Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

So his father married him to a beautiful, virgin woman. Khidr said to her, “I have no need of women. If you wish, I will set you free; but if you prefer, remain with me, worship Allah, and keep my secret.” She agreed and stayed with him for a year.

When the year had passed the king summoned her and said, “You are young and my son is young—where is the child?” She replied, “Children come only from Allah; if He wills, they are born, and if He does not will, they are not.” At his father’s command he divorced her and was married to another woman, a widow who already had children. When she was brought to him he spoke to her just as he had to the first, and she accepted life with him. After another year the king asked her about a child, and she said, “Your son has no desire for women.” His father sought him out, but Khidr fled; messengers were sent after him, yet they could not overtake him.

It is said that he killed the second wife because she divulged his secret, and that he fled for that reason. He released the first wife, who remained in one quarter of the city worshipping Allah.

One day a man passed by her and she heard him say, “In the name of Allah.” She asked him, “How did you come to know that Name?” He answered, “I am one of Khidr’s companions.” She married him and bore him children (1).

Her story then unfolded (2) until she became the hair-dresser of Pharaoh’s daughter. One day, while she was combing the girl’s hair, the comb fell from her hand and she said, “In the name of Allah.” Pharaoh’s daughter asked, “My father?” She replied, “No—my Lord and yours, and the Lord of your father, is Allah.” The girl informed her father, who commanded that a brass bull be heated, and then ordered that she be thrown into it. When she saw it she shrank back, but a small son who was with her said, “Mother, be steadfast, for you are upon the truth.” She threw herself into the fire and died—may Allah have mercy on her (3).

Ibn ʿAsākir has transmitted—through Abū Dāwūd al-Aʿmā Nufayʿ, who is a liar and fabricator (4)—from Anas ibn Mālik, and through Kathīr ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf, who is also a liar (5), from his father, from his grandfather: that al-Khidr came one night, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard him as he supplicated, saying, “O Allah, help me with what will deliver me from that which You have made me fear, and grant me the longing of the righteous for that to which You have made them long.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) therefore sent Anas ibn Mālik to greet him. He returned the greeting and said, “Say to him: Allah has favored you above the prophets just as He favored the month of Ramadan above all other months, and He has favored your community over

