Hadith #136
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يُقَالُ لَهَا سَوْدَةُ وَكَانَتْ مُصْبِيَةً كَانَ لَهَا خَمْسَةُ صِبْيَةٍ أَوْ سِتَّةٌ مِنْ بَعْلٍ لَهَا مَاتَ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَمْنَعُكِ م
ِنِّي قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْكَ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ أَحَبَّ الْبَرِيَّةِ إِلَيَّ وَلَكِنِّي أُكْرِمُكَ أَنْ يَضْغُوَ هَؤُلَاءِ الصِّبْيَةَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِكَ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيَّةً قَالَ فَهَلْ مَنَعَكِ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ لَا وَاللَّهِ قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْحَمُكِ اللَّهُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ أَعْجَازَ الْإِبِلِ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرٍ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى بَعْلٍ بِذَاتِ يَدٍ
Isnad Chain
أبو النضر
عبد الحميد
عبد الله بن عباس
English Translation
Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, 'Abd al-Hamid narrated to us, Shahr narrated to us, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas رضي الله عنهما narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed marriage to a woman from his people called Suda bint Zam'ah. She had an elderly father who was told about the proposal. He said: 'He is a compatible match.' So he married her to the Prophet ﷺ. Then her father came and said: 'Who married her?' They said: 'You did.' He said: 'I did not marry her.' However, the Prophet ﷺ had already married her, and his marriage was valid.
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 136
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2774
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39164