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[3679] 21 - ( ... ) It was narrated that 'Aihah said: "The Messenger of Allah ; liked sweets and honey, and when he had prayed Asr, he would go around to his wives and get close to them. He entered upon Uafah and stayed there longer than he usually did. I I 'l A sweet resin with a bad smell which comes out of a tree or thorny shrub called 'Uifif. (2] At-TahrIm 66:1-4. The Book Of Divorce 141 asked about that and I was told that a woman from among her people had given her a small vessel of honey as a gift, and she had poured some for the Prophet to drink. I said: 'By Allah, we will play a trick on him.' I mentioned that to Sawdah and said: 'When he enters upon you, he will get close to you, so say to him: "0 Messenger of Allah, have you eaten MaghâjIr?" He will say to you: "No." So say to him: "What is this smell?" - for the Messenger of Allah ç hated to have any smell coming from him - He will tell you: "Uafah poured me a drink of honey." Say to him: "The bees must have sipped the nectar of Al- 'Urfi4." I will say that to him too, and you say it as well, 0 Safiyyah.' Then he entered upon Sawdah." She said: "Sawdah used to say: 'By the One besides Whom there is none worthy of worship, I nearly decided to tell him what you had told me to say, when he was at the door, but I was afraid of you.' When the Messenger of Allah 44 drew close, she said: '0 Messenger of Allah, have you eaten Maghafir?' He said: 'No.' She said: 'Then what is this smell?' He said: 'Uafah poured me a drink of honey.' She said: 'The bees must have sipped the nectar of Al- 'Urfi4.' When he entered upon me, I said the same thing, then he entered upon Safiyyah and she said the same thing. When he The Book Of Divorce entered upon I:1afah she said: '0 Messenger of Allah, shall I pour you some?' He said: 'I have no need of it." "Sawdah said: 'Subhân-Allâh, we have deprived him of it.' I said to her: 'Be quiet!"