Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3668
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ صَعْصَعَةَ، عَمِّ الأَحْنَفِ قَالَ دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَأَعْطَتْهَا ثَلاَثَ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا تَمْرَةً ثُمَّ صَدَعَتِ الْبَاقِيَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا . قَالَتْ فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَقَالَ " مَا عَجَبُكِ لَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Sa‘sa‘ah, the paternal uncle of al-Ahnaf, said: ‘A woman came to ‘Aishah with her two daughters. ‘Aishah gave her three dates, and the woman gave each of her daughters one date, then split the remaining date between them. ‘Aishah said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and I told him about it. He said, ‘Why are you surprised? She has entered Paradise because of it.’”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَمِّ الأَحْنَفِ قَالَ دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَأَعْطَتْهَا ثَلاَثَ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا تَمْرَةً ثُمَّ صَدَعَتِ الْبَاقِيَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا .
The Arabic sequence indicates the visitor distributed the dates to her daughters after receiving them; the witness presents the visitor as the one who initially gave the narrator dates.
Does the first giver refer to ‘Aishah, with the visitor receiving the three dates before sharing them?