Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3463
أَخْبَرَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ، ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَمَا إِنِّي مَا أَعِيبُ عَلَيْهِ فِي خُلُقٍ وَلاَ دِينٍ وَلَكِنِّي أَكْرَهُ الْكُفْرَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتَرُدِّينَ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيقَتَهُ " . قَالَتْ نَعَمْ . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اقْبَلِ الْحَدِيقَةَ وَطَلِّقْهَا تَطْلِيقَةً " .
Azhar bin Jamil informed us; Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us; Khalid narrated to us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas: The wife of Thabit bin Qays came to the Prophet and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I do not find fault with Thabit bin Qays in his character or religion, but I dislike falling into ingratitude while in Islam.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Will you return his garden to him?’ She said, ‘Yes.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Accept the garden and divorce her once.’
Translation notes
The phrase ‘ingratitude while in Islam’ conveys the wife's fear of failing to fulfill her husband's rights, not leaving the faith.