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ahmad:25340 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet Muhammad and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a husband, and I have a problem. I complain that he gives me this and dresses me in that, but he is lying." The Prophet Muhammad said, "The one who complains about receiving what he has not been given is like someone wearing two garments of falsehood."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي زَوْجًا وَلِي ضَرَّةً وَإِنِّي أَتَشَبَّعُ مِنْ زَوْجِي أَقُولُ أَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَكَسَانِي كَذَا وَهُوَ كَذِبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ  

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
muslim:2129 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Wakīʿ Waʿabdah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Āmraʾah

Messenger of Allah, may I say to my (co-wife) that my husband has given me (such and such) a thing but which he has not in fact gives me? 'Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The one who makes a false statement of that which one has not been given is like one who wears a garment of falsehood.  

مسلم:٢١٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَعَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقُولُ إِنَّ زَوْجِي أَعْطَانِي مَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلاَبِسِ ثَوْبَىْ زُورٍ  

muslim:2130a – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿAbdah > Hishām > Fāṭimah

I have a co-wife. Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression (of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me)? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The one who creates such a (false impression) of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears the garment of falsehood.  

مسلم:٢١٣٠a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ

عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ لِي ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَىَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ مَالِ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلاَبِسِ ثَوْبَىْ زُورٍ  

ahmad:26921 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

I have a co-wife. Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression (of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me)? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The one who creates such a (false impression) of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears the garment of falsehood. (Using translation from Muslim 2130a)   

أحمد:٢٦٩٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي عَلَيَّ ضَرَّةٌ فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ  

ahmad:26929 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ > Āmraʾah

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I have a need, so is it sinful for me if I satisfy myself with someone other than the one who gives me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "One who consumes what he has not been given is like one wearing two garments of falsehood."  

أحمد:٢٦٩٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنْ تَشَبَّعْتُ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِغَيْرِ الَّذِي يُعْطِينِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ  

ahmad:26977 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ > Āmraʾah

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I have a problem. Will I be guilty if I satisfy myself with someone other than my husband who does not give me what I want?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "The one who satisfies themselves with what has not been given to them is like the one who wears clothes that do not belong to them."  

أحمد:٢٦٩٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي ضَرَّةً فَهَلْعَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنْ تَشَبَّعْتُ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِغَيْرِ الَّذِي يُعْطِينِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَهُ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ الْمُتَشَبِّعَةِ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا مَا لَمْ يُعْطِهَا

ibnhibban:5738 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Muḥammad b. Khāzim > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

I have a co-wife. Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression (of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me)? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The one who creates such a (false impression) of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears the garment of falsehood. (Using translation from Muslim 2130a)   

ابن حبّان:٥٧٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِيَ ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ زَوْجِي مَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَفْيِ جَوَازِ تَشَبُّعِ الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ ضَرَّتَهَا بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِهَا زَوْجُهَا

ibnhibban:5739 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām > al-Ṭufāwī > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a damage. Would I be held accountable if I took from my husband's wealth that he did not give me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the one who is satisfied with what he is not given is like someone who wears two false garments."  

ابن حبّان:٥٧٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الطُّفَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِيَ ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

tabarani:20788 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] A woman asked the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a neighbor who is always bothering me but I hate to say that she is bothersome. Is it sinful for me to pretend to be satisfied with something that I haven't been given?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The one who pretends to be satisfied with something he hasn't been given is like one who wears clothes of falsehood."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لِي جَارَةٌ أَيْ ضُرَّةٌ فَكَرِهَتْ أَنْ تَقُولَ ضُرَّةً فَعَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ بِمَا لَمْ أَعْطَهْ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

tabarani:20789 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr > Āmraʾah

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I have a husband and a neighbor, so is it permissible for me to visit her and take from her what my husband has not given me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded, "The one who seeks satisfaction from what they have not been given is like one who wears clothes made of falsehood."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي زَوْجًا وَإِنَّ لِي جَارَةً فَهَلْ عَلِيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ عِنْدَهَا بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي زَوْجِي؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

tabarani:20790 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a need. Is it permissible for me to satisfy myself with my husband in a way that he does not satisfy me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "The one who satisfies themselves with what they have not been given is like someone who wears clothes made of falsehood."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلِيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَا يُعْطِينِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

nasai-kubra:8871 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a husband but I am in need. Should I say: Give me such and such and provide me with such and such, even though he is lying?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The one who clothes himself with what he has not been given is like the one who wears two garments of falsehood.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي زَوْجًا وَلِي ضَرَّةٌ أَفَأَقُولُ أَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَكَسَانِي كَذَا وَهُوَ كَذِبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»  

bayhaqi:14794 – al-Shaykh al-Imām Abū al-Ṭayyib Sahl b. Muḥammad b. Sulaymān Imlāʾ And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Waʾabū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq Waʾabū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Shādhyākhī Waʾabū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ

I have a co-wife. Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression (of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me)? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The one who creates such a (false impression) of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears the garment of falsehood. (Using translation from Muslim 2130a)   

البيهقي:١٤٧٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْخُ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ سَهْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِمْلَاءً وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الشَّاذْيَاخِيُّ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ أَنَّهَا حَدَّثَتْهُ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارَةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ جُنَاحٍ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمُتَشَبِّعَ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