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hakim:2867 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaghānī Bimakkah > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān Mukātab Um Salamah > Innī Laʾaqūd Bihā Bi-al-Baydāʾ or Bi-al-Abwāʾ > Man Hadhā Qult > Nabhān > Innī

[Machine] "I drive it in the desert or in the plains," she said. "Who is this?" I said, "I am Nabhan." She then said, "I have left the remaining of your correspondence for my nephew Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Umaiyah. I have helped him with it in his marriage." I said, "No, by Allah, I will never hand it over to him." She said, "If your oath is to enter upon me or to see me, then by Allah, you will never see me. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'If there is anything to be delivered to a messenger, then take precautionary measures against it.'"  

الحاكم:٢٨٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّغَانِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَبْهَانُ مُكَاتَبُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

إِنِّي لَأَقُودُ بِهَا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ أَوْ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ قَالَتْ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ أَنَا نَبْهَانُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ بَقِيَّةَ مُكَاتَبَتِكَ لِابْنِ أَخِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ أَعَنْتُهُ بِهِ فِي نِكَاحِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا أُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا قَالَتْ إِنْ كَانَ أَيْمَانُكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ عَلَيَّ أَوْ تَرَانِي فَوَاللَّهِ لَا تَرَانِي أَبَدًا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْمُكَاتَبِ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَاحْتَجِبِي مِنْهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُكَاتِبَةَ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَحْتَجِبَ عَنْ مُكَاتِبِهَا، إِذَا عَلِمَتْ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ الْوَفَاءُ لِمَا كُوتِبَ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:4322 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Nabhān a freed slave of Um Salamah > Um Salamah Kātabath Fabaqī from Kitābatih Alfā Dirham

[Machine] "Um Salama had written it and there remained one thousand dirhams from his writing." Nabhān said, "I used to hold it so that it would not be concealed from me." Um Salama said, "So I reasoned and saw her in the desert and she asked me, 'Who is this?' I said, 'I am Abu Yahya.' She said to me, 'Which of my sons are you calling to me, the son of my brother Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abu Umama, and you are fulfilling what is due upon you in his marriage, and I am reciting the blessings upon you.' I cried and woke up and said, 'By Allah, I will never give it to him.' She said, 'My son, indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If one of you has something that needs to be fulfilled from her writing, then hide it. By Allah, you will not see me unless you see me in the Hereafter.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي نَبْهَانُ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ كَاتَبَتْهُ فَبَقِيَ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ أَلْفَا دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ نَبْهَانُ كُنْتُ أَمْسِكُهَا لِكَيْ لَا تَحْتَجِبَ عَنِّي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ فَحَجَجْتُ فَرَأَيْتُهَا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ فَقَالَتْ لِي مَنْ ذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى فَقَالَتْ لِي أَيْ بُنَيَّ تَدْعُو إِلَيَّ ابْنَ أَخِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ وَتُعْطِي فِي نِكَاحِهِ الَّذِي لِي عَلَيْكَ وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ قَالَ فَبَكَيْتُ وَصِحْتُ وَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَدْفَعُهَا إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَقَالَتْ أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ مُكَاتَبِ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مَا يَقْضِي عَنْهُ فَاحْتَجِبِي فَوَاللَّهِ لَا تَرَانِي إِلَّا أَنْ تَرَانِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ»