حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ اسْمُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بَرَّةَ فَكَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ فَسَمَّاهَا جُوَيْرِيَةَ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يُقَالَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَرَّةَ قَالَ وَخَرَجَ بَعْدَ مَا صَلَّى فَجَاءَهَا فَقَالَتْ مَا زِلْتُ بَعْدَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَائِبَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ كَلِمَاتٍ لَوْ وُزِنَّ لَرَجَحْنَ بِمَا قُلْتِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رِضَاءَ نَفْسِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2334
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: Juwairiyah's name was Barrah (meaning righteous), but it was as if the Prophet (PBUH)disliked that, so he named her Juwairiyah, because he did not like it to be said that he had left a righteous woman. He went out after he prayed, then he came back to her and she said: Since you left, O Messenger of Allah, I have continued in worship. He said to her: "After I left you, 1 said some words which, if they were to be weighed, would outweigh what you said: 'Glory be to Allah as much as the number of His creation; glory be to Allah as much as pleases Him; glory be to Allah as much as the weight of His Throne; and gloiy be to Allah as much as the ink of His words.'"
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020