For one year I wanted to ask `Umar about the two women who helped each other against the Prophet (ﷺ) but I was afraid of him. One day he dismounted his riding animal and went among the trees of Arak to answer the call of nature, and when he returned, I asked him and he said, (They were) `Aisha and Hafsa. Then he added, We never used to give significance to ladies in the days of the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance, but when Islam came and Allah mentioned their rights, we used to give them their rights but did not allow them to interfere in our affairs. Once there was some dispute between me and my wife and she answered me back in a loud voice. I said to her, 'Strange! You can retort in this way?' She said, 'Yes. Do you say this to me while your daughter troubles Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?' So I went to Hafsa and said to her, 'I warn you not to disobey Allah and His Apostle.' I first went to Hafsa and then to Um Salama and told her the same. She said to me, 'O `Umar! It surprises me that you interfere in our affairs so much that you would poke your nose even into the affairs of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and his wives.' So she rejected my advice. There was an Ansari man; whenever he was absent from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I was present there, I used to convey to him what had happened (on that day), and when I was absent and he was present there, he used to convey to me what had happened as regards news from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . During that time all the rulers of the nearby lands had surrendered to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) except the king of Ghassan in Sham, and we were afraid that he might attack us. All of a sudden the Ansari came and said, 'A great event has happened!' I asked him, 'What is it? Has the Ghassani (king) come?' He said, 'Greater than that! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has divorced his wives! I went to them and found all of them weeping in their dwellings, and the Prophet (ﷺ) had ascended to an upper room of his. At the door of the room there was a slave to whom I went and said, Ask the permission for me to enter. He admitted me and I entered to see the Prophet (ﷺ) lying on a mat that had left its imprint on his side. Under his head there was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fires. Behold! There were some hides hanging there and some grass for tanning. Then I mentioned what I had said to Hafsa and Um Salama and what reply Um Salama had given me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) smiled and stayed there for twenty nine days and then came down. (See Hadith No. 648, Vol. 3 for details)

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Sulaiman bin Harb telah menceritakan kepada kami Hammad bin Zaid dari Yahya bin Sa'id dari 'Ubaid bin Hunain dari Ibnu Abbas radliallahu 'anhuma dia berkata; telah setahun lamanya saya hendak bertanya kepada Umar bin Khattab tentang dua isteri Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang bersekongkol menentang kebijaksanaan beliau tiba-tiba aku merasa segan kepadanya. Suatu hari ia singgah di suatu tempat lalu dia masuk ke semak-semak (untuk buang hajat) ketika dia keluar akupun langsung menanyakan hal itu kepadanya dia menjawab; 'Mereka adalah Aisyah dan Hafshah.' Lalu dia melanjutkan kisahnya; Di masa Jahiliyah dulu kami tidak pernah mengikut sertakan wanita dalam suatu urusan namun ketika Islam datang sehingga Allah menyebutkan kebenaran peranan mereka atas kami daripada kami tidak mengikut sertakan mereka pada urusan kami suatu ketika terjadi percekcokan antara aku dan istriku yang menyebabkan istriku bersikeras kepadaku maka kukatakan padanya; 'Kamu tidak usah ikut campur memikirkan urusanku.' istriku berkata; 'Kamu mengatakan seperti ini! Padahal putrimu tengah menyakiti hati Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam.' kemudian saya pergi menemui Hafshah dan bertanya kepadanya; 'Sesungguhnya aku memperingatimu betulkah kamu telah bermaksiat kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya (maksudnya membantah Nabi)? Lalu aku pun memperingatkan kepadanya akibat dari menyakiti nabi. Kemudian saya menemui Ummu Salamah dan kuceritakan (kasus tersebut) kepadanya; maka dia berkata kepadaku; 'Sungguh aneh kamu wahai Umar kamu telah mencampuri segala urusan sampai kepada urusan rumah tangga Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam dan para istrinya.' perkataan (Ummu Salamah) sangat menyinggung perasaanku. Dan saya memiliki seorang sahabat dari Anshar apabila dia tidak hadir dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sementara aku hadir maka aku menemuinya dan memberitahukannya sesuatu yang kudapat dari beliau begitu sebaliknya bila saya tidak hadir dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sedangkan dia hadir maka dia akan menemuiku dan menyampaikan apa yang ia dapat dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam. Ketika itu kami sedang berjaga-jaga di sekitar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam dari raja Ghassan yang berada di Syam kami sangat khawatir bila raja Ghassan tiba-tiba menyerang kami. Hati kami waktu itu terpusat (pada serangan tersebut) tiba-tiba sahabat Ansharku datang sambil berkata; 'Telah terjadi suatu perkara yang penting!.' Aku pun bertanya kepadanya; 'apakah perkara itu? Apakah pasukan Ghassan telah datang? Dia menjawab; bahkan lebih dari itu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah menceraikan para istri beliau.' Maka aku pun datang dan aku mendengarkan tangisan dari kamar-kamar mereka (isteri Nabi) sementara Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam tengah berada di suatu ruangan yang dapat naik dengan tangga dan pelayan beliau berada di depan ruangan itu lalu saya mendatanginya dan berkata; 'Izinkanlah saya!.' Lalu beliau memberi izin setelah itu saya masuk tiba-tiba saya melihat Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam berada di atas alas terlihat jelas bekas tikar pada pinggang beliau dan di bawah kepala beliau terdapat bantal kulit yang terbuat dari sabut sementara dekat kepalanya tergantung kulit yang baru disamak. Setelah itu aku sampaikan ucapanku terhadap Hafshah dan Ummu Salamah serta jawaban Ummu Salamah terhadapku mendengar itu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam tersenyum akhirnya beliau menetap di ruangan itu selama dua sembilan hari setelah itu beliau turun.''

One night the Prophet (ﷺ) woke up, saying, None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! How many afflictions have been sent down tonight, and how many treasures have been sent down (disclosed)! Who will go and wake up (for prayers) the lady dwellers of these rooms? Many well dressed soul (people) in this world, will be naked on the Day of Resurrection.

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Abdullah bin Muhammad telah menceritakan kepada kami Hisyam telah mengabarkan kepada kami Ma'mar dari Az Zuhri telah mengabarkan kepadaku Hindun binti Al Harits dari Ummu Salamah dia berkata; 'Pada suatu malam Nabi shallahu'alaihi wa sallam bangun sambil menuturkan; 'Tiada ilah kecuali Allah fitnah apakah yang diturunkan di malam hari? Dan perbendaharaan apakah yang diturunkan pada orang yang membangunkan para penghuni kamar dan berapa banyak orang yang mengenakan pakaian di dunia tapi telanjang di akhirat.''