حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَسْمَائَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ قَالَتْ تَزَوَّجَنِي الزُّبَيْرُ وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مَالٍ وَلَا مَمْلُوکٍ وَلَا شَيْئٍ غَيْرَ فَرَسِهِ قَالَتْ فَکُنْتُ أَعْلِفُ فَرَسَهُ وَأَکْفِيهِ مَئُونَتَهُ وَأَسُوسُهُ وَأَدُقُّ النَّوَی لِنَاضِحِهِ وَأَعْلِفُهُ وَأَسْتَقِي الْمَائَ وَأَخْرُزُ غَرْبَهُ وَأَعْجِنُ وَلَمْ أَکُنْ أُحْسِنُ أَخْبِزُ وَکَانَ يَخْبِزُ لِي جَارَاتٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَکُنَّ نِسْوَةَ صِدْقٍ قَالَتْ وَکُنْتُ أَنْقُلُ النَّوَی مِنْ أَرْضِ الزُّبَيْرِ الَّتِي أَقْطَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی رَأْسِي وَهِيَ عَلَی ثُلُثَيْ فَرْسَخٍ قَالَتْ فَجِئْتُ يَوْمًا وَالنَّوَی عَلَی رَأْسِي فَلَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَعَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِخْ إِخْ لِيَحْمِلَنِي خَلْفَهُ قَالَتْ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَعَرَفْتُ غَيْرَتَکَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَحَمْلُکِ النَّوَی عَلَی رَأْسِکِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ رُکُوبِکِ مَعَهُ قَالَتْ حَتَّی أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَکْرٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ بِخَادِمٍ فَکَفَتْنِي سِيَاسَةَ الْفَرَسِ فَکَأَنَّمَا أَعْتَقَتْنِي
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5692
Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr reported that the was married to Zubair. He had neither land nor wealth nor slave nor anything else like it except a bom. She further said: I grazed his horse. provided fodder to it and looked after it, and ground dates for his camel. Besides this, I grazed the camel, made arrangements for providing it with water and patched up the leather bucket and kneaded the flour. But I was not proficient in baking the bread, so my female neighbours used to bake bread for me and they were sincere women. She further said: I was carrying on my head the stones of the dates from the land of Zubair which Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had endowed him and it was at a distance of two miles (from Medina). She add: As I was one day carrying the atones of dates upon my head I happened to meet Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) along with a group of his Companions. He called me and said (to the camel) to sit down so that he should make cite ride behind hirn. (I told my husband: ) I felt shy and remembered your jealousy, whereupon he said: By Allah. the carrying of the stone dates upon your bead is more severe a burden than riding with him. She said: (I led the life of hardship) until Abu Bakr sent afterwards a female servant who took upon herself the responsibility of looking after the horse and I felt as it she had emancipated me.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020