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3402. It was narrated from Umm Salamah that the wives of the Prophet ﷺ asked her to speak to the Prophet ﷺ and tell him, that the people were trying to bring their gifts to him when it was 'Āishah's day, and to say to him: "We love good things as much as 'Āishah does." So she spoke to him, but he did not reply her. When her turn came again, she spoke to him again, but he did not reply her. They said to her: "How did he respond?" She said: "He did not answer me." They said: "Do not leave him alone until he answers you or you comprehend what he says." When her turn came again, she spoke to him and he said: 'Do not bother me about 'Āishah, for the Revelation has never come to me under the
blanket of any of you apart from the blanket of 'Āishah.'" (Sahīh)
Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā'ī) said: These two Hadīths of 'Abdah are Sahīh.[1]
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1. This is an elaborated narration from which the occasion and the place of the previous narration became known. Deliberately sending the presents on the day of 'Āishah's turn was due to the fact that they knew that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ loved her so much, and sending presents there would make him happy. The Companions, knowing the Prophet's ﷺ great love for 'Āishah ﷺ, chose those particular days in order to please him. The objective of his other wives was that the presents should also be sent to their apartments. They thought that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ should, therefore, command the people to send presents everywhere, or he should love all of them equally, so that people might send gifts to all the houses.
2. 'But he did not reply' because the Prophet's ﷺ asking the people on his own that they should bring him their gifts wherever he may be, was below his dignity. Shame and modesty were preventing him, and equivalent love was not possible. It is something beyond one's control, as has preceded.
