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المعجم الكبير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (Tabarani)
مسند النساء
The Female Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)
طرق حديث أم زرع وحسن عشرة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عائشة
The chains of the hadith of Umm Zar', and the kind companionship of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)
Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 19569 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: I
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حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ، ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَامِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ بِحَدِيثِ أُمِّ زَرْعٍ وَصَوَاحِبِهَا، قَالَ: " اجْتَمَعَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً فَتَعَاهَدْنَ وَتَعَاقَدْنَ أَنْ يَنْعِتْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ وَيَصْدُقْنَ . فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ: زَوْجِي عَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ، كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ، شَجَّكِ، أَوْ فَلَّكِ، أَوْ جَمَعَ كُلًّا لَكِ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ بِجَبَلٍ، وَعْرٍ لَا سَمِينٍ فَيُرْتَقَى إِلَيْهِ وَلَا سَهْلٍ فَيُنْتَقَلُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي الْعَشَنَّقُ إِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُطَلَّقْ، وَإِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُعَلَّقْ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي إِذَا شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ، وَإِذَا رَقَدَ الْتَفَّ، وَلَا يُولِجُ الْكَفَّ فَيَعْلَمُ الْبَثَّ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي لَا أُتِمُّ خَبَرَهُ، أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ ". قَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ: هَؤُلَاءِ خَمْسَةٌ يَشْكُونَ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي حُرٌّ كَلَيْلِ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرٌّ، وَلَا بَارِدٌ، وَلَا مَخَافَةَ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي إِذَا دَخَلَ فَهِدَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ أَسِدَ، وَلَا يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي الرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ، وَالْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ، أَغْلِبُهُ وَالنَّاسَ يَغْلِبُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي رُفَيْعُ الْعِمَادِ، طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ، عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ، قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النَّادِ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي أَبُو مَالِكٍ وَمَا أَبُو مَالِكٍ؟ ذُو إِبِلٍ كَثِيرَةِ الْمَسَالِكِ، قَلِيلَةِ الْمَبَارِكِ، إِذَا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَ الْمَزَاهِرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: زَوْجِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ؟ أَنَاسَ مِنْ حُلِيٍّ أُذُنَيَّ، وَمَلَأَ مِنْ شَحْمٍ عَضُدَيَّ، وَبَجَحَ نَفْسِي فَبَجِحْتُ إِلَيْهِ. ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ الشَّطْبَةِ، وَيُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ، بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ مِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا، وَصِغَرُ رِدَائِهَا، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا، وَغَيْظُ جَارَاتِهَا، وَطَوْعُ أَبِيهَا، وَطَوْعُ أُمِّهَا. خَادِمُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا خَادِمُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ لَا تَبُثُّ حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا، وَلَا تُفْسِدُ مِيرَتَنَا تَنْقِيثًا، وَلَا تَعَشَّى بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا. أَتَانِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَأَنَا فِي شِقٍّ فَبَلَحَنِي، فَذَهَبَ بِي إِلَى أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ، فَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ أَشْرَبُ وَأَتَقَنَّحُ وَأَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ، وَأَقُولُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ. خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ، فَأَبْصَرَ امْرَأَةً لَهَا ابْنَانِ كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ، فَنَكَحَهَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَطَلَّقَنِي، فَنَكَحْتُ بَعْدَهُ شَابًّا سَرِيًّا، رَكِبَ فَرَسًا شَرِيًّا، وَأَخَذَ رُمْحًا خَطِّيًّا، وَأَرَاحَ عَلَى بِنْتِي نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا، وَأَتَانِي فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ زَوْجًا، فَقَالَ: كُلِي وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ فَلَوْ جَمَعْتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَصَبْتُهُ مِنْهُ فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي أَصْغَرِ وِعَاءٍ مِنْ أَوْعِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ مَا مَلَأَهُ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَكُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» .
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I was to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to narrate the story of Umm Zar' and her companions. He said: "Eleven women gathered and pledged and agreed among themselves that each would describe the true state of her husband and would not lie in anything.
The first said: My husband is feeble and useless; every defect is found in him. He may wound you, or break one of your limbs, or do both to you.
The second said: My husband is like the meat of a lean camel (placed) on a rugged mountain; it is neither fat enough to be climbed for, nor easy enough to be carried down.
The third said: My husband is the tall (useless) one; if I keep silent he divorces me, and if I speak he keeps me hanging (without a decision).
The fourth said: My husband, when he drinks, drinks everything up, and when he sleeps, he wraps himself up (in his blanket), and he does not put his hand in to learn of my sorrow.
The fifth said: My husband: I cannot relate his whole story; I fear I would not be able to describe it completely. Urwah said: These five were complaining (about their husbands).
The sixth said: My husband is like the night of Tihamah: neither hot, nor cold, nor any fear.
The seventh said: My husband, when he enters the house, is like a gentle cheetah, and when he goes out he becomes a lion, and he does not ask about what he left (in the house).
