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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

And in the report transmitted by Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, from Abū Hurayrah:

ʿUmar came upon them while they were playing and tried to stop them. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Leave them; they are the Banu Arfidah (1).”

Al-Wāqidī said: Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to me—from Khurayṭah, from ʿAmrah, from ʿĀʾishah—who said:

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ migrated to Medina he left us behind, together with his daughters. After he reached Medina he sent Zayd ibn Ḥārithah and Abū Rāfiʿ to fetch us, giving the two of them (2) two camels and five hundred dirhams that he had received from Abū Bakr so that they might buy whatever additional mounts we needed. Abū Bakr also sent with them ʿAbd Allah ibn Urayqiṭ al-Laythī with two—or perhaps three—more camels, and he wrote to his son ʿAbd Allah instructing him to bring out his household: Umm Rūmān, myself, and my sister Asmāʾ.

They set out, and when they reached Qudayd, Zayd used those dirhams to purchase three additional camels. They then entered Mecca and met Ṭalḥah, who wished to emigrate with the family of Abū Bakr; so we all departed together. Zayd and Abū Rāfiʿ travelled with Fāṭimah, Umm Kulthūm, Sawdah, Umm Ayman, and Usāmah, and we journeyed as one company. When we reached al-Bayḍāʾ (3), my camel bolted (4) while just ahead of me was a litter in which

Aisha, the Prophet’s wife, said: Some Abyssinians (al-Habasha) came into the mosque performing their games. The Prophet ﷺ said to me, “O Humayra, would you like to watch them?” I replied, “Yes.” He stood at the doorway and I came to him, placed my chin on his shoulder, and rested my cheek against his. She added, “Among the words they were chanting that day were: ‘Abal-Qasim, what a fine man!’ ” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, “Have you had enough?” I answered, “O Messenger of Allah, do not hurry.” He continued to stand for me, then repeated, “Enough?” I again said, “Do not hurry, O Messenger of Allah.” She concluded, “I was not really eager to watch them; I only wanted the other women to know how he stood for me and the place I held with him.” Its chain of transmission is authentic, as al-Hafiz stated in Fath al-Bari, 2/355. (1) Reported by al-Nasaʾi, 3/196, with a sound chain; also in Muslim (893) without the phrase “for they are Banu Arfada.” Banu Arfada—hamza fath, ra sukun, fa kasra—are a subgroup of the Abyssinians known for their dance; Ibn al-Athir says it is their nickname. (2) The original text reads wa aʿtahum, with an extra wa. The correction follows Tabaqat Ibn Saʿd. (3) One of the encampments of Banu Kinana in the Hijaz. (4) Misprinted in the Damascus edition as faqad.

وَفِي حَدِيْثِ سَعِيْدِ بنِ المُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ وَجَدَهُمْ يَلْعَبُوْنَ، فَزَجَرَهُمْ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: (دَعْهُم، فَإِنَّهُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ (١)) . الوَاقِدِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُوْسَى بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ خَرِيطَة، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: لَمَّا هَاجَرَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى المَدِيْنَةِ خَلَّفَنَا وَخَلَّفَ بَنَاتِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ المَدِيْنَةَ، بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا زَيْدَ بنَ حَارِثَةَ، وَأَبَا رَافِعٍ، وَأَعْطَاهُمَا (٢) بَعِيْرَيْنِ، وَخَمْسَ مائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، يَشْتَرِيَانِ بِهَا مَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الظَّهْرِ، وَبَعَثَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُمَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بنَ أُرَيْقِطٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ بِبَعِيْرَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةٍ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ أَهْلَهُ؛ أُمَّ رُوْمَانَ، وَأَنَا، وَأُخْتِي أَسْمَاءَ. فَخَرَجُوا، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى قُدَيْدٍ، اشْتَرَى زَيْدٌ بِتِلْكَ الدَّرَاهِمِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَبْعِرَةٍ، ثُمَّ دَخَلُوا مَكَّةَ، وَصَادَفُوا طَلْحَةَ يُرِيْدُ الهِجْرَةَ بِآلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَخَرَجْنَا جَمِيْعاً، وَخَرَجَ زَيْدٌ وَأَبُو رَافِعٍ بِفَاطِمَةَ، وَأُمِّ كُلْثُوْمٍ، وَسَوْدَةَ، وَأُمِّ أَيْمَنَ، وَأُسَامَةَ، فَاصْطَحَبَنَا جَمِيْعاً، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالبَيْضِ (٣) نَفَرَ (٤) بَعِيْرِي، وَقُدَّامِي مِحَفَّةٌ فِيْهَا

= عائشة زوج النبي ﷺ قالت ; دخل الحبش المسجد يلعبون، قال لي: يا حميراء أتحبين أن تنظري إليهم؟ فقالت: نعم، فقام بالباب وجئته، فوضعت ذقني على عاتقه، فأسندت وجهي إلى خده، قالت: ومن قولهم يومئذ: أبا القاسم طيبا. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: " وحسبك " قلت: يا رسول الله لا تعجل، فقام لي، ثم قال: حسبك، فقلت: لا تعجل يا رسول الله، قالت: وما بي حب النظر إليهم، ولكني أحببت أن يبلغ النساء مقامه لي، ومكاني منه. إسناده صحيح. كما قال الحافظ في " الفتح " ٢ / ٣٥٥. (١) أخرجه النسائي ٣ / ١٩٦، وسنده صحيح، وهو في مسلم (٨٩٣) دون قوله " فإنهم بنو أرفدة " وبنو أرفدة بفتح الهمزة وسكون الراء وكسر الفاء جنس من الحبشة يرقصون، قال ابن الأثير: هو لقب لهم. (٢) في الأصل: وأعطاهم، بزيادة الواو، والتصويب من " طبقات ابن سعد ". (٣) هو من منازل بني كنانة بالحجاز. (٤) تحرفت في مطبوعة دمشق إلى " فقد ".