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Shunning a Muslim for more than three nights

ahmad:18921ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAwf b. al-Ḥārith > ʿĀʾishah > Abdullāh b. al-Zubayr

[AI] Regarding a sale or a gift that she had given: By Allah, Aisha must stop, or I will place restrictions on her. Aisha said, "Did he say this?" They said, "Yes." She said, "I have made a vow to Allah that I will never speak to Ibn al-Zubayr a word." So Abdullah bin al-Zubayr sought the intercession of al-Miswar bin Makhrama and Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth, and they were from Banu Zuhra. Then he mentioned the hadith. Al-Miswar and Abd al-Rahman began imploring Aisha that she speak to him and accept from him, and they were saying to her, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the estrangement that you know of; "It is not lawful for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights.""

أحمد:١٨٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي عَائِشَةَ لِأُمِّهَا، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

فِي بَيْعٍ أَوْ عَطَاءٍ أَعْطَتْهُ، وَاللهِ لَتَنْتَهِيَنَّ عَائِشَةُ، أَوْ لَأَحْجُرَنَّ عَلَيْهَا. فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: أَوَقَالَ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَتْ: هُوَ لِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ نَذْرٌ أَنْ لَا أُكَلِّمَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ كَلِمَةً أَبَدًا. فَاسْتَشْفَعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ، وَهُمَا مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَطَفِقَ الْمِسْوَرُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يُنَاشِدَانِ عَائِشَةَ إِلَّا كَلَّمَتْهُ وَقَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ، وَيَقُولَانِ لَهَا: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَمَّا قَدْ عَلِمْتِ مِنَ الْهَجْرِ، «إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ».

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