حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُنَبِّهِيِّ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَافَرَ کَانَ آخِرُ عَهْدِهِ بِإِنْسَانٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَاطِمَةَ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا قَدِمَ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَتْ مِسْحًا أَوْ سِتْرًا عَلَی بَابِهَا وَحَلَّتْ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ قُلْبَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَدِمَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَظَنَّتْ أَنَّ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَا رَأَی فَهَتَکَتْ السِّتْرَ وَفَکَّکَتْ الْقُلْبَيْنِ عَنْ الصَّبِيَّيْنِ وَقَطَّعَتْهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَانْطَلَقَا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُمَا يَبْکِيَانِ فَأَخَذَهُ مِنْهُمَا وَقَالَ يَا ثَوْبَانُ اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَی آلِ فُلَانٍ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِنَّ هَؤُلَائِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي أَکْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْکُلُوا طَيِّبَاتِهِمْ فِي حَيَاتِهِمْ الدُّنْيَا يَا ثَوْبَانُ اشْتَرِ لِفَاطِمَةَ قِلَادَةً مِنْ عَصَبٍ وَسِوَارَيْنِ مِنْ عَاجٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4213
Narrated Thawban: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on a journey, the last member of his family he saw was Fatimah, and the first he visited on his return was Fatimah. Once when he returned from an expedition she had hung up a hair-cloth, or a curtain, at her door, and adorned al-Hasan and al-Husayn with silver bracelets. So when he arrived, he did not enter. Thinking that he had been prevented from entering by what he had seen, she tore down the curtain, unfastened the bracelets from the boys and cut them off. They went weeping to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he had taken them from them, he said: Take this to so and so's family. Thawban. In Madina, these are my family, and I did not like them to enjoy their good things in the present life. Buy Fatimah a necklace or asb, Thawban, and two ivory bracelets.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020