Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5388

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَعَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، قَالَ كَانَ أَهْلُ الشَّأْمِ يُعَيِّرُونَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُونَ يَا ابْنَ ذَاتِ النِّطَاقَيْنِ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَسْمَاءُ يَا بُنَىَّ إِنَّهُمْ يُعَيِّرُونَكَ بِالنِّطَاقَيْنِ، هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا كَانَ النِّطَاقَانِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ نِطَاقِي شَقَقْتُهُ نِصْفَيْنِ، فَأَوْكَيْتُ قِرْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَحَدِهِمَا، وَجَعَلْتُ فِي سُفْرَتِهِ آخَرَ، قَالَ فَكَانَ أَهْلُ الشَّأْمِ إِذَا عَيَّرُوهُ بِالنِّطَاقَيْنِ يَقُولُ إِيهًا وَالإِلَهْ‏.‏ تِلْكَ شَكَاةٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَنْكَ عَارُهَا‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad narrated to us: Abu Muʿawiyah informed us: Hisham narrated to us, from his father and from Wahb ibn Kaysan, who said: The people of Syria used to taunt Ibn al-Zubayr, saying, “O son of the woman with the two waistbands!” Asmaʾ said to him, “My son, they taunt you about the two waistbands. Do you know what they were? It was just my waistband, which I tore into two pieces. With one piece I tied the mouth of the Messenger of God’s waterskin, peace and blessings be upon him, and with the other I made his provision bag.” He said: Whenever the people of Syria taunted him about the two waistbands, he would reply, “Indeed—by God! That is a reproach whose disgrace is far removed from you.”