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5268. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was fond of honey and sweet edible things and (it was his habit) that after finishing the 'Aṣr prayer he would visit his wives and stay with one of them at that time. Once he went to Hāfṣa, the daughter of 'Umar and stayed with her more than usual. I got jealous and asked the reason for that. I was told that a lady of her folk had given her a skin filled with honey as a present, and that she made a syrup from it and gave it to the Prophet ﷺ to drink (and that was the reason for the delay). I said, "By Allāh, we will play a trick on him (to prevent him from doing so)." So I said to Sauda bint Zam'a, "The Prophet ﷺ will approach you, and when he comes near you, say: 'Have you taken Maghāfir (a bad-smelling gum)?' He will say, 'No.' Then say to him: 'Then what is this bad smell which I smell from you?' He will say to you, 'Hāfṣa made me drink honey syrup.' Then say: 'Perhaps the bees of that honey had sucked the juice of the tree of Al-'Urfut.'(1) I shall also say the same. O you, Sāfiyya, say the same." Later Sauda said, "By Allāh, as soon as he (the Prophet ﷺ) stood at the door, I was about to say to him what you had ordered me to say because I was afraid of you.” So when the Prophet ﷺ came near Sauda, she said to him, “O Allāh’s Messenger! Have you taken Maghāfir?” He said, “No.” She said, “Then what is this bad smell which I detect on you?” He said, “Ḥaṣṣa made me drink honey syrup.” She said, “Perhaps its bees had sucked the juice of Al-Urfut tree.” When he came to me, I also said the same, and when he went to Ṣafiyā, she also said the same. And when the Prophet ﷺ again went to Ḥaṣṣa, she said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! Shall I give you more of that drink?” He said, “I am not in need of it.” Sauda said, “By Allāh, we deprived him (of it).” I said to her, “Keep quiet.”