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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 9796

وَعَنْ قَيْلَةَ بِنْتِ مَخْرَمَةَ ; أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَزْهَرَ أَخِي بَنِي خَبَّابٍ ، فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءَ ، ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ ، فَانْتَزَعَ بَنَاتَهَا مِنْهَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَزْهَرَ عَمُّهُنَّ ، فَخَرَجَتْ تَبْتَغِي الصَّحَابَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - [ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ] فَبَكَتْ جُوَيْرِيَّةُ مِنْهُنَّ حُدَيْبَاءُ ، قَدْ كَانَتْ أَخَذَتْهَا الْفُرْصَةُ ، وَهِيَ أَصْغَرُهُنَّ ، عَلَيْهَا سَبِيجٌ لَهَا مِنْ صُوفٍ ، فَاحْتَمَلَتْهَا مَعَهَا ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا يَرْتِكَانِ الْجَمَلَ انْتَفَجَتِ الْأَرْنَبُ ، فَقَالَتِ الْحُدَيْبَاءُ الْقَضِيَّةُ : لَا وَاللَّهِ ، لَا تَزَالُ كَعْبُكَ أَعْلَى مِنْ كَعْبِ أَيُّوبَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَبَدًا .
ثُمَّ سَنَحَ الثَّعْلَبُ فَسَمَّتْهُ أَسْمَاءُ غَيْرَ الثَّعْلَبِ - نَسِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ - ثُمَّ قَالَتْ مَا قَالَتْ فِي الْأَرْنَبِ ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا يَرْتِكَانِ إِذْ بَرَكَ الْجَمَلُ ، وَأَخَذَتْهُ رِعْدَةٌ ، فَقَالَتِ الْحُدَيْبَاءُ الْقَضِيَّةُ : أَدْرَكْتُ وَاللَّهِ أَخَذَهُ أَيُّوبُ .
فَقُلْتُ : وَاضْطَرَبَ إِلَيْهَا ، وَيْحَكِ مَا أَصْنَعُ ؟ قَالَتْ : قَلِّبِي ثِيَابَكِ ظُهُورَهَا بُطُونَهَا ، وَتَدَحْرَجِي ظَهْرَكِ لِبَطْنِكِ ، وَقَلِّبِي أَحْلَاسَ جَمَلِكِ ، ثُمَّ خَلَعَتْ سَبِيجَهَا فَقَلَبَتْهُ ، وَتَدَحْرَجَتْ ظَهْرَهَا لِبَطْنِهَا ، فَلَمَّا فَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَتْنِي بِهِ ، انْتَفَضَ الْجَمَلُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَتَفَاجَّ ، وَقَالَ : فَقَالَتِ الْحُدَيْبَاءُ : أَعِيدِي عَلَيْكِ أَدَاتَكِ . فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَتْنِي بِهِ فَأَعَدْتُهَا .
ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا نَرْتِكُ ، فَإِذَا أَيُّوبُ يَسْعَى عَلَى أَثَرِنَا بِالسَّيْفِ صَلْتًا ، فَوَأَلْنَا إِلَى حِوَاءٍ ضَخْمٍ ، قَدْ أُرَاهُ حَتَّى أَلْقَى الْجَمَلَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْأَوْسَطِ جَمَلٌ ذَلُولٌ ، فَاقْتَحَمْتُ دَاخِلَهُ بِالْجَارِيَةِ ، وَأَدْرَكَنِي بِالسَّيْفِ ، فَأَصَابَتْ ظَبْيَتُهُ طَائِفَةً مِنْ قُرُونِ رَأْسِي ، وَقَالَ : أَلْقِي إِلَيَّ بِنْتَ أَخِي يَا دَفَارُ . فَرَمَيْتُ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ ، فَجَعَلَهَا عَلَى مَنْكَبِهِ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا ، وَكُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ ، وَمَضَيْتُ إِلَى أُخْتٍ لِي نَاكِحٍ فِي بَنِي شَيْبَانَ أَبْتَغِي الصَّحَابَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ .
فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيَالِي تَحْسَبُ عَيْنَيَّ نَائِمَةً ، جَاءَ زَوْجُهَا مِنَ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ : وَأَبِيكِ ، لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ لِقَيْلَةَ صَاحِبًا ، صَاحِبُ صِدْقٍ ، قَالَتْ : مَنْ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : حُرَيْثُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ، وَافِدُ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَا صَبَاحٍ .
