أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَکِ الْمُخَرَّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کُنْتُ أَغَارُ عَلَی اللَّاتِي وَهَبْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَقُولُ أَوَتَهَبَ الْحُرَّةُ نَفْسَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَائُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْکَ مَنْ تَشَائُ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَی رَبَّکَ إِلَّا يُسَارِعُ لَکَ فِي هَوَاکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3207
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “I used to feel jealous of those (women) who offered themselves (in marriage) to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and I said: ‘Would a free woman offer herself?’ Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: ‘You can postpone whom you will of them, and you may receive whom you will.’ I said: ‘By Allah, I see that your Lord is quick to respond to your wishes.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020