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bukhari:5995Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

(the wife of the Prophet) A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking me (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet ﷺ came in and I informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is in charge of (put to test by) these daughters and treats them generously, then they will act as a shield for him from the (Hell) Fire."  

البخاري:٥٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدَّثَتْهُ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ تَسْأَلُنِي فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَلِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ شَيْئًا فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1418Bishr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and did not eat anything herself, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet ﷺ came in and I informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is put to trial by these daughters and he treats them generously (with benevolence) then these daughters will act as a shield for him from Hell-Fire." (See Hadith No. 24, Vol. 8).  

البخاري:١٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَىْءٍ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ  

muslim:2629[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Quhzādh > Salamah b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bahrām And ʾAbū Bakr b. Isḥāq Wa-al-Lafẓ Lahumā > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr

A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle ﷺ visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire.  

مسلم:٢٦٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُهْزَاذَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

أَنَّأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَسَأَلَتْنِي فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذَتْهَا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَابْنَتَاهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنَ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَىْءٍ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ  

tirmidhi:1915Aḥmad b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Maʿmar > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"A woman came to me with two daughters. She was asking (for food) but I did not have anything with me except a date. So I gave it to her and she divided it between her two daughters without eating any of it herself. Then she got up to leave, and the Prophet entered, and I informed him about her. So the Prophet said: " Whoever is tested something from these daughters (and he/she passes the test), they will be a screen for them from the Fire."  

الترمذي:١٩١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَسَأَلَتْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

ahmad:25332ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle ﷺ visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 2629)   

أحمد:٢٥٣٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَكَانَ يَذْكُرُهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَكَذَا كَانَ فِي كِتَابهِ يَعْنِي الزُّهْرِيَّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذَتْهَا فَشَقَّتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ هِيَ وَابْنَتَاهَا فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِكَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ ابْتُلِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ سِتْرًا لَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ahmad:24572Bishr b. Shuʿayb from my father > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle ﷺ visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 2629)   

أحمد:٢٤٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُنِي فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَافَأَخَذَتْهَا فَشَقَّتْهَا بِاثْنَيْنِ بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ هِيَ وَابْنَتَاهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنَ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ  

ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِتَارِ مِنَ النَّارِ نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهَا لِلْمُسْلِمِ، إِذَا ابْتُلِيَ بِالْبَنَاتِ فَأَحْسَنَ صُحْبَتَهُنَّ

ibnhibban:2939Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"A woman came to me with two daughters. She was asking (for food) but I did not have anything with me except a date. So I gave it to her and she divided it between her two daughters without eating any of it herself. Then she got up to leave, and the Prophet entered, and I informed him about her. So the Prophet said: " Whoever is tested something from these daughters (and he/she passes the test), they will be a screen for them from the Fire." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1915)   

ابن حبّان:٢٩٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْتَطْعِمُ قَالَتْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي إِلَّا تَمْرَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَشَقَّتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالَتْ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ فَأَحْسَنَ صُحْبَتَهُنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ»  

bayhaqi:15735[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Abū al-Yamān [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Qurqūb al-Tammār Bihamadhān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle ﷺ visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire. (Using translation from Muslim 2629)   

البيهقي:١٥٧٣٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ نا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ قُرْقُوبٍ التَّمَّارُ بِهَمَذَانَ أنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ نا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا تَسْأَلُنِي فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذَتْهَا فَشَقَّتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَابْنَتَيْهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنَ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