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The Prophet ﷺ, Aisha’s Jealousy, and the Bowl Incident: Refuting Claims of Lust and Misconduct

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The Prophet ﷺ, Women’s Jealousy, and the Bowl Incident

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Kind Treatment of Women in Islam

Kind Treatment of Women in IslamAllah the Almighty commanded us to treat women kindly, as He the Almighty said: ( And live with them in kindness ), and kindness is a comprehensive word for every noble action, word, and moral. Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his interpretation: That is, speak kindly to them and improve your actions and appearance according to your ability, as you would like that from them, so do the same to them, as Allah the Almighty said: ( And for them are rights similar to those against them, according to what is equitable ). And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ( The best of you is the best to his family, and I am the best of you to my family ), and among his morals, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was that he was pleasant to deal with, always cheerful, would joke with his family, be kind to them, spend generously on them, and make his women laugh. He,

The Prophet ﷺ as the Perfect Example

The Prophet ﷺ as the Perfect Examplemay Allah bless him and grant him peace, was a good example for his nation, and a perfect human model. Allah the Almighty said: ( Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have a good pattern ), and the hadith about his guidance, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with women is a long and complex hadith, and it is no wonder, as he made it clear to his nation: ( They are the twin halves of men ).

Taking Women’s Jealousy into Account

Taking Women’s Jealousy into AccountThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, guided us through his actions and words to the importance of taking into account the jealousy that is inherent in them: Anas said: ( The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was with one of the mothers of the believers, and another sent her with a bowl of food. The hand of the Messenger was struck, and the bowl fell and broke. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took the two broken pieces, put one of them together with the other, and began to gather the food in them, saying, “Your mother is jealous; eat.” So they ate. Then he ordered until she brought the bowl that was in her house, and he gave the intact bowl to the Messenger and left the broken one in the house of the one who broke it .)

The Bowl Incident

The Bowl IncidentAnas said: ( The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was with one of the mothers of the believers, and another sent her with a bowl of food. The hand of the Messenger was struck, and the bowl fell and broke. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took the two broken pieces, put one of them together with the other, and began to gather the food in them, saying, “Your mother is jealous; eat.” So they ate. Then he ordered until she brought the bowl that was in her house, and he gave the intact bowl to the Messenger and left the broken one in the house of the one who broke it .)

Aisha’s Concern During the Night

Aisha’s Concern During the NightAnd Aisha said: ( I missed the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, one night, and I thought that he had gone to one of his wives, so I felt around and then returned, and found him bowing or prostrating, saying, “Glory be to You and praise be to You, there is no god but You.” So I said, “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, you are in one matter and I am in another. ”) … Is this a prophet of lust?

Explanation of the Bowl Incident

Explanation of the Bowl IncidentHis saying: ( The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was with some of his wives ) In the narration of al-Tirmidhi, on the authority of Sufyan al-Thawri, on the authority of Humayd, on the authority of Anas, “Some of the wives of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, presented food in a bowl, and Aisha struck the bowl with her hand.” The hadith was narrated by Ahmad on the authority of Yazid ibn Harun on the authority of Humayd, and he said: I think it was Aisha.

Al-Tayyibi said: Aisha was only mentioned in an ambiguous manner to magnify her status, and it is not hidden or ambiguous that it is her, because gifts were only presented to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in her house.

Identification of the Wife Who Sent the Bowl

Identification of the Wife Who Sent the BowlHis saying: ( So she sent one of the mothers of the believers with a servant ) I did not find the name of the servant, and as for the one who sent, she was Zaynab bint Jahsh. Ibn Hazm mentioned it in “al-Muhalla” on the authority of al-Layth ibn Sa’d on the authority of Jarir ibn Hazim on the authority of Humayd, “I heard Anas ibn Malik that Zaynab bint Jahsh presented a gift to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was in the house of…” Aisha and her day a bowl of hais” the hadith, and we benefited from it to know the mentioned food

Similar Incidents with Aisha

Similar Incidents with AishaSomething similar happened to Aisha with Umm Salamah.