قَالَتْ أُخْتِي : الْوَيْلُ لِي لَا تُسْمِعْ [ بِهَذَا ] أُخْتِي ، فَتَخْرُجَ مَعَ أَخِي بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الْأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا لَيْسَ مَعَهَا مِنْ قَوْمِهَا رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : لَا تَذْكُرِيهِ لَهَا ، فَإِنِّي غَيْرُ ذَاكِرِهِ لَهَا . فَسَمِعَتْ مَا قَالَا ، فَغَدَوْتُ فَشَدَدْتُ عَلَيَّ جَمَلِي فَوَجَدْتُهُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ الصُّحْبَةَ . فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، وَكَرَامَةً ، وَرِكَابُهُ مُنَاخَهُ ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ صَاحِبَ صِدْقٍ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ .
وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتْ حِينَ شَقَّ الْفَجْرُ وَالنُّجُومُ شَابِكَةٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ ، وَالرِّجَالُ لَا تَكَادُ تُعْرَفُ مِنْ ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ ، فَصَفَفْتُ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ امْرَأَةً حَدِيثَةَ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ لِي الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَلِينِي فِي الصَّفِّ : امْرَأَةٌ أَنْتِ أَمْ رَجُلٍ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : لَا بَلِ امْرَأَةٌ . فَقَالَ : إِنَّكِ قَدْ كِدْتِ تَفْتِنِينِي ، فَصَلِّي فِي صَفِّ النِّسَاءِ وَرَاءَكِ ، وَإِذَا صَفٌّ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ قَدْ حَدَثَ عِنْدَ الْحُجُرَاتِ لَمْ أَكُنْ رَأَيْتُهُ حِينَ دَخَلْتُ ، فَكُنْتُ فِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ دَنَوْتُ .
فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا ذَا رِوَاءٍ وَذَا بَشَرٍ طَمَحَ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرِي ، لِأَرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَوْقَ النَّاسِ ، حَتَّى جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَمَا ارْتَفَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، فَقَالَ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ " وَعَلَيْهِ أَسْمَالُ حِلْيَتَيْنِ قَدْ كَانَتَا بِزَعْفَرَانٍ ، وَقَدْ نُفِّضَتَا ، وَبِيَدِهِ عَسِيبُ نَخْلٍ مَقْشُوٌّ غَيْرَ خُوصَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ ، قَاعِدًا الْقُرْفُصَاءَ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْمُتَخَشِّعَ فِي الْجِلْسَةِ ، أَرْعَدْتُ مِنَ الْفَرْقِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ جَلِيسُهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْعَدَتِ الْمِسْكِينَةُ .
فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَمْ يَنْظُرْ إِلَيَّ وَأَنَا عِنْدَ ظَهْرِهِ : " يَا مِسْكِينَةُ ، عَلَيْكِ السَّكِينَةُ " فَلَمَّا قَالَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي مَا كَانَ دَخَلَ فِي قَلْبِي مِنَ الرُّعْبِ ، فَتَقَدَّمَ صَاحِبِي أَوَّلُ رَجُلٍ حُرَيْثُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَعَلَى قَوْمِهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اكْتُبْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ بِالدَّهْنَاءِ لَا يُجَاوِزُهَا إِلَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا مُسَافِرٌ أَوْ مُجَاوِرٌ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " اكْتُبْ لَهُ بِالدَّهْنَاءِ يَا غُلَامُ " .
فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ شَخَصَ لِي ، وَهِيَ وَطَنِي وَدَارِي ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَمْ يَسْلُكِ السَّوِيَّةَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ إِذْ سَلَكَ ، إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ الدَّهْنَاءُ عِنْدَ مَقِيلِ الْجَمَلِ ، وَمَرْعَى الْغَنَمِ ، وَنِسَاءُ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ وَأَبْنَاؤُهَا وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : " أَمْسِكْ يَا غُلَامُ ، صَدَقَتِ الْمِسْكِينَةُ ، الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ يَسَعُهُمَا الْمَاءُ وَالشَّجَرُ ، وَيَتَعَاوَنَانِ عَلَى الْفَتَّانِ " .
