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Sahih al-Jami al-Saghir — Hadith 141

"اجتمع إحدى عشرة امرأة في الجاهلية فتعاقدن أن يتصادقن بينهن ولا يكتمن من أخبار أزواجهن شيئا. فقالت الأولى: زوجي لحم جمل غث على رأس جبل, وعر لا سهل فيرتقى ولا سمين فينتقل. قالت الثانية: زوجي لا أبث خبره إني أخاف أن لا أذره إن أذكره أذكر عجره وبجره. قالت الثالثة: زوجي العشنق إن أنطق أطلق وإن أسكت أعلق. قالت الرابعة: زوجي إن أكل لف وإن شرب اشتف وإن اضطجع التف ولا يولج الكف ليعلم البث. ¤ قالت الخامسة: زوجي عياياء, طباقاء, كل داء له داء, شجك أو فلك, أو جمع كلا لك. ¤ وقالت السادسة: زوجي كليل تهامة لا حر ولا قر, ولا مخافة ولا سآمة. ¤ وقالت السابعة: زوجي إن دخل فهد وإن خرج أسد ولا يسأل عما عهد. ¤ وقالت الثامنة: زوجي المس مس أرنب والريح ريح زرنب, وأنا أغلبه والناس يغلب. ¤ قالت التاسعة: زوجي رفيع العماد طويل النجاد عظيم الرماد قريب البيت من الناد. ¤ قالت العاشرة: زوجي مالك وما مالك؟ مالك خير من ذلك, له إبل قليلات المسارح كثيرات المبارك, إذا سمعن صوت المزاهر أيقن أنهن هوالك. ¤ قالت الحادية عشرة: زوجي أبو زرع وما أبو زرع؟ أناس من حلي أذني وملأ من شحم عضدي وبجحني فبجحت إلي نفسي, وجدني في أهل غنيمة بشق, فجعلني في أهل صهيل وأطيط ودائس ومنق فعنده أقول فلا أقبح وأرقد فأتصبح, وأشرب فأتقمح أم أبي زرع وما أم أبي زرع؟ عكومها رداح وبيتها فساح, ابن أبي زرع وما ابن أبي زرع؟ مضجعه كمسل شطبة وتشبعه ذراع الجفرة, بنت أبي زرع وما بنت أبي زرع؟ طوع أبيها وطوع أمها وملء كسائها وعطف ردائها وزين أهلها وغيظ جارتها, جارية أبي زرع وما جارية أبي زرع؟ لا تبث حديثنا تبثيثا ولا تنقث ميرتنا تنقيثا ولا تملأ بيتنا تعثيثا, خرج أبو زرع والأوطاب تمخض فمر بامرأة معها ابنان لها كالفهدين يلعبان من تحت خصرها برمانتين, فطلقني ونكحها, فنكحت بعده ¤ رجلا سريا ركب شريا وأخذ خطيا وأراح علي نعما سريا وأعطاني من كل رائحة زوجا فقال: كلي أم زرع وميري أهلك فلو جمعت كل شيء أعطانيه ما ملأ أصغر إناء من آنية أبي زرع, فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: [يا عائشة! كنت لك كأبي زرع لأم زرع إلا أن أبا زرع طلق وأنا لا أطلق] . ¤ (طب) عن عائشة ورواه [خ الترمذي في الشمائل] موقوفا إلا قوله: [كنت لك كأبي زرع] فرفعاه قالوا: وهو يؤيد رفع الحديث كله
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"During the time of Jahiliyyah, eleven women gathered together and made a pact among themselves that they would speak truthfully and would not conceal anything about the state of their husbands. The first said: 'My husband is like the meat of a lean camel placed on the top of a mountain; the path is not easy so that it may be climbed, nor is the meat fat so that it may be carried off (with ease).' The second said: 'I cannot describe my husband's condition, for I fear that if I mention him, I will disclose all his faults, open and hidden.' The third said: 'My husband is very tall; if I speak, he will divorce me, and if I remain silent, he will keep me hanging.' The fourth said: 'My husband, when he eats, gathers up everything; when he drinks, he empties the vessel; and when he sleeps, he wraps himself up alone in a cloth and does not put his hand in to know my distress.' The fifth said: 'My husband is foolish and feeble-minded; every illness in the world is found in him; he will split your head, or break your bone, or do both.' The sixth said: 'My husband is like the night of Tihamah, neither excessively hot nor cold; there is neither fear of him nor weariness with him.' The seventh said: 'My husband, when he comes into the house, is like a cheetah, and when he goes out, he is like a lion, and he does not even ask about what he has left in the house.' The eighth said: 'My husband's touch is soft like a rabbit's, and his fragrance is like that of zarnab (a fragrant plant); I prevail over him, and he prevails over people.' The ninth said: 'My husband is a man of lofty pillars, of a long sword-belt (brave), of abundant ashes (generous), and his house is right next to the place of assembly.' The tenth said: 'My husband's name is Malik, and what is Malik? Malik is far better than anything I could describe. He has few camels out at pasture and many kneeling at home; when those camels hear the sound of the lutes, they become certain that the time of their ruin (that is, of being slaughtered for guests) has come.' The eleventh said: 'My husband's name is Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'? He loaded my ears with jewellery and filled my arms with fat (that is, he fed me until I grew plump); he gave me so much joy that I myself began to take pride in myself. He found me among the owners of a few goats living in a ravine, then he brought me among people who had the neighing of horses, the groaning of camels, threshing and clean grain. Whatever I said to him, I was not rebuked; when I slept, I slept late into the morning; and when I drank, I drank until fully quenched. The mother of Abu Zar' (my mother-in-law), what of her? Her large vessels were full and her house was very spacious. The son of Abu Zar', what of him? His sleeping place was as slender as the sheath of a drawn sword, and the foreleg of a four-month-old kid would satisfy him. The daughter of Abu Zar', what of her? She was obedient to her father and dutiful to her mother, she filled out her clothes, and she was a cause of rage for her co-wife. The slave girl of Abu Zar', what of her? She did not spread our talk among people, she did not waste our provisions, and she did not fill our house with rubbish. One day Abu Zar' went out while the milk was being churned, and he passed by a woman who had two children, like young cheetahs, playing with two pomegranates beneath her waist; so he divorced me and married that woman. After him I married a very noble and brave man who rode a swift horse and held a spear in his hand; he would bring many fine animals to me in the evening and give me a pair of every kind of animal, and he would say: 'Eat, O Umm Zar', and feed your family as well.' Yet if I were to gather together all the things he gave me, they would not fill even the smallest of Abu Zar''s vessels.' (On hearing this) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'O Aishah, I am to you just as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar', except that Abu Zar' divorced, and I will not divorce.'"
Hadith Reference صحیح الجامع الصغیر / حرف الألف / 141
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij [طب] عن عائشة, ورواه [خ, ت] في الشمائل موقوفا إلا قوله: [كنت لك كأبي زرع] فرفعاه١, قالوا: وهو يؤيد رفع الحديث كله. البخاري في: [النكاح] , ومسلم في [الفضائل] .