Barira's husband was a slave called Mughith, as if I am seeing him now, going behind Barira and weeping with his tears flowing down his beard. The Prophet ﷺ said to ʿAbbas, "O ʿAbbas ! are you not astonished at the love of Mughith for Barira and the hatred of Barira for Mughith?" The Prophet ﷺ then said to Barira, "Why don't you return to him?" She said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Do you order me to do so?" He said, "No, I only intercede for him." She said, "I am not in need of him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5283)
كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَطُوفُ خَلْفَهَا يَبْكِي وَدُمُوعُهُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلْعَبَّاسِ ؓ أَلَا تَعْجَبُ مِنْ حُبِّ مُغِيثٍ بَرِيرَةَ وَمِنْ بُغْضِ بَرِيرَةَ مُغِيثًا؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْ رَاجَعْتِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَبُو وَلَدِكِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا أَشْفَعُ قَالَتْ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ
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