I had been eager to ask `Umar bin Al-Khattab about the two ladies from among the wives of the
Prophet regarding whom Allah said 'If you two (wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) namely Aisha and Hafsa) turn in
repentance to Allah, your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose what the Prophet (ﷺ) likes). (66.4) till
`Umar performed the Hajj and I too, performed the Hajj along with him. (On the way) `Umar went
aside to answer the call of nature, and I also went aside along with him carrying a tumbler full of
water, and when `Umar had finished answering the call of nature, I poured water over his hands and
he performed the ablution. Then I said to him, "O chief of the Believers! Who were the two ladies
from among the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding whom Allah said: 'If you two (wives of the Prophet)
turn in repentance to Allah your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose what the Prophet (ﷺ) likes)?"
(66.4)
He said, "I am astonished at your question, O Ibn `Abbas. They were `Aisha and Hafsa." Then `Umar
went on narrating the Hadith and said, "I and an Ansari neighbor of mine from Bani Umaiyya bin Zaid
who used to live in `Awali-al-Medina, used to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) in turn. He used to go one day and I
another day. When I went, I would bring him the news of what had happened that day regarding the
Divine Inspiration and other things, and when he went, he used to do the same for me. We, the people
of Quraish used to have the upper hand over our wives, but when we came to the Ansar, we found that
their women had the upper hand over their men, so our women also started learning the ways of the
Ansari women. I shouted at my wife and she retorted against me and I disliked that she should answer
me back.
She said to me, 'Why are you so surprised at my answering you back? By Allah, the wives of the
Prophet answer him back and some of them may leave (does not speak to) him throughout the day till
the night.' The (talk) scared me and I said to her, 'Whoever has done so will be ruined!' Then I
proceeded after dressing myself, and entered upon Hafsa and said to her, 'Does anyone of you keep
the Prophet (ﷺ) angry till night?' She said, 'Yes.' I said, 'You are a ruined losing person! Don't you fear
that Allah may get angry for the anger of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and thus you will be ruined? So do not ask
more from the Prophet (ﷺ) and do not answer him back and do not give up talking to him. Ask me
whatever you need and do not be tempted to imitate your neighbor (i.e., `Aisha) in her manners for
she is more charming than you and more beloved to the Prophet (ﷺ) ." `Umar added,"At that time a talk
was circulating among us that (the tribe of) Ghassan were preparing their horses to invade us.
My Ansari companion, on the day of his turn, went (to the town) and returned to us at night and
knocked at my door violently and asked if I was there. I became horrified and came out to him. He
said, 'Today a great thing has happened.' I asked, 'What is it? Have (the people of) Ghassan come?' He
said, 'No, but (What has happened) is greater and more horrifying than that: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ); has
divorced his wives. `Umar added, "The Prophet (ﷺ) kept away from his wives and I said "Hafsa is a
ruined loser.' I had already thought that most probably this (divorce) would happen in the near future.
So I dressed myself and offered the morning prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and then the Prophet; entered an
upper room and stayed there in seclusion. I entered upon Hafsa and saw her weeping. I asked, 'What
makes you weep? Did I not warn you about that? Did the Prophet (ﷺ) divorce you all?' She said, 'I do not
know. There he is retired alone in the upper room.' I came out and sat near the pulpit and saw a group
of people sitting around it and some of them were weeping. I sat with them for a while but could not
endure the situation, so I went to the upper room where the Prophet; was and said to a black slave of
his, 'Will you get the permission (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) for `Umar (to enter)?' The slave went in, talked to
the Prophet (ﷺ) about it and then returned saying, 'I have spoken to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned you but he
kept quiet.' Then I returned and sat with the group of people sitting near the pulpit. but I could not
bear the situation and once again I said to the slave, 'Will you get the permission for `Umar?' He went
in and returned saying, 'I mentioned you to him but he kept quiet.'
So I returned again and sat with the group of people sitting near the pulpit, but I could not bear the
situation, and so I went to the slave and said, 'Will you get the permission for `Umar?' He went in and
returned to me saying, 'I mentioned you to him but he kept quiet.' When I was leaving, behold! The
slave called me, saying, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) has given you permission.'
Then I entered upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and saw him Lying on a bed made of stalks of date palm leaves
and there was no bedding between it and him. The stalks left marks on his side and he was leaning on
a leather pillow stuffed with date-palm fires. I greeted him and while still standing I said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Have you divorced your wives?' He looked at me and said, 'No.' I said, 'Allah Akbar!' And
then, while still standing, I said chatting, 'Will you heed what I say, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? We, the people
of Quraish used to have power over our women, but when we arrived at Medina we found that the
men (here) were overpowered by their women.' The Prophet (ﷺ) smiled and then I said to him, 'Will you
heed what I say, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?
I entered upon Hafsa and said to her, "Do not be tempted to imitate your companion (`Aisha), for she
is more charming than you and more beloved to the Prophet.' " The Prophet (ﷺ) smiled for a second time.
When I saw him smiling, I sat down. Then I looked around his house, and by Allah, I could not see
anything of importance in his house except three hides, so I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to
make your followers rich, for the Persians and the Romans have been made prosperous and they have
been given (the pleasures of the world), although they do not worship Allah.'
Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) sat up as he was reclining. and said, 'Are you of such an opinion, O the son of
Al-Khattab? These are the people who have received the rewards for their good deeds in this world.' I
said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Ask Allah to forgive me.' Then the Prophet (ﷺ) kept away from his wives for
twenty-nine days because of the story which Hafsa had disclosed to `Aisha.
The Prophet (ﷺ) had said, 'I will not enter upon them (my wives) for one month,' because of his anger
towards them, when Allah had admonished him. So, when twenty nine days had passed, the Prophet (ﷺ)
first entered upon `Aisha. `Aisha said to him, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You had sworn that you would not
enter upon us for one month, but now only twenty-nine days have passed, for I have been counting
them one by one.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'The (present) month is of twenty nine days.' `Aisha added, 'Then
Allah revealed the Verses of the option. (2) And out of all his-wives he asked me first, and I chose
him.' Then he gave option to his other wives and they said what `Aisha had said . " (1) The Prophet, '
had decided to abstain from eating a certain kind of food because of a certain event, so Allah blamed
him for doing so. Some of his wives were the cause of him taking that decision, therefore he deserted
them for one month. See Quran: (66.4)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 67, Hadith 125
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar
used to pray dhuhr, asr, maghrib, isha and subh at Mina. Then in the
morning, after the sun had risen, he would go to Arafa .
Malik said, "What we are all agreed upon here (in Madina) is that the
imam does not recite the Quran out loud in dhuhr on the day of Arafa,
and that he gives a khutba to the people on that day, and that the
prayer on the day of Arafa is really a dhuhr prayer, and even if it
coincides with a jumua it is still a dhuhr prayer, but one which has
been shortened because of travelling."
Malik said that the
imam of the pilgrims should not pray the jumua prayer if the day of
Arafa, the day of sacrifice or one of the three days after the day of
sacrifice, was a Friday.
Muwatta Malik Book 20, Hadith 207
Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in one of the two `Isha' prayers (Abu Huraira named that
prayer but I forgot it)." Abu Huraira added, "He prayed two rak`at and then finished the prayer with
Taslim. He stood up near a piece of wood Lying across the mosque and leaned on it in such a way as
if he was angry. Then he put his right hand over the left and clasped his hands by interlacing his
fingers and then put his J right cheek on the back of his left hand. The people who were in haste left
the mosque through its gates. They wondered whether the prayer was reduced. And amongst them
were Abu Bakr and `Umar but they hesitated to ask the Prophet. A long-handed man called Dhul-
Yadain asked the Prophet, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you forgotten or has the prayer been reduced?'
The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, 'I have neither forgotten nor has the prayer been reduced' The Prophet (ﷺ) added, 'Is
what Dhul Yadain has said true?' They (the people) said, 'Yes, it is true.' The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up again
and led the prayer, completing the remaining prayer, forgotten by him, and performed Taslim, and
then said, 'Allahu Akbar.' And then he did a prostration as he used to prostrate or longer than that. He
then raised his head saying, 'Allahu Akbar; he then again said, 'Allahu Akbar', and prostrated as he
used to prostrate or longer than that. Then he raised his head and said, 'Allahu Akbar.' " (The subnarrator
added, "I think that they asked (Ibn Seereen) whether the Prophet (ﷺ) completed the prayer with
Taslim. He replied, "I heard that `Imran bin Husain had said, 'Then he (the Prophet) did Taslim.")
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 8, Hadith 129
"Shall I not tell you about the Prophet and I?" We said: "Yes." She said: "When it was my night, he came in, placed his shoes by his feet, lay down his Rida' (upper garment), and spread his Izar (lower garment) on his bed. As soon as he thought that I had gone to sleep, he put his shoes on slowly and picked up his Rida' slowly. Then he opened the door slowly, went out and shut it slowly. I put my garment over my head, covered myself and put on my Izar (lower garment), and I set out after him until he came to Al-Baqi', raised his hands three times and stood there for a long time. Then he left and I left, he hurried and I hurried, he ran and I ran, and I got there before him and entered (the house). I had only just laid down when he came in and said: 'O 'Aishah, why are you out of breath?' (one of the reporters) Sulaiman said: I thought he (Ibn Wahb) said: 'short of breath.' He said: 'Either you tell me or the All-Aware, All-Knowing will tell me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you;' and I told him the story. He said: 'You were the black shape I saw in front of me?' I said: 'Yes.'" She said: "He gave me a shove in the chest that hurt me and said: 'You thought that Allah and His Messenger would be unfair to you.' She said: 'Whatever people conceal, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, knows it.' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Jibril came to me when you saw (me leave) but he did not enter upon you because you have taken off your garments. So he called me but he concealed himself from you, and I answered him but I concealed it from you. I thought that you had gone to sleep and I did not want to wake you and I was afraid that you would feel lonely. He told me to go to Al-Baqi' and pray for forgiveness for them.'"
Hajjaj bin Muhammad contradicted him (Ibn Wahb), he said: "From Ibn Juraij, from Ibn Abi Mulaikah, from Muhammad bin Qais."
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 36, Hadith 25