[^4] The day of Maghafeer 534 Al-Bukhari mentioned in his...

[^4] The day of Maghafeer 534 Al-Bukhari mentioned in his Sahih [^5] that Aa’isha had said: “The Messenger of Allah (S) often drank honey with Zaynab bint Jahsh (his wife) and stayed with her. One day I and Hafsa [^6] plotted that when the Prophet (S) came to any of us, we would say to him: “Have you eaten maghafeer ?” One of them said to him so and he said: “No, but I drank honey with Zaynab bint Jahsh.

I will never do that again but you tell no one of that!” Aa’isha and Hafsa were ordered to repent Allah revealed to the Prophet (S): “ If ye two turn in repentance to Him..” (Qur’an 66”4) concerning his two wives; Aa’isha and Hafsa and this did mean that they disobeyed the orders of Allah because repentance would not be required except from guilty ones. After that Allah said: “..

your hearts are indeed so inclined..” meaning that their hearts had inclined to other than the obligations and duties they had to submit to. Backing up against the Prophet (S) Allah has said: “..and if you back up each other against him, then surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian, and Gabriel and the believers that do good, and the angels after that are the aiders.

Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins” (Qur’an 4-5). Al-Bukhari mentioned in his Sahih [^7] that Ubayd bin Hunayn had heard Ibn Abbas saying: “I spent one year intending to ask Umar bin al-Khattab about a verse of the Qur'an but I could not ask him respecting his position until he went to offer the hajj and I went with him.

While we were coming back, he went behind some trees to relieve himself. I waited until he finished his need and then I walked with him. I asked him: “O Ameerul Mo'mineen, who were the two that had backed up against the Prophet (S) from among his wives?” Umar said: “They were Hafsa and Aa’isha…” The tradition is long.

You may refer to it and ponder on the Qur’anic verse to see how much the Prophet (S) has suffered from these two wives and how much Imam ‘Ali (as), after the Prophet (S), has suffered from them.

The great example Allah has said: “Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut: they were both under two of Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously towards them so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was said: Enter both the fire with those who enter.