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3246. It was narrated from Muḥammad bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Thawbān that they asked Fātimah bint Qais about her story
and she said: "My husband divorced me three times, and he used to provide me with food that was not good." She said: "By Allâh, if I were entitled to maintenance and accommodation I would demand them and I would not accept this." The deputy said: "You are not entitled to accommodation or maintenance." She said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: You are not entitled to accommodation nor maintenance; observe your Iddah in the house of so-and-so." She said: 'His Companions used to go to her. Then he said: "Observe your Iddah in the house of Ibn Umm Maktûm, who is blind, and when your Iddah is over, let me know.'" She said: "When my Iddah was over, I let him know. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Who has proposed marriage to you?' I said: 'Mu'âwiyah and another man from the Quraish.' He said: 'As for Mu'âwiyah, he is a boy among the Quraish and does not have anything, and as for the other he is a bad man with no goodness in him. Rather you should marry Usâmah bin Zaid.'" She said: "I did not like the idea." But he said that to her three times so she married him. (Sahih)
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Commentary
(Similar preceded earlier, see Nos. 3224, 3239)
In the preceding narrations, proposal over a proposal was forbidden. In this narration, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ made the proposal of marriage with Usama over the proposals of Mu'awayyah and Jahm. In actuality, she had gone to the Prophet ﷺ to consult him. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ counseled her sincerely. As a matter of fact, her marriage with Usamah proved full of blessings.
