ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ هِمَّتُهُ فِي جَمْعِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْسِهِ

I was the leader of the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq or (the narrator doubted) I was among the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq that came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When we reached the Prophet, we did not find him in his house. We found there Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. She ordered that a dish called Khazirah should be prepared for us. It was then prepared. A tray containing dates was then presented to us. (The narrator Qutaybah did not mention the word qina', tray). Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came. He asked: Has anything been served to you or ordered for you? We replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. While we were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we suddenly saw that a shepherd was driving a herd of sheep to their fold. He had with him a newly-born lamb that was crying. He (the Prophet) asked him: What did it bear, O so and so? He replied: A ewe. He then said: Slaughter for us in its place a sheep. Do not think that we are slaughtering it for you. We have one hundred sheep and we do not want their number to increase. Whenever a ewe is born, we slaughter a sheep in its place. (The narrator says that the Prophet ﷺ used the word la tahsabanna, do not think). I (the narrator Laqit) then said: Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who has something (wrong) in her tongue, i.e. she is insolent. He said: Then divorce her. I said: Messenger of Allah, she had company with me and I have children from her. He said: Then ask her (to obey you). If there is something good in her, she will do so (obey); and do not beat your wife as you beat your slave-girl. I said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution. He said: Perform ablution in full and make the fingers go through the beard and snuff with water well except when you are fasting.  

كُنْتُ وَافِدَ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ أَوْ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نُصَادِفْهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ وَصَادَفْنَا عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ فَأَمَرَتْ لَنَا بِخَزِيرَةٍ فَصُنِعَتْ لَنَا قَالَ وَأُتِينَا بِقِنَاعٍ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ قُتَيْبَةُ الْقِنَاعَ وَالْقِنَاعُ الطَّبَقُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلْ أَصَبْتُمْ شَيْئًا أَوْ أُمِرَ لَكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ قَالَ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ دَفَعَ الرَّاعِي غَنَمَهُ إِلَى الْمُرَاحِ وَمَعَهُ سَخْلَةٌ تَيْعَرُ فَقَالَ مَا وَلَّدْتَ يَا فُلاَنُ قَالَ بَهْمَةً قَالَ فَاذْبَحْ لَنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً ثُمَّ قَالَ لاَ تَحْسِبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ أَنَّا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لَنَا غَنَمٌ مِائَةٌ لاَ نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فَإِذَا وَلَّدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي امْرَأَةً وَإِنَّ فِي لِسَانِهَا شَيْئًا يَعْنِي الْبَذَاءَ قَالَ فَطَلِّقْهَا إِذًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لَهَا صُحْبَةً وَلِي مِنْهَا وَلَدٌ قَالَ فَمُرْهَا يَقُولُ عِظْهَا فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَفْعَلُ وَلاَ تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ كَضَرْبِكَ أُمَيَّتَكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ قَالَ أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَخَلِّلْ بَيْنَ الأَصَابِعِ وَبَالِغْ فِي الاِسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا  

[Machine] "He set out with his companion to visit the Prophet ﷺ but they could not find him. Aisha then provided them with dates and porridge. Soon after, the Prophet ﷺ arrived, disheveled and he asked if they had been fed. They replied in the affirmative. The Prophet ﷺ then asked them about prayer. He said, 'Perform your ablution properly, separate your fingers during washing, and when you rinse your nose, do so forcefully, except if you are fasting.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who is too brief in her garment.' He said, 'Divorce her.' I said, 'She has companions and children.' He said, 'Advise her, and if there is any good in her, she will adhere to it. And do not beat your wife as you would beat your slave.' While we were discussing, a shepherd came and pushed his flock towards us. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Did you give birth?' He replied, 'Yes.' The Prophet ﷺ asked, 'What did you get?' He said, 'A male.' The Prophet ﷺ asked, 'What kind?' The shepherd said, 'A healthy one.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Slaughter a sheep in its place.' Then he approached me and said, 'Do not assume that I did not say 'do not assume.' We slaughtered it for your sake, and we have a hundred sheep which we do not want to multiply.' When the shepherd gave birth to another healthy sheep, he ordered us to slaughter it in its place."  

أَنَّهُ انْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَصَاحِبٌ لَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَجِدَاهُ فَأَطْعَمَتْهُمَا عَائِشَةُ تَمْرًا وَعَصِيدَةً فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَقَلَّعُ يَتَكَفَّأُ فَقَالَ أَطْعَمْتِهِمَا؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَخَلِّلِ الْأَصَابِعَ وَإِذَا اسْتَنْشَقْتَ فَأَبْلِغْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي امْرَأَةٌ فَذَكَرَ مِنْ بَذَائِهَا قَالَ طَلِّقْهَا قُلْتُ إِنَّ لَهَا صُحْبَةً وَوَلَدًا قَالَ مُرْهَا أَوْ قُلْ لَهَا فَإِنْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَفْعَلْ وَلَا تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ ضَرْبَكَ أُمَيَّتَكَ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ دَفَعَ الرَّاعِي الْغَنَمَ فِي الْمُرَاحِ عَلَى يَدِهِسَخْلَةٌ فَقَالَ أَوَلَّدْتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ بَهْمَةً قَالَ اذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا شَاةً ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا يَحْسَبَنَّ أَنَّمَا ذَبَحْنَاهَا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ لَنَا غَنَمٌ مِائَةٌ لَا نُحِبُّ أَنْ تَزِيدَ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَلَّدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً أَمَرْنَا فَذَبَحَ مَكَانَهَا شَاةً  

