Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3236
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي شَوَّالٍ وَأُدْخِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي شَوَّالٍ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ نِسَاءَهَا فِي شَوَّالٍ فَأَىُّ نِسَائِهِ كَانَتْ أَحْظَى عِنْدَهُ مِنِّي
Ubayd Allah ibn Said reported to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us, from Sufyan, who said: Ismail ibn Umayyah narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Urwah, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) married me in Shawwal, and I was brought to him as a bride in Shawwal. Aishah liked to have her women brought to their husbands in Shawwal. Which of his wives was more favored with him than I was?
Translation notes
The report repeats Shawwal for both the marriage and the bride’s being brought to the Prophet. “Her women” is rendered broadly because the relationship is not specified here.
قَالَتْ تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي شَوَّالٍ وَأُدْخِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي شَوَّالٍ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ نِسَاءَهَا فِي شَوَّالٍ فَأَىُّ نِسَائِهِ كَانَتْ أَحْظَى عِنْدَهُ مِنِّي
The expression نِسَاءَهَا can refer generally to women associated with Aishah; the report does not specify whether these were relatives or women under her care.
Does “her women” preserve the broad wording without over-specifying the relationship?