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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الميم
Names Beginning with the Letter Mim
مَنِ اسْمُهُ مُطَّلِبٌ
Those Named Muttalib
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8764 — I wanted to ask Sayyiduna Umar bin
وَبِهِ ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ : حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : وَإِنْ تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَكُنْتُ أَهَابُهُ حَتَّى حَجَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَجَّةً ، فَقُلْتُ : لَئِنْ لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَجَّةِ لَا أَسْأَلُهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا حَجَّنَا أَدْرَكْنَاهُ وَهُوَ بِبَطْنِ مَرْوٍ قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ ، فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ، مَا حَاجَتُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : شَيْءٌ كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، فَكُنْتُ أَهَابُكَ ، فَقَالَ : سَلْنِي عَمَّا شِئْتَ ، فَإِنَّا لَمْ نَكُنْ نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَعَلَّمْنَا ، فَقُلْتُ : أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : وَإِنْ تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ مَنْ هُمَا ؟ فَقَالَ : لَا تَسْأَلْ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ بِذَلِكَ مِنِّي ، كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ لَا تُكَلِّمُ أَحَدَنَا امْرَأَتُهُ ، إِنَّمَا هُنَّ خَادِمُ الْبَيْتِ ، فَإِذَا كَانَ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ سَفَعَ بِرِجْلَيْهَا فَقَضَى مِنْهَا حَاجَتَهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ تَعَلَّمْنَ مِنْ نِسَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَجَعَلْنَ يُكَلِّمْنَنَا وَيُرَاجِعْنَنَا ، وَإِنِّي أَمَرْتُ غِلْمَانًا لِي بِبَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتِي : بَلِ اصْنَعْ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهَا بِقَضِيبٍ فَضَرَبْتُهَا بِهِ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا عَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، تُرِيدُ أَلَّا تُكَلَّمَ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَلِّمْنَهُ نِسَاؤُهُ ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا بُنَيَّةُ انْظُرِي ، لَا تُكَلِّمِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي شَيْءٍ ، وَلَا تَسْأَلِيهِ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ دَنَانِيرُ وَلَا دَرَاهِمُ يُعْطِيكِهُنَّ ، فَمَا كَانَتْ لَكِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ حَتَّى دُهْنُ رَأْسِكِ فَسَلِينِي ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ ، وَجَلَسَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ امْرَأَةً امْرَأَةً ، يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ ، وَيَدْعُو لَهُنَّ ، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ جَلَسَ عِنْدَهَا ، وَإِنَّهَا أُهْدِيَتْ لِحَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ عُكَّةُ عَسَلٍ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ أَوْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ ، فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا يُسَلِّمُ حَبَسَتْهُ حَتَّى تُلْعِقَهُ مِنْهَا أَوْ تَسْقِيَهُ مِنْهَا ، وَإِنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَنْكَرَتِ احْتِبَاسَهُ عِنْدَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ لِجُوَيْرِيَّةٍ عِنْدَهَا حَبَشِيَّةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا : خَضْرَاءُ : إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَادْخُلِي عَلَيْهَا ، فَانْظُرِي مَا يَصْنَعُ ، فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا الْجَارِيَةُ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِشَأْنِ الْعَسَلِ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِلَى صَوَاحِبِهَا فَأَخْبَرَتْهُنَّ ، وَقَالَتْ : إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْكُنَّ فَقُلْنَ : إِنَّا نَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، أَطَعِمْتَ شَيْئًا مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ ؟ فَإِنِّي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشَدُّ شَيْءٍ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُوجَدَ مِنْهُ رِيحُ شَيْءٍ ، فَقَالَ : هُوَ عَسَلٌ ، وَاللهِ لَا أَطْعَمُهُ أَبَدًا ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ حَفْصَةَ ، قَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً إِلَى أَبِي ، إِنَّ نَفَقَةً لِي عِنْدَهُ ، فَائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ ، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَارِيَةَ جَارِيَتِهِ ، فَأَدْخَلَهَا بَيْتَ حَفْصَةَ ، فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا ، فَأَتَتْ حَفْصَةُ ، فَوَجَدَتِ الْبَابَ مُغْلَقًا ، فَجَلَسَتْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فَزِعٌ ، وَوَجْهُهُ يَقْطُرُ عَرَقًا ، وَحَفْصَةُ تَبْكِي ، فَقَالَ : I " مَا يُبْكِيكِ ؟ I " فَقَالَتْ : إِنَّمَا أَذِنْتَ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا ، أَدْخَلْتَ أَمَتَكَ بَيْتِي ثُمَّ وَقَعْتَ عَلَيْهَا عَلَى فِرَاشِي ، مَا كُنْتَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ ، أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ : I " وَاللهِ مَا صَدَقْتِ ، أَلَيْسَ هِيَ جَارِيَتِي قَدْ أَحَلَّهَا اللهُ لِي ؟ أُشْهِدُكِ أَنَّهَا عَلَيَّ حَرَامٌ ، أَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ رِضَاكِ ، انْظُرِي أَلَّا تُخْبِرِي بِهَذَا امْرَأَةً مِنْهُنَّ ، فَهِيَ عِنْدَكِ أَمَانَةٌ I " ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَرَعَتْ حَفْصَةُ الْجِدَارَ الَّذِي بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ عَائِشَةَ ، فَقَالَتْ : أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكِ ؟ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ أَمَتَهُ ، وَقَدْ أَرَاحَنَا اللهُ مِنْهَا ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَرِيبُنِي أَنَّهُ يَقِيلُ مِنْ أَجْلِهَا ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكَ ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : وَإِنْ تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَهِيَ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ ، وَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمَا كَانَتَا لَا تَكْتُمُ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى شَيْئًا ، وَكَانَ لِي أَخٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِذَا حَضَرْتُ وَغَابَ فِي بَعْضِ ضَيْعَتِهِ حَدَّثْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَإِذَا غِبْتُ فِي بَعْضِ ضَيْعَتِي حَدَّثَنِي ، فَأَتَانِي يَوْمًا وَقَدْ كُنَّا نَتَخَوَّفُ جَبَلَةَ بْنَ الْأَيْهَمِ الْغَسَّانِيَّ ، فَقَالَ : مَا دَرِيتَ مَا كَانَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : وَمَا ذَاكَ ، لَعَلَّ جَبَلَةَ بْنَ الْأَيْهَمِ الْغَسَّانِيَّ يُذْكَرُ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ كَمَا كَانَ يَجْلِسُ ، وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ ، وَقَدِ اعْتَزَلَ فِي مَشْرُبَتِهِ ، وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ النَّاسَ يَمُوجُونَ ، وَلَا يَدْرُونَ مَا شَأْنُهُ ؟ فَأَتَيْتُ وَالنَّاسُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَمُوجُونَ وَلَا يَدْرُونَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، كَمَا أَنْتُمْ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ فِي مَشْرُبَتِهِ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ عَجَلَةً فَرَقَى عَلَيْهَا ، فَقُلْتُ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ أَسْوَدَ وَكَانَ يَحْجُبُهُ : اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ لِي فَدَخَلْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَشْرُبَتِهِ فِيهَا حَصِيرٌ وَأُهُبٌ مُعَلَّقَةٌ ، وَقَدْ أَفْضَى بِجَنْبِهِ إِلَى الْحَصِيرِ ، فَأَثَّرَ الْحَصِيرُ فِي جَنْبِهِ ، وَتَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ وِسَادَةٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ مَحْشُوَّةٍ لِيفًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ بَكَيْتُ ، فَقَالَ : I " مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ I " قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ يَضْطَجِعُ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي الدِّيبَاجِ وَالْحَرِيرِ ، فَقَالَ : I " إِنَّهُمْ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، وَالْآخِرَةُ لَنَا I " ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَإِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ النَّاسَ يَمُوجُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ ، فَعَنْ خَبَرٍ أَتَاكَ اعْتَزَلْتَهُنَّ ؟ فَقَالَ : I " لَا وَلَكِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِي شَيْءٌ ، فَأَقْسَمْتُ أَلَّا أَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ شَهْرًا I " ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، ارْجِعُوا ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ شَيْءٌ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَعْتَزِلَ . ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا بُنَيَّةُ ، أَتُكَلِّمِي رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَتَغِيظِينَ وَتَغَارِينَ عَلَيْهِ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ بَعْدُ بِشَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُهُ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَكَانَتْ خَالَتِي ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا كَمَا قُلْتُ لِحَفْصَةَ ، فَقَالَتْ : عَجَبًا لَكَ يَا عُمَرُ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تَكَلَّمْتَ فِيهِ حَتَّى تُرِيدَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُنَا أَنْ نَغَارَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ يَغِرْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلا حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْآيَةِ .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ إِلَّا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِلَالٍ ، وَلَا عَنْ سَعِيدٍ إِلَّا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : اللَّيْثُ .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ إِلَّا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِلَالٍ ، وَلَا عَنْ سَعِيدٍ إِلَّا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : اللَّيْثُ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I wanted to ask Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And if you two support one another against him", but out of awe of him I could not bring myself to do so, until we performed a Hajj with him. I said to myself: If I do not ask him during this Hajj, I will never be able to ask him. When we had finished our Hajj, we caught up with him in the valley of Marr; he had stayed behind for some need of his. He said: "Welcome, O cousin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What do you need?" I said: "O Commander of the Believers, there is something I wanted to ask you about, but out of awe of you I could not ask." He said: "Ask me whatever you wish, for we did not know anything (before) until we learned." I said: "Tell me about this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: 'And if you two support one another against him': who are the two?