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Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 2 min readعن سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه ، قال: استأذن عمرُ على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وعنده نساءٌ من قريش يُكَلِّمْنَه ويَسْتَكْثِرْنَه، عاليةً أصواتهن، فلما استأذن عمر قُمْنَ يَبْتَدِرْنَ الحجابَ، فأذِنَ له رسولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يضْحَك، فقال عمر: أضْحَكَ اللهُ سِنَّك يا رسولَ الله، قال: «عَجِبتُ من هؤلاء اللَّاتي كُنَّ عندي، فلمَّا سَمِعْنَ صوتَك ابْتَدَرْنَ الحجابَ» قال عمر: فأنت يا رسولَ الله كنتَ أحقَّ أنْ يَهَبْنَ، ثم قال: أيْ عَدُوَّاتِ أنفسِهن، أَتَهَبْنَني ولا تَهَبْنَ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ قلن: نعم، أنت أَفَظُّ وأغلظُ مِنْ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : «والذي نفسي بيدِه، ما لَقِيَكَ الشيطانُ قَطُّ سالكًا فَجًّا إلَّا سَلَكَ فَجًّا غيرَ فَجِّكَ».
‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission to see the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) when some women from Quraysh were talking in a loud voice with the Prophet and asking for more responses or more financial support from him. When ‘Umar asked permission to come in, they heard his voice, so they hurried to screen themselves. The Prophet allowed him in, laughing at the women's reaction. Therefore, ‘Umar prayed that Allah would perpetuate the Prophet's happiness, inquiring about the reason for his laughing. The Prophet told him that he laughed at the women's reaction to hearing ‘Umar's voice. Before he came in, they were speaking loudly, but when he entered, they hastened to hide, in awe of him. So ‘Umar said that the Prophet was worthier of such respect and awe and addressed these women with that they were enemies of themselves, wondering how they could act thus in awe of him but not of the Prophet. They answered that they did so because ‘Umar was tough and harsh, unlike the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Thereupon, the Prophet swore that whenever the devil saw ‘Umar walking on a specific path, he would escape that path and take a different one.
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