Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1981
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ الْبَهِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا عَلِمْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ عَلَىَّ زَيْنَبُ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ وَهِيَ غَضْبَى . ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَسْبُكَ إِذَا قَلَبَتْ لَكَ بُنَيَّةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ذُرَيْعَتَيْهَا . ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَىَّ فَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهَا حَتَّى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " دُونَكِ فَانْتَصِرِي " . فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهَا وَقَدْ يَبِسَ رِيقُهَا فِي فِيهَا مَا تَرُدُّ عَلَىَّ شَيْئًا فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَتَهَلَّلُ وَجْهُهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Aishah said: I did not realize what was happening until Zaynab entered without permission, angry. She said, ‘Messenger of Allah, do you think it is enough for you when Abu Bakr’s little girl waves her little arms at you?’ Then she turned toward me. I turned away from her, until the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Go ahead; answer her in kind.’ I turned toward her and kept replying until I saw that her mouth had gone dry and she could not answer me. Then I saw the Prophet’s face beaming.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The expression about Abu Bakr’s daughter turning her little arms is rendered as a gesture; it is a taunt whose precise nuance is not explicit.
ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَسْبُكَ إِذَا قَلَبَتْ لَكَ بُنَيَّةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ذُرَيْعَتَيْهَا .
The phrase qalabat laka dhira‘ayha (‘turns/waves her two little arms for you’) is figurative and its exact nuance is unclear.
Should this be read as a taunt about Aishah’s gestures or as another expression of reproach?