Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 4146
حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ وَعِنْدَهَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يُنْشِدُهَا شِعْرًا، يُشَبِّبُ بِأَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ وَقَالَ: حَصَانٌ رَزَانٌ مَا تُزَنُّ بِرِيبَةٍ وَتُصْبِحُ غَرْثَى مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَوَافِلِ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ لَكِنَّكَ لَسْتَ كَذَلِكَ. قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا لِمَ تَأْذَنِينَ لَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْكِ. وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {وَالَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ}. فَقَالَتْ وَأَىُّ عَذَابٍ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْعَمَى. قَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُنَافِحُ ـ أَوْ يُهَاجِي ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
We entered upon ʿĀʾisha while Ḥassān ibn Thābit was reciting poetry to her, including these lines praising a woman: “Chaste and dignified, no suspicion is attached to her; yet she rises hungry from the flesh of heedless women.” ʿĀʾisha said to him, “But you are not like that.” Masrūq said: I asked her, “Why do you let him enter upon you when Allah Most High has said, ‘The one among them who took the greatest part in it will have a tremendous punishment’?” She replied, “What punishment is harsher than blindness?” She said of him, “He used to defend—or satirize on behalf of—the Messenger of Allah.”
Translation notes
The poem praises a chaste woman, while Aisha tells Hassan that he himself does not embody the praise. She cites his defense or poetic rebuttal on behalf of the Prophet, with an explicit wording variant.