حَدَّثَنَا
أَسْوَدُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ
قَيْسِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ
رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي سُوَاءَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ
عَائِشَةَ عَنْ خُلُقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : أَمَا تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ سورة القلم آية 4 . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : حَدِّثِينِي عَنْ ذَاكَ ، قَالَتْ : صَنَعْتُ لَهُ طَعَامًا ، وَصَنَعَتْ لَهُ حَفْصَةُ طَعَامًا ، فَقُلْتُ : لِجَارِيَتِي اذْهَبِي ، فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ هِيَ بِالطَّعَامِ فَوَضَعَتْهُ قَبْلُ فَاطْرَحِي الطَّعَامَ ، قَالَتْ : فَجَاءَتْ بِالطَّعَامِ ، قَالَتْ : فَأَلْقَتْهُ الْجَارِيَةُ ، فَوَقَعَتْ الْقَصْعَةُ فَانْكَسَرَتْ ، وَكَانَ نِطْعًا , قَالَتْ : فَجَمَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَالَ :
" اقْتَصُّوا أَوْ اقْتَصِّي شَكَّ أَسْوَدُ ظَرْفًا مَكَانَ ظَرْفِكِ " ، فَمَا قَالَ شَيْءٌ.
A man from Banu Sawa said that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the character of the Prophet (peace be upon him), so she replied, "Do you not read the Qur'an? Allah Almighty says: 'Indeed, you are of a great character.' I said, 'Tell me an incident about this.' She said, 'Once I cooked food for the Prophet (peace be upon him), and at the same time Hafsa also cooked food. I instructed my maid that if Hafsa brings her food and puts it down first, then you should drop that food.' So Hafsa brought her food first, and the maid dropped it, and the bowl fell and broke. There was a tablecloth spread below. The Prophet (peace be upon him) began to gather it and said, "Take another bowl in compensation for this bowl, but he did not say anything else."