Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3946
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ الثِّقَةُ الْمَأْمُونُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ اجْتَمَعْنَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَرْسَلْنَ فَاطِمَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْنَ لَهَا إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ . قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ مَعَ عَائِشَةَ فِي مِرْطِهَا فَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ . فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتُحِبِّينِي " . قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ " فَأَحِبِّيهَا " . قَالَتْ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُنَّ مَا قَالَ فَقُلْنَ لَهَا إِنَّكِ لَمْ تَصْنَعِي شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي إِلَيْهِ . فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا أَبَدًا . وَكَانَتِ ابْنَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَقًّا فَأَرْسَلْنَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ أَزْوَاجُكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي ابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ . ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَىَّ تَشْتِمُنِي فَجَعَلْتُ أُرَاقِبُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْظُرُ طَرْفَهُ هَلْ يَأْذَنُ لِي مِنْ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا - قَالَتْ - فَشَتَمَتْنِي حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا فَاسْتَقْبَلْتُهَا فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ أَفْحَمْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ " . قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَلَمْ أَرَ امْرَأَةً خَيْرًا وَلاَ أَكْثَرَ صَدَقَةً وَلاَ أَوْصَلَ لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَبْذَلَ لِنَفْسِهَا فِي كُلِّ شَىْءٍ يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ زَيْنَبَ مَا عَدَا سَوْرَةً مِنْ حِدَّةٍ كَانَتْ فِيهَا تُوشِكُ مِنْهَا الْفَيأَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ .
Muhammad ibn Rafiʿ al-Naysaburi, the trustworthy and reliable, reported to us; he said: ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwah, from ʿAishah, who said: The wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, gathered and sent Fatimah to the Prophet. They told her, ‘Your wives…’—the narrator used a phrase meaning that they were imploring him to be fair regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah. ʿAishah said: Fatimah entered upon the Prophet while he was with me beneath my wrap and said to him: ‘Your wives have sent me, and they implore you to be fair regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah.’ The Prophet said to her: ‘Do you love me?’ She said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then love her.’ Fatimah returned to them and told them what he had said. They said: ‘You have accomplished nothing; go back to him.’ She replied: ‘By Allah, I will never go back to him to speak about her.’ She was truly the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. So they sent Zaynab bint Jahsh.
ʿAishah continued: Zaynab was the one among the Prophet’s wives who competed with me in status. She said: ‘Your wives have sent me, and they implore you to be fair regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah.’ Then she turned on me, insulting me. I watched the Prophet and his expression to see whether he would permit me to defend myself. She kept insulting me until I thought he would not object if I answered her. So I faced her, and before long I had silenced her. The Prophet said to her: ‘She is the daughter of Abu Bakr.’ ʿAishah said: I have never seen a woman better, more charitable, more devoted to family ties, or more willing to expend herself in everything by which one seeks nearness to Allah, Exalted is He, than Zaynab—except that she had a quick temper, though she was soon ready to calm down. Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: ‘This is an error; the correct version is the one preceding it.’
Translation notes
The source itself says the wording sent by the wives is only paraphrased by the narrator.
The closing editorial comment rejects this version as erroneous and points to the preceding report as correct.