Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1465

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنَ الْبَقِيعِ فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْكِ فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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; Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Ya‘qub ibn Utbah, from al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, from Aishah, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from al-Baqi‘ and found me with a headache, saying, “Oh, my head!” He said, “Rather, I should say, ‘Oh, my head!’ too, Aishah.” Then he said, “What harm would it do you if you died before me, so that I could attend to you, wash you, shroud you, perform the funeral prayer over you, and bury you?”’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The report preserves the exchange about their headaches and the conditional wording of the Prophet’s statement.