Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1884
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدِي فِي مَرضه سِتَّةُ دَنَانِيرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةٌ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُفَرِّقَهَا فَشَغَلَنِي وَجَعُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا: «مَا فَعَلَتِ السِّتَّةُ أَوِ السَّبْعَة؟» قلت: لَا وَالله لقد كَانَ شَغَلَنِي وَجَعُكَ فَدَعَا بِهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا فِي كَفِّهِ فَقَالَ: «مَا ظَنُّ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ؟» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: During the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ illness, six or seven dinars belonging to him were with me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to distribute them, but the pain of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ occupied me. Then he asked me about them: ‘What happened to the six or seven?’ I said, ‘No, by Allah; your pain occupied me.’ He called for them, placed them in his palm, and said, ‘What would a prophet of Allah think if he met Allah, Mighty and Majestic, while these were still with him?’ Ahmad transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic preserves uncertainty between six and seven dinars and says Aisha’s attention was occupied by his pain.