44. Merits of the Companions
٤٤۔ كتاب فضائل الصحابة ؓ
Good amongst the women are those who ride camels. One of them said: They are pious women of the Quraish, and the other one said: The women of the Quraish are kind to the orphans in their childhood and look after the wealth of their spouses.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى يَتِيمٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with a slight variation of wording and there is no word" orphan".
النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَرْعَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ يَتِيمٍ
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The women of the Quraish are good amongst the womenfolk. They ride camels and show affection to their children and zealously guard the wealth of their husbands. Abu Huraira said at the end of this narration that Mary, the daughter of Imran, never rode the camel.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى طِفْلٍ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى إِثْرِ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ تَرْكَبْ مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ بَعِيرًا قَطُّ
Messenger of Allah, I am of an advanced age with a (large) family. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The best women are those who ride (the camels) ; the rest of the hadith is the same but with this difference that, instead of the word Ar'a the word Ahna has been used (and the complete sentence is like this): That they treat children in their childhood with affection.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ أُمَّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ كَبِرْتُ وَلِيَ عِيَالٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ
The best women who ride the camels are the pious women of the Quraish; they treat with affection children in their childhood and keep a strict watch on the wealth of their spouses.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira with the same chain of transmitters.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ هَذَا سَوَاءً