(1) The report is recorded in detail by al-Suddi in Mukhtasar Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 8: 63–64. (2) This continuation of the report is found in Ibn Asakir’s Tarikh via Ibn Abbas; see the abridged version, vol. 8: 64. (3) The context in Ibn Asakir differs here: he recounts that the persecutor threw her children into the boiling cauldron one by one, asking after each if she would relent—she refused twice. When it was her turn, she requested that the cauldron be commanded to carry her to her house at the city gate, overturn it, and bury them under its ruins; he granted her request. (See Mukhtasar Tarikh Ibn Asakir, vol. 8: 64.) (4) Al-Nasa’i declares the hadith abandoned and classifies its narrators as weak (Al-Du‘afa’, p. 102); he likewise deems them weak in his Al-Du‘afa’ for al-Bukhari (p. 115), in Ibn Hibban’s Al-Majruhin (3: 55–56), and in al-Taqrib (2: 306). (5) Al-Nasa’i also states “this hadith is abandoned” (p. 89); see further the narrators classified as weak in Ibn Hibban’s Al-Majruhin (2: 221–222) and in al-Taqrib (2: 132). (6) This wording is the author’s own and was omitted from the printed edition.
له، فزوَّجه أبوه بامرأةٍ حسناء بكر، فقال لها الخضر: إنه لا حاجة لي في النساء، فإن شئتِ أطلقتُ سراحَك، وإن شئتِ أقمتِ معي تعبدين الله – Exalté soit-Il – وتكتمين عليَّ سِرِّي. فقالت: نَعَم، وأقامت معه سنةً. فلما مضت السنة دعاها الملكُ فقال: إنك شابة وابني شاب فأين الولد؟ فقالت: إنما الولد من عند الله، إن شاءَ كانَ وإن لم يشأ لم يكن. فأمره أبوه فطلّقها وزوَّجه بأخرى ثَيِّبًا قد وُلد لها، فلما زُفَّت إليه قال لها كما قال للتي قَبْلَها، فأجابت إلى الإقامة عندَه. فلما مضت السنة سألها الملكُ عن الولد، فقالت: إن ابنَك لا حاجة له بالنساء. فتطلبه أبوه، فهربَ، فأرسل وراءه فلم يقدروا عليه. فيقال: إنه قتل المرأة الثانية لكونها أفشت سرَّه فهرب من أجل ذلك، وأطلق سراح الأُخرى فأقامت تعبدُ الله في بعض نواحي تلك المدينة، فمرّ بها رَجُل يومًا فسمعته يقول: بسم الله، فقالت له: أنَّى لك هذا الاسم؟ فقال: إني من أصحاب الخضِر، فتزوجته فولدت له أولادًا (١) . ثم صار (٢) من أمرها أن صارت ماشِطةَ بنتِ فِرعون، فبينما هي يومًا تمشطها إذ وقع المشط من يدها فقالت: بسم الله. فقالت ابنة فرعون: أبي؟ فقالت: لا، ربي وربّك وربّ أبيك، الله. فأعلمت أباها، فأمر ببقرة من نحاس، فأُحميت، ثمّ أمر بها فأُلقيت فيها، فلما عاينت ذلك تقاعست أن تقع فيها، فقال لها ابنٌ معها صغير: يا أماه اصبري فإنك على الحق، فألقت نفسها في النار فماتت (٣) رحمها الله. وقد روى ابن عساكر، عن أبي داود الأعمى نُفيع -وهو كذاب وضاع (٤) - عن أنس بن مالك. ومن طريق كثير بن عبد الله بن عمرو بن عوف -وهو كذاب أيضًا- (٥) عن أبيه عن جدّه: أن الخضر جاء ليلة، فسمع النبيُّ ﷺ كلامه (٦) وهو يدعو ويقول: اللهم أعني على ما ينجّيني مما خوَّفتني، وارزقني شوقَ الصالحين إلى ما شوَّقْتَهم إليه، فبعث إليه رسول الله ﷺ أنس بن مالك فسلم عليه، فرد (عليه السلام) وقال: قل له: إن الله فضَّلك على الأنبياء كما فضَّل شهرَ رمضان على سائر الشهور، وفضّل أُمتك على
(١) الخبر مفصل عن السدي، في مختصر تاريخ دمشق (٨/ ٦٣ - ٦٤). (٢) تتمة الخبر هذه عند ابن عساكر عن ابن عباس. مختصره (٨/ ٦٤). (٣) سياق الخبر عند ابن عساكر يختلف عما هنا. ففيه: وأخذ بعض ولدها فرمى به في البقرة وهي تغلي، ثم قال: ترجعين؟ قالت: لا. فأخذ الولد الآخر حتى ألقى أولادها أجمعين، ثم قال لها: ترجعين؟ قالت: لا. فأمر بها، قالت: إن لي حاجة، فقال: وما هي: قالت: إذا ألقيتني في البقرة تأمر بالبقرة أن تُحمل ثم تكفأ في بيتي الذي على باب المدينة، وتنحّي البقرة وتهدم البيت علينا حتى يكون قبورَنا. فقال: نعم، إن لك علينا حقًا. قال: ففعل بها ذلك. مختصر تاريخ ابن عساكر (٨/ ٦٤). (٤) وقال النسائي: متروك الحديث. الضعفاء، له (١٠٢). والضعفاء للبخاري (١١٥)، والمجروحين، لابن حبان (٣/ ٥٥ - ٥٦)، والتقريب (٢/ ٣٠٦). (٥) وقال النسائي: متروك الحديث. (ص ٨٩). والمجروحين، لابن حبان (٢/ ٢٢١ - ٢٢٢) والتقريب (٢/ ١٣٢). (٦) لفظ كلامه. سقط من ط.

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