902 – On the authority of ʿAishah (may Allah be pleased with her): “ʿAmrah bint al-Jawun sought refuge from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when she was brought in to him—that is, on the occasion of their marriage. He said, ‘You have sought refuge with One Who grants refuge.’ He therefore divorced her and instructed Usamah to provide her with three garments as a consolation.” This was reported by Ibn Majah, and in its chain is a narrator who has been declared abandoned (1). The core of the story, however, is found in the Sahih through the narration of Abu Usayd al-Saʿidi (2).

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• Grading of the hadith:
  Discussion of its authenticity appeared earlier under hadith no. 876.

• Vocabulary:
  – ʿAmrah bint al-Jawun: ʿAmrah daughter of Yazid b. al-Jawun al-Kilabiyyah.
  – “You have sought refuge (ʿudhta)”: you have taken shelter and protection with a refuge, namely Allah, Exalted is He.
  – “Provide her with a gift” (yumattiʿuhā): al-mataʿ is a present given to a wife who is separated from her husband while both are alive, to console her feelings; its amount is set according to the husband’s financial capacity.

• Points derived from the hadith:
  1 – The Prophet ﷺ married ʿAmrah bint al-Jawun. When he entered upon her, she said, “I seek refuge in Allah from you.” He replied, “You have sought refuge with the One in Whom refuge is sought,” then divorced her and ordered Usamah b. Zayd to grant her three garments as a post-divorce gift.
  2 – The narration thus establishes the legitimacy of giving a divorced woman a consolation gift, as a means of mending