Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 603
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ ابْنَيْ يَسَارٍ، وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُضْطَجِعًا فِي بَيْتِي، كَاشِفًا عَنْ فَخِذِهِ أَوْ سَاقَيْهِ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ كَذَلِكَ، فَتَحَدَّثَ. ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ كَذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ تَحَدَّثَ. ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَجَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَسَوَّى ثِيَابَهُ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَلاَ أَقُولُ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَدَخَلَ فَتَحَدَّثَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ تَهَشَّ وَلَمْ تُبَالِهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عُمَرُ فَلَمْ تَهَشَّ وَلَمْ تُبَالِهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عُثْمَانُ فَجَلَسْتَ وَسَوَّيْتَ ثِيَابَكَ؟ قَالَ: أَلاَ أَسْتَحِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ تَسْتَحِي مِنْهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ؟.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu al-Rabi‘ related to us: Isma‘il told me: Muhammad ibn Abi Harmalah told me, from ‘Ata’, Sulayman ibn Yasar, and Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, that ‘A’ishah said: The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, was reclining in my room with his thigh—or his shins—uncovered. Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, asked permission to enter, and the Prophet gave him permission while remaining as he was; they spoke. Then ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, asked permission, and the Prophet gave him permission in the same state; then they spoke. Then ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, asked permission. The Prophet sat up and adjusted his clothes. Muhammad said: I do not say that this all happened on one day. ‘Uthman entered and they spoke. When he left, I said, “Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr entered and you did not smile or take notice of him; then ‘Umar entered and you did not smile or take notice of him; then ‘Uthman entered, and you sat up and adjusted your clothes.” He replied, “Should I not feel modest before a man before whom the angels feel modest?”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves a variant: the Prophet’s thigh or shins were uncovered. Muhammad adds that he is not claiming all these events happened on one day; this transmitter comment is included.
The expression فلم تهش ولم تباله is rendered “did not smile or take notice of him,” preserving the contrast with sitting up for ‘Uthman.
كَاشِفًا عَنْ فَخِذِهِ أَوْ سَاقَيْهِ،
The Arabic itself gives two alternatives: his thigh or his shins.
Should both textual alternatives be retained? They are retained here.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَلاَ أَقُولُ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ،
The source English omits a transmitter’s clarification included in Arabic.
No question; the transmitter comment is included.