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Chapter 58: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Mujadilah<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
(<strong>Al</strong>lah hath heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband…)<br />
[58:1].<br />
Abu Sa‘d Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Ghazi informed us> Abu ‘Amr Muhammad ibn Ahmad<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Hiri> Ahmad ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>i <strong>al</strong>-Muthanna> Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah> Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Ubaydah><br />
his father> <strong>al</strong>-A‘mash> Tamim ibn S<strong>al</strong>amah> ‘Urwah who reported that ‘A’ishah said: “Glory be to Him<br />
Whose hearing encompass <strong>al</strong>l things; I could hear the speech of Khawlah bint Tha‘labah, even though<br />
not in full, while she was complaining about her husband to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and<br />
give him peace. She said: ‘He has worn out my youth and I let him physic<strong>al</strong>ly enjoy me but when I grew<br />
older and could no longer bear children, he put me away, saying that I am as his mother. O <strong>Al</strong>lah, I complain<br />
to you’. She did not move from her position until Gabriel came down with these verses (<strong>Al</strong>lah hath<br />
heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complaineth<br />
unto <strong>Al</strong>lah…)”. 1 This was narrated by <strong>al</strong>-Hakim Abu ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah in his Sahih> Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Muzani><br />
Mutayr> Abu Kurayb> Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Ubaydah.<br />
Abu Bakr ibn <strong>al</strong>-Harith informed us> Abu’l-Shaykh <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz <strong>al</strong>-Asfahani> ‘Abdan ibn Ahmad> Ahmad<br />
ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Sa‘id> Yahya ibn ‘Isa <strong>al</strong>-Ramli> <strong>al</strong>-A‘mash> Tamim ibn S<strong>al</strong>amah> ‘Urwah><br />
‘A’ishah who said: “Praise be to <strong>Al</strong>lah Who can hear <strong>al</strong>l sounds! <strong>The</strong> woman disputant came and<br />
spoke with the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, while I was at one side of the<br />
room and I did not understand what she was saying. <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed (<strong>Al</strong>lah hath heard<br />
the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband…)”. 2<br />
(Such of you as put away your wives (by saying they are as their mothers)…) [58:2].<br />
Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Mansuri informed us> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn ‘Umar <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz> Abu Bakr<br />
Muhammad ibn Ziyad <strong>al</strong>-Naysaburi> Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Ash‘ath> Muhammad ibn Bakkar><br />
Sa‘id ibn Bashir that he asked Qatadah about putting away one’s wife declaring her to be as one’s mother,<br />
and he informed him that Anas ibn M<strong>al</strong>ik said: “Aws ibn <strong>al</strong>-Samit put away his wife, Khuwaylah bint<br />
Tha‘labah, declaring her as his mother and the latter went to complain to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace. She said: ‘He put me away, declaring me to be as his mother, when I grew<br />
old and my strength failed’. And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed the verse of putting one’s wife away,<br />
declaring her to be as one’s mother. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, said to<br />
Aws: ‘You have to free one slave’. He said: ‘I cannot afford it!’ <strong>The</strong> Prophet said: ‘<strong>The</strong>n you have to fast two<br />
consecutive months’. Aws said: ‘If I fail to eat twice a day, my sight suffers’. <strong>The</strong> Prophet said: ‘<strong>The</strong>n you<br />
have to feed sixty needy people’. Aws said: ‘I cannot do it unless you help me’. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, helped him with fifteen measures (sa‘) [of dates] and <strong>Al</strong>lah enabled<br />
him to gather what was necessary to feed sixty needy people, and <strong>Al</strong>lah is merciful — they were of the<br />
opinion that Aws <strong>al</strong>ready had with him fifteen measures, in order to feed sixty needy people”. 3<br />
‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Abi Hamid <strong>al</strong>-‘Adl informed us> Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn<br />
Zakariyya> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Daghuli> Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Siyar> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-‘Aziz<br />
ibn Yahya ibn Yusuf> Abu’l-Asbagh <strong>al</strong>-Harrani> Muhammad ibn Maslamah> Muhammad ibn Ishaq><br />
1<br />
Tabari, :2-3; Qurtubi, :270; Durr, :70.<br />
2<br />
Tabari, :5-6; Qurtubi, :270.<br />
3<br />
Tabari, :6; Qurtubi, :271; Durr, :70-71.
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