent (my life) will be left hanging.' The fourth said: 'When my husband eats, he finishes everything; when he drinks, he finishes everything; when he lies down, he sleeps wrapped up and oblivious. He does not stretch out his hand to gauge my distress.' The fifth said: 'My husband is impotent and foolish, every ailment afflicts him, and still he also beats.' The sixth said: 'My husband is like the night of Tihamah: neither hot nor cold, nor causing fear.' The seventh said: 'When my husband comes into the house he is a cheetah, and when he goes out he is a lion, and he is not asked about what he has undertaken.' The eighth said: 'My husband is like a rabbit to the touch and like the zarnab plant in scent. I prevail over him, and people are overpowered by him.' The ninth said: 'My husband is the owner of a lofty building and a long dining-cloth; his ash is plentiful, and his house is near the gathering place.' The tenth said: 'My husband is Malik, and what a man Malik is! Malik is better than anything that could be said about him. He has camels that go to pasture little and stay in the pen much. When they hear the sound of the lute (at the arrival of a guest), they become certain that they are now going to be slaughtered.' The eleventh said: 'My husband is Abu Zar', and what a man Abu Zar' is! He filled my ears with jewellery and filled my arms with fat. He made me so happy that I forgot that he had found me in a household with a few goats, and then he brought me and settled me in a house where there were horses, camels, oxen and farmers. At his home, when I said anything, I was not criticised; when I slept, I would sleep until morning; and when I drank anything, I would drink my fill. The mother of Abu Zar', and what a mother of Abu Zar' she is! Her containers were always full, and her house was spacious. The son of Abu Zar', and what a son of Abu Zar' he is! He would fit entirely into a space the size of a branch, and the foreleg of a young goat would fill his stomach. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what a daughter of Abu Zar' she is! She was obedient to her mother and obedient to her father, she had a full body, and she was a cause of increasing the anger of her neighbour (or co-wife). The slave-girl of Abu Zar', and what a slave-girl of Abu Zar' she is! She did not spread the talk of our house outside, she did not take the things of our house outside, and she did not let rubbish collect in our house. One day Abu Zar' went out while butter was being churned from the milk, and he passed by a woman who had her two sons with her. The two of them were like cheetah cubs, playing with two pomegranates at her side. So Abu Zar' divorced me and married her. After him I married a well-mannered young man, who was a horseman and also brave. He gave me all kinds of blessings and gave me a pair of every kind of blessing, and said: 'O Umm Zar'! Eat yourself, and give to your family too.' If I were to gather together everything he gave me, it would not fill even the smallest vessel of Abu Zar'.'" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'."
Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal, but he is thiqah (trustworthy), an imam and a hujjah (authority).