English translation
[6145] 154 - (2371) It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Ibrāhīm ﷺ, never told any lies except three, two of which were for the sake of Allāh, when he said: 'I am sick' and when he said: 'Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it.'[1] And one was for the sake of Sārah, when he came to the land of a tyrant, and Sārah was with him, and she was the most good-looking of people. He said to her: 'If this tyrant realizes that you are my wife, he will take you away from me. If he asks you, tell him that
you are my sister, for you are my sister in Islam, and I do not know of any other Muslim on earth apart from you and me.'
"When he entered his land and some of the tyrant's people saw him, they went to him (the tyrant) and said to him: 'There has come to your land a woman who should not belong to anyone but you.' He sent for her and she was brought to him, and Ibrâhîm ﷺ, stood in prayer. When she entered upon him, he could not help but reach out towards her, but his hand was seized forcefully. He said to her: 'Pray to Allâh to let my hand go, and I will not harm you.' She did that, but he did the same thing again, and his hand was seized more forcefully than before. He said the same thing to her, and she did that, but he did the same thing again, and his hand was seized more forcefully than the first two times. He said: 'Pray to Allâh to let my hand go, and by Allâh I will not harm you.' She did that and his hand was let go. Then he called the one who had brought her and said to him: 'You brought me a devil, not a human being. Expel her from my land, and give her Hâjar.'
"She came back walking, and when Ibrâhîm ﷺ, saw her he turned away and said to her: 'What happened?' She said: 'Nothing but good. Allâh withheld the hand of
the evildoer and he gave me a servant.”
Abû Hurairah said: “That was your mother, O sons of the rain of the sky.”
Arabic text
154 - (2371) وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لَمْ يَكْذِبْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَطُّ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ كَذَبَاتٍ، ثِنْتَيْنِ فِي ذَاتِ اللهِ، قَوْلُهُ: إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ، وَقَوْلُهُ: بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا، وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي شَأْنِ سَارَةَ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدِمَ أَرْضَ جَبَّارٍ وَمَعَهُ سَارَةُ، وَكَانَتْ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنَّ هَذَا الْجَبَّارَ، إِنْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّكِ امْرَأَتِي يَغْلِبْنِي عَلَيْكِ، فَإِنْ سَأَلَكِ فَأَخْبِرِيهِ أَنَّكِ أُخْتِي، فَإِنَّكِ أُخْتِي فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْلِمًا غَيْرِي وَغَيْرَكِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَرْضَهُ رَآهَا بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْجَبَّارِ، أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: لَقَدْ قَدِمَ أَرْضَكَ امْرَأَةٌ لَا يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تَكُونَ إِلَّا لَكَ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَأُتِيَ بِهَا فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ يَتَمَالَكْ أَنْ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهَا، فَقُبِضَتْ يَدُهُ قَبْضَةً شَدِيدَةً، فَقَالَ لَهَا: ادْعِي اللهَ أَنْ يُطْلِقَ يَدِي وَلَا أَضُرُّكِ، فَفَعَلَتْ، فَعَادَ، فَقُبِضَتْ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْقَبْضَةِ الْأُولَى، فَقَالَ لَهَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَفَعَلَتْ، فَعَادَ، فَقُبِضَتْ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْقَبْضَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: ادْعِي اللهَ أَنْ يُطْلِقَ يَدِي، فَلَكِ اللهَ أَنْ لَا أَضُرَّكِ، فَفَعَلَتْ، وَأُطْلِقَتْ يَدُهُ، وَدَعَا الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّكَ إِنَّمَا أَتَيْتَنِي بِشَيْطَانٍ، وَلَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِإِنْسَانٍ، فَأَخْرِجْهَا مِنْ أَرْضِي، وَأَعْطِهَا هَاجَرَ. قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَتْ تَمْشِي، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ انْصَرَفَ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: مَهْيَمْ؟ قَالَتْ: خَيْرًا، كَفَّ اللهُ يَدَ الْفَاجِرِ، وَأَخْدَمَ خَادِمًا " قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: فَتِلْكَ أُمُّكُمْ يَا بَنِي مَاءِ السَّمَاءِ
