Sunan Ibn Majah

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Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَرْوَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ طُلِّقَتْ فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ تَنْتَقِلُ فَقَالَتْ أَمَرَتْنَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ قَيْسٍ وَأَخْبَرَتْنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَنْتَقِلَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ هِيَ أَمَرَتْهُمْ بِذَلِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَابَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ كَانَتْ فِي مَسْكَنٍ وَحْشٍ فَخِيفَ عَلَيْهَا فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْخَصَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏.‏

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-ʿAziz ibn ʿAbdullah narrated to us: Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, who said: I visited Marwan and said to him, ‘A woman from your family has been divorced. I passed by her while she was moving out, and she said, “Fatimah bint Qays instructed us and told us that the Messenger of Allah instructed her to move.”’ Marwan said, ‘She instructed them to do that.’ ʿUrwah said: I replied, ‘By Allah, ʿAishah criticized that and said, “Fatimah was in a desolate dwelling, and people feared for her. That is why the Messenger of Allah granted her a concession.”’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The phrase مَسْكَنٍ وَحْشٍ is rendered as ‘a desolate dwelling,’ indicating an isolated place where she was considered at risk.

  • ‏ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَابَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ كَانَتْ فِي مَسْكَنٍ وَحْشٍ فَخِيفَ عَلَيْهَا فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْخَصَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏.

    The phrase مَسْكَنٍ وَحْشٍ literally describes an isolated or desolate dwelling; ‘people feared for her’ is kept close to the source’s passive wording.

    Does ‘desolate dwelling’ convey the sense of the location without implying a specific threat?