Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1590
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَرْوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَمْنَةَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهَا قُتِلَ أَخُوكِ . فَقَالَتْ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ . قَالُوا قُتِلَ زَوْجُكِ . قَالَتْ وَاحُزْنَاهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنَّ لِلزَّوْجِ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ لَشُعْبَةً مَا هِيَ لِشَىْءٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Farawi narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Umar narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Jahsh, from his father, from Hamnah bint Jahsh: She was told, ‘Your brother has been killed.’ She said, ‘May Allah have mercy on him. Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we return.’ They said, ‘Your husband has been killed.’ She said, ‘O my grief!’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘A husband has a special place with a woman that no other thing has.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final expression ‘لَشُعْبَةً مَا هِيَ لِشَىْءٍ’ is an unusual idiom; it is rendered as a special place or bond, preserving the comparison without expanding it.