Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3439

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ عُلَىٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ لَمَّا أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِتَخْيِيرِ أَزْوَاجِهِ بَدَأَ بِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي ذَاكِرٌ لَكِ أَمْرًا فَلاَ عَلَيْكِ أَنْ لاَ تُعَجِّلِي حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرِي أَبَوَيْكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ أَبَوَاىَ لَمْ يَكُونَا لِيَأْمُرَانِّي بِفِرَاقِهِ - قَالَتْ - ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ‏‏{‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏ جَمِيلاً ‏}‏ فَقُلْتُ أَفِي هَذَا أَسْتَأْمِرُ أَبَوَىَّ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الآخِرَةَ - قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ - ثُمَّ فَعَلَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلْتُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ حِينَ قَالَ لَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاخْتَرْنَهُ طَلاَقًا مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُنَّ اخْتَرْنَهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Yunus bin Abd al-A'la informed us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; Yunus bin Yazid and Musa bin Ulay narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman informed me that A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet, said: When the Messenger of Allah was commanded to give his wives a choice, he began with me and said, ‘I am going to tell you something, so do not be hasty before consulting your parents.’ She said: He knew that my parents would never tell me to leave him. She said: Then he recited this verse: ‘O Prophet, say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world … graciously’—up to His words, ‘graciously.’ I said, ‘Should I consult my parents about this? I desire Allah, Mighty and Sublime, His Messenger, and the Abode of the Hereafter.’ A'ishah said: The Prophet's wives then did as I had done. When the Messenger of Allah offered them the choice and they chose him, their choosing him was not treated as a divorce.

Translation notes
  • The Qur'anic quotation is abbreviated in the source to its opening words and its closing word.