Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3474
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُؤْتَى بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْمَوْعُوكَةِ فَتَدْعُو بِالْمَاءِ فَتَصُبُّهُ فِي جَيْبِهَا وَتَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " ابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ " . وَقَالَ " إِنَّهَا مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbdah ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from Fāṭimah bint al-Mundhir, from Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr: When a woman suffering from fever was brought to her, she would call for water and pour it into the woman’s neckline. She would say that the Prophet said, ‘Cool her with water,’ and, ‘It comes from the heat of Hell.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The pronoun in فِي جَيْبِهَا is understood as referring to the feverish woman just mentioned; jayb is the opening/neckline of a garment.
أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُؤْتَى بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْمَوْعُوكَةِ فَتَدْعُو بِالْمَاءِ فَتَصُبُّهُ فِي جَيْبِهَا وَتَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " ابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ " .
The feminine pronoun in فِي جَيْبِهَا most naturally refers to the feverish woman who was brought, though Arabic does not repeat ‘the woman’ here.
Does ‘her neckline’ refer to the feverish woman being treated?