The reciter: And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Zuhr ibn Harb narrated to us, and the wording is that of Abu Bakr, and they said: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us from Yahya ibn Sa'id, who heard 'Ubayd ibn Hunayn, and he was the client of al-Abbas, say: I heard Ibn 'Abbas say:
I used to want to ask 'Umar about the two women who pronounced zihar during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I waited for a year without finding an opportunity until I accompanied him to Makkah. When we reached al-Mir' al-Dhahran, he went to relieve himself and said, "Bring me a water jar." I brought it to him. When he had relieved himself and returned, I went to pour water over his hands and remembered, so I said to him, "O Commander of the Faithful, who are the two women?" Before I finished my sentence, he said, "A'ishah and Hafzah."
كنت أريد أن أسأل عمر عن المرأتين اللتين تظاهرتا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فلبثت سنة ما أجد له موضعا حتى صحبته إلى مكة فلما كان بمر الظهران ذهب يقضى حاجته فقال أدركني بإداوة من ماء فأتيته بها فلما قضى حاجته ورجع ذهبت أصب عليه وذكرت فقلت له يا أمير المؤمنين من المرأتان؟ فما قضيت كلامي حتى قال عائشة وحفصة
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