حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ غَيْلَانَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيَّ أَسْلَمَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي عَهْدِ عُمَرَ طَلَّقَ نِسَاءَهُ وَقَسَمَ مَالَهُ بَيْنَ بَنِيهِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ الشَّيْطَانَ فِيمَا يَسْتَرِقُ مِنْ السَّمْعِ سَمِعَ بِمَوْتِكَ فَقَذَفَهُ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَلَعَلَّكَ أَنْ لَا تَمْكُثَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَتُرَاجِعَنَّ نِسَاءَكَ وَلَتَرْجِعَنَّ فِي مَالِكَ أَوْ لَأُوَرِّثُهُنَّ مِنْكَ وَلَآمُرَنَّ بِقَبْرِكَ فَيُرْجَمُ كَمَا رُجِمَ قَبْرُ أَبِي رِغَالٍ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4631
It was narrated from Saalim, from his father, that GhayIaan ibn Salamah ath-Thaqafi became Muslim and he had ten wives. The Prophet (PBUH) said to him: "Choose four of them." At the time 'Umar, he divorced his wives and divided his wealth among his sons. News of that reached 'Umar and he said: I think the Shaytaan must have eavesdropped on news from heaven and heard of your (impending) death, so he put this (idea) in your mind. Probably you are not going to live for much longer. By Allah, you will take back your wives and take back your wealth, or I shall make them inherit from you and issue instructions that your grave be stoned as the grave of Abu Righaal [1] was stoned.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020