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nasai-kubra:8887Muḥammad b. ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Qur'anic verse was revealed: "You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to those whom you like" [33:51]. The narrator Mu'adhah said: I said to her: What did you say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? She said: I used to say: If had an option for that, I would not preferred anyone to myself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2136)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٨٧أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنَّا فِي يَوْمِ إِحْدَانَا بَعْدَمَا نَزَلَتْ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} [الأحزاب 51] وَقَالَتْ مُعَاذَةُ فَقُلْتُ مَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكِ؟ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ «إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَحَدًا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:4789Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

ʿAisha said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to take the permission of that wife with whom he was supposed to stay overnight if he wanted to go to one other than her, after this Verse was revealed:-- "You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives) and you may receive any (of them) whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite one whose turn you have set aside (temporarily). (33.51) I asked Aisha, "What did you use to say (in this case)?" She said, "I used to say to him, "If I could deny you the permission (to go to your other wives) I would not allow your favor to be bestowed on any other person."  

البخاري:٤٧٨٩حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {تُرْجِئُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ} فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: مَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ؟ قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أَقُولُ لَهُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ إِلَىَّ فَإِنِّي لاَ أُرِيدُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أُوثِرَ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدًا۔  

تَابَعَهُ عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ سَمِعَ عَاصِمًا
muslim:1476aSurayj b. Yūnus > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

" Thou mayest put off whom thou pleasest of them, and take for thee whom thou pleasest" (xxxiii. 5). Mu'adha said to her: What did you say to Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he sought your permission? She said: I used to say: If it had the option in this I would not have (allowed anyone) to have precedence over me.  

مسلم:١٤٧٦aحَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُنَا إِذَا كَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَتْ { تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} فَقَالَتْ لَهَا مُعَاذَةُ فَمَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكِ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ إِلَىَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ أَحَدًا عَلَى نَفْسِي  

abudawud:2136Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn And Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-Maʿná > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Qur'anic verse was revealed: "You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to those whom you like" [33:51]. The narrator Mu'adhah said: I said to her: What did you say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? She said: I used to say: If had an option for that, I would not preferred anyone to myself.  

أبو داود:٢١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُنَا إِذَا كَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَتْ { تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ } قَالَتْ مُعَاذَةُ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ إِلَىَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ أَحَدًا عَلَى نَفْسِي  

hakim:2762Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Faqīh Bibukhārá > Ṣāliḥ b. Muḥammad b. Ḥabīb al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Qur'anic verse was revealed: "You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to those whom you like" [33:51]. The narrator Mu'adhah said: I said to her: What did you say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? She said: I used to say: If had an option for that, I would not preferred anyone to myself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2136)  

الحاكم:٢٧٦٢أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَبِيبِ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُ إِذَا كَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي} [الأحزاب 51] إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ قَالَتْ مُعَاذَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ مَا كُنْتُ تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ أَحَدًا عَلَى نَفْسِي  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ إِذَا كَانَ بِنَعْتِ مَا وَصَفْنَا لَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي يَوْمِهَا لِلْأُخْرَى مِنْهُنَّ

ibnhibban:4206al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-Faḍl b. Ziyād al-Ṭastī > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Qur'anic verse was revealed: "You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to those whom you like" [33:51]. The narrator Mu'adhah said: I said to her: What did you say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? She said: I used to say: If had an option for that, I would not preferred anyone to myself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2136)   

ابن حبّان:٤٢٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الطَّسْتِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُنَا فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَمَا أُنْزِلَتْ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي} إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ» قَالَتْ مُعَاذَةُ فَمَا تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكِ قَالَتْ أَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ أَحَدًا عَلَى نَفْسِي  

bayhaqi:13431Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī And ʾAbū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to ask for our permission on the day when this verse was revealed: "You may defer whichever of them you please and receive to yourself whichever you please." Muadhah asked her, "What did you used to say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he asked for permission?" She said, "I used to say, 'If you want to defer that to me, I would not prefer anyone over myself.'"  

البيهقي:١٣٤٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ ثنا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَأْذِنُنَا فِي يَوْمِ إِحْدَانَا بَعْدَمَا أُنْزِلَتْ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} [الأحزاب 51] فَقَالَتْ لَهَا مُعَاذَةُ فَمَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ؟ قَالَتْ أَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ إِلِيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَحَدًا  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ سُرَيْجِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَكَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُنَّ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا