| I said to 'Ata': Is It right now for the Imam to come to the women when he has finished his address to the men that he should exhort them to good deeds? What is the matter with them that they do not do it now? Marwan began to tug me with his hand as though he were pulling me towards the pulpit, while I was pulling him towards the prayer | Let my father and mother be taken as ransom for you |
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| It was alms which they were giving on that occasion, and a woman gave her ring, and then others gave, and then others gave | Then came Abu Bakr and he scolded me and said: Oh! He then delivered the sermon |
Ibn 'Atiq told me they were Abyssinians.
| I one of the narrators said to 'Ata' the other narrator : It must be Zakat on the day of Fitr | He the Holy Prophet exhorted them to give alms |
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| He then made his way through their assembly till he came to the women | He used to say to the people : Give alms, give alms, give alms, and the majority that gave alms was of women |
He then returned and this practice remained in vogue till Marwan b.
| This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters | He the Holy Prophet kept standing for my sake till I was satiated and then I went back; and thus you can well imagine how long a girl tender of age who is fond of sports could have watched it |
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| He lay down on the bed and turned away his face | When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished the sermon he came down from the pulpit , and made his way to the women and exhorted them to do good acts , and he was leaning on the hand of Bilal |
And 'A'isha said: I recapitulate to my mind the fact that once the Messenger of Allah ﷺ screened me with his mantle and I saw the sports of the Abyssinians, and I was only a girl, and so you can well imagine how a girl of tender age is fond of watching the sport.
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