The Meaning of the Hadith: “We have granted safety to the one you granted safety, O Umm Hani”

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Question:
It is reported in the hadith of Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her:

Narrated Um Hani: (the daughter of Abu Talib) I visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the year of the Conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath, and his daughter, Fatima was screening him. When I greeted him, he said, "Who is it?" I replied, "I am Um Hani, the daughter of Abu Talib." He said, "Welcome, O Um Hani ! " When the Prophet (ﷺ) had finished his bath, he stood up and offered eight rak`at of prayer while he was wrapped in a single garment. When he had finished his prayer, I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My maternal brother assumes (or claims) that he will murder some man whom I have given shelter, i.e., so-and-so bin Hubaira." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Um Hani! We shelter him whom you have sheltered." Um Hani added, "That happened in the forenoon."

قد أجرنا من أجرت يا أم هانئ

Sahih al-Bukhari 6158

. He asks: What is the meaning of this statement?

Answer:
The meaning is that a man from among the polytheists, in the year of the Conquest of Makkah, entered the protection of Umm Hani in her house. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to kill him, so she complained of this to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He lifted the killing from him and said:

We shelter him whom you have sheltered

أجرنا من أجرت يا أم هاني

Sahih al-Bukhari 6158

Yes.

Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (1:00:39)

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