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nasai-kubra:8876 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr from his father > Um Salamah

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)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

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»  

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muslim:1460a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. Ḥātim Wayaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām from his father > Um Salamah

There is no lack of estimation on the part of your husband for you. If you wish I can stay with you for a week, but in case I stay with you for a week, then I shall have to stay for a week with all my wives.  

مسلم:١٤٦٠a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثًا وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي  

abudawud:2122 – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr from his father > Um Salamah

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.  

أبو داود:٢١٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي  

ibnmajah:1917 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik / Ibn Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām from his father > Um Salamah

“You are not insignificant in your husband's eyes. If you wish, I will stay with you for seven days, but then I will stay with my other wives for seven days too.”  

ابن ماجة:١٩١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثًا وَقَالَ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي  

ahmad:26504 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr from his father > Um Salamah

There is no lack of estimation on the part of your husband for you. If you wish I can stay with you for a week, but in case I stay with you for a week, then I shall have to stay for a week with all my wives. (Using translation from Muslim 1460a)  

أحمد:٢٦٥٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي  

darimi:2256 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām from his father > Um Salamah

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)  

الدارمي:٢٢٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِسَائِرِ نِسَائِي»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُتَزَوِّجِ عَلَى الْبِكْرِ، أَوِ الثَّيِّبِ عَلَى وَاحِدَةٍ تَحْتَهُ مِثْلَهَا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهَا

ibnhibban:4210 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr from his father > Um Salamah

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)   

ابن حبّان:٤٢١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ «لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ فَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»  

tabarani:19989 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Um Salamah

There is no lack of estimation on the part of your husband for you. If you wish I can stay with you for a week, but in case I stay with you for a week, then I shall have to stay for a week with all my wives. (Using translation from Muslim 1460a)  

الطبراني:١٩٩٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»