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so let him cut it up and make from it two cushions that will be stepped on, and order that the dog be taken outside— for we do not enter a house that contains an image or a dog. It turned out that the dog was a puppy belonging to Hasan or Husayn and was under a small bench1 of theirs; in another version: under her bed. He said, “Aisha, when did this dog come in?” She replied, “By Allah, I do not know.” He therefore ordered that it be removed, and then he took some water in his hand and sprinkled the spot where it had been. 2.
(1) Pronounced with a short a on both the nun and the dotted dad: it denotes a couch or small bed on which clothes are stacked one atop another. See Ibn Qutaybah, Gharib al-Hadith, and Ibn al-Athir, al-Nihaya.
(2) This hadith is authentic; its text has been pieced together from the reports of five Companions.
فليقطع فليجعل منه وسادتين توطآن ومر بالكلب فليخرج [فإنا لا ندخل بيتا فيه صورة ولا كلب] وإذا الكلب [جرو] لحسن أو حسين كانت تحت نضد١ لهم وفي رواية: تحت سريره [فقال: "يا عائشة! متى دخل هذا الكلب؟ " فقالت: والله ما دريت] فأمر به فأخرج [ثم أخذ بيده ماء فنضح مكانه] ٢.
١ بفتح النون والضاد المعجمة: هو السرير الذي تنضد عليه الثياب أي: يجعل بعضها فوق بعض. كما في "غريب الحديث" لابن قتيبة و "النهاية" لابن الأثير.
٢ حديث صحيح وهو مجموع من رواية خمسة من