51. Companionship of Women
٥١۔ كِتَابُ عِشْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ found Aisha on Safiyyah, and she said to me, "Do you have the means to satisfy the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding me and give you my day?" I said, "Yes," so I took a dyed cloth made with saffron and soaked it in water, then I used it as perfume, and entered upon him on her day and sat beside him. He said to Aisha, "This is not your day." I said, "It is the favor of Allah which He gives to whomever He wills." Then I informed him of my affair.
وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَتْ لِي «هَلْ لَكِ إِلَى أَنْ تُرْضِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِّي وَأَجْعَلُ لَكِ يَوْمِي؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذْتُ خِمَارًا لَهَا مَصْبُوغًا بِزَعْفَرَانَ فَرَشَشْتُهُ بِالْمَاءِ ثُمَّ اخْتَمَرْتُ بِهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِهَا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَقَالَ إِلَيْكِ يَا عَائِشَةُ «فَلَيْسَ هَذَا بِيَوْمِكِ» فَقُلْتُ «فَضْلُ اللهِ يُؤْتِيَهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَتْهُ خَبَرِي»
Never did I find any woman more loving to me than Sauda bint Zam'a. I wished I could be exactly like her who was passionate. As she became old, she had made over her day (which she had to spend) with Messenger of Allah ﷺ to 'A'isha. She said: I have made over my day with you to 'A'isha. So Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted two days to 'A'isha, her own day (when it was her turn) and that of Sauda. (Using translation from Muslim 1463a)
مَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً فِي مِسْلَاخِهَا مِثْلَ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ فِيهَا حِدَةٌ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَتْ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «جَعَلْتُ يَوْمِي مِنْكَ لِعَائِشَةَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْسِمُ لِعَائِشَةَ يَوْمَيْنِ يَوْمَهَا وَيَوْمَ سَوْدَةَ»