Sahih Muslim, 3692

Rapporté par Abdullah ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما : J’avais l’intention de demander à Omar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه au sujet d’un verset, mais j’ai attendu un an par crainte de lui, jusqu’à ce qu’il parte en pèlerinage et que je l’accompagne. Sur le chemin du retour, il s’est écarté vers un arbre d’arak pour se soulager. J’ai attendu qu’il ait fini, puis j’ai marché avec lui et j’ai dit : « Commandeur des croyants, qui sont les deux épouses du Messager d’Allah ﷺ qui se sont soutenues l’une l’autre (dans leur demande d’argent) ? » Il a dit : « C’étaient Hafsa et Aïcha رضي الله عنهما. » Je lui ai dit : « Cela fait un an que je voulais t’interroger à ce sujet, mais je n’osais pas à cause de ton autorité. » Il a dit : « Ne fais pas cela. Si tu penses que j’ai une connaissance, demande-moi. Si je sais, je te répondrai. » Il a ajouté : « Par Allah, à l’époque de l’ignorance, nous n’avions aucun égard pour les femmes, jusqu’à ce qu’Allah révèle à leur sujet ce qu’Il a révélé et qu’Il leur accorde des droits. Un jour, je réfléchissais à quelque chose et ma femme m’a dit : “J’aimerais que tu fasses ceci ou cela.” Je lui ai répondu : “Cela ne te concerne pas, ne t’occupe pas de ce que je veux faire.” Elle m’a dit : “C’est étrange que toi, fils de Khattab, tu n’acceptes pas qu’on te réponde, alors que ta fille répond au Messager d’Allah ﷺ jusqu’à le contrarier toute la journée.” J’ai alors pris mon manteau et je suis allé voir Hafsa. Je lui ai dit : “Ô ma fille, j’ai entendu dire que tu réponds au Messager d’Allah ﷺ jusqu’à le contrarier.” Elle a dit : “Par Allah, nous lui répondons.” Je lui ai dit : “Fais attention, ma fille, je t’avertis contre la colère d’Allah et la colère de Son Messager ﷺ. Ne te laisse pas tromper par celle dont la beauté l’a séduite et par l’amour du Messager d’Allah ﷺ pour elle.” Je suis ensuite allé voir Umm Salama à cause de notre parenté et je lui ai parlé. Umm Salama m’a dit : “Omar ibn al-Khattab, c’est étrange que tu te mêles de tout, même entre le Messager d’Allah ﷺ et ses épouses.” Cela m’a tellement troublé que je n’ai rien ajouté et je suis sorti. J’avais un ami parmi les Ansar. Quand je m’absentais, il m’apportait des nouvelles, et quand il s’absentait, je lui en apportais. À ce moment-là, nous craignions un roi de Ghassan. Mon ami Ansari est venu frapper à ma porte et a dit : “Ouvre, ouvre !” J’ai demandé : “Le Ghassani est-il venu ?” Il a répondu : “C’est plus grave ! Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ s’est séparé de ses épouses.” J’ai dit : “Que le nez de Hafsa et d’Aïcha soit couvert de poussière !” J’ai pris mon manteau et je suis allé voir le Messager d’Allah ﷺ dans sa chambre haute, à laquelle il montait par une échelle en palmier. Son serviteur noir était assis au bas de l’échelle. J’ai dit : “C’est Omar.” On m’a donné la permission. J’ai raconté cela au Messager d’Allah ﷺ, et quand j’ai parlé d’Umm Salama, il a souri. Il était allongé sur une natte, sans rien entre lui et la natte, avec un oreiller en cuir rempli de fibres de palmier sous la tête, un tas de bois de santal à ses pieds et une peau suspendue près de sa tête. J’ai vu les marques de la natte sur son côté, et j’ai pleuré. Il m’a demandé : “Pourquoi pleures-tu ?” J’ai dit : “Messager d’Allah, Chosroès et César vivent dans le luxe, alors que toi, le Messager d’Allah, tu vis dans la pauvreté.” Il a répondu : “N’aimes-tu pas qu’ils aient les biens de ce monde, et que tu aies l’au-delà ?”

Abdullah b. Abbas (Allah be pleased with tlicm) reported:I intended to ask 'Umar b. al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) about a verse, but I waited for one year to ask him out of his fear, until he went out for Pilgrimage and I also accompanied him. As he came back and we were on the way he stepped aside towards an Arak tree to ease himself. I waited for him until he was free. I then walked along with him and said: Commander of the Faithful, who are the two among the wives of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who backed up one another (in their demand for extra money)? He said: They were Hafsa and 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with them). I said to him: It is for one year that I intended to ask you about this matter but I could not date so on account of the awe for you. He said: Don't do that. If you think that I have any knowledge, do ask me about that. And if I were to know that, I would inform you. He (the narrator) stated that 'Umar had said: By Allah, during the days of ignorance we had no regard for women until Allah the Exalt- ed revealed about them what He has revealed, and appointed (turn) for them what he appointed. He said: It so happened that I was thinking about some matter that my wife said: I wish you had done that and that. I said to her: It does not concern you and you should not feel disturbed in a matter which I intend to do. She said to me: How strange is it that you, O son of Khattab, do not like anyone to retort upon you, whereas your daughter retorts upon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upou him) until he spends the day in vexation. 'Umar said: I took hold of my cloak, then came out of my house until I visited Hafsa and said to her: O daughter, (I heard) that you retort upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) until he spends the day in vexation, whereupon Hafsa said: By Allah, we do retort upon him. I said: You should bear in mind, my daughter, that I warn you against the punishment of Allah and the wrath of His Messenger (ﷺ). You may not be misled by one whose beauty has fascinated her, and the love of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for her. I ('Umar) then visited Umm Salama because of my relationship with her and I talked to her. Umm Salama said to me: Umar b. al-Khattab, how strange is it that you meddle with every matter so much so that you are anxious to interfere between Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and his wives, and this perturbed me so much that I refrained from saying what I had to say, so I came out of her apartment, and I had a friend from the Anar. When I had been absent (from the company of the Holy Prophet) he used to bring me the news and when he had been absent I used to bring him the news, and at that time we dreaded a king of Ghassan. It was mentioned to us that he intended to attack us, and our minds were haunted by him. My friend, the Ansari, came to me, and he knocked at the door and said: Open it, open it. I said: Has the Ghassani come? He said: (The matter is) more serious than that. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has separated himself from his wives. I said: Let the nose of Hafsa and 'A'isha be besmeared with dust. I then took hold of my cloth and went out until I came and found Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his attic to which he climbed by means of a ladder made of date-palm, and the servant of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who was black had been sitting at the end of the ladder. I said: This is Umar. So permission was granted to me. I narrated this news to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and as I narrated the news concerning Umm Salama, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) smiled. He was lying on the mat and there was nothing between him and that (mat), and under his head there was a pillow made of leather and it was stuffed with plam fibres and at his feet were lying a heap of sant tree (acacia niloctica, meant for dyeing) and near his head there was hanging a hide. And I saw the marks of the maton the side of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and so I wept. He said: What makes you weep? I said: Messenger of Allah, the Khusrau and the Ceasars (spendd their lives in) the midst of (luxuries), whereas you being Allah's Messenger (are leading your life in this poverty). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Don't you like that they should have riches of their world, and you have the Hereafter