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When A Man Loves One Of His Wives More Than Another

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Darussalam · Volume 4

36. The Book Of The Kind Treatment Of Women[1]

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3398. It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The wives of the Prophet ﷺ got together and sent Fātimah to the Prophet ﷺ. They told her to say: ‘Your wives’” - and he (the narrator) said something to the effect that they are urging you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abū Quḥāfah. She said: “So she entered upon the Prophet ﷺ when he was with ‘Aishah under her cover. She said to him: ‘Your wives have sent me and they are urging you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abū Quḥāfah.’ The Prophet ﷺ said to her: ‘Do you love me?’ She said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then love her.’ So she went back to them and told them what he said. They said to her: ‘You did not do anything; go back to him.’ She said: ‘By Allāh, I will never go back (and speak to him) about her again.’ She was truly the daughter of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. So they sent Zainab bint Jahsh.” Āishah said: “She was somewhat my equal among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ. She said: ‘Your wives have sent me to urge you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abū Quḥāfah.’ Then she swooped on me and abused me, and I started watching the Prophet ﷺ to see if he would give me permission to respond to her. She insulted me and I started to think that he would not disapprove if I responded to her. So I insulted her and I soon silenced her. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to her: ‘She is the daughter of Abū Bakr.’” Āishah said: “And I never saw any woman who was better, more generous in giving charity, more keen to uphold the ties of kinship, and more generous in giving of herself in everything by means of which she could draw closer to Allāh than Zainab. But she had a quick temper; however, she was also quick to calm down.” (Ṣāḥih) Abū ‘Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā’ī) said: This is a mistake, and what is correct is the one which is before it.

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    [1] That is Shu‘aib and Ṣāliḥ who reported the last two narrations from him.

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1. Fatimah’s calling Āishah ‘the daughter of Abū Quḥāfah’ in actuality was in order to report the speech of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ verbatim. Otherwise, it was not possible for her to perpetrate such disrespect in her prestigious standing, because Āishah enjoyed the rank of being her mother. The rest of the Prophet’s ﷺ wives equaled her. She was in a position to speak to them thusly. 2. ‘Toward his eyes’: In expectation that he would perhaps make a suggestion. But the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was not used to make any secret indication with his eyes, as it falls under the category of deception for the other party. And he was innocent and pure of such things. 3. 'She was truly the daughter' means who loved the Prophet ﷺ deeply and sincerely. She greatly respected him and possessed his habits and traits. (May Allāh be pleased with her and she with Him).