\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n\n
For the whole year I had the desire to ask `Umar bin Al-Khattab regarding the explanation of a Verse \n(in Surat Al-Tahrim) but I could not ask him because I respected him very much. When he went to \nperform the Hajj, I too went along with him. On our return, while we were still on the way home. \n`Umar went aside to answer the call of nature by the Arak trees. I waited till he finished and then I \nproceeded with him and asked him. \"O chief of the Believers! Who were the two wives of the Prophet \nwho aided one another against him?\" He said, \"They were Hafsa and `Aisha.\" Then I said to him, \"By \nAllah, I wanted to ask you about this a year ago, but I could not do so owing to my respect for you.\" \n`Umar said, \"Do not refrain from asking me. If you think that I have knowledge (about a certain \nmatter), ask me; and if I know (something about it), I will tell you.\" Then `Umar added, \"By Allah, in \nthe Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance we did not pay attention to women until Allah revealed regarding \nthem what He revealed regarding them and assigned for them what He has assigned. Once while I was \nthinking over a certain matter, my wife said, \"I recommend that you do so-and-so.\" I said to her, \n\"What have you got to do with the is matter? Why do you poke your nose in a matter which I want to \nsee fulfilled.?\" \nShe said, How strange you are, O son of Al-Khattab! You don't want to be argued with whereas your \ndaughter, Hafsa surely, argues with Allah's Apostle so much that he remains angry for a full day!\" \n`Umar then reported; how he at once put on his outer garment and went to Hafsa and said to her, \"O \nmy daughter! Do you argue with Allah's Apostle so that he remains angry the whole day?\" H. afsa \nsaid, \"By Allah, we argue with him.\" `Umar said, \"Know that I warn you of Allah's punishment and \nthe anger of Allah's Apostle . . . O my daughter! Don't be betrayed by the one who is proud of her \nbeauty because of the love of Allah's Apostle for her (i.e. `Aisha).\" `Umar addled, \"Then I went out to \nUm Salama's house who was one of my relatives, and I talked to her. She said, O son of Al-Khattab! It \nis rather astonishing that you interfere in everything; you even want to interfere between Allah's \nApostle and his wives!' By Allah, by her talk she influenced me so much that I lost some of my anger. \nI left her (and went home). \nAt that time I had a friend from the Ansar who used to bring news (from the Prophet) in case of my \nabsence, and I used to bring him the news if he was absent. In those days we were afraid of one of the \nkings of Ghassan tribe. We heard that he intended to move and attack us, so fear filled our hearts \nbecause of that. (One day) my Ansari friend unexpectedly knocked at my door, and said, \"Open \nOpen!' I said, 'Has the king of Ghassan come?' He said, 'No, but something worse; Allah's Apostle has \nisolated himself from his wives.' I said, 'Let the nose of `Aisha and Hafsa be stuck to dust (i.e. \nhumiliated)!' Then I put on my clothes and went to Allah's Apostle's residence, and behold, he was \nstaying in an upper room of his to which he ascended by a ladder, and a black slave of Allah's Apostle \nwas (sitting) on the first step. \nI said to him, 'Say (to the Prophet ) `Umar bin Al-Khattab is here.' Then the Prophet admitted me and I \nnarrated the story to Allah's Apostle. When I reached the story of Um Salama, Allah's Apostle smiled \nwhile he was lying on a mat made of palm tree leaves with nothing between him and the mat. \nUnderneath his head there was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fibres, and leaves of a saut tree were \npiled at his feet, and above his head hung a few water skins. On seeing the marks of the mat imprinted \non his side, I wept. He said.' 'Why are you weeping?' I replied, \"O Allah's Apostle! Caesar and \nKhosrau are leading the life (i.e. Luxurious life) while you, Allah's Apostle though you are, is living in \ndestitute\". The Prophet then replied. 'Won't you be satisfied that they enjoy this world and we the \nHereafter?' \"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}