حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، ثنا رَيْحَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ، وَأُمُّ زَرْعٍ؟، قَالَ: " اجْتَمَعْنَ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَأَقْسَمْنَ لَيَصْدُقْنَ عَنْ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ، فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُنُّ: لَا أُخْبِرُ خَبَرَهُ أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ الْعَشَنَّقُ إِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ وَإِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَا سَمِينٍ فَيُرْتَقَى إِلَيْهِ وَلَا سَهْلٍ فَيُنْتَقَلُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ إِذَا أَكَلَ لَفَّ، وَإِذَا شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْكَفَّ فَيَخْرُجُ الْبَثَّ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ لَيْلُ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرٌّ، وَلَا قَرٌّ، وَلَا مَخَافَةَ . قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ إِذَا دَخَلَ فَهِدَ، وَإِذَا خَرَجَ أَسِدَ، وَلَا يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: الرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ، وَالْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ، وَإِنَّمَا أَغْلِبُهُ وَالنَّاسَ يَغْلِبُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ طَوِيلُ الزِّنَادِ، رُفَيْعُ الْعِمَادِ، عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ، قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النَّادِ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ مَالِكٌ وَمَا مَالِكٌ؟ لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَسَالِكِ، قَلِيلَاتُ الْمَبَارِكِ، إِذَا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَ الْمِزْمَارِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ. قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: هُوَ أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ؟ صَاحِبُ نَعَمٍ وَزَرْعٍ، آنَسَنِي فَآنَسَتْ مِنْ حُلِيٍّ أُذُنَيَّ، وَمِنْ شَحْمٍ عَضُدِيَّ، وَبَجَّحَنِي فَبَجِحَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي، فَعِنْدَهُ أَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَمَّحُ وَأَقُولُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ، أَخَذَنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ بِشِقٍّ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ. ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ مَرْقَدُهُ كَالشَّطْبَةِ، وَيَكْفِيهِ ذِرَاعُ الْقَصَبَةِ. بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ مِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا وَعَطْفُ رِدَائِهَا، وَقُرَّةُ عَيْنٍ لِأَبِيهَا وَأُمِّهَا، وَزَيْنٌ لِأَهْلِهَا، وَغَيْرُ مُجَازٍ بِهَا. خَادِمُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ وَمَا خَادِمُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ لَا تَفْشِي حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا، وَلَا تُفْسِدُ مِيرَتَنَا تَنْقِيثًا. فَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ فَرَأَى امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا ابْنَانِ لَهَا كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ، فَنَكَحَهَا وَطَلَّقَنِي، فَنَكَحْتُ بَعْدَهُ شَابًّا سَرِيًّا، فَخَرَجَ شَحِيًّا وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا فَسَاقَ نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا، وَأَعْطَانِي مِنْ كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ زَوْجًا، وَقَالَ مِيرِي أَهْلَكِ يَا أُمَّ زَرْعٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا أَجْمَعُ فِي وِعَاءٍ مِنْ أَوْعِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ لَمْ تَمْلِهِ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْ أَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ
Abu Khaythamah Zuhayr bin Harb narrates through Rayhan bin Sa'id, from Abbad bin Mansur, from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father, from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who 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'." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Who were Abu Zar' and Umm Zar'? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ten women gathered and swore that they would speak truthfully about their husbands.
One said: I will not tell the news of my husband; I fear that I would not be able to describe him completely.
Another said: He is tall (and useless); if I keep silent, he leaves me hanging, and if I speak, he divorces me.
The third said: He is like the meat of a lean camel (placed) on a mountain; it is neither fat enough that one would climb up to it, nor soft enough that it could be brought down and carried away.
The fourth said: He, if he eats, gathers up everything, and if he drinks, drinks up everything, and he does not put his hand inside to learn (my) grief.
The fifth said: He is like the night of Tihamah: neither hot, nor cold, nor any fear.
The sixth said: He, 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 behind.
The seventh said: His scent is the scent of zarnab, and his touch is (soft) like a rabbit's, and I keep him under my control while he prevails over (other) people.
The eighth said: He is one with a long fire-stick, a lofty pillar, abundant ashes, and his house is near the place of assembly.
The ninth said: He is Malik, and what is Malik! He has camels that mostly go out to graze and seldom stay kneeling at home; when they hear the sound of the flute, they are certain that they are about to be slaughtered.
The tenth said: He is Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'! He is the owner of livestock and crops. He made me feel at ease, so I became at ease; he filled my ears with ornaments and my upper arms with fat, and he made me happy, so my heart became happy too. With him, I sleep and wake late at leisure, I drink and am fully satisfied, and whatever I say, I am not rebuked for it. He took me from a household that was in hardship, and brought me into an environment of neighing horses, groaning camels, and those who thresh the crops and clean the grain. The son of Abu Zar', and what is the son of Abu Zar'! His sleeping manner is like a (thin) palm stalk, and (food) the size of a small stick suffices him. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what is the daughter of Abu Zar'! Filling her garment, wrapping her shawl around herself, the coolness of the eyes of her father and mother, an adornment for her family, and deserving of no blame. The maidservant of Abu Zar', and what is the maidservant of Abu Zar'! She does not waste our talk by spreading it, nor does she waste our provisions by scattering them.
Then one day Abu Zar' went out from my presence while the milk skins were being churned, and he saw a woman with her two sons like cheetahs, playing with two pomegranates beneath her. He married her and divorced me. After him, I married a dignified young man; he proved generous, carried a Khatti spear, drove in many cattle, and gave me a pair of every kind of grazing animal, and said: O Umm Zar'! Feed your family. I said: If all of this were gathered in even one of Abu Zar's vessels, it would not fill it."
Sayyidah Aishah said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! You are better to me than Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'.