ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْحُكْمِ لِلْمُظَاهِرِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، وَمَا يَلْزَمُهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْكَفَّارَةِ

[Machine] I was with him, and he was an elderly Sheikh with a bad character and he annoyed me. She said, "He entered upon me one day, and I questioned him about something, and he became angry and said, 'You are like the back of my mother to me.' Then he left and sat with his people for an hour, then he entered upon me again, and it seemed like he wanted to harm me. I said, 'No, by the One in whose hand is the soul of Khawilah, I will not submit to you, and you have said what you have said until Allah and His Messenger judge between us with their judgment.' She said, "So he pushed me away, and I resisted him. I overpowered him the way a weak woman overpowers an elderly Sheikh. I threw him under me, and then I went out to some of my neighbors and borrowed some clothes from them. Then I went until I reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I sat in front of him and told him what I had encountered from him. I complained to him about the bad character he had. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Khawilah, your cousin is an elderly Sheikh, so fear Allah in dealing with him.' She said, 'I swear by Allah, I did not cease until the Quran was revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covered with something that covered him. Then it was hidden from him, and he said, 'O Khawilah, Allah has mentioned you and your companion in the Quran.' He recited to me, 'Indeed, Allah has heard the statement of the woman who argued with you about her husband and directed her complaint to Allah...' until His saying, '...And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Tell him to free a slave.' She said, 'I said, O Messenger of Allah, he does not have anything to free.' He said, 'Then let him fast for two consecutive months.' She said, 'I said, By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he is an elderly Sheikh, and he cannot fast.' He said, 'Then let him feed sixty poor people and give them dates for sadaqah.' I said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he does not have that either.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Then we will assist him with the equivalent of a handful of dates.' She said, 'I said, O Messenger of Allah, I will assist him with another equivalent.' He said, 'You have done well. Go and give it in charity on his behalf, and then advise your cousin.'" She said, "So I did so."  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا قَدْ سَاءَ خُلُقُهُ وَضَجِرَ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمًا فَرَاجَعْتُهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَغَضِبَ وَقَالَ أَنْتِ عَلَيَّ كَظَهْرِ أُمِّي ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَجَلَسَ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِهِ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُرِيدُنِي عَلَى نَفْسِي قَالَتْ قُلْتُ كَلَّا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ خُوَيْلَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَا تَخْلُصُ إِلَيَّ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فِينَا بِحُكْمِهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاثَبَنِي فَامْتَنَعْتُ مِنْهُ فَغَلَبَتْهُ بِمَا تَغْلِبُ بِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ الشَّيْخَ الضَّعِيفَ فَأَلْقَيْتُهُ تَحْتِي ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى بَعْضِ جَارَاتِي فَاسْتَعَرْتُ مِنْهَا ثِيَابًا ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ سُوءِ خُلُقِهِ قَالَتْ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا خُوَيْلَةُ ابْنُ عَمِّكِ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ فِيهِ» قَالَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا بَرِحْتُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ فَتَغَشَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَ يَغْشَاهُ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «يَا خُوَيْلَةُ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِيكِ وَفِي صَاحِبِكِ» قَالَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيَّ {قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مُرِيهِ فَلْيُعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً» قَالَتْ وَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا عِنْدَهُ مَا يَعْتِقُ قَالَ «فَلْيَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَا بِهِ مِنْ صِيَامٍ قَالَ «فَلْيُطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ» فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَهُ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَإِنَّا سَنُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سَأُعِينُهُ بِعَرَقٍ آخَرَ فَقَالَ «أَصَبْتِ وَأَحْسَنْتِ فَاذْهَبِي فَتَصَدَّقِي بِهِ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوْصِي بِابْنِ عَمِّكِ خَيْرًا» قَالَتْ فَفَعَلْتُ