Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2060

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِنَّمَا آلَى لأَنَّ زَيْنَبَ رَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ هَدِيَّتَهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَقَدْ أَقْمَأَتْكَ ‏.‏ فَغَضِبَ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَآلَى مِنْهُنَّ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Suwayd ibn Saʿid narrated to us: Yahya ibn Zakariya ibn Abi Zaʾidah narrated to us, from Harithah ibn Muhammad, from ʿAmrah, from ʿAishah: The Messenger of Allah took an oath of abstinence because Zaynab had returned his gift. ʿAishah said, ‘She has certainly upset you.’ He became angry and swore to abstain from them.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • آلَى refers to taking an oath to abstain from marital relations. The phrase لَقَدْ أَقْمَأَتْكَ is rendered broadly as ‘she has certainly upset you.’

  • ‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَقَدْ أَقْمَأَتْكَ ‏.

    The uncommon verb أَقْمَأَتْكَ conveys causing displeasure or humiliation; ‘upset you’ may soften its force.

    Would ‘she has certainly offended you’ better convey the force of the verb?