[Machine] "I and my friend set off until we reached the Messenger of Allah, but we did not find him. Aisha then fed us dates and gave us a dish of porridge. When the Prophet came, he was wiping off his sweat. He asked us, 'Have you been fed?' We replied, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' While we were in this state, a shepherd passed by with a sheep under his arm. The Prophet asked, 'Has it given birth?' The shepherd replied, 'Yes.' The Prophet said, 'Slaughter a sheep for us.' Then he approached us and said, 'Do not assume that we have not slaughtered the sheep for you. We have a hundred sheep, and we do not desire any increase. When the shepherd gives birth to a male sheep, he is commanded to slaughter it.' The shepherd asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me about wudu.' The Prophet said, 'When you perform ablution, wash your limbs thoroughly and rub in between your fingers. When you perform istinja, cleanse yourself thoroughly unless you are fasting.' The shepherd said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who talks excessively and behaves improperly.' The Prophet said, 'Divorce her.' The shepherd said, 'O Messenger of Allah, she has companionship and children.' The Prophet said, 'Keep her and instruct her to do good. If there is goodness in her, she will do it. And do not strike your wife like a slave or servant.'"  

انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ فَأَطْعَمَتْنَا عَائِشَةُ تَمْرًا وَعَصَدَتْ لَنَا عَصِيدَةً إِذْ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَقَلَّعُ فَقَالَ هَلْ أُطْعِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ رَبَعَ رَاعِي الْغَنَمِ فِي الْمُرَاحِ عَلَى يَدِهِ سَخْلَةٌ قَالَ هَلْ وَلَدَتْ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاذْبَحْ لَنَا شَاةً ثُمَّ أَقْبِلْ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ إِنَّا ذَبَحْنَا الشَّاةَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمَا لَنَا غَنَمٌ مِائَةٌ لَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَلَّدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً أَمَرْنَاهُ بِذَبْحِ شَاةٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَسْبِغْ وَخَلِّلِ الْأَصَابِعَ وَإِذَا اسْتَنْثَرْتَ فَأَبْلِغْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي امْرَأَةً فَذَكَرَ مِنْ طُولِ لِسَانِهَا وَبَذَائِهَا فَقَالَ طَلِّقْهَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا ذَاتُ صُحْبَةٍ وَوَلَدٍ قَالَ فَأَمْسِكْهَا وَأْمُرْهَا فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَفْعَلْ وَلَا تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ ضَرْبَكَ أَمَتَكَ  

I was the leader of the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq or (the narrator doubted) I was among the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq that came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When we reached the Prophet, we did not find him in his house. We found there Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. She ordered that a dish called Khazirah should be prepared for us. It was then prepared. A tray containing dates was then presented to us. (The narrator Qutaybah did not mention the word qina', tray). Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came. He asked: Has anything been served to you or ordered for you? We replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. While we were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we suddenly saw that a shepherd was driving a herd of sheep to their fold. He had with him a newly-born lamb that was crying. He (the Prophet) asked him: What did it bear, O so and so? He replied: A ewe. He then said: Slaughter for us in its place a sheep. Do not think that we are slaughtering it for you. We have one hundred sheep and we do not want their number to increase. Whenever a ewe is born, we slaughter a sheep in its place. (The narrator says that the Prophet ﷺ used the word la tahsabanna, do not think). I (the narrator Laqit) then said: Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who has something (wrong) in her tongue, i.e. she is insolent. He said: Then divorce her. I said: Messenger of Allah, she had company with me and I have children from her. He said: Then ask her (to obey you). If there is something good in her, she will do so (obey); and do not beat your wife as you beat your slave-girl. I said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution. He said: Perform ablution in full and make the fingers go through the beard and snuff with water well except when you are fasting. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 142)   

كُنْتُ وَافِدَ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نُصَادِفْهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ وَصَادَفْنَا عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَمَرَتْ لَنَا بِحَرِيرَةٍ فَصَنَعَتْ لَنَا وَأُتِينَا بِقِنَاعٍ وَالْقِنَاعُ الطَّبَقُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «هَلْ أَصَبْتُمْ شَيْئًا أَوْ آمُرُ لَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ؟» فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ الرَّاعِي غَنَمَهُ إِلَى الْمُرَاحِ وَمَعَهُ سَخْلَةٌ يَنْفِرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا وَلَدَتْ يَا فُلَانُ» ؟ قَالَ بَهْمَةً قَالَ «فَاذْبَحْ لَنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا يُحْسَبَنَّ أَنَّا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لَنَا غَنْمُ مِائَةٍ وَلَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فَإِذَا وَلَّدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي امْرَأَةً فَذَكَرَ مِنْ طُولِ لِسَانِهَا وَبَذَائِهَا فَقَالَ «طَلِّقْهَا» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي مِنْهَا وَلَدًا قَالَ «فَمُرْهَا يَقُولُ عِظْهَا فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَفْعَلْ وَلَا تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ كَضَرْبِكَ أَمَتِكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوضُوءِ قَالَ «أَسْبِغْ الْوضُوءَ وَخَلِّلِ الْأَصَابِعَ وَبَالِغْ فِي الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا»  

