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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

“May Allah bless the night you spent together.” She then conceived.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ later set out on a journey and she accompanied him. Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to Madinah from a trip, he would not enter the city at night (1). As they drew near to Madinah she went into labour (2), so Abu Talhah stayed behind with her while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued on.

Abu Talhah kept saying, “My Lord, You know that I love to set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he sets out and to enter with him when he enters, yet I have been delayed by what You see.” Umm Sulaym said, “Abu Talhah, I no longer feel the pains I was feeling; go on.” We therefore moved on, but as soon as we arrived the pains returned and she gave birth to a boy.

My mother said to me, “Anas, let no one nurse him until you take him in the morning to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” When morning came I carried him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,” and he related the remainder of the report.

46 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The strong man is not the one who throws others down; rather, the strong man is the one who controls himself when anger strikes him.” Agreed upon.

The term “al-suraʿah” (with a ḍammah on the sād and a fatḥah on the rāʾ) originally referred among the Arabs to someone who frequently wrestles others to the ground.

47 – Sulaymān ibn Surad (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when two men began insulting one another; one of them turned red-faced and his veins swelled (3). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I know a phrase which, if he were to say it, what he feels would disappear. If he were to say: aʿūdhu billāhi min al-shayṭān al-rajīm (4) – ‘I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil’ – what he feels would leave him.” So they went to the man and told him, “The Prophet ﷺ said…”

(1) Meaning: he should not approach her during the night. (2) Meaning: the pain of childbirth. This hadith allows adopting strictness instead of dispensations, consoling those afflicted, a wife’s adorning herself for her husband, her discreetly inviting him to marital relations, her striving to look after his interests, and the legitimacy—when necessity dictates—of using ambiguous wording that does not involve lying, among other rulings. (3) The awdaj are the vessels that encircle the neck and are severed by the slaughterer. (4) Meaning: “I seek refuge in Allah from al-shaytan al-rajim,” that is, the one expelled from Allah’s mercy.

رَسولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِي لَيْلَتِكُمَا » ، قال : فَحَمَلَتْ . قال : وَكانَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهِيَ مَعَهُ ، وَكانَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذا أَتَى المَدينَةَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ لا يَطْرُقُهَا طُرُوقاً(١) فَدَنَوْا مِنَ المَدينَةِ ، فَضَرَبَهَا المَخَاضُ(٢) ، فَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ ، وَانْطَلَقَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ . قال : يَقولُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ : إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ يَا رَبِّ أَنَّهُ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مَعَ رَسولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذا خَرَجَ وَأَدْخُلَ مَعَهُ إِذا دَخَلَ وَقَدْ احْتَبَسْتُ بِمَا تَرَى ، تَقولُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ : يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا أَجِدُ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَجِدُ انْطَلِقْ ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا وَضَرَبَهَا المَخَاضُ حِينَ قَدِمْنَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاماً . فَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي : يَا أَنَسُ لا يُرْضِعُهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى تَغْدُوَ بِهِ عَلَى رَسولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ احْتَمَلْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَذَكَرَ تَمَامَ الحَدِيثِ . ٤٦ - وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ : « لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الغَضَبِ » مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . « وَالصُّرَعَةُ » بِضَمِّ الصَّادِ وَفَتْحِ الرَّاءِ وَأَصْلُهُ عِنْدَ العَرَبِ مَنْ يَصْرَعُ النَّاسَ كَثِيراً . ٤٧ - وَعَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : كُنْتُ جَالِساً مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، وَرَجُلانِ يَسْتَبَّانِ ، وَأَحَدُهُمَا قَدْ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ ، وَانْتَفَخَتْ أَوْدَاجُهُ(٣) . فَقَالَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ ، لَوْ قَالَ : أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ(٤) ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ » . فَقَالُوا لَهُ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ :

(١) أي : لا يأتيها ليلاً . (٢) أي : وجع الولادة . وفي الحديث جواز الأخذ بالشدة وترك الرخصة والتسلية عن المصائب ، وتزين المرأة لزوجها ، وتعرضها لطلب الجماع منه ، واجتهادها في عمل مصالحه ، ومشروعية المعارض الموهمة إذا دعت الضرورة إليها - من غير كذب - وغير ذلك . (٣) الأوداج : ما أحاط بالعنق من العروق التي يقطعها الذابح . (٤) أي : أعتصم بالله ( من الشيطان الرجيم ) أي : المبعد من رحمة الله تعالى .