مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
من مسند القبائلFrom the Musnad of the Tribes
حَدِيثُ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ ثَعْلَبَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHadith of Khawlah bint Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with her)
Hadith 27319
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ , وَيَعْقُوبُ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي مَعْمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ , عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ , عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ ثَعْلَبَةَ , قَالَتْ : وَاللَّهِ فِيَّ , وَفِي أَوْسِ بْنِ صَامِتٍ , أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صَدْرَ سُورَةِ الْمُجَادَلَةِ , قَالَتْ : كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ , وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا , قَدْ سَاءَ خُلُقُهُ وَضَجِرَ , قَالَتْ : فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمًا , فَرَاجَعْتُهُ بِشَيْءٍ , فَغَضِبَ , فَقَالَ : أَنْتِ عَلَيَّ كَظَهْرِ أُمِّي , قَالَتْ : ثُمَّ خَرَجَ , فَجَلَسَ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِهِ سَاعَةً , ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ , فَإِذَا هُوَ يُرِيدُنِي عَلَى نَفْسِي , قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : كَلَّا , وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ خُوَيْلَةَ بِيَدِهِ , لَا تَخْلُصُ إِلَيَّ , وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ , حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فِينَا بِحُكْمِهِ , قَالَتْ : فَوَاثَبَنِي وَامْتَنَعْتُ مِنْهُ , فَغَلَبْتُهُ بِمَا تَغْلِبُ بِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ الشَّيْخَ الضَّعِيفَ , فَأَلْقَيْتُهُ عَنِّي , قَالَتْ : ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ بَعْضِ جَارَاتي , فَاسْتَعَرْتُ مِنْهَا ثِيَابَهَا , ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ , فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ , فَجَعَلْتُ أَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ سُوءِ خُلُقِهِ , قَالَتْ : فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَقُولُ : " يَا خُوَيْلَةُ , ابْنُ عَمِّكِ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ , فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ فِيهِ " ، قَالَتْ : فَوَاللَّهِ مَا بَرِحْتُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ فِيَّ الْقُرْآنُ , فَتَغَشَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا كَانَ يَتَغَشَّاهُ , ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ , فَقَالَ لِي : " يَا خُوَيْلَةُ , قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيكِ وَفِي صَاحِبِكِ " , ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيَّ : قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ سورة المجادلة آية 1 - 4 , فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مُرِيهِ , فَلْيُعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً " , قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , مَا عِنْدَهُ مَا يُعْتِقُ ، قَالَ : " فَلْيَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ " ، قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , إِنَّهُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ , مَا بِهِ مِنْ صِيَامٍ , قَالَ : " فَلْيُطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ " ، قَالَتْ : قُلْتُ : وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا ذَاكَ عِنْدَهُ , قَالَتْ : فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَإِنَّا سَنُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ مِنْ تَمْر " , قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : وَأَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , سَأُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ آخَرَ , قَالَ : " قَدْ أَصَبْتِ وَأَحْسَنْتِ , فَاذْهَبِي , فَتَصَدَّقِي عَنْهُ , ثُمَّ اسْتَوْصِي بِابْنِ عَمِّكِ خَيْرًا " , قَالَتْ : فَفَعَلْتُ , قال عبد الله : قال أبي : قَالَ سَعْدٌ : الْعَرَقُ : الصَّنُّ.
It is narrated from Hazrat Khawlah bint Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Allah Almighty revealed the initial verses of Surah Al-Mujadilah, by Allah! regarding me and Aws bin Samit. I was married to Aws, and due to his old age, bitterness and irritability had developed in his temperament. One day he came to me, and when I replied to something he said, he became angry and said, "You are to me like the back of my mother." After a short while, he went outside and sat for some time in the gathering of his people, then returned. Now he wanted to fulfill his desire with me, but I said to him, "By the One in Whose hand is Khawlah's soul, this can never happen. After what you have said, you cannot come near me until Allah and His Messenger decide about us." He tried to overpower me, but I defended myself and prevailed over him, just as a woman prevails over an old man, and I pushed him away from me.
Then I went out and went to my neighbor's house and borrowed her clothes, put them on, and presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I sat before him and narrated the entire incident that I had faced, and began to complain to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the bitterness of his temperament. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Khawlah! Your cousin has become very old, fear Allah regarding him, by Allah!" I had not yet risen from there when the revelation of the Holy Qur'an began regarding me, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Khawlah! Allah has revealed a decision regarding you and your husband." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to me the verses of «قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ». Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Tell your husband to free a slave." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he does not have anything to free." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he should fast for two consecutive months." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he is very old and does not have the strength to fast." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he should feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he does not have anything." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We will help him with a basket of dates." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I will also help him with a basket of dates." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Very good, very excellent. Go and give it as charity on his behalf, and act upon the advice to treat your cousin well." So I did as instructed.
Then I went out and went to my neighbor's house and borrowed her clothes, put them on, and presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I sat before him and narrated the entire incident that I had faced, and began to complain to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the bitterness of his temperament. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Khawlah! Your cousin has become very old, fear Allah regarding him, by Allah!" I had not yet risen from there when the revelation of the Holy Qur'an began regarding me, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Khawlah! Allah has revealed a decision regarding you and your husband." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to me the verses of «قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ». Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Tell your husband to free a slave." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he does not have anything to free." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he should fast for two consecutive months." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he is very old and does not have the strength to fast." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he should feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, he does not have anything." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We will help him with a basket of dates." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I will also help him with a basket of dates." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Very good, very excellent. Go and give it as charity on his behalf, and act upon the advice to treat your cousin well." So I did as instructed.
