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hakim:4334Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill any woman from the tribe of Quraizah except one. By Allah, she was laughing so much that her stomach was shaking. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had ordered the killing of their men with swords, while asking, 'Where is so-and-so?' She said, 'By Allah, I said, what is wrong with you?' She said, 'I will be killed.' I asked her, 'Why did you speak?' Then he took her and struck her neck. I cannot forget her calmness and the abundance of her laughter, knowing that she was going to be killed."  

الحاكم:٤٣٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا قَتَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةُ قَطُّ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةً وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَعِنْدِي تَضْحَكُ ظَهْرَ الْبَطْنِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَقْتُلُ رِجَالَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ إِذْ يَقُولُ هَاتِفٌ بِاسْمِهَا أَيْنَ فُلَانَةُ؟ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا وَاللَّهِ قُلْتُ فَوَيْلَكِ مَا لَكَ؟ فَقَالَتْ أُقْتَلُ وَاللَّهِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَتْ لِحَدَثٍ أَحْدَثْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهَا فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهَا فَمَا أَنْسَى عَجَبًا مِنْهَا طِيبَةَ نَفْسِهَا وَكَثْرَةَ ضَحِكِهَا وَقَدْ عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهَا تُقْتَلُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

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abudawud:2671ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

No woman of Banu Qurayzah was killed except one. She was with me, talking and laughing on her back and belly (extremely), while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was killing her people with the swords. Suddenly a man called her name: Where is so-and-so? She said: I I asked: What is the matter with you? She said: I did a new act. She said: The man took her and beheaded her. She said: I will not forget that she was laughing extremely although she knew that she would be killed.  

أبو داود:٢٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَمْ يُقْتَلْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ تَعْنِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةً إِنَّهَا لَعِنْدِي تُحَدِّثُ تَضْحَكُ ظَهْرًا وَبَطْنًا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْتُلُ رِجَالَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ إِذْ هَتَفَ هَاتِفٌ بِاسْمِهَا أَيْنَ فُلاَنَةُ قَالَتْ أَنَا قُلْتُ وَمَا شَأْنُكِ قَالَتْ حَدَثٌ أَحْدَثْتُهُ قَالَتْ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهَا فَضُرِبَتْ عُنُقُهَا فَمَا أَنْسَى عَجَبًا مِنْهَا أَنَّهَا تَضْحَكُ ظَهْرًا وَبَطْنًا وَقَدْ عَلِمَتْ أَنَّهَا تُقْتَلُ  

ahmad:26364Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah > Lam Yaqtul from Nisāʾihim Illā Āmraʾah Wāḥidah

[Machine] "Only one woman from their women was killed. She said, 'By Allah, she is cursed in my eyes. She spoke to me while laughing, showing her back and stomach.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ killed their men in the market when a caller called out her name, saying, 'Where is so-and-so?' She said, 'By Allah, it is me.' He ﷺ said, 'Woe to you, what is wrong with you?' She said, 'I will be killed.' He said, 'Why?' She said, 'I spoke something.' He said, 'Go with her.' So her neck was struck. Aisha used to say, 'By Allah, I will never forget my astonishment at her good nature and frequent laughter. And she knew that she would be killed.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ

لَمْ يَقْتُلْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةً قَالَتْ وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَعِنْدِي تَحَدَّثُ مَعِي تَضْحَكُ ظَهْرًا وَبَطْنًا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْتُلُ رِجَالَهُمْ بِالسُّوقِ إِذْ هَتَفَ هَاتِفٌ بِاسْمِهَا أَيْنَ فُلَانَةُ؟ قَالَتْ أَنَا وَاللهِ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ وَيْلَكِ وَمَا لَكِ؟ قَالَتْ أُقْتَلُ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَتْ حَدَثٌ أَحْدَثْتُهُ قَالَتْ فَانْطُلِقَ بِهَا فَضُرِبَتْ عُنُقُهَا وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ وَاللهِ مَا أَنْسَى عَجَبِي مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِهَا وَكَثْرَةِ ضَحِكِهَا وَقَدْ عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهَا تُقْتَلُ  

bayhaqi:18107Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill any woman from the tribe of Quraiza except for one woman. I swear by Allah that she used to make me laugh so much, to the point where her stomach and back would show. And indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would kill their men in the market when a caller called out her name, asking, "Where is so-and-so?" She would say, "I am here, by Allah." I would say to her, "What is wrong with you?" She replied, "I will be killed, by Allah." I asked, "Why?" She said, "For a talk that I have spoken." So, I accompanied her until she was struck on the neck and killed. I will never forget her calmness, pleasant nature, and her frequent laughter. She knew that she would be killed. Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in the narration of Abu 'Abd ar-Rahman al-Baghdadi that she fingered Mahmud ibn Maslama and directed him towards him, so he killed him and she was killed because of that. It is also possible that she had embraced Islam and then apostatized and joined her people, so she was killed for that reason. It is possible that it was something else. Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the report does not clearly indicate the reason for her killing, and it is said that Mahmud ibn Maslama was killed at Khaybar and was not killed during the days of Banu Quraiza.  

البيهقي:١٨١٠٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ

مَا قَتَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةً وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا عِنْدِي لَتَضْحَكُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَيَقْتُلُ رِجَالَهُمْ بِالسُّوقِ إِذْ هَتَفَ هَاتِفٌ بِاسْمِهَا أَيْنَ فُلَانَةُ؟ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا وَاللهِ فَقُلْتُ وَيْلَكِ مَا لَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ أُقْتَلُ وَاللهِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَتْ لِحَدَثٍ أَحْدَثْتُهُ فَانْطُلِقَ بِهَا فَضُرِبَ عُنُقُهَا فَمَا أَنْسَى عَجَبًا مِنْهَا طِيبَةَ نَفْسِهَا وَكَثْرَةَ ضَحِكِهَا وَقَدْ عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهَا تُقْتَلُ ذَكَرَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ دَلَّتْ عَلَى مَحْمُودِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ رَحًى فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَقُتِلَتْ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ وَقَدْ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ تَكُونَ أَسْلَمَتْ وَارْتَدَّتْ وَلَحِقَتْ بِقَوْمِهَا فَقَتَلَهَا لِذَلِكَ وَيُحْتَمَلُ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ لَمْ يَصِحَّ الْخَبَرُ لِأِيِّ مَعْنًى قَتَلَهَا وَقَدْ قِيلَ إِنَّ مَحْمُودَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ قُتِلَ بِخَيْبَرَ وَلَمْ يُقْتَلْ يَوْمَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