The Book of Marriage, Breastfeeding, Divorce, Mutual Oath-Swearing, and Manumission-09b
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The reciter: Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me, saying: 'Umar ibn Yunus al-Hanafi narrated to us, saying: 'Ikrimah ibn 'Ammar narrated to us from Sammak Abu Zamil, saying: 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas narrated to me, saying: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: لما اعتزل نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نساءه قال دخلت المسجد فإذا الناس ينكتون بالحصى ويقولون طلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نساءه وذلك قبل أن يؤمرن بالحجاب، فقال عمر فقلت لأعلمن ذلك اليوم، قال: فدخلت على عائشة فقلت يا بنت أبي بكر أقد بلغ من شأنك أن تؤذي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ فقالت مالي ومالك يا ابن الخطاب عليك بعيبتك، قال فدخلت على حفصة بنت عمر فقلت لها يا حفصة أقد بلغ من شأنك أن تؤذي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم والله لقد علمت أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يحبك ولولا أنا لطلقك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فبكت أشد البكاء، فقلت لها أين رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ قالت هو في خزانته في المشربة فدخلت فإذا أنا برباح غلام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قاعدا على أسكفة المشربة مدل رجليه على نقير من خشب وهو جذع يرقى عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وينحدر فناديت يا رباح استأذن لي عندك على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فنظر رباح إلى الغرفة ثم نظر إلي فلم يقل شيئا ثم قلت يا رباح استأذن لي عندك على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فنظر رباح إلى الغرفة ثم نظر إلي فلم يقل شيئا ثم رفعت صوتي فقلت يا رباح استأذن لي عندك على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإني أظن أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ظن أني جئت من أجل حفصة والله لئن أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بضرب عنقها لأضربن عنقها ورفعت صوتي فأومأ إلي أن ارقه فدخلت على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو مضطجع على حصير، فجلست فأدنى عليه إزاره وليس عليه غيره وإذا الحصير قد أثر في جنبه فنظرت ببصري في خزانة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإذا أنا بقبضة من شعير نحو الصاع ومثلها قرظا في ناحية الغرفة، وإذا أفيق معلق قال فأبتدرت عيناي قال: ما يبكيك يا ابن الخطاب؟ قلت يا نبي الله ومالي لا أبكي وهذا الحصير قد أثر في جنبك وهذه خزانتك لا أرى فيها إلا ما أرى وذاك قيصر وكسرى في الثمار والأنهار وأنت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وصفوته وهذه خزانتك فقال: يا ابن الخطاب ألا ترضى أن تكون لنا الآخرة ولهم الدنيا قلت بلى قال ودخلت عليه حين دخلت وأنا أرى في وجهه الغضب فقلت يا رسول الله ما يشق عليك من شأن النساء؟ فإن كنت طلقتهن فإن الله معك وملائكته وجبريل وميكائيل وأنا وأبو بكر والمؤمنون معك، وقلما تكلمت وأحمد الله بكلام إلا رجوت أن يكون الله يصدق قولي الذي أقول ونزلت هذه الآية آية التخيير عسى ربه إن طلقكن أن يبدله أزواجا خيرا منكن وإن تظاهرا عليه فإن الله هو مولاه وجبريل وصالح المؤمنين والملائكة بعد ذلك ظهير وكانت عائشة بنت أبي بكر وحفصة تظاهران على سائر نساء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت يا رسول الله أطلقتهن؟ قال: لا، قلت يا رسول الله إني دخلت المسجد والمسلمون ينكتون بالحصى يقولون طلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نساءه أفأنزل فأخبرهم أنك لم تطلقهن قال: نعم إن شئت، فلم أزل أحدثه حتى تحسر الغضب عن وجهه وحتى كشر فضحك، وكان من أحسن الناس ثغرا ثم نزل نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ونزلت فنزلت أتشبث بالجذع ونزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كأنما يمشي على الأرض ما يمسه بيده فقلت يا رسول الله إنما كنت في الغرفة تسعة وعشرين قال: إن الشهر يكون تسعا وعشرين، فقمت على باب المسجد فناديت بأعلى صوتي لم يطلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نساءه ونزلت هذه الآية وإذا جاءهم أمر من الأمن أو الخوف أذاعوا به ولو ردوه إلى الرسول وإلى أولى الأمر منهم لعلمه الذين يستنبطونه منهم فكنت أنا استنبطت ذلك الأمر وأنزل الله عز وجل آية التخيير When the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) withdrew from his wives, he said: I entered the mosque and found the people scratching the ground with pebbles and saying, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has divorced his wives.” This was before they were ordered to observe the hijab. So I said, “I will surely know the truth of this matter.” I entered upon Aisha and said, “O daughter of Abu Bakr, has your affair reached the point where you cause harm to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?” She said, “What business is that of mine with you, O son of al-Khattab? Attend to your own household.” Then I entered upon Hafsa, the daughter of Umar, and said to her, “O Hafsa, has your