Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6305

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَنَابٍ ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ عِيسَى ، وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ حُجْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : جَلَسَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً ، فَتَعَاهَدْنَ وَتَعَاقَدْنَ أَنْ لاَ يَكْتُمْنَ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ شَيْئًا. قَالَتِ الأُولَى : زَوْجِي لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ ، عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ لاَ سَهْلٌ فَيُرْتَقَى ، وَلاَ سَمِينٌ فَيُنْتَقَلَ. قَالَتِ الثَّانِيَةُ : زَوْجِي لاَ أَبُثُّ خَبَرَهُ ، إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لاَ أَذَرَهُ ، إِنْ أَذْكُرْهُ أَذْكُرْ عُجَرَهُ وَبُجَرَهُ. قَالَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ : زَوْجِي الْعَشَنَّقُ ، إِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ ، وَإِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ.قَالَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ : زَوْجِي كَلَيْلِ تِهَامَةَ لاَ حَرَّ وَلاَ قُرَّ ، وَلاَ مَخَافَةَ وَلاَ سَآمَةَ. قَالَتِ الْخَامِسَةُ : زَوْجِي إِنْ دَخَلَ فَهِدَ ، وَإِنْ خَرَجَ أَسِدَ ، وَلاَ يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ. قَالَتِ السَّادِسَةُ : زَوْجِي إِنْ أَكَلَ لَفَّ ، وَإِنْ شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ ، وَإِنِ اضْطَجَعَ الْتَفَّ ، وَلاَ يُولِجُ الْكَفَّ لِيَعْلَمَ الْبَثَّ. قَالَتِ السَّابِعَةُ : زَوْجِي غَيَايَاءُ ، أَوْ عَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ ، كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ ، شَجَّكِ ، أَوْ فَلَّكِ ، أَوْ جَمَعَ كُلًّا لَكِ. قَالَتِ الثَّامِنَةُ : زَوْجِي الرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ ، وَالْمَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ. قَالَتِ التَّاسِعَةُ : زَوْجِي رَفِيعُ الْعِمَادِ طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ ، قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النَّادِ. قَالَتِ الْعَاشِرَةُ : زَوْجِي مَالِكٌ ، وَمَا مَالِكٌ ؟ مَالِكٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَبَارِكِ ، قَلِيلاَتُ الْمَسَارِحِ ، إِذَا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَ الْمِزْهَرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ. قَالَتِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ : زَوْجِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ ، فَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ ؟ أَنَاسَ مِنْ حُلِيٍّ أُذُنَيَّ ، وَمَلأَ مِنْ شَحْمٍ عَضُدَيَّ ، وَبَجَّحَنِي فَبَجِحَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي ، وَجَدَنِي فِي أَهْلِ غُنَيْمَةٍ بِشِقٍّ ، فَجَعَلَنِي فِي أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ ، فَعِنْدَهُ أَقُولُ فَلاَ أُقَبَّحُ ، وَأَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ ، وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَنَّحُ. أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ، فَمَا أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ؟ عُكُومُهَا رَدَاحٌ وَبَيْتُهَا فَسَاحٌ. ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ، فَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ؟ مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ شَطْبَةٍ وَيُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ، فَمَا بِنْتُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ؟ طَوْعُ أَبِيهَا وَطَوْعُ أُمِّهَا ، وَمِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا وَغَيْظُ جَارَتِهَا. جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ، فَمَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ ؟ لاَ تَبُثُّ حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا ، وَلاَ تُنَقِّثُ مِيرَتَنَا تَنْقِيثًا ، وَلاَ تَمْلأُ بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا. قَالَتْ : خَرَجَ أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ ، فَلَقِيَ امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا وَلَدَانِ لَهَا كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ ، يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِ خَصْرِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ فَطَلَّقَنِي وَنَكَحَهَا ، فَنَكَحْتُ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلاً سَرِيًّا ، رَكِبَ شَرِيًّا ، وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا ، وَأَرَاحَ عَلَيَّ نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا ، وَأَعْطَانِي مِنْ كُلِّ رَائِحَةٍ زَوْجًا ، قَالَ : كُلِي أُمَّ زَرْعٍ وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ. فَلَوْ جَمَعْتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَعْطَانِي مَا بَلَغَ أَصْغَرَ آنِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "Eleven women sat together and promised one another that they would not conceal anything about their husbands. The first one said: 'My husband is like the meat of a lean camel placed at the top of a hill that it is difficult to climb, and (the meat) is not so good that one feels the urge to take it away (from that hilltop).' The second one said: 'I will not talk about my husband because I fear that if I start I will never stop (because his faults are so many). But if I start, I will list all his faults.' The third one said: 'My husband is tall (and nothing else). If I speak (mention his faults) he will divorce me, but if I keep quiet I will be suspended (between wifely treatment and abandonment).' The fourth one said: 'My husband is like the night of Tihamah (i.e., very pleasant), either too hot not too cold, and I have no fear for him and we never get bored of each other.' The fifth one said: 'My husband is like a leopard when he enters the house and like a lion when he leaves, and he does not ask about that which he leaves in the house.' The sixth one said: 'As for my husband, he eats so much that nothing is left, and when he drinks he does not leave a drop. When he lies down he wraps himself and he does not touch me so that he might know my sorrow.' The seventh one said: 'My husband is impotent and foolish, suffering from all kinds of diseases, with such rough manners that he may break my head or injure my body, or both.' The eighth one said: 'My husband is as sweet as Zarnab (an aromatic plant) and as soft as a rabbit.' The ninth one said: 'My husband is from a prominent family, and is tall, with heaps of ashes (at his door - i.e., he is very hospitable) and his house is near the meeting place.' The tenth one said: 'My husband is Malik, and how fine is Malik? Malik is better than that. He has many camels, more than the pastures he has for them. When they hear the sound of the Mizhar they become sure that they are going to be slaughtered.' The eleventh one said: 'My husband is Abu Zar' and how fine Abu Zar' is. He has put heavy jewellery on my ears and covered my sinews and bones with fat (by supplying plentiful food), and he showed me great respect which made me feel honored. He found me among the shepherds living on the side of the mountain, and he made me one of those who have horses, camels, lands and heaps of grain, and he has a great deal of wealth. If I say something, he never criticizes me. I sleep and get up in the morning, and drink to my heart's content. And the mother of Abu Zar', how fine is the mother of Abu Zar'! Her vessels are filled to the brim and her house is quite spacious. As for the son of Abu Zar', he is as slim as a green branch of palm peeled from its bark, or like a sword drawn from its sheath, and the foreleg of a lamb is enough to fill him. As for the daughter of Abu Zar', how fine is the daughter of Abu Zar'. She is obedient to her father and obedient to her mother, filling out her cloak and a source of jealousy for her co-wife. As for the slave-girl of Abu Zar', how good she is. She does not disclose our affairs to others, and she does not take our squander wheat or provision, and she does not leave garbage scattered in the house like a bird's nest. One day Abu Zar' went out when the milk churned in the vessels, and he met a woman who had two sons like leopards, playing with her pomegranates (breasts) under her shirt. He divorced me and married that woman. Later on, I married another man, a generous man who was an expert rider and a fine archer. He gave me many gifts and a pair of every kind of animal, and he said: "Eat, Umm Zar', and send (food) to your family." But if I were to combine everything, it would not fill the smallest vessel of Abu Zar’."' 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to me: 'I am to you like Abu Zar' to Umm Zar'."'