I was the leader of the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq or (the narrator doubted) I was among the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq that came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When we reached the Prophet, we did not find him in his house. We found there Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. She ordered that a dish called Khazirah should be prepared for us. It was then prepared. A tray containing dates was then presented to us. (The narrator Qutaybah did not mention the word qina', tray). Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came. He asked: Has anything been served to you or ordered for you? We replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. While we were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we suddenly saw that a shepherd was driving a herd of sheep to their fold. He had with him a newly-born lamb that was crying. He (the Prophet) asked him: What did it bear, O so and so? He replied: A ewe. He then said: Slaughter for us in its place a sheep. Do not think that we are slaughtering it for you. We have one hundred sheep and we do not want their number to increase. Whenever a ewe is born, we slaughter a sheep in its place. (The narrator says that the Prophet ﷺ used the word la tahsabanna, do not think). I (the narrator Laqit) then said: Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who has something (wrong) in her tongue, i.e. she is insolent. He said: Then divorce her. I said: Messenger of Allah, she had company with me and I have children from her. He said: Then ask her (to obey you). If there is something good in her, she will do so (obey); and do not beat your wife as you beat your slave-girl. I said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution. He said: Perform ablution in full and make the fingers go through the beard and snuff with water well except when you are fasting. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 142)   

كُنْتُ وَفْدَ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ أَوْ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَلَمْ نُصَادِفْهُ وَصَادَفْنَا عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَأُتِينَا بِقِنَاعٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٍ وَالْقِنَاعُ الطَّبَقُ وَأَمَرَتْ لَنَا بِخَزِيرَةٍ فَصُنِعَتْ ثُمَّ أَكَلْنَا فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلْ أَكَلْتُمْ شَيْئًا هَلْ أُمِرَ لَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ دَفَعَ الرَّاعِي غَنَمَهُ فَإِذَا بِسَخْلَةٍ تَيْعَرُ فَقَالَ هِيهِ يَا فُلَانُ مَا وَلَدَتْ قَالَ بَهْمَةً قَالَ فَاذْبَحْ لَنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً ثُمَّ انْحَرَفَ إِلِيَّ وَقَالَ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ أَنَّا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لَنَا غَنَمٌ مِائَةٌ لَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فَإِذَا وَلَدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِيَ امْرَأَةً فِي لِسَانِهَا شَيْءٌ يَعْنِي الْبَذَاءَ قَالَ طَلِّقْهَا قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي مِنْهَا وَلَدًا وَلَهَا صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ فَمُرْهَا يَقُولُ عِظْهَا فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَقْبَلْ وَلَا تَضْرِبْنَ ظَعِينَتَكَ ضَرْبَكَ أُمَيَّتَكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ قَالَ أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَخَلِّلْ بَيْنَ الْأَصَابِعِ وَبَالِغْ فِي الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا  

" انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَأَصْحَاب لِى حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ فَأطَعَمتْنا عَائشَة تَمْرًا، وعَصَّدتْ لَنَا عَصِيدَة إِذْ جَاءَ رَسُول الله ﷺ يَتَقَلَّعُ، قَالَ هَلْ أَطْعَمتكُم مِن شَىْءٍ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَم، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ دَفَعَ الرَّاعِى الْغَنَمَ فِي الْمُراح عَلَى يَدهِ سَخْلَة قَالَ: هَلْ وَلدت؟ قَالَ: نَعَم، قَالَ: فَاذْبَح لَهُم شَاةً، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَال لا تَحْسَبَن وَلَمْ يَقُل لَا تَحسِبن أنَّا ذَبَحْنَا الشَّاةَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُم، لَنَا غَنَمٌ مِائة لا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَزِيدَ إِذَا وَلَّد الرَّاعِى لَنَا بَهِيمة أَمَرْنَاهُ فذَبَحَ شَاةً، قُلْتُ يَا رَسُول الله: أَخْبِرنِى عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ، قَالَ: إِذَا تَوَضَّأَت، فَأَسْبِغ وَخَلِّل بَيْن الأَصَابِعِ، فَإذَا اسْتَنْثَرتَ فَأَبْلغ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا، قُلْتُ يَا رَسُول الله: إِنَّ لِى امْرَأَة فَذَكَر مِنْ طُولِ لِسَانِهَا وَبَذَائيها، فَقَالَ طَلَّقْهَا، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُول الله إنَّها ذَات صحْبَةٍ وَوَلَدٍ، قَالَ: فأمْسِكْها فَإنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيرٌ فَسَتَفْعَل، وَلَا تَضْرِب ظَعِينَتَكَ ضَرْبك أَمَتكَ".