حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَنَا عَلَی بَعْضٍ فِي الْقَسْمِ مِنْ مُکْثِهِ عِنْدَنَا وَکَانَ قَلَّ يَوْمٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعًا فَيَدْنُو مِنْ کُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسِيسٍ حَتَّی يَبْلُغَ إِلَی الَّتِي هُوَ يَوْمُهَا فَيَبِيتَ عِنْدَهَا وَلَقَدْ قَالَتْ سَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَةَ حِينَ أَسَنَّتْ وَفَرِقَتْ أَنْ يُفَارِقَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَوْمِي لِعَائِشَةَ فَقَبِلَ ذَلِکَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ نَقُولُ فِي ذَلِکَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی وَفِي أَشْبَاهِهَا أُرَاهُ قَالَ وَإِنْ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2135
Narrated Hisham bin Urwah: On the authority of his father that Aishah said: O my nephew, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not prefer one of us to the other in respect of his division of the time of his staying with us. It was very rare that he did not visit us any day (i. e. he visited all of us every day). He would come near each of his wives without having intercourse with her until he reached the one who had her day and passed his night with her. When Saudah daughter of Zam'ah became old and feared that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would divorce her, she said: Messenger of Allah, I give to Aishah the day you visit me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted it from her. She said: We thing that Allah, the Exalted, revealed about this or similar matter the Quranic verse: "If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part. . . . " [4: 128]
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020