أَخْبَرَنِي حَاجِبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَعَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ أَنَّهُمَا سَأَلَا فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَمْرِهَا فَقَالَتْ طَلَّقَنِي زَوْجِي ثَلَاثًا فَکَانَ يَرْزُقُنِي طَعَامًا فِيهِ شَيْئٌ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ کَانَتْ لِي النَّفَقَةُ وَالسُّکْنَی لَأَطْلُبَنَّهَا وَلَا أَقْبَلُ هَذَا فَقَالَ الْوَکِيلُ لَيْسَ لَکِ سُکْنَی وَلَا نَفَقَةٌ قَالَتْ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَکِ سُکْنَی وَلَا نَفَقَةٌ فَاعْتَدِّي عِنْدَ فُلَانَةَ قَالَتْ وَکَانَ يَأْتِيهَا أَصْحَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اعْتَدِّي عِنْدَ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَکْتُومٍ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْمَی فَإِذَا حَلَلْتِ فَآذِنِينِي قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا حَلَلْتُ آذَنْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ خَطَبَکِ فَقُلْتُ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَإِنَّهُ غُلَامٌ مِنْ غِلْمَانِ قُرَيْشٍ لَا شَيْئَ لَهُ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَإِنَّهُ صَاحِبُ شَرٍّ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ وَلَکِنْ انْکِحِي أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ قَالَتْ فَکَرِهْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا ذَلِکَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَنَکَحَتْهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3252
It was narrated from Muhammad bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Thawban that they asked Fatimah bint Qais about her story and she said: “My husband divorced me three times, and he used to provide me with food that was not good.” She said: “By Allah, if I were entitled to maintenance and accommodation I would demand them and I would not accept this.” The deputy said: “You are not entitled to accommodation or maintenance.” She said: “I came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him about that, and he said: You are not entitled to accommodation nor maintenance; observe your ‘Iddah in the house of so-and-so.” She said: ‘His Companions used to go to her. Then he said: ‘Observe your ‘Iddah in the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, who is blind, and when your ‘Iddah is over, let me know.” She said: “When my ‘Iddah was over, I let him know. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Who has proposed marriage to you?’ I said: ‘Muawiyah and another man from the Quraish.’ He said: ‘As for Muawiyah, he is a boy among the Quraish and does not have anything, and as for the other he is a bad man with no goodness in him. Rather you should marry Usamah bin Zaid.” She said: “I did not like the idea.” But he said that to her three times so she married him. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020