Al-Bukhari reported it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (1245, 1246).
- From Umm ʿAlqamah: “The daughters of ʿAishah’s brother were circumcised, so ʿAishah was asked, ‘Shall we call someone to entertain them?’ She replied, ‘Yes.’ So she sent for ʿAdī, and he came to them. As ʿAishah passed through the house, she saw him singing and moving his head in delight—and he was a prolific poet. She said, ‘Uff! A devil! Put him out! Put him out!’” Al-Bukhari reported it in al-Adab (1247).
I say: Its chain may reasonably be graded good. Its narrators are reliable, apart from this Umm ʿAlqamah, whose name was Marjānah. Al-ʿIjlī and Ibn Ḥibbān deemed her trustworthy, and two reliable narrators transmitted from her.
- “Go out and harvest your palm trees; perhaps you may give charity from them or do some good.” He said this to a woman who had been divorced three times while she was observing her waiting period.
Muslim (4/200), Abū Dāwūd (1/525, al-Ḥalabī edition), al-Dārimī (2/168), Ibn Mājah (1/627), al-Ḥākim (2/207), and Aḥmad (3/321) reported it through several routes from Ibn Jurayj, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, who said: “My maternal aunt was divorced three times. She went out to harvest the dates from her palm trees, but a man met her and forbade her from doing so. So she came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him. He then said to her…” and he cited it.
The wording is that of Abū Dāwūd, al-Dārimī, and al-Ḥākim. Al-Ḥākim said: “Authentic according to Muslim’s criteria,” and al-Dhahabī agreed with him. It is as they said, and the responsibility rests with them.
I say: Perhaps he only included it as a supplement to Muslim because of a slight difference in wording. For Muslim related: “Yes, go and harvest…” and said, “or perform a charitable deed,” instead of, “or do some good.” This is also the wording of Aḥmad and Ibn Mājah.