Darussalam · Volume 5
39. The Book Of Al-Bay'ah (Oath Of Allegiance)[1]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4179 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 148
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4184. It was narrated that Umm ‘Atîyyah said: “When I wanted to give pledge to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, I said: ‘O Messenger of Allâh, a woman helped me (in wailing for the dead) during the Jâhiliyyah; shall I go and help her (in wailing) and then come to you and give you my oath of allegiance? He said: 'Go and help her.' So I went and helped her, then I came, and gave my pledge to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ." (Sahîh)
4179 - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ: لَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُبَايِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَسْعَدَتْنِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَذْهَبُ فَأُسْعِدُهَا ثُمَّ أَجِيئُكَ فَأُبَايِعُكَ؟ قَالَ: «اذْهَبِي فَأَسْعِدِيهَا» قَالَتْ: فَذَهَبْتُ فَسَاعَدْتُهَا، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
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'Go, and help her': The question arises: Why did Allâh's Messenger ﷺ give her permission to perform a forbidden act? See Nos. 1306, 4892, and 7215 of Sahîh Al-Bukhârî. The scholars have offered various explanations of it. The most endorsed views are that this occurred during the process of the prohibition of wailing, meaning it was being prohibited, but not absolutely at that time; or that this was a specific exemption for them in this case. See Fath Al-Bârî (Nos. 1306, 4892, 7215) and the commentary of An-Nawawî.