فَلَمَّا رَأَى حُرَيْثٌ أَنْ قَدْ حِيلَ دُونَ كِتَابِهِ ، ضَرَبَ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ كَمَا قَالَ : حَتْفُهَا تَحْمِلُ ضَأْنٌ بِأَظْلَافِهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : وَاللَّهِ ، مَا عَلِمْتُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَدَلِيلًا فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ ، مِدْوَلًا لَدَى الرَّحْلِ ، عَفِيفًا عَنِ الرَّفِيقَةِ ، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَكِنْ لَا تَلُمْنِي عَلَى أَنْ أَسْأَلَ حَظِّي إِذْ سَأَلْتَ حَظَّكَ ، قَالَ : وَمَا حَظُّكِ فِي الدَّهْنَاءِ لَا أَبَا لَكِ ؟ قُلْتُ : مَقِيلُ جَمَلِي تَسْأَلُهُ لِجَمَلِ امْرَأَتِكَ . قَالَ : لَا جَرَمَ ، أُشْهِدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنِّي لَكِ أَخٌ وَصَاحِبٌ مَا حَيِيتُ ، إِذَا ثَنَّيْتُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَهُ ، قُلْتُ : إِذْ بَدَأْتُهَا فَلَنْ أُضَيِّعَهَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَيُلَامُ ابْنُ هَذِهِ أَنْ يُفَصِّلَ الْخِطَّةَ ، وَيَنْصُرَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحُجْرَةِ ؟ " .
فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ : قَدْ وَاللَّهِ ، وَلَدْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَرَامًا ، فَقَاتَلَ مَعَكَ يَوْمَ الرِّبْذَةِ ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ بِمِيرَتِي مِنْ خَيْبَرَ ، فَأَصَابَتْهُ حُمَّاهَا فَمَاتَ ، فَتَرَكَ عَلِيَّ النِّسَاءَ .
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ لَمْ تَكُونِي مِسْكِينَةً لَجَرَرْنَاكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ - أَوْ لَجُرِرْتِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ - شَكَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ أَيُّ الْحَرْفَيْنِ حَدَّثَتْهُ الْمَرْأَتَانِ - أَتَغْلِبُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ تُصَاحِبَ صُوَيْحِبَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا ؟ فَإِذَا حَالَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ مَنْ هُوَ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْهُ اسْتَرْجَعَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : رَبِّ آسِنِّي لِمَا أَمْضَيْتَ ، فَأَعِنِّي عَلَى مَا أَبْقَيْتَ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَبْكِي فَيَسْتَعْبِرُ لَهُ صُوَيْحِبُهُ ، فَيَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ لَا تُعَذِّبُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ " . ثُمَّ كَتَبَ لَهَا فِي قِطْعَةِ أَدِيمٍ أَحْمَرَ : " لِقَيْلَةَ وَالنِّسْوَةِ مِنْ بَنَاتِ قَيْلَةَ لَا يُظْلَمْنَ حَقًّا ، وَلَا يُكْرَهْنَ عَلَى مُنْكِحٍ ، وَكُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ لَهُنَّ نَصِيرٌ ، أَحْسِنَّ وَلَا تُسِئْنَ " .
قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ : فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا ابْنُ عَائِشَةَ ، فَقَالَ : الْفُرْصَةُ : ذَاتُ الْحَدَبِ ، وَالْفُرْصَةُ : الْقِطْعَةُ مِنَ الْمِسْكِ ، وَالْفُرْصَةُ : الدَّوْلَةُ ، انْتَهِزْ فُرْصَتَكَ ، أَيْ : دَوْلَتَكَ .
السَّبِيجُ : سَمَلُ كِسَاءٍ . الرَّتَكَانُ : ضَرْبٌ مِنَ السَّيْرِ . الِانْتِفَاجُ : السَّعْيُ . شَنَحَ : أَيْ وَلَّاكَ مَيَامِنَهُ ، وَبَعْضُ الْعَرَبِ يَجْعَلُ مَيَاسِرَهُ ، وَهُمْ يَتَطَيَّرُونَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا وَيَتَفَاءَلُونَ بِالْآخَرِ . تَفَاجَّ : تَفَتَّحَ . فَوَأَلْنَا : أَيْ لَجَأْنَا إِلَى حِوَاءٍ . يَا دَفَارُ : يَا مُنْتِنَةُ ، مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ الْعَرَبِ فِي الدُّنْيَا : أُمُّ دَفْرٍ لِنَتِنِهَا . ثُمَّ سَدَّتْ عَنْهُ : اسْتَخْبَرَتْ عَنْهُ . الْمَقْشُوُّ : الْمَقْشُورُ . الْفَتَّانُ : الشَّيَاطِينُ وَأَحَدُهَا فَاتِنٌ .
