أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مَوْلَی أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ قَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنِي فَجَزِعْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لِلَّذِي يَغْسِلُهُ لَا تَغْسِلْ ابْنِي بِالْمَائِ الْبَارِدِ فَتَقْتُلَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ عُکَّاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِهَا فَتَبَسَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا قَالَتْ طَالَ عُمْرُهَا فَلَا نَعْلَمُ امْرَأَةً عَمِرَتْ مَا عَمِرَتْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1887
It was narrated from Abu Al-Hasan, the freed slave of Umm Qais bint Mih that Umm Qais said: “My son died, and I felt very sad. I said to the one who was washing him: ‘Do not wash my son with cold water and kill him.” ‘Ukashah bin Mihsan went to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم g and told him what she had said, and he smiled then said: “What did she say, may Allah give her long life?” And we do not know of any woman who lived as long as she lived. (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020