Sahih Muslim Hadith 3691 – iia’,” Keeping

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[3691] 30 – (1479) 'Abdullâh bin 'Abbâs narrated: "Umar bin Al- – ,. – Khattâb told me: 'When the L.L'- :- Prophet of Allah stayed away from his wives, I entered the Masjid and saw the people striking the ground with pebbles and saying: "The Messenger of :J ii : Allah has divorced his wives." Ji :J L That was before Hijâb had been enjoined upon them.' 'Umar said: I ll Vowing to stay away from one's wife for a certain period of time. At-TahrIm 66:4. 'I said: "I must find out about this today." So I entered upon 'Aishah and said: "0 daughter of Abü Bakr, have you gone so far that you annoy the Messenger of Allah ?" She said: "What have I to do with you, 0 son of Al- Ihattâb? You should pay attention to your own daughter." So I entered upon Hafsah hint 'Umar and said to her: "0 Hafsah, have you gone so far that you annoy the Messenger of Allah ? By Allah you know that the Messenger of Allah ç does not love you, and were it not for me the Messenger of Allah would have divorced you." She began to weep bitterly, and I said to her: "Where is the Messenger of Allah ?" She said: "He is in his store room in the loft." I went in and I saw Rabâh, the slave of the Messenger of Allah , sitting at the threshold of the loft, with his legs dangling on the hollow wood of the tree trunk on which the Messenger of Allah used to climb up and down. I called out: "0 Rabâh, ask the Messenger of Allah ç for permission for me to enter." Rabâh looked into the room, then he looked at me and did not say anything. Then I said: "0 Rabâh, ask the Messenger of Allah jW for permission for me to enter." Rabâh looked into the room, then he looked at me and did not say anything. Then I raised my voice and said: "0 Rabâh! Ask for the Messenger of Allah for permission for me to enter, for I think that the Messenger of Allah thinks that I have come because of Hafsah, but by Allah, if the Messenger of Allah tells me to strike her neck, I will certainly do it." I raised my voice, then he gestured to me to climb up. I entered upon the Messenger of Allah and found him lying on a reed mat. I sat down, and he drew his Izâr up over him. He was not wearing anything else and I could see that the reed mat had left marks on his side. I looked around the store room of the Messenger of Allah and all I saw was a handful of barley, about a $â', and an equal amount of QarazI1I in the corner of the room, and I saw a half-tanned piece of leather hanging up. My eyes filled with tears and he said: "Why are you weeping, 0 son of Al-Iattâb?" I said: "0 Prophet of Allah, why shouldn't I weep when this reed mat has left marks on your side, and this is your store room, and all I see in it is what I see, when this Caesar and this Kisra are living lives of plenty, but you are the Messenger of Allah Q5, and His chosen one, and this is your store Leaves of mimosa flava used for dyeing. room?" He said: "0 son of Al- ISiiattâb, does it not please you that the Hereafter is for us and this world is for them?" I said: "Yes." And when I entered upon him I saw signs of anger on his face. I said: "0 Messenger of Allah, why are you so upset about these women? If you divorce them, Allah is with you, and the Angels and Jibril and Mikâ'Il, and myself and Abü Bakr and the believers will be with you." Seldom did I speak words – praise be to Allah – but I hoped that Allah would confirm what I said. Then this verse, the verse of choice, was revealed: "It may be if he divorced you (all) that his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you ……11 ' "…But if you help one another against him, then verily, Allah is his Maulâ (Lord, or Master, or Protector), and Jibrll (Gabriel), and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore, the Angels are his helpers". 21 'Aihah bint AbI Bakr and Hafsah had helped one another against the other wives of the Prophet I said: "0 Messenger of Allah, have you divorced them?" He said: "No." I said: "0 Messenger of Allah, I entered the Masjid and the Muslims were striking the ground with the pebbles and Li] At-TahrIm 66:5. At-TahrIm 66:4. saying that the Messenger of Allah has divorced his wives. Shall I go down and tell them that you have not divorced them?" He said: "Yes, if you wish." I kept on talking to him until the signs of anger disappeared from his face, and until he began to smile, and he had the most handsome teeth of any people. Then the Prophet of Allah went down and I went down clinging to the tree trunk, while the Messenger of Allah went down as if he was walking on the ground, not holding on with his hand. I said: "0 Messenger of Allah, you were in that room for twenty-nine days." He said: "The month may be twenty-nine days." I stood at the door of the Masjid and called out at the top of my voice: "The Messenger of Allah has not divorced his wives, and this verse has been revealed: When there comes to them some matter touching (public) safety or fear, they make it known (among the people); if only they had referred it to the Messenger or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have understood it from them (directly)…" 11 I understood this matter, and Allah [the Mighty and Sublime] revealed the verse of choice.