Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2017
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ وَمَا بِي أَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْرَكْتُهَا وَمَا ذَاكَ إِلاَّ لِكَثْرَةِ ذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ فَيَتَتَبَّعُ بِهَا صَدَائِقَ خَدِيجَةَ فَيُهْدِيهَا لَهُنَّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hisham al-Rifa‘i narrated to us: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, who said: “I was never as jealous of any of the Prophet’s wives as I was of Khadijah, though I had never met her. That was only because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke of her so often. Whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would seek out Khadijah’s female friends and send them some of its meat.” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
‘A’ishah’s wording says she had not met Khadijah; the source attributes her jealousy to the Prophet’s frequent mention and his gifts to Khadijah’s friends.
قَالَتْ مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ وَمَا بِي أَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْرَكْتُهَا وَمَا ذَاكَ إِلاَّ لِكَثْرَةِ ذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ فَيَتَتَبَّعُ بِهَا صَدَائِقَ خَدِيجَةَ فَيُهْدِيهَا لَهُنَّ .
The phrase وما بي أن أكون أدركتها indicates she had not encountered Khadijah; the next clause names remembrance and gifts as the reasons for her jealousy.
Does “though I had never met her” preserve the contrast without implying the jealousy came from personal acquaintance?