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—may Allah be pleased with him—but he never came back to me with any answer! I was more upset with him than I had been with ʿUthmān, and I waited several nights. Then the Prophet ﷺ proposed for her, and I married her to him. Afterwards Abū Bakr met me and said, “Perhaps you were displeased with me when you offered Ḥafṣah to me and I gave you no reply?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Nothing kept me from answering you about what you proposed except that I already knew the Prophet ﷺ had mentioned her. I would never disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and had the Prophet ﷺ declined her, I would have accepted her.” Al-Bukhārī narrated it.

‘Taʾayyamāt’ means she was left without a husband—her husband had died, may Allah be pleased with him.
‘Wajadta’ means, “you were angry.”

692 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The wives of the Prophet ﷺ were with him when Fāṭimah (may Allah be pleased with her) came in, walking exactly as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to walk. When he saw her, he welcomed her, saying, “Welcome, my daughter,” and he seated her to his right or to his left. Then he spoke to her in private, and she burst into heavy weeping. When he saw her distress he spoke to her privately a second time, and she laughed. I said to her, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ singled you out from among his wives for a secret, and yet you are crying!” When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose, I asked her, “What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you?” She replied, “I would never disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

After the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away I said to her, “I adjure you (1), by the right I have over you, to tell me what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to you.” She said, “Now, yes. As for the first time he spoke to me in private, he told me: ‘Gabriel reviews the Quran with me once every year—or twice—and this year he has reviewed it with me twice. I do not see my term except that it is near. So fear Allah and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you.’ I wept as you saw. When he saw my grief he confided in me a second time and said, ‘O Fāṭimah, are you not pleased that you will be…’”

(2)

(1) That is, “I adjure you.” (2) That is, he would review with him all that had been revealed of the Quran. Al-Hafiz (Ibn Hajar) notes that the verb form expresses reciprocal action, as though each of the two would sometimes recite while the other listened.

اللَّهِ عَنهُ ، فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا ! فَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدَ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ، فَلَبِثَ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ، فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ . فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ : لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَكَرَهَا ، فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَقَبِلْتَهَا . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ . « تَأَيَّمَتْ » أَيْ صَارَتْ بِلَا زَوْجٍ ، وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا تُوُفِّيَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ . « وَجَدْتَ » : غَضِبْتَ . ٦٩٢ - وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : كُنَّ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عِنْدَهُ ، فَأَقْبَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا تَمْشِي ، مَا تُخْطِئُ مِنْ مَشْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَحَّبَ بِهَا وَقَالَ : « مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي » ، ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ، ثُمَّ سَارَهَا فَبَكَتْ بُكَاءً شَدِيدًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعَهَا ، سَارَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ فَضَحِكَتْ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْنِ نِسَائِهِ بِالسِّرَارِ ، ثُمَّ أَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ ! فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا : مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَتْ : مَا كُنْتُ أُفْشِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ ، فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ : عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ (١) بِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، لَمَّا حَدَّثْتِنِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : أَمَّا الْآنَ فَنَعَمْ ، أَمَّا حِينَ سَارَنِي فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى فَأَخْبَرَنِي « أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً (٢) أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَأَنَّهُ عَارَضَهُ الْآنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَرَى الْأَجَلَ إِلَّا قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ ، فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي ، فَإِنَّهُ نِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ » فَبَكَيْتُ بُكَائِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَزَعِي سَارَنِي الثَّانِيَةَ ، فَقَالَ : « يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي

(١) أَيْ : أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ . (٢) أَيْ : كَانَ يُدَارِسُهُ جَمِيعَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ . قَالَ الْحَافِظُ : « مُفَاعَلَةٌ مِنَ الْجَانِبَيْنِ ، كَأَنَّ كِلَا مِنْهُمَا كَانَ تَارَةً يَقْرَأُ ، وَالْآخَرُ يَسْتَمِعُ » .