The eighth said: My husband's scent is the scent of zarnab, and his touch is (soft) like that of a rabbit; I keep him in hand while he overcomes (other) people.
The ninth said: My husband is of the lofty pillar, of the long sword-belt (that is, tall and of high rank), of abundant ashes (that is, very hospitable), and his house is near the place of assembly.
The tenth said: My husband is Abu Malik, and what is Abu Malik! He owns camels that often go out to graze and seldom stay kneeling at home; when they hear the sound of the lute, they are certain that they are to be slaughtered (for the guests).
The eleventh said: My husband is Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'! He weighed down my ears with ornaments, filled my upper arms with fat, and pleased me so much that I swelled with joy. The son of Abu Zar', and what is the son of Abu Zar'! His sleeping place is like a (slender) stripped palm stalk, and the foreleg of a young kid satisfies his hunger. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what is the daughter of Abu Zar'! She fills her garment, is slender in her wrap, the best of the women (of her family), a cause of envy to her co-wives, obedient to her father and obedient to her mother. The maidservant of Abu Zar', and what is the maidservant of Abu Zar'! She does not spread our talk (here and there), does not waste our provisions, and does not fill our house with rubbish.
Abu Zar' came to me when I was in hardship, and he took me in, and he brought me to people who had the neighing of horses, the groaning of camels, and the bustle of threshing and cleaning grain. With him I sleep and rise late at my ease, and I drink and am fully content, and whatever I say I am not rebuked for it.
Once Abu Zar' went out from my home (at a time) when the milk skins were being churned, and his eye fell on a woman who had two sons like cheetahs (in agility), playing beneath her with two pomegranates. Abu Zar' married her and divorced me. After him I married a young, noble man, who rode a swift horse and carried a Khatti spear. He brought many cattle back from the pasture for my daughter, and gave me a pair of every kind of grazing animal, and said: Eat, and feed your family too. Yet if I gathered everything I received from him (my new husband) and put it in the smallest of Abu Zar's vessels, it would not fill it."
Sayyidah Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I was to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'."
The first said: My husband is feeble and useless; every defect is found in him. He may wound you, or break one of your limbs, or do both to you.
The second said: My husband is like the meat of a lean camel (placed) on a rugged mountain; it is neither fat enough to be climbed for, nor easy enough to be carried down.
The third said: My husband is the tall (useless) one; if I keep silent he divorces me, and if I speak he keeps me hanging (without a decision).
The fourth said: My husband, when he drinks, drinks everything up, and when he sleeps, he wraps himself up (in his blanket), and he does not put his hand in to learn of my sorrow.
The fifth said: My husband: I cannot relate his whole story; I fear I would not be able to describe it completely. Urwah said: These five were complaining (about their husbands).
The sixth said: My husband is like the night of Tihamah: neither hot, nor cold, nor any fear.
The seventh said: My husband, when he enters the house, is like a gentle cheetah, and when he goes out he becomes a lion, and he does not ask about what he left (in the house).
The eighth said: My husband's scent is the scent of zarnab, and his touch is (soft) like that of a rabbit; I keep him in hand while he overcomes (other) people.
The ninth said: My husband is of the lofty pillar, of the long sword-belt (that is, tall and of high rank), of abundant ashes (that is, very hospitable), and his house is near the place of assembly.
The tenth said: My husband is Abu Malik, and what is Abu Malik! He owns camels that often go out to graze and seldom stay kneeling at home; when they hear the sound of the lute, they are certain that they are to be slaughtered (for the guests).
The eleventh said: My husband is Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'! He weighed down my ears with ornaments, filled my upper arms with fat, and pleased me so much that I swelled with joy. The son of Abu Zar', and what is the son of Abu Zar'! His sleeping place is like a (slender) stripped palm stalk, and the foreleg of a young kid satisfies his hunger. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what is the daughter of Abu Zar'! She fills her garment, is slender in her wrap, the best of the women (of her family), a cause of envy to her co-wives, obedient to her father and obedient to her mother. The maidservant of Abu Zar', and what is the maidservant of Abu Zar'! She does not spread our talk (here and there), does not waste our provisions, and does not fill our house with rubbish.
Abu Zar' came to me when I was in hardship, and he took me in, and he brought me to people who had the neighing of horses, the groaning of camels, and the bustle of threshing and cleaning grain. With him I sleep and rise late at my ease, and I drink and am fully content, and whatever I say I am not rebuked for it.
Once Abu Zar' went out from my home (at a time) when the milk skins were being churned, and his eye fell on a woman who had two sons like cheetahs (in agility), playing beneath her with two pomegranates. Abu Zar' married her and divorced me. After him I married a young, noble man, who rode a swift horse and carried a Khatti spear. He brought many cattle back from the pasture for my daughter, and gave me a pair of every kind of grazing animal, and said: Eat, and feed your family too. Yet if I gathered everything I received from him (my new husband) and put it in the smallest of Abu Zar's vessels, it would not fill it."
Sayyidah Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I was to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'."
