صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب فضائل الصحابة
The Book of the Merits of the Companions
باب مِنْ فَضَائِلِ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ:
Chapter: The Virtues Of The Women Of The Quraish
Hadith 2527
This hadith is listed as number 6459 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ عَبْدٌ : أَخْبَرَنَا ، وقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ أُمَّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي قَدْ كَبِرْتُ وَلِي عِيَالٌ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a proposal of marriage to Umm Hani, the daughter of Abu Talib, whereupon she said: Allah's Messenger, I am of an advanced age with a (large) family. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The best women are those who ride (the camels) ; the rest of the hadith is the same but with this difference that, instead of the word Ar'a the word Ahna has been used (and the complete sentence is like this): That they treat children in their childhood with affection.
