Hadith 1418

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي الزُّبَيْرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَقْبَلَتْ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْعَى ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ أَنْ تُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى ، قَالَ : فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ ، فَقَالَ : " الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ " , قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : فَتَوَسَّمْتُ أَنَّهَا أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ ، قَالَ : فَخَرَجْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهَا ، فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى ، قَالَ : فَلَدَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي ، وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً جَلْدَةً ، قَالَتْ : إِلَيْكَ ، لَا أَرْضَ لَكَ , قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَزَمَ عَلَيْكِ , قَالَ : فَوَقَفَتْ ، وَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَوْبَيْنِ مَعَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : هَذَانِ ثَوْبَانِ , جِئْتُ بِهِمَا لِأَخِي حَمْزَةَ ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَقْتَلُهُ ، فَكَفِّنُوهُ فِيهِمَا , قَالَ : فَجِئْنَا بِالثَّوْبَيْنِ لِنُكَفِّنَ فِيهِمَا حَمْزَةَ ، فَإِذَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَتِيلٌ ، قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِحَمْزَةَ ، قَالَ : فَوَجَدْنَا غَضَاضَةً وَحَيَاءً أَنْ نُكَفِّنَ حَمْزَةَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ ، وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا كَفَنَ لَهُ ، فَقُلْنَا لِحَمْزَةَ ثَوْبٌ ، وَلِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثَوْبٌ ، فَقَدَرْنَاهُمَا فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ ، فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَكَفَّنَّا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي طَارَ لَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) that at the end of the Battle of Uhud, a woman was seen coming quickly from the front. She was about to see the bodies of the martyrs, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not like that the woman should see them, so he said, "Stop this woman, stop this woman." Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I realized that this was my mother, Sayyida Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), so I ran towards her and reached her before she could get to the bodies of the martyrs. When she saw me, she struck me on the chest with both hands and pushed me back. She was a strong woman and said, "Move aside, I am not talking to you." I said, "The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has made you swear not to look at these bodies." As soon as she heard this, she stopped and took out two pieces of cloth she had with her and said, "These are two cloths I have brought for my brother Hamza, for I have already received news of his martyrdom. Shroud him in these cloths." When we began to shroud Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in those two cloths, we saw that next to him lay an Ansari who had been treated in the same way as Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). We felt ashamed to shroud Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in two cloths while the Ansari did not even have one. Therefore, we decided to shroud Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in one cloth and the Ansari companion (may Allah be pleased with him) in the other. Upon estimation, we found that one of the two was taller, so we drew lots, and whichever name came up for each cloth, we shrouded him in that cloth.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند باقي العشرة المبشرين بالجنة / 1418
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