Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (1/262)

had emigrated to him. Then ʿUmar came in to Ḥafṣa while Asmāʾ was with her.

When ʿUmar saw Asmāʾ he asked, “Who is this?”

She replied, “Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays.”

ʿUmar said, “Is this the Abyssinian woman—the one who crossed the sea?”

Asmāʾ answered, “Yes.”

ʿUmar remarked, “We preceded you in the Hijra; we have a stronger claim to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.”

Asmāʾ grew angry and said, “By Allah, ʿUmar—never! You were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: he fed your hungry and taught your ignorant, whereas we were in the land of distant, hostile people in Abyssinia. We undertook that solely for the sake of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and for His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him. By Allah, I will not taste food or drink until I tell the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, what you have said. We were harmed and lived in fear, and I shall report this to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and ask him. By Allah, I will neither lie, nor deviate, nor add anything beyond the truth.”

When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, arrived, she said, “O Messenger of Allah, ʿUmar has said such-and-such.”

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, “And what…"

هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ وَأَسْمَاءُ عِنْدَهَا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ رَأَى أَسْمَاءَ: مَنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالَتْ: أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: الْحَبَشِيَّةُ هَذِهِ؟ الْبَحْرِيَّةُ هَذِهِ؟ قَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: سَبَقْنَاكُمْ بِالْهِجْرَةِ، نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَغَضِبَتْ وَقَالَتْ: يَا عُمَرُ كَلَّا وَاللَّهِ كُنْتُمْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُطْعِمُ جَائِعَكُمْ وَيَعِظُ جَاهِلَكُمْ، وَكُنَّا فِي أَرْضِ الْبُعَدَاءِ الْبُغَضَاءِ بِالْحَبَشَةِ، وَذَلِكَ فِي اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَفِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَيْمُ اللَّهِ لَا أَطْعَمُ طَعَامًا وَلَا أَشْرَبُ شَرَابًا حَتَّى أَذْكُرَ مَا قُلْتَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَنَحْنُ كُنَّا نُؤْذَى وَنَخَافُ، وَسَأَذْكُرُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَسْأَلُهُ، وَاللَّهِ لَا أَكْذِبُ وَلَا أَزِيغُ وَلَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَمَاذَا