سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2136

Book 12: Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

كِتَاب النِّكَاحِ

Chapter 39

Chapter: Dividing (Fairly) Between One’s Wives.

باب فِي الْقَسْمِ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ

English narration

Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Narrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Quranic verse was revealed: "You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to those whom you like" [33: 51]. The narrator Muadhah said: I said to her: What did you say to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? She said: I used to say: If had an option for that, I would not preferred anyone to myself.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : "

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَأْذِنُنَا إِذَا كَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنَّا بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَتْ : تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ سورة الأحزاب آية 51

" ، قَالَتْ مَعَاذَةُ : فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : مَا كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَتْ : كُنْتُ أَقُولُ : " إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ لَمْ أُوثِرْ أَحَدًا عَلَى نَفْسِي " .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2136In-book: Book 12, Hadith 2136

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