حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يُقَالُ لَهَا سَوْدَةُ وَكَانَتْ مُصْبِيَةً كَانَ لَهَا خَمْسَةُ صِبْيَةٍ أَوْ سِتَّةٌ مِنْ بَعْلٍ لَهَا مَاتَ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَمْنَعُكِ مِنِّي قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْكَ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ أَحَبَّ الْبَرِيَّةِ إِلَيَّ وَلَكِنِّي أُكْرِمُكَ أَنْ يَضْغُوَ هَؤُلَاءِ الصِّبْيَةَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِكَ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيَّةً قَالَ فَهَلْ مَنَعَكِ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ لَا وَاللَّهِ قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْحَمُكِ اللَّهُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ أَعْجَازَ الْإِبِلِ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرٍ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى بَعْلٍ بِذَاتِ يَدٍ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2925
'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) proposed to a woman of his people whose name was Sawdah, who had a lot of children; she had five or six children from a husband of hers who had died. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to her: "What is keeping you from marrying me?" She said: By Allah, O Prophet of Allah, what is keeping me from marrying you is not that you are not the dearest of people to me, but I do not want these children to make noise at your head morning and evening. He said: "Is anything else keeping you from marrying me?" She said: No, by Allah. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to her: "May Allah have mercy on you; the best women who ever rode camels are the righteous women of Quraish. I hey are the most compassionate towards children when they are small, and they take the best care of their husbands' wealth."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