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Seventh: ʿĀʾishah also related:
I was once travelling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was still a young girl—she said, “I had not yet put on flesh or gained weight.1” He told his companions, “Go on ahead,” so they moved on. Then he said, “Come, let me race you.” I raced him and on foot I outran him.
Some time later I set out with him on another journey. Again he told his companions, “Go on ahead,” and then said to me, “Come, let me race you.” I had forgotten the earlier race and by then I had put on flesh [and become heavier]. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, how can I race you when I am in this condition?” He replied, “You will do it.” So I raced him and he outran me. Laughing, he said, “This one balances that earlier race.” 2.
(1) The verb badana/baddana: with the doubled consonant (baddana) it means “grew old and advanced in years,” whereas the lighter form (badana) derives from badanah, i.e., “to become fleshy and corpulent.” The latter meaning suits the context better; see Ibn al-Athir, al-Nihayah 1/107.
(2) Reported by al-Humaydi, Musnad, p. 261; Abu Dawud 1/403; al-Nasai, ‘Ashrat al-Nisa’, 74/2 (whose wording is quoted here); Ahmad 6/264; al-Tabarani 23/47; and Ibn Majah 1/610 in abridged form. Its chain is sound, as al-‘Iraqi affirms in Takhrij al-Ihya’ 2/40. I have likewise traced the hadith in Irwa al-Ghalil, noting its various channels and additional wordings; see no. 1497.
السابع: عنها أيضا:
أنها كانت مع رسول الله ﷺ في سفره وهي جارية [قالت: لم أحمل اللحم ولم أبدن١] فقال لأصحابه: "تقدموا" [فتقدموا] ثم قال: "تعالي أسابقك فسابقته فسبقته على رجلي" فلما كان بعد خرجت معه في سفر فقال لأصحابه: "تقدموا" ثم قال: "تعالي أسابقك ونسيت الذي كان وقد حملت اللحم" [وبدنت] فقلت: كيف أسابقك يا رسول الله ﷺ وأنا على هذه الحال؟ فقال: "لتفعلن" فسابقته فسبقني فـ[جعل يضحك و] قال: "هذه بتلك السبقة" ٢.
١ بدن وبدن فبالتشديد بمعنى كبر وأسن وبالتخفيف من البدانة وهي كثرة اللحم والسمنة وهذا المعنى هو الأليق بالسياق انظر "النهاية" ١/١٠٧.
٢ أخرجه الحميدي في مسنده ٢٦١ وأبو داود ١/٤٠٣ والنسائي في عشرة النساء ٧٤/٢ والسياق له وأحمد ٦/٢٦٤ والطبراني ٢٣/٤٧ وابن ماجه ١/٦١٠ مختصرا وسنده صحيح كما قال العراقي في " تخريج الإحياء" ٢/٤٠. ثم خرجت الحديث في ‘رواء الغليل وذكرت طرقه وبعض ألفاظه فيراجعه من شاء ١٤٩٧.