[Machine] I was with him and he was an old man, known for his bad character and irritability. One day, he came to me and I confronted him about something, which made him angry. He said, "You are like the back of my mother." Then he left and sat with his people for a while. Then he came back to me, and he wanted to take advantage of me. I said to him, "No, by the One in whose hand is the soul of Khawilah, I will not yield to you, and I have not said what I said until Allah and His Messenger judge between us with their judgment." She said, "So he jumped at me, but I resisted him. I overpowered him with what a weak old man can be overpowered by a woman, and I pushed him away from me." She said, "Then I went to some of my neighbors and borrowed clothes from them. Then I went until I reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and sat in front of him. I recounted to him what I experienced from him, and I complained to him about his bad character. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Khawilah, your cousin is an old man, so fear Allah in dealing with him.' She said, 'By Allah, I did not stop until the Quran was revealed concerning me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ covered his head from what he used to cover it with. Then he withdrew from me, and he said to me, 'O Khawilah, Allah has revealed about you and your companion.' Then he recited to me, starting from the verse 'Indeed, Allah has heard the statement of her...' [Quran 58:1] until the verse 'And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.' [Quran 2:104]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Command him to free a slave.' I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he does not possess anything to free.' He said, 'Then let him fast for two consecutive months.' I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he is an old man and is not able to fast.' He said, 'Then let him feed sixty poor people and give them each a sa' of dates.' I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he does not have anything to feed them with.' He said, 'Then I will help him with a basket of dates.' I said, 'And I, O Messenger of Allah, will also help him with another basket of dates.' He said, 'You have done well, so go and give charity on his behalf. Then advise your cousin (to do good).' She said, 'So I did that.' Abdullah said, my father said, Sa'd obtained a skin of dates."  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا قَدْ سَاءَ خُلُقُهُ وَضَجِرَ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمًا فَرَاجَعْتُهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَغَضِبَ فَقَالَ أَنْتِ عَلَيَّ كَظَهْرِ أُمِّي قَالَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَجَلَسَ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِهِ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُرِيدُنِي عَلَى نَفْسِي قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ كَلَّا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ خُوَيْلَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَا تَخْلُصُ إِلَيَّ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ حَتَّىيَحْكُمَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فِينَا بِحُكْمِهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاثَبَنِي وَامْتَنَعْتُ مِنْهُ فَغَلَبْتُهُ بِمَا تَغْلِبُ بِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ الشَّيْخَ الضَّعِيفَ فَأَلْقَيْتُهُ عَنِّي قَالَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى بَعْضِ جَارَاتِي فَاسْتَعَرْتُ مِنْهَا ثِيَابَهَا ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ ﷺ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ سُوءِ خُلُقِهِ قَالَتْ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا خُوَيْلَةُ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ فَاتَّقِي اللهَ فِيهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاللهِ مَا بَرِحْتُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ فِيَّ الْقُرْآنُ فَتَغَشَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَ يَتَغَشَّاهُ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا خُوَيْلَةُ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيكِ وَفِي صَاحِبِكِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيَّ {قَدْ سَمِعَ اللهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللهِ وَاللهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ} [المجادلة 1] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} [البقرة 104] فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُرِيهِ فَلْيُعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا عِنْدَهُ مَا يُعْتِقُ قَالَ فَلْيَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَا بِهِ مِنْ صِيَامٍ قَالَ فَلْيُطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا ذَاكَ عِنْدَهُ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّا سَنُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ سَأُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ آخَرَ قَالَ قَدْ أَصَبْتِ وَأَحْسَنْتِ فَاذْهَبِي فَتَصَدَّقِي عَنْهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوْصِي بِابْنِ عَمِّكِ خَيْرًا قَالَتْ فَفَعَلْتُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَبِي قَالَ سَعْدٌ الْعَرَقُ الصَّنُّ