206 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ قَالَ : نَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ : نَا أَبِي ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : لَمْ أَزَلْ حَرِيصًا عَلَى أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اللَّتَيْنِ قَالَ لَهُمَا { إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا } حَتَّى خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ فَنَزَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَعَدَلْتُ مَعَهُ بِالْإِدَاوَةِ فَتَبَرَّزَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَنِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اللَّتَانِ قَالَ: { إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا } فَقَالَ : وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ هِيَ حَفْصَةُ وَعَائِشَةُ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ الْحَدِيثَ يَسُوقُهُ فَقَالَ : إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَزَلْتُ عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَوْ عَلَى بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، وَكُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ النُّزُولَ فَيَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا وَأَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا فَإِذَا نَزَلْتُ جِئْتُهُ مِنْ خَبَرِ يَوْمِي بِمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ وَغَيْرِهِ ، وَإِذَا نَزَلَ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، وَكُنَّا مَعْشَرَ [1/319] قُرَيْشٍ نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى الْأَنْصَارِ إِذَا قَوْمٌ تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ فَطَفِقَ نِسَاؤُنَا يَأْخُذْنَ مِنْ أَدَبِ نِسَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَصِحْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فَرَاجَعَتْنِي ، فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ رَاجَعَتْنِي فَقَالَتْ : وَلِمَ تُنْكِرُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَكَ ، فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَإِنَّ إِحْدَاهُنَّ لَتَهْجُرُهُ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ ، فَكَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ ، فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ خَابَ مَنْ عَمِلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُنَّ ، فَجَمَعْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : يَا حَفْصَةُ أَتُغَاضِبُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ ؟ قَالَتْ : نَعَمْ ، قُلْتُ : قَدْ خِبْتِ وَخَسِرْتِ أَتَأْمَنِينَ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - لِغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ فَتَهْلِكِينَ ، فَلَا تَسْتَكْثِرِي أَوْ لَا تَسْتَنْكِرِي رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَا تُرَاجِعِيهِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَلَا تَهْجُرِيهِ وَتَسْأَلِينِي مَا بَدَا لَكِ ، وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكِ إِنْ كَانَتْ جَارَتُكِ هِيَ أَوْضَأَ مِنْكِ وَأَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، يُرِيدُ : عَائِشَةَ . قَالَ عُمَرُ : وَكُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ غَسَّانَ تُنْعِلُ الْخَيْلَ لِتَغْزُوَنَا ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلَ صَاحِبِي الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَوْمَ نَوْبَتِهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيَّ مُمْسِيًا فَضَرَبَ بَابِي ضَرْبًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَنَائِمٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : فَفَزِعْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ : قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ قُلْتُ : مَا هُوَ ؟ أَجَاءَتْ غَسَّانُ ؟ قَالَ بَلْ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، طَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نِسَاءَهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ خَابَتْ حَفْصَةُ وَخَسِرَتْ ، قَدْ كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ هَذَا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ، فَجَمَعْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي فَقَضَيْتُ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَشْرُبَةً لَهُ يَعْتَزِلُ فِيهَا ، قَالَ : فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ : مَا لَكِ ؟ حَدِّثِينِي حَدِيثَكِ هَلْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ؟ قَالَتْ : لَا أَدْرِي هَا هُوَ ذَا مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ ، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى [1/320] جِئْتُ الْمِنْبَرَ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ رَهْطٌ يَبْكِي بَعْضُهُمْ فَجَلَسْتُ مَعَهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَجِئْتُ الْمَشْرُبَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقُلْتُ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ أَسْوَدَ : اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، قَالَ : فَدَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ الْغُلَامُ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ : قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ فَصَمَتَ ، فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ مَعَ الرَّهْطِ الَّذِينَ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ ، ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَقُلْتُ لِلْغُلَامِ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ : قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَصَمَتَ ، قَالَ : فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ مَعَ الرَّهْطِ الَّذِينَ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَجِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ لِلْغُلَامِ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ : قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَصَمَتَ ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّيْتُ مُنْصَرِفًا إِذَا الْغُلَامُ يَدْعُونِي قَالَ : قَدْ أَذِنَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَإِذَا هُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى رُمَالِ حَصِيرٍ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ فِرَاشٌ ، قَدْ أَثَّرَ رُمَالُ الْحَصِيرِ بِجَنْبِهِ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ مَحْشُوَّةٍ لِيفًا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَطَلَّقْتَ نِسَاءَكَ ؟ قَالَ : فَرَفَعَ إِلَيَّ بَصَرَهُ فَقَالَ : " لَا " فَقُلْتُ : اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ : لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَكُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ ، قَدِمْنَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ فَغَضِبْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فَإِذَا هِيَ تُرَاجِعُنِي فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : أَتُنْكِرُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَكَ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : قَدْ خَابَتْ حَفْصَةُ وَخَسِرَتْ ، أَتَأْمَنُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا لِغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ هَلَكَتْ ، قَالَ : فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَقَدْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : لَا يَغُرَّنَّكِ إِنْ كَانَتْ جَارَتُكِ هِيَ أَوْسَمَ مِنْكِ وَأَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، يُرِيدُ : عَائِشَةَ ، فَتَبَسَّمَ تَبَسُّمَةً أُخْرَى ، قَالَ : فَجَلَسْتُ [1/321] حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهُ قَدْ تَبَسَّمَ فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي فِي بَيْتِهِ فَوَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا يَرُدُّ الْبَصَرَ غَيْرَ أَهَبَةٍ ثَلَاثَةٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ فَلْيُوَسِّعْ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ فَإِنَّ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومَ قَدْ وُسِّعَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأُعْطُوا الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ لَا يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ ، قَالَ : فَاسْتَوَى رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَقَالَ : أَوَ فِي شَكٍّ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا " فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي ، قَالَ : فَاعْتَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نِسَاءَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : وَكَانَ قَالَ : مَا أَنَا بِدَاخِلٍ عَلَيْكُنَّ شَهْرًا مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَوْجِدَتِهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حِينَ حَدَّثَهُ اللهُ حَدِيثَهُنَّ فَلَمَّا مَضَتْ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَبَدَأَ بِهَا فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ : قَدْ كُنْتَ أَقْسَمْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تَدْخُلَ عَلَيْنَا شَهْرًا وَإِنَّا أَصْبَحْنَا مِنْ تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَعُدُّهَا عَدًّا ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ لَيْلَةً ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ التَّخْيِيرَ فَبَدَأَ بِي أَوَّلَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ فَقَالَ : " إِنِّي عَارِضٌ عَلَيْكِ أَمْرًا أَلَا فَلَا تَعْجَلِي فِيهِ حَتَّى تَسْتَشِيرِي أَبَوَيْكِ " وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ أَبَوَايَ لَمْ يَكُونَا يَأْمُرَانِي بِفِرَاقِهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : وَمَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ : { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلا * وَإِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ } قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : فِي أَيِّ هَذَا أَسْتَأْمِرُ أَبَوَيَّ فَهَلَّا عَرَضْتَ هَذَا عَلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي مِنْ نِسَائِكَ ؟ قَالَتْ : فَقَالَ : بَلْ أَنْتِ ، قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْتَشِيرَ أَبَوَيَّ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ ، قَالَ : وَيُقَالُ : إِنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : فَإِنِّي رَضِيتُ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ عَلَى الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ [1/322] اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فَخَيَّرَهُنَّ فَكُنَّ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ كَمَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ .
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206 - Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Junayd narrated to us, he said: Yaqub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sad narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to me, from Salih ibn Kaysan, from Ibn Shihab, that Ubaydullah ibn Abi Thawr narrated to him from Abdullah ibn Abbas, he said: I remained keen to ask Umar about the two women of the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to whom it was said: If you both turn to Allah, your hearts have inclined - until I went out with him; he alighted one day, and I turned aside with him with the water-vessel, and he relieved himself, then came, and I poured upon his hands and he performed ablution. So I said: O Commander of the Faithful, who are the two women of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to whom it was said: If you both turn to Allah, your hearts have inclined? He said: How strange of you, O Ibn Abbas - she is Hafsa and Aisha. Then Umar proceeded with the hadith, driving it, saying: I used to stay with a clan of the Ansar, or with a house of the Ansar, of Banu Umayya ibn Zayd; and we used to take turns staying - he would stay one day and I would stay one day. When I stayed, I would bring him the news of my day of what came down of revelation and other than it; and when he stayed, he would do the like of that. And we, the company of Quraysh, used to dominate women. When we came to the Ansar, there were a people dominated by their women, so our women began taking from the manners of the women of the Ansar. So I shouted at my wife and she answered me back; I disapproved that she answered me back, so she said: Why do you disapprove that I answer you back - by Allah, the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) answer him back, and one of them forsakes him the day until the night. That weighed heavily upon me, so I said: Whoever of them does that has failed. So I gathered my garments and entered upon Hafsa bint Umar, saying to her: O Hafsa, does one of you anger the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) until