The Narration of Umm Salamah

The Narration of Umm SalamahAn-Nasa’i narrated on the authority of Hammad ibn Salamah on the authority of Thabit on the authority of Abu al-Mutawakkil, “On the authority of Umm Salamah that she brought food in a dish to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and his companions. Aisha came wearing a cloak and with her was a pickaxe, and she split the dish with it.” The hadith. There is a difference of opinion regarding this hadith of Thabit. It was said: On his authority on the authority of Anas. Abu Zur’ah al-Razi preferred, in what Ibn Abi Hatim narrated on his authority in “al-Ilal” the narration of Hammad ibn Salamah, and he said: Any other narration is wrong. In al-Awsat of al-Tabarani on the authority of Ubayd Allah al-Umari, “On the authority of Thabit on the authority of Anas that they were with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in a place where a dish of bread and meat was brought from the house of Umm Salamah. He said: So we put our hands down and Aisha was preparing food in a hurry. When we finished, she brought it and lifted Umm Salamah’s dish and broke it.” The hadith. Ad-Darqutni

narrated it on the authority of Imran ibn Khalid on the authority of Thabit on the authority of Anas said: “The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was in Aisha’s house with some of his companions waiting for food. She beat her to it - Imran said: I think it was Hafsa - with a plate of tharid, so she put it down. Aisha came out - and that was before they had been veiled - and she struck him with it. So you…” The hadith.

Imran was not right in his assumption that it was Hafsa, but rather it was Umm Salamah, as mentioned above.

The Narration of Hafsa

The Narration of HafsaYes, the story also happened to Hafsa, as narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah and Ibn Majah on the authority of an unnamed man from Banu Sawa’ah, on the authority of Aisha, who said: “The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was with his companions, so I made food for him and Hafsa made food for him. I said to the slave girl, ‘Go and pour out her bowl,’ so I poured it out and it broke and the food spread out. He gathered it on the mat and they ate. Then he sent my bowl to Hafsa and said, ‘Take a container in place of your container. ’” The rest of his men are trustworthy, and it is another story without a doubt, because in this story the slave girl is the one who broke the plate, and in the one that Aisha presents, she is the one who broke it.

The Narration of Safiyyah

The Narration of SafiyyahAbu Dawud and al-Nasa’i

narrated I have never seen a woman who made food like Safiyya. She presented the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, with a vessel containing food. I could not control myself from breaking it, so I said: O Messenger of God, what is its expiation? He said: A vessel like food. ” Its chain of transmission is good. Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated on her authority: “ When I saw the girl, I was seized by a tremor .” This is another story as well.

Clarifying the Different Reports

Clarifying the Different ReportsIt is clear from that that what is meant by the one who was vague in the hadith of the chapter is Zainab because the hadith came from its source, which is Hamid on the authority of Anas. Other than that, they are stories that are more appropriate for someone who investigates to say in such a case: It was said that the sender was so-and-so, and it was said that she was so-and-so, etc. without clarifying his statement: (with a bowl) with the opening of the qaf: a vessel. And in the narration of Ibn Ulayyah in al-Nikah according to the compiler: “with a plate” which is a flattened bowl and is not made of wood.

The Prophet ﷺ Gathered the Broken Bowl

The Prophet ﷺ Gathered the Broken BowlHis statement: ( “So she struck it with her hand and broke the plate.” Ahmad added, “ into two halves.” In the narration of Umm Salamah, according to al-Nasa’i, “So Aisha came with a stick and she split the plate with it.” In the narration of Ibn Ulayyah, “So the one in her house struck the hand of the servant and the plate fell and split open.” The other narration indicates that it split and then separated. His statement , “So he gathered it.” In the narration of Ibn Ulayyah, “So the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, gathered the pieces of the plate, then he began to gather in it the food that was in the plate and said, ‘Your mother is jealous.’” And according to Ahmad, “So he took the two pieces and gathered one of them together and put the food in it.” Al-Nasa’i, through Khalid ibn al-Harith, from Humayd, something similar, and he added, “Eat, so they ate.” His statement,( And the Messenger was imprisoned

Compensation for the Broken Bowl

Compensation for the Broken BowlIbn Ulayyah added, “Until a plate was brought from the one in whose possession he was. ” He said, “He gave the whole plate

.” Ibn Ulayyah added, “To the one whose plate was broken, and he kept the broken one in the house of the one who broke it.” Al-Thawri added, “And he said, ‘A vessel like a vessel and food like food ,

Comparison with Christianity

Comparison with Christianitybut in Christianity it is all permissible… Mary Magdalene was so jealous of Jesus that she had a perverted relationship with him that we have not found any parallel for. What is even more astonishing than that is that the worshippers of the cross permit all these actions. Would any of them accept leaving his wife, mother, daughter, or sister to anoint the feet of a priest, monk, or priest with perfume from top to bottom and kiss his feet with screaming kisses and stroke his feet with her lips, cheek, and hair?’” Peace be upon morals and love,

Luke 738

Luke 7:38Luke 7:38.

She stood at his feet from behind him, weeping, and began to wet his feet with tears. She was wiping them with the hair of her head, kissing his feet, and anointing them with perfume … What is this called? The teachings of chastity and purity?

Closing Question

Closing QuestionWhat is this called? The teachings of chastity and purity?