" حَتْفُهَا تَحْمِلُ ضَأْنٌ بِأَظْلَافِهَا " : مَثَلٌ مِنْ أَمْثَالِ الْعَرَبِ فِي شَاةٍ بَحَثَتْ بِأَظْلَافِهَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ، فَأَظْهَرَتْ مُدْيَةً ، فَذُبِحَتْ بِهَا ، فَصَارَ مَثَلًا .
الْقَضِيَّةُ : انْقِضَاءُ الْأُمُورِ . شَخَصَ : أَيِ ارْتَفَعَ بَصَرِي . فَكَسْرًا : مِنْ إِكْسَارِ مَا سَمِعَتْ . آسِنِّي : أَيِ اجْعَلْ لِي أُسْوَةً بِمَا تَعِظُنِي بِهِ ، قَالَ مُتَمِّمُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ :
فَقُلْتُ لَهَا طُولَ الْأَسَى إِذْ سَأَلَتْنِي وَلَوْعَةُ حُزْنٍ تَتْرُكُ الْوَجْهَ أَسْفَعَا . أَسَفَعُ : أَيْ أَسْوَدُ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyidah Qaylah bint Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the wife of Sayyiduna Habib bin Azhar (may Allah be pleased with him), who belonged to Banu Khabbab. Daughters were born to them, and then he passed away. The girls' paternal uncle, Ayyub bin Azhar, took the woman's daughters away from her. So she set out to go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); this was in the early days of Islam. One of her daughters, a little girl named Hudayba', began to cry; a shivering had come over her, and she was the youngest of them. She was wearing a woollen garment. The woman picked her up and took the girl with her on her mount. While the two of them were riding along on the camel, a hare darted out, and Hudayba' said: No, by Allah! In this matter your heel will always be higher than Ayyub's heel. Then a fox appeared in front of them, and she used a different name for it, which the narrator Abdullah bin Hassan forgot; then she said about it the same thing she had said about the hare. While the two of them were going along, the camel knelt down and a shivering came over it. Hudayba' said: By Allah, the grip of Ayyub has caught up (with us)! I said: This (camel) is in distress; what shall I do now? Woe to you! She said: Turn your clothes inside out, the inside to the outside, and the back to the front; turn over the saddle-cloth of your camel. Then she took off her own outer garment and turned it inside out, the inside to the outside. When I did what she told me, the camel recovered, stood up and moved on. Then Hudayba' said: Put your gear back on. I did as she told me. Then we set off, and Ayyub was running behind us with his sword drawn. We took refuge in a large encampment, which I had in view, until I drove the camel, a weak camel, into the middle tent, and I went inside it with the girl. He caught up with me with the sword, and its tip struck some of the locks of my hair, and he said: Hand my niece over to me, O foul-smelling woman! So I threw her to him; he put her on his shoulder and went off with her. I knew him better than all the household. Then I went to my sister, who was married among Banu Shayban, looking for a companion to travel with to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); this was in the early days of Islam. One night I was sitting with my sister, and she thought that I was asleep. Her husband had come from Syria, and he said: By your father, I have found a companion for Qaylah, a truthful companion. My sister asked: Who is he? He replied: Hurayth bin Hassan al-Shaybani, who has gone this morning as the envoy of Bakr bin Wa'il to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). My sister said: Woe to me! Do not let my sister hear this; would that she might set out with the man of Bakr bin Wa'il, since there is no man of her own people with her. He said: Do not mention it to her, and I will not mention it either. But the woman named Qaylah had heard what the two of them said. She says: The next morning I rose, fastened the saddle on my camel and caught up with that man, who had not gone far. I asked to travel with him, and he said: Very well, it is an honour. Then I set out with him, and he was a truthful companion, until we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was leading the people in the morning prayer, whose iqamah had been called when true dawn had broken, while the stars were still shining in the sky; because of the darkness of the night people could hardly be recognised. I was a woman recently out of the time of ignorance, and I went and stood in the row of men. The man standing next to me in the row asked me: Are you a woman or a man? I said: A woman. He said: You almost put me to trial; offer your prayer in the women's row behind you. The women's row was near the chambers; I had not seen it when I came in. I joined it, until when the sun rose I came closer. I saw a man of distinguished appearance, and my gaze fixed on him so that I might see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) above the people. After the sun had risen, a man came and said: Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing two worn-out wrappers that had been dyed with saffron but had faded. In his blessed hand was a peeled palm stick with only two leaves left at its top, and he was sitting with his knees drawn up. When I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting in such humility, I trembled with awe. His companion said to him: O Messenger of Allah! This poor woman is trembling. