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سُعْدَى امْرَأَةٌ أُخْرَى لَمْ تُنْسَبْ

tabarani:21239 – Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Muʿallá b. Asʿad al-ʿAmmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > Jaddatih Suʿdá or Asmāʾ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered the house of Duba'ah bint Zubayr ibn Abdul-Muttalib and said to her, "O aunt, fulfill my Hajj (pilgrimage)". She replied, "I am a heavy woman and I fear imprisonment." He said, "Fulfill my Hajj and stipulate that my place of confinement is where you were imprisoned."  

الطبراني:٢١٢٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسْعَدَ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سُعْدَى أَوْ أَسْمَاءَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ لَهَا «يَا عَمَّةُ حُجِّي» فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ الْحَبْسَ فَقَالَ «حُجِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّيَ حَيْثُ حُبِسْتُ»  

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muslim:1207b – ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah, I intend to perform Hajj, but I am ill. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Enter Into the state of Ihram on condition that you would abandon it when Allah would detain you.  

مسلم:١٢٠٧b – وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ وَأَنَا شَاكِيَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حُجِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي  

muslim:1208a – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Majīd And ʾAbū ʿĀṣim And Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus Waʿikrimah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ḍubāʿah

I am an ailing woman but I intend to perform Hajj; what you command me (to do)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Enter into the state of Ihram (uttering these words) of condition: I would be free from it when Thou wouldst detain me. 'He (the narrator) said: But she was able to complete (the Hajj without breaking down).  

مسلم:١٢٠٨a – وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ وَأَبُو عَاصِمٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا وَعِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتَ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي قَالَ أَهِلِّي بِالْحَجِّ وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ تَحْبِسُنِي قَالَ فَأَدْرَكَتْ  

nasai:2767 – ʿImrān b. Yazīd > Shuʿayb > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus And ʿIkrimah Yukhbirān > Ibn ʿAbbās

'Duba'ah bint Az-Zubair bin 'Abdul-Muttalib came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'I am a heavy woman and I want to go for Hajj. How do I begin the Ihram?' He said: 'Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented (from continuing, if some problem should arise)."  

النسائي:٢٧٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا وَعِكْرِمَةَ يُخْبِرَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ ضُبَاعَةُ بِنْتُ الزُّبَيْرِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أُهِلَّ قَالَ أَهِلِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي إِنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي  

ibnmajah:2936 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Jaddatih

“I do not know if it was Asma’ bint Abu Bakr or Su’da bint ‘Awf’ – that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Duba’ah bint ‘Abdul-Muttalib and said: “What is keeping you, O my aunt, from performing Hajj?” She said: “I am a sick woman, and I am afraid of being prevented (from completing Hajj).” He said: ‘Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ قَالَ

لاَ أَدْرِي أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَوْ سُعْدَى بِنْتِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكِ يَا عَمَّتَاهُ مِنَ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا امْرَأَةٌ سَقِيمَةٌ وَأَنَا أَخَافُ الْحَبْسَ قَالَ فَأَحْرِمِي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلَّكِ حَيْثُ حُبِسْتِ  

ibnmajah:2938 – Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus And ʿIkrimah Yuḥaddithān > Ibn ʿAbbās

Duba’ah bint Zubair bin ‘Abdul- Muttalib came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “I am a heavy woman and I want to go for Hajj. How should I enter Ihram?” He said: “Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا وَعِكْرِمَةَ يُحَدِّثَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ ضُبَاعَةُ بِنْتُ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَكَيْفَ أُهِلُّ قَالَ أَهِلِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي  

ahmad:3117 – Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus And ʿIkrimah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās Yukhbirān > Ibn ʿAbbās

Duba’ah bint Zubair bin ‘Abdul- Muttalib came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “I am a heavy woman and I want to go for Hajj. How should I enter Ihram?” He said: “Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2938)   

أحمد:٣١١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا وَعِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَتْ ضُبَاعَةُ بِنْتُ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنِي كَيْفَ أُهِلُّ؟ قَالَ أَهِلِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي قَالَ فَأَدْرَكَتْ  

ahmad:26953 – Ibn Numayr > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

“I do not know if it was Asma’ bint Abu Bakr or Su’da bint ‘Awf’ – that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Duba’ah bint ‘Abdul-Muttalib and said: “What is keeping you, O my aunt, from performing Hajj?” She said: “I am a sick woman, and I am afraid of being prevented (from completing Hajj).” He said: ‘Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2936)   

أحمد:٢٦٩٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَوْ سُعْدَى بِنْتَ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْحَجِّ يَا عَمَّةُ؟ قَالَتْ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ سَقِيمَةٌ وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ الْحَبْسَ قَالَ فَأَحْرِمِي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلَّكِ حَيْثُ حُبِسْتِ  

ahmad:25308 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah And Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah, I intend to perform Hajj, but I am ill. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Enter Into the state of Ihram on condition that you would abandon it when Allah would detain you. (Using translation from Muslim 1207b)  

أحمد:٢٥٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَهِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ وَأَنَا شَاكِيَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حُجِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا أَبَاحَ لِضُبَاعَةَ أَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ فِي حَجِّهَا، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ شَاكِيَةً

ibnhibban:3774 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered upon Duba'ah bint Zubi' ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib while she was complaining, so he said to her, "File your complaint and make a condition that my judgment will be where you have confined me."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَهِيَ شَاكِيَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا «حُجِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّيَ حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي»  

bayhaqi:10107 – Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Waʾabū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Azraqī > Dāwud b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus Waʿikrimah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās Yukhbirān > Ibn ʿAbbās

Duba’ah bint Zubair bin ‘Abdul- Muttalib came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “I am a heavy woman and I want to go for Hajj. How should I enter Ihram?” He said: “Enter Ihram and stipulate the condition that you will exit Ihram from the point where you are prevented.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2938)   

البيهقي:١٠١٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْرَقِيُّ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا وَعِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ ضُبَاعَةُ بِنْتُ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَأُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنِي أُهِلُّ؟ قَالَ أَهِلِّي وَاشْتَرِطِي أَنَّ مَحِلِّي حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي