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nasai:3250Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Marḥūm > Thābit > Anas

"How little was her modesty." Anas said: "She was better than you; she offered herself in marriage to the Prophet."  

النسائي:٣٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً عَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَضَحِكَتِ ابْنَةُ أَنَسٍ فَقَالَتْ مَا كَانَ أَقَلَّ حَيَاءَهَا فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكِ عَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:6123Musaddad > Marḥūm > Thābit > Anas

that he heard Anas saying, "A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ offering herself to him in marriage, saying, "Have you got any interest in me (i.e. would you like to marry me?)" Anas's daughter said, "How shameless that woman was!" On that Anas said, "She is better than you, for she presented herself to Messenger of Allah ﷺ (for marriage).  

البخاري:٦١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومٌ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسًا ؓ يَقُولُ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَتْ هَلْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فِيَّ فَقَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ مَا أَقَلَّ حَيَاءَهَا فَقَالَ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكِ عَرَضَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفْسَهَا  

ibnmajah:2001Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Marḥūm b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Thābit

“We were sitting with Anas bin Mahk, and a daughter of his was with him. Anas said: 'A woman came to the Prophet and offered herself to him. She said: " O Messenger of Allah, do you have any need of me?"' His daughter said: 'How little modesty she had!' He said: 'She was better than you, because she wanted (to marry) the Messenger of Allah, and she offered herself to him. "  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنَةٌ لَهُ فَقَالَ

أَنَسٌ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لَكَ فِيَّ حَاجَةٌ فَقَالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ مَا أَقَلَّ حَيَاءَهَا فَقَالَ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكِ رَغِبَتْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَيْهِ  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَامْرَأَةً مُؤْمِنَةً إِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ} [الأحزاب: 50]

nasai-kubra:11349ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Marḥūm al-ʿAṭṭār > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "A woman went to see the Prophet ﷺ and offered herself (as a wife), but the Prophet replied, 'I have no need for women.' The daughter of Anas said, 'I have never seen a woman with a more determined face.' Anas said, 'She was better than you. She desired the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and offered herself to him.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٣٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومٌ الْعَطَّارُ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَ «لَيْسَ لِي فِي النِّسَاءِ حَاجَةٌ» فَقَالَتِ ابْنَةٌ لِأَنَسٍ مَا كَانَ أَصْلَبَ وَجْهَهَا قَالَ أَنَسٌ كَانَتْ خَيْرًا مِنْكِ رَغِبَتْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:5342Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Marḥūm > Thābit > Anas

"How little was her modesty." Anas said: "She was better than you; she offered herself in marriage to the Prophet." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3250)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٣٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً عَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَضَحِكَتِ ابْنَةٌ لِأَنَسٍ فَقَالَتْ مَا كَانَ أَقَلَّ حَيَاءَهَا فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ «هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكِ عَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ»