18/5. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1479c — Twenty-Nine Days and the Prophet's Oath
Ila', Keeping away from one's wives and giving them the choice, And the saying of Allah, The Most High: "But if you help one another against him
Hadith About the Prophet Staying Away for Twenty-Nine Days
Sahih Muslim : 1479c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1479c
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ، سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ . وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ كَنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ شَأْنُ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ قَالَ حَفْصَةُ وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ . وَزَادَ فِيهِ وَأَتَيْتُ الْحُجَرَ فَإِذَا فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ بُكَاءٌ . وَزَادَ أَيْضًا وَكَانَ آلَى مِنْهُنَّ شَهْرًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ نَزَلَ إِلَيْهِنَّ .
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said: I came along with Umar until we reached Marr al-Zahran (the name of a place), and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by Sulaiman b. Bilal (except with) the variation (of words) that I said: (What) about these two women? He said: They were Hafsa and Umm Salama. And he made this addition: I came to the apartments and in every apartment there was (the noise) of weeping. And this addition was also made: And he (the Holy Prophet) had taken an oath of remaining away from them for a month, and when twenty-nine days had passed, he visited them.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1479cIn-book reference : Book 18, Hadith 42USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 9, Hadith 3509
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1479c
This hadith about the Prophet staying away for twenty-nine days is a short linked report from Ibn Abbas. It says the rest of the hadith is like the narration of Sulaiman b. Bilal, but with some word differences. In this version, the two women are named as Hafsa and Umm Salama, and it adds that Umar came to the apartments and found weeping in every house. It also states that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had taken an oath to remain away from them for a month, and when twenty-nine days had passed, he visited them. The main lesson from the text is that a month may be counted as twenty-nine days, and the event was not simply a rumor of divorce.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had taken an oath to stay away for a month in this report.
- He visited them after twenty-nine days.
- The report mentions weeping in every apartment.
- The narration is linked to the longer report with slight word differences.
