Sahih Muslim Hadith 3710

English

[3710] 46 – ( … ) It was narrated that Abü Ishâq said: "I was with Al-Aswad bin YazId, sitting in the grand Masjid, 11 and Ash- Sha'bi was with us. Ash-Sha'bI narrated the HadIth of Fâtimah bint Qais, that the Messenger of Allah did not grant to her any accommodation nor maintenance. Then A1-Aswad took a handful of pebbles and threw them at him, and said: 'Woe to you for narrating such a thing. 'Umar said: We will not leave the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of our Prophet for the words of a woman when we do not know whether she remembered or forgot. She is entitled to accommodation and maintenance. And he recited the verse: "…And turn them not out of their (husband's) homes nor shall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open Fâiiah…" 21