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, though he had not looked at me, for I was behind his back: O poor woman, be at peace. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this, Allah Almighty removed the awe that had entered my heart. My companion stepped forward; he was the first man, and his name was Hurayth bin Hassan. He pledged allegiance at the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on his own behalf. Then he said: O Messenger of Allah! Make al-Dahna' the boundary between us and Banu Tamim, so that none of them comes over to us except as a traveller or a passer-by. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Boy! Write a document for him concerning al-Dahna'. The narrating woman says: When I saw this, it struck me that this was my homeland and my territory. I said: O Messenger of Allah! This man has not asked for what is fair. This place called al-Dahna' is a resting place for camels and a pasture for goats, and the women and children of Banu Tamim live beyond it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Boy, hold back! The poor woman has spoken the truth. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; water and trees are for both of them, and they help one another against the devils. When the man named Hurayth saw that his document was not being written because of me, he struck one hand against the other and said: You and I are like the goat that digs the ground with its hooves, brings out a knife and gets itself slaughtered. The woman said: By Allah! I know that you are a guide in the darkness, a helpful companion on the journey, and well-behaved towards your female travelling companion, until we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But do not blame me for asking for my share as you asked for yours. He said: How do you have a share in al-Dahna'? May you have no father! I said: It is the resting place of my camels, which you are asking for your wife's camel. He said: No doubt about it; I take the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as witness that as long as I live I will remain your brother and companion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is this woman's son to be blamed for settling the matter clearly and giving help from behind the chamber? She says: I began to weep and said: By Allah! O Messenger of Allah! I bore him; he fought alongside you at al-Rabadhah, then he went to Khaybar, where he caught a fever and died, and he has left the women in my care. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By the One in whose hand my soul is, had you not been a poor woman, we would have dragged you on your face. Can none of you women keep good company in this world with her little companion, and, when someone who has more right to him than she does comes between her and him, recite Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return), and then say: My Lord! Make what has passed a consolation for me, and help me with what remains? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), one of you weeps, and her little companion (the deceased) is made to weep on her account. O servants of Allah, do not torment your dead! Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a document written for this woman on red leather: "This is for Qaylah and the other women among Qaylah's daughters: no wrong will be done to them in their rights, they will not be forced into marriage, and every believer and every Muslim will be their helper. You are to treat them well and not badly." The narrator Muhammad bin Hisham says: Ibn A'ishah explained the difficult words of this narration to us. He said: Fursah means something raised; "fursah" also means a piece of musk; fursah also means turn (dawlah): the expression "intahiz fursatak" means "your turn". Sabij means a worn-out cloak. "Ratakan" means a kind of gait. "Intifaj" means running. The word "shanah" means that it turned its right side towards you; some Arabs use it for the left side; they take a good omen from one side and a bad omen from the other. The word "tafajj" means to open up. The word "fa-wa'alna" means we took refuge. "Ya dafar" means O foul-smelling woman! That is why the Arabs call the world "Umm Dafr", because of its stench. "Thumma saddat 'anhu" means she asked for news of him. The word "maqshuw" means maqshur (that is, peeled). "Fattan" means devils; its singular is "fatin". The phrase "hatfuha tahmilu da'nun bi-azlafiha" is an Arab proverb about a goat that scrapes the ground with its hooves, a knife turns up from it, and the goat is slaughtered with it; so it became a proverb (meaning: bringing harm upon oneself). "Qadiyyah" means the ending of matters. "Shakhasa" means I raised my gaze. "Fa-kasran" means in order to dismiss what she had heard. "Asinni" means make for me a consolation in that with which You admonish me. Mutammim bin Nuwayrah said: "When she asked me (how I was), I said to her: Long grief, and the burning of sorrow has left the face blackened." The word "asfa'" means black.
This narration has been recorded by Imam al-Tabarani, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9796
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ صحیح
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