51. Companionship of Women
٥١۔ كِتَابُ عِشْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her three night, and said: Your people (i.e. clan) are not being humbled for you in my estimation. If you wish I shall stay with you seven nights; and if I stay with you seven nights, I shall stay with my other wives seven nights. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2122)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ «فَلَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا» وَقَالَ لَهَا «لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»
[Machine] Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , informed him that when Zainab gave birth, the Prophet ﷺ came to her and proposed to her. She replied, "No one like me can be married to you. As for me, I do not have any children and I am possessive with a family." He said, "I am older than you, and as for possessiveness, Allah will remove it, and as for children, it is up to Allah and His Messenger." So, he married her and would visit her and ask, "Where is Zunab?" until one day, Ammar came and bothered her. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Where is Zunab?" She replied, "She is with a relative, and Ammar took her with him." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I will come to you tonight." The Prophet ﷺ spent the night with her and in the morning, he said, "You have a status over your family. If you wish, I will keep you, and if you wish, I will divorce you for my wives."
أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ قَالَتْ لَمَّا وَضَعَتْ زَيْنَبُ جَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَخَطَبَنِي فَقُلْتُ «مَا مِثْلِي تُنْكَحُ أَمَا أَنَا فَلَا وَلَدَ فِيَّ وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ ذَاتُ عِيَالٍ» قَالَ «أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكِ وَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ فَيُذْهِبُهَا اللهُ وَأَمَّا الْعِيَالُ فَإِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِيهَا» وَيَقُولُ «أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟» حَتَّى جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ يَوْمًا فَاخْتَلَجَهَا فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ تَمْنَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ تُرْضِعُهَا فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟» قَالَتْ قُرَيْبَةٌ «وَوَافَقَهَا عِنْدَهَا أَخَذَهَا عَمَّارٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنَا أَجِيئُكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ» فَبَاتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ «إِنَّ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ كَرَامَةً فَإِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ أُسَبِّعْ أُسَبِّعْ لِنِسَائِي»