Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7215
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ بَايَعْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَرَأَ عَلَىَّ {أَنْ لاَ يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا} وَنَهَانَا عَنِ النِّيَاحَةِ، فَقَبَضَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَّا يَدَهَا فَقَالَتْ فُلاَنَةُ أَسْعَدَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجْزِيَهَا، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ، فَمَا وَفَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلاَّ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ وَأُمُّ الْعَلاَءِ، وَابْنَةُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ امْرَأَةُ مُعَاذٍ أَوِ ابْنَةُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ وَامْرَأَةُ مُعَاذٍ.
Umm ʿAṭiyya said: “We pledged allegiance to the Prophet, and he recited to me, ‘They will not associate anything with God,’ and forbade us to wail [over the dead]. One of the women withdrew her hand and said, ‘So-and-so helped me wail, and I want to repay her.’ He said nothing. The woman then returned.”
No woman kept the pledge except Umm Sulaym, Umm al-ʿAlāʾ, and the daughter of Abū Ṣabra, Muʿādh’s wife—or, according to another wording, the daughter of Abū Ṣabra and Muʿādh’s wife.
Translation notes
The woman withdraws her hand from the pledge because she wants to repay someone who had helped her wail. The source’s final wording is ambiguous about whether “the daughter of Abū Ṣabra” and “Muʿādh’s wife” refer to one woman or two; both readings are preserved.