Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5692

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، قَالَتْ : تَزَوَّجَنِي الزُّبَيْرُ وَمَا لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ مَالٍ , وَلاَ مَمْلُوكٍ , وَلاَ شَيْءٍ ، غَيْرَ فَرَسِهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَكُنْتُ أَعْلِفُ فَرَسَهُ ، وَأَكْفِيهِ مَؤُونَتَهُ , وَأَسُوسُهُ , وَأَدُقُّ النَّوَى لِنَاضِحِهِ ، وَأَعْلِفُهُ ، وَأَسْتَقِي الْمَاءَ وَأَخْرُزُ غَرْبَهُ وَأَعْجِنُ ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أُحْسِنُ أَخْبِزُ ، وَكَانَ يَخْبِزُ لِي جَارَاتٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ , وَكُنَّ نِسْوَةَ صِدْقٍ ، قَالَتْ : وَكُنْتُ أَنْقُلُ النَّوَى مِنْ أَرْضِ الزُّبَيْرِ الَّتِي أَقْطَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَأْسِي ، وَهِيَ عَلَى ثُلُثَيْ فَرْسَخٍ قَالَتْ : فَجِئْتُ يَوْمًا وَالنَّوَى عَلَى رَأْسِي ، فَلَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَدَعَانِي ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِخْ إِخْ لِيَحْمِلَنِي خَلْفَهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَعَرَفْتُ غَيْرَتَكَ ، فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَحَمْلُكِ النَّوَى عَلَى رَأْسِكِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ رُكُوبِكِ مَعَهُ ، قَالَتْ : حَتَّى أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ، بِخَادِمٍ فَكَفَتْنِي سِيَاسَةَ الْفَرَسِ , فَكَأَنَّمَا أَعْتَقَتْنِي.

It was narrated from Hisham from his father, that Asma bint Abi Bakr said: “Az-Zubair married me and he did not have anything but his horse. I used to feed his horse, look after it for him, and groom it, and I used to grind date stones for his camel and feed it, and I would bring water and repair his bucket. I used to knead dough but it was not good at baking it, so some Ansari neighbors used to bake it for me, and they were sincere women, I used to bring the date stones from Az-Zubair’s which the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had allocated to him. Carrying them on my head and it was two thirds of a parasang away. I came one day with the date stones on my head, and I met the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and a group of his Companions. He called me, then he said: “Ikh, Ikh’ (to make his camel kneel down) so that he could make me ride behind him, but I felt shy because I knew of jealousy.” He (Az-Zubair) said: “By Allah, for you to carry the date stones on your head is worse for me to bear than your riding behind him.” She said: “Then after that Abu Bakr sent me a servant who took care of the horse for me, and it was as if he freed me from slavery.”