the night? She said: Yes. I said: You have failed and lost. Do you feel secure that Allah Almighty may anger for the anger of His Messenger and you perish - do not vie with, or do not rival, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), nor answer him back in anything, nor forsake him; and ask me whatever occurs to you; and let not your neighbor deceive you - if she is fairer than you and more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) - meaning: Aisha. Umar said: And we used to talk that Ghassan were shoeing horses to raid us. He said: So my Ansari companion alighted on the day of his turn, returned to me in the evening, knocked my door violently, then said: Is he asleep? He said: So I was startled and went out to him. He said: A great matter has occurred. I said: What is it? Has Ghassan come? He said: Rather greater than that - the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) divorced his wives. So I said: Hafsa has failed and lost; I thought this was about to be. So I gathered my garments and performed Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered a loft of his in which he secludes himself. He said: So I entered upon Hafsa while she was weeping. I said: What is the matter with you? Tell me your news - has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) divorced you? She said: I do not know; here he is, secluded in this loft. So I went out until I came to the pulpit, and there was a group weeping, some of them. So I sat with them a while, then what I felt overcame me, so I came to the loft in which was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said to a black servant of his: Seek permission for Umar ibn al-Khattab. He said: So the servant entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then the servant went out to me and said: I mentioned you, and he was silent. So I left and went until I sat with the group at the pulpit. Then what I felt overcame me, so I said to the servant: Seek permission for Umar ibn al-Khattab. So he entered, then returned to me and said: I mentioned you to him, and he was silent. He said: So I returned and sat with the group at the pulpit. Then what I felt overcame me, so I came and said to the servant: Seek permission for Umar. So he entered, then went out to me and said: I mentioned you to him, and he was silent. When I turned to leave, the servant called me, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has permitted you. So I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he was reclining upon the strands of a mat with nothing between him and it; the strands of the mat had marked his side, reclining upon a cushion of leather stuffed with fiber. So I greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), saying while standing: O Messenger of Allah, have you divorced your wives? He said: So he raised his sight to me and said: No. So I said: Allah is Greatest - while standing: O Messenger of Allah, had you seen me - we, the company of Quraysh, used to dominate women; when we came to Madina, we came upon a people dominated by their women. So I became angry at my wife, and she answered me back, and I disapproved that of her. She said: Do you disapprove that I answer you back - by Allah, the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) answer him back, and one of them forsakes him until the night. He said: I said: Hafsa has failed and lost; does one of them feel secure that Allah may anger upon her for the anger of His Messenger, and she perishes? He said: So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) smiled. He said: So I said: Had you seen me when I entered upon Hafsa and said to her: Let not your neighbor deceive you - if she is more beautiful than you and more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) - meaning: Aisha. So he smiled another smile. He said: So I sat until I saw him smile. Then I raised my sight in his house; by Allah, I saw nothing to return the sight except three hides. He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to widen for your nation, for Persia and Rome have been widened for and given the world, though they do not worship Allah. He said: So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sat upright, having been reclining, and said: Are you in doubt, O son of al-Khattab - those are a people whose good things were hastened for them in the life of the world. So I said: O Messenger of Allah, seek forgiveness for me. He said: So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) withdrew from his wives because of that talk. Aisha said: And he had said: I shall not enter upon you for a month, due to the severity of his displeasure (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when Allah informed him their talk. When twenty-nine had passed, he entered upon Aisha, beginning with her. Aisha said to him: You had sworn, O Messenger of Allah, not to enter upon us for a month, and we have reached twenty-nine nights, counting them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her: The month is twenty-nine nights. Aisha said: So Allah revealed the choice; he began with me, the first woman of his wives, saying: I present to you an affair - do not hasten in it until you consult your parents. And he knew my parents would not command me to part from him. She said: So I said: And what is it? He said: Allah said: O Prophet, say to your wives: If you desire the life of the world and its adornment, come, I shall provide for you and release you a fair release; and if you desire Allah and His Messenger. She said: So I said: In which of this shall I consult my parents - why did you not present this to one older than me of your wives? She said: He said: Rather you. She said: So I said: Before consulting my parents, I desire Allah, His Messenger and the abode of the Hereafter. He said: And it is said Aisha said: I am pleased with Allah and His Messenger in hardship and ease. Aisha said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered upon his wives and gave them the choice; they were upon one word as Aisha said.
