Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2053

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ‏‏{وَإِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ}‏ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنِّي ذَاكِرٌ لَكِ أَمْرًا فَلاَ عَلَيْكِ أَنْ لاَ تَعْجَلِي فِيهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرِي أَبَوَيْكِ قَالَتْ قَدْ عَلِمَ وَاللَّهِ أَنَّ أَبَوَىَّ لَمْ يَكُونَا لِيَأْمُرَانِي بِفِرَاقِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَقَرَأَ عَلَىَّ ‏‏{يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا }‏ ‏.‏ الآيَاتِ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ فِي هَذَا أَسْتَأْمِرُ أَبَوَىَّ قَدِ اخْتَرْتُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ‏.‏

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: ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwah, from ʿAishah, who said: When the verse ‘And if you desire Allah and His Messenger…’ was revealed, the Messenger of Allah came to me and said, ‘ʿAishah, I am going to tell you something. You need not hurry about it until you consult your parents.’ She said, ‘By Allah, he knew that my parents would never tell me to part from him.’ She said: He recited to me, ‘O Prophet, say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world and its adornment…’ and the verses that follow. I said, ‘About this should I consult my parents? I have chosen Allah and His Messenger.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Only the opening phrase of the first verse and the beginning of the next verse are quoted in this source; the text then says ‘the verses.’