affair reached the point where you cause harm to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? By Allah, I know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) does not love you, and were it not for me, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have divorced you.” She wept the most intense weeping. I said to her, “Where is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?” She said, “He is in his storage room in the upper room.” I entered and found Rabah, the slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), sitting on the threshold of the upper room, with his legs dangling over a wooden peg, which was a trunk that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to climb up and descend. I called out, “O Rabah, ask permission for me to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” Rabah looked at the room, then looked at me, and said nothing. Then I said, “O Rabah, ask permission for me to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” Rabah looked at the room, then looked at me, and said nothing. Then I raised my voice and said, “O Rabah, ask permission for me to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for I think the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) thinks I have come on account of Hafsa. By Allah, if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) orders me to strike off her neck, I will strike off her neck.” I raised my voice, and he gestured to me to climb up. I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was lying on a mat. I sat down, and he pulled his garment closer to him; he had nothing else on it. I saw that the mat had left a mark on his side. I looked around the storage room of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and saw a handful of barley, about a sa’ in quantity, and a similar amount of date pits in a corner of the room, and a water skin hanging up. My eyes burst into tears. He said, “What makes you cry, O son of al-Khattab?” I said, “O Prophet of Allah, why should I not cry? This mat has left a mark on your side, and I see nothing in your storage room but what I see. And there is Caesar and Kisra in fruits and rivers, while you are the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and His chosen one, and this is your storage room.” He said, “O son of al-Khattab, are you not pleased that the Hereafter is for us and the world is for them?” I said, “Yes.” I had entered upon him while I saw anger on his face, so I said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is the difficulty for you regarding the affair of the women? If you have divorced them, then Allah is with you, and His angels, and Jibril, and Mikail, and I, and Abu Bakr, and the believers are with you.” I rarely spoke a word praising Allah without hoping that Allah would make true what I say. Then this verse, the verse of the choice, was revealed: “Perhaps his Lord, if he should divorce you, will replace you with wives better than you. And if you both help him, then Allah is his protector, and Jibril, and the righteous of the believers, and the angels after them are his supporters.” Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr, and Hafsa were conspiring against the other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I said, “O Messenger of Allah, have you divorced them?” He said, “No.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I entered the mosque and the Muslims were scratching the ground with pebbles, saying, ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has divorced his wives.’ Shall I go down and inform them that you have not divorced them?” He said, “Yes, if you wish.” I kept talking to him until the anger left his face and he bared his teeth and laughed. He had the most beautiful smile. Then the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) descended, and I descended, holding onto the trunk. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) descended as if he were walking on the ground, not touching it with his hand. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I was in the room for twenty-nine days.” He said, “The month can be twenty-nine days.” I stood at the door of the mosque and called out at the top of my voice, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has not divorced his wives.” And this verse was revealed: “And when there comes to them a matter of security or fear, they spread it about. But if they had referred it to the Messenger and to those in authority among them, those who can derive it from them would have known it.” So I was the one who derived that matter, and Allah the Exalted revealed the verse of the choice..