Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/501)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Allah, O Usāmah?”

So he stayed his hand, kept to his home, and thereby acted commendably.

ʿĀʾishah said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to wipe the mucus from Usāmah’s nose, but I said, ‘Let me be the one to do that.’

He replied, ‘O ʿĀʾishah, love him, for I love him.’ (1)

I add: He was the same age as she was.

Mujālid narrated—from al-Shaʿbī—from ʿĀʾishah:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to wash Usāmah’s face while he was still a child. I had never borne a child myself and did not know how youngsters are washed, so I would take him and wash him in a way that was not quite proper. Then he took him, began to wash his face, and kept saying, ‘Usāmah has done well by us in not being a girl; had you been a girl, I would have adorned you and provided for you.’ (2)

And in the Musnad, through al-Bahī, from ʿĀʾishah:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Had Usāmah been a girl, I would have clothed and bedecked her until I could marry her off.’ (3)

Through several chains from ʿUmar:

“He never met Usāmah without saying, ‘Peace be upon you, O commander, and the mercy of Allah! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away while you were appointed over me as commander.’ (4)

(1) Al-Tirmidhi records it (no. 3818, “The Virtues” chapter) through the chain: al-Fadl b. Musa – Talha b. Yahya – Aisha bt. Talha – Aisha. The isnad is judged hasan (sound). (2) Mujalid is Mujalid b. Said b. Umayr al-Hamdani; he is not considered strong. Ibn Asakir also cited the report (Tahdhib, 2/318) and attributed it to Abu Ya‘la. (3) Reported by Ahmad 6/139, 222; Ibn Majah (no. 1976); and Ibn Saʿd 4/61–62, all via Sharik al-Qadi – al-Abbas b. Dhurayh – al-Bahi – Aisha. Sharik al-Qadi had a poor memory, and there is debate as to whether al-Bahi actually heard directly from Aisha. (4) Ibn Asakir, Tahdhib, 2/398.

اللهُ يَا أُسَامَةُ) . فَكَفَّ يَدَهُ، وَلَزِمَ مَنْزِلَهُ، فَأَحْسَنَ. عَائِشَةُ، قَالَتْ: أَرَادَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَمْسَحَ مُخَاطَ أُسَامَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: دَعْنِي حَتَّى أَكُوْنَ أَنَا الَّتِي أَفْعَلُ. فَقَالَ: (يَا عَائِشَةُ، أَحِبِّيْهِ، فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ (١)) . قُلْتُ: كَانَ سِنُّهُ فِي سِنِّهَا. مُجَالِدٌ: عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَمَرَنِي رَسُوْلُ اللهِ أَنْ أَغْسِلَ وَجْهَ أُسَامَةَ وَهُوَ صَبِيٌّ. قَالَتْ: وَمَا وَلِدْتُ، وَلاَ أَعْرِفُ كَيْفَ يُغْسَلُ الصِّبْيَانُ، فَآخُذُهُ، فَأَغْسِلُهُ غَسْلاً لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ. قَالَتْ: فَأَخَذَهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَغْسِلُ وَجْهَهُ، وَيَقُوْلُ: (لَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِنَا أُسَامَةُ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ جَارِيَةً، وَلو كُنْتَ جَارِيَةً لَحَلَّيْتُكَ، وَأَعْطَيْتُكَ (٢)) . وَفِي (المُسْنَدِ) : عَنِ البَهِيِّ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ: (لَوْ كَانَ أُسَامَةُ جَارِيَةً لَكَسَوْتُهُ، وَحَلَّيْتُهُ حَتَّى أُنْفِقَهُ (٣)) . وَمِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ: أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَلْقَ أُسَامَةَ قَطُّ إِلاَّ قَالَ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الأَمِيْرُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ! تُوُفِّيَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ عَلَيَّ أَمِيْرٌ (٤) .

(١) أخرجه الترمذي (٣٨١٨) في المناقب، من طريق الفضل بن موسى، عن طلحة بن يحيى، عن عائشة بنت طلحة، عن عائشة، وهذا سنده حسن. (٢) مجالد: هو ابن سعيد بن عمير الهمداني، ليس بالقوي. وأورده ابن عساكر كما في " تهذيبه " ٢ / ٣١٨، ونسبه إلى أبي يعلى. (٣) أخرجه أحمد ٦ / ١٣٩ و٢٢٢، وابن ماجه (١٩٧٦) ، وابن سعد ٤ / ٦١، ٦٢، كلهم من طريق شريك القاضي، عن العباس بن ذريح، عن البهي، عن عائشة. وشريك القاضي: سي الحفظ، وفي سماع البهي من عائشة كلام. (٤) تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٢ / ٣٩٨.