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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أبي برزة الأسلمي، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
Hadith of Abu Barzah al-Aslami, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
حَدِيثُ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Hadith of Abu Barzah al-Aslami, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7430 — the Prophet ﷺ had nine wives. One day he ﷺ
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ مُنْيَةَ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ، فَقَالَ يَوْمًا: «خَيْرُكُنَّ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا» فَقَامَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ تَضَعُ يَدَهَا عَلَى الْجِدَارِ، قَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَعْنِي هَذَا، وَلَكِنْ أَصْنَعُكُنَّ يَدَيْنِ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine wives. One day he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of you is the one whose hand is the longest." So each of them began placing her hand on the wall (to measure it), whereupon he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not mean this (physical length); rather (I meant) the one of you who does the most work with her hands (charity and labour)."
