Hadith #582

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English Translation

It was narrated from Maʿqil ibn Yassār that he said: One day I performed wudūʼ for the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “Would you like to visit Fāṭimah رضي الله عنها?” I said: “Yes.” So he rose leaning on me — and it was as if nothing weighed upon me — until we entered upon Fāṭimah عليها السلام. He said to her: “How do you find yourself?” She said: “By Allah, my grief has deepened, my poverty has deepened, and my illness has prolonged.” [Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Aḥmad) said: I found in my father’s book in his own handwriting in this ḥadīth:] He said: “Are you not pleased that I married you to the foremost of my community in Islam, the most knowledgeable of them, and the most forbearing?”