Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 403
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ غَضَبَكِ وَرِضَاكِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ تَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّكِ إِذَا كُنْتِ رَاضِيَةً قُلْتِ: بَلَى، وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَإِذَا كُنْتِ سَاخِطَةً قُلْتِ: لاَ، وَرَبِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، لَسْتُ أُهَاجِرُ إِلا اسْمَكَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘A’isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said to her: I know when you are angry and when you are pleased. She asked, ‘How do you know that, Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘When you are pleased, you say, “Yes, by the Lord of Muhammad,” and when you are angry, you say, “No, by the Lord of Ibrahim.”’ She said: I said, ‘Indeed, I only leave out your name.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
A’isha’s closing reply plays on her different oath formulae: when angry she swears by the Lord of Ibrahim, leaving out Muhammad’s name.
أَجَلْ، لَسْتُ أُهَاجِرُ إِلا اسْمَكَ.
The phrase literally says she does not ‘abandon’ except his name; it refers back to her choosing Ibrahim’s name in the oath when angry.
Should the closing line be rendered as ‘I only leave out your name’ or with another idiomatic phrasing?