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not ask anyone who knows more about it than me. We were in Makkah, and none of our wives would speak back to her husband; they were merely servants of the house. When he had a need, he would take hold of her legs and fulfil his need with her. Then when we came to Madinah, our women learned (these ways) from the women of the Ansar, so they began to talk with us and to answer us back. One day I ordered my servants to do some task, and my wife said: 'No, do it like this and like this.' I rose towards her with a stick and struck her with it. She said: 'O Ibn al-Khattab, how strange you are! You want no one to speak back to you, while the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) speak to him (peace and blessings be upon him).' So I went out and went to (my daughter) Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: 'My daughter, take care: do not argue with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in anything, and do not ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) for anything, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has neither dinars nor dirhams that he (peace and blessings be upon him) could give you. Whatever you need, even oil for your hair, ask me for it.' It was the practice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he had prayed the Fajr prayer, he would remain sitting in his place of prayer, and the people would sit around him (peace and blessings be upon him) until the sun rose. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would visit his wives one by one, greeting them with salam and supplicating for them, and he would stay with the one whose day it was. During those days Sayyidah Hafsah bint Umar (may Allah be pleased with her) was given as a gift a skin (a leather vessel) of honey from Ta'if or from Makkah. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited her and greeted her, she would detain him (peace and blessings be upon him) until she had given him (peace and blessings be upon him) some of it to lick or to drink. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) disliked his (peace and blessings be upon him) being detained with her like this. So she said to an Abyssinian slave girl of hers named Khadra: 'When he (peace and blessings be upon him) goes to Hafsah, you too go to her and see what he does.' The slave girl told her what was happening in the matter of the honey. So Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) sent word to her companions (the other wives) and told them this, and said: 'When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes to you, say: We perceive the smell of maghafir from you.' Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: 'O Messenger of Allah, have you eaten anything today? I perceive the smell of maghafir from you.' Nothing was harder on the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than that the smell of anything should be perceived from him (peace and blessings be upon him). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is honey; by Allah, I will never eat it.' Then when Sayyidah Hafsah's (may Allah be pleased with her) day came, she said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have some business with my father; some of my maintenance money is with him, so permit me to go to him.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her permission. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for his slave woman Sayyidah Mariyah (may Allah be pleased with her), brought her into the house of Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and was intimate with her. Meanwhile Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) returned and found the door closed, so she sat down by the door. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out in a state of alarm, with sweat dripping from his blessed face, while Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) was weeping. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'What has made you weep?' She said: 'Was it for this that you gave me permission? You brought your slave woman into my house and then were intimate with her on my bed? You would not have done this to any one of them (the other wives). By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, this was not lawful for you.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'By Allah, you have not spoken the truth. Is she not my slave woman whom Allah has made lawful for me? I call you to witness that she is unlawful for me; by this I seek your pleasure. Take care not to tell this to any woman among them; it is a trust with you.' Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had gone out, Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) knocked on the wall that was between her and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: 'Shall I not give you good news? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has made his slave woman unlawful for himself, and Allah has given us relief from her.' Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: 'By Allah, I already suspected that he (peace and blessings be upon him) took his midday rest because of her.' Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: 'O Prophet, why do you make unlawful what Allah has made lawful for you?' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: 'And if you two support one another against him', and (Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that) it refers to Sayyidah Aishah and Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with them both). And people claim that neither of the two would hide anything from the other. I had a (religious) brother from the Ansar: when I was present in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was away looking after some land of his, I would tell him what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said, and when I had gone to my land, he would tell me. One day he came to me, and in those days we lived in fear of (an attack by) Jabalah bin al-Ayham al-Ghassani, and he said: 'Do you know what has happened?' I said: 'What is it? Perhaps Jabalah bin al-Ayham al-Ghassani is being spoken of?' He said: 'No, rather the matter is graver than that. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Fajr prayer, but did not sit as he used to sit, nor did he visit his wives as he used to, but has secluded himself in his upper room, and I have left the people surging in distress, not knowing what his (peace and blessings be upon him) matter is.' I came, and the people in the mosque were in commotion and restless, knowing nothing. I said: 'O people, stay as you are.' Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his upper room, for which I had made a ladder (for climbing) by which he (peace and blessings be upon him) would go up. I said to a black servant of his (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the doorkeeper: 'Ask permission for Umar bin al-Khattab.' He asked permission for me, so I went in. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his upper room, in which there was a mat and some untanned hides hanging, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was lying with his side on the mat; the mat had left marks on his (peace and blessings be upon him) side, and under his (peace and blessings be upon him) head was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fibre. When I saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) in this state, I wept. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'What has made you weep?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the (disbelieving) people of Persia and Rome recline on brocade and silk (and this is your state)!' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Their good things have been given to them early, in this world, and the Hereafter is for us.' Then I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is your matter? I have left the people pressing into one another. Has some news reached you because of which you have separated from your wives?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'No, but something (displeasing) has happened between me and my wives, so I swore that I would not go to them for a month.' Then I went out to the people and said: 'O people, go back; something has happened between the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives, because of which he (peace and blessings be upon him) chose to keep apart.' Then I went to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: 'My daughter, do you argue with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at every turn, anger him (peace and blessings be upon him) and show jealousy towards him (peace and blessings be upon him)?' She said: 'From now on I will not say anything to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) dislikes.' Then I went to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), who was my maternal aunt, and said to her the same as I had said to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: 'O Umar bin al-Khattab, how strange you are! You speak up in every matter, until now you want to interfere even between the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives! And what could stop us from feeling jealousy over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when your own wives feel jealousy over you?' Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: 'O Prophet, say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, then come, I will give you some provision and release you in a gracious manner', until he completed the verse."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yazid bin Ruman except Sa'id bin Abi Hilal, and no one from Sa'id except Khalid bin Yazid. Al-Layth is alone in narrating it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yazid bin Ruman except Sa'id bin Abi Hilal, and no one from Sa'id except Khalid bin Yazid. Al-Layth is alone in narrating it."
