The Story of a Dinar ‘Ali Found

Khawarizmi reports on the authority of Abu-Sa’id Khidri: ‘Ali was badly in need. So he left home in the hope of gaining something. On his way, he found one Dinar. To find its owner, he made a public call. But there was no one to claim it. Being informed of it, Fatimah said: Now that no one claims it, take it for yourself and buy some flour with it. if anyone claims it later, we will compensate. So ‘Ali went out to buy some flour. He went to one who had flour and asked the price of it. The seller told him the amount and price of the flour. Imam ‘Ali said: Weigh the flour for me and gave him the Dinar in return.

السَّلامُ بَيْنَهُمَا قُبَّةً مِنْ ذَهَبَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ، فَمَا ظَنُّكَ بِحَبِيبٍ بَيْنَ خَلِيلَيٍنِ؟

وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ أبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ ضَرَبَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجلَّ لِي عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ قُبَّةً مِنْ ذَهَبَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ وَضَرَبَ لأَِبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قُبَّةً عَنْ يَسَارِ الْعَرْشِ مِنْ ذَهَبَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ وَضَرَبَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قُبَّةً مِنْ زَبَرْجَدَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، فَمَا ظَنُّكَ بِحَبِيبٍ بَيْنَ خَلِيلَيْنِ؟

فِي أَمْرِهِ بِالإسْتِرْشَادِ بِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَفِي الْوَسِيلَةِ:

رَوَى الخَوارِزْمِيُّ بِإسْنَادِهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَقالَ: أَلاَ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَنْ إِنِ اسْتَرْشَدْتُمُوهُ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا وَلَنْ تَهْلَكُوا؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: هُوَ هَذَا. وَأَشَارَ إلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَآخُوهُ وَآزِرُوهُ وَأَصْدِقُوهُ وَانْصَحُوهُ فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَخْبَرَنِي بِمَا قُلتُ لَكُمْ.

وَعَنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: فِي الْجَنَّة دَرَجَةٌ تُسَمَّى الْوَسِيلَةَ وَهِيَ لِنَبِيٍّ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا. فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهَا فَاسْأَلُوهَا لِي. فَقَالُوا: مَنْ يَسْكُنُ مَعَكَ فِيهَا يَا رَسولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: فَاطِمَةُ وَبَعْلُهَا وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ - عليهم السَّلامُ -.

فِي حَدِيثِ الدِّينَارِ:

رَوَى الخَوارِزْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخِدْرِيِّ قَالَ: إنَّ عَلِيَّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إحْتَاجَ حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَوَجَدَ دِينَاراً فَعَرَّفَهُ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ أَحَدٌ. فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْها السَّلامُ: مَا عَلَيْكَ لَوْ جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ وَابْتَعْتَ لَنَا دَقِيقاً. فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهُ رَدَدْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ يَبْتَاعُ بِهِ دَقِيقاً فَأَتَى رَجُلاً مَعَهُ دَقِيقٌ فَقالَ: كَمْ بِدِينَارٍ؟ فَقالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا.

The seller said: By God, I will not charge you! ‘Ali came home and told Fatimah the whole story. After praising God and expressing surprise, Fatimah said: O ‘Ali, you took the flour and returned the money! ‘Ali said: What should be done? He took an oath not to charge me!

‘Ali once again publicly announced that he had found one Dinar in the hope that someone would claim it but it was useless. Having consumed the whole flour, ‘Ali once again went to the market to buy food with the same Dinar. This time, the same story happened. Returning home, he informed Lady Fatimah of the event. Again Fatimah praised God and said: You have brought the flour and money together!

‘Ali said: What can I do when the seller took an oath by God that he would not charge me. The third time, ‘Ali went out to find the person who had lost that one Dinar. But no one claimed it. When ‘Ali took the Dinar to market to buy flour for the third time, Fatimah said to ‘Ali: O ‘Ali, this time you take an oath by God that he must charge you. It so happened that the same man with the same amount of flour and price was on the market.

But this time, ‘Ali said to the seller: By God, you must take this one Dinar, throwing it towards him and returned home. Following this event, the Messenger of Allah met ‘Ali, saying: O ‘Ali, what was the story of Dinar? ‘Ali told the story in detail. The Holy Prophet said: Did you recognize the seller of flour? ‘Ali said: No. the Holy Prophet said: He was Gabriel and this one Dinar was the share God Almighty had sent for you! By God, if you had not taken an oath by God, that Dinar would have remained with you and Gabriel would have given you the flour.¹⁶³

Abu-Sa’id Khidri has reported: There was no food in ‘Ali and Fatimah’s house! At this time, Lady Fatimah said: O ‘Ali, we do not have anything at home! I wish you would go out and gain something! ‘Ali left the house and on his way found one Dinar. He made it public to people but no one claimed it. Being desperate, ‘Ali came home and told Fatimah the whole story. Lady Fatimah said: O ‘Ali, take it as a loan against one Dinar and buy some food for us. ‘Ali went to the market and saw an old man selling flour.

‘Ali bought the flour but the seller did not take the Dinar. He came home and told Fatimah the story. Lady Fatimah said: May God have mercy on that old man who recognized you and did not take the Dinar.

قَالَ: كِلْ. فَكَالَ فَأَعْطَاهُ الدِّينَارَ. فَقالَ: وَاللهِ لاَ آخُذُهُ. قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ إلَى فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْها السَّلامُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا. فَقَالَتْ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، أَخَذْتَ دَقِيقَ الرَّجُلِ وَجِئْتَ بِدِينَارِكَ! قَالَ: حَلَفَ أَلاَّ يَأْخُذَهُ، فَمَا أَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ: فَمَكَثَ يُعَرِّفُ الدِّينَارَ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ الدَّقِيقَ حَتَّى نَفَدَ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ أَحَدٌ. فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَرِي دَقِيقاً فَإِذَا هُوَ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ بِعَيْنِهِ مَعَهُ دَقِيقٌ. قَالَ: كَمْ بِدِينَارٍ؟ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: كِلْ. فَكَالَ لَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ الدِّينَارَ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَأْخُذَهُ. فَجَاءَ بِالدِّينَارِ وَالدَّقِيقِ، فَأَخْبَرَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْها السَّلامُ فَقَالَتْ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ تَعالَى! جِئْتَ بِالدَّقِيقِ وَرَجَعْتَ بِدِينَارِكَ! قَالَ: فَمَا أَصْنَعُ؟ حَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَأْخُذَهُ. قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُبَادِرَهُ إلَى الْيَمِينِ. قَالَ: فَمَكَثَ يُعَرِّفُ الدِّينَارَ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ الدَّقِيقَ حَتَّى نَفَدَ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَرِي بِهِ دَقِيقاً فَإِذَا هُوَ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ بِعَيْنِهِ مَعَهُ دَقِيقٌ. قَالَ: كَمْ بِدِينَارٍ؟ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: كِلْ. فَكَالَ لَهُ. فَقالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: وَاللهِ لَتَأْخُذَنَّهُ. ثُمَّ رَمَى بِهِ وَانْصَرَفَ. فقَالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: يَا عَلِيُّ، كَيْفَ كَانَ أَمْرُ الدِّينَارِ؟ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَمَا صَنَعَ. فقَالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أَتَدْرِي مَنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ وَكَانَ رِزْقاً سَاقَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْكُمْ. وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ لَمْ تَحْلِفْ مَا زِلْتَ تَجِدُهُ مَا دَامَ الدِّينَارُ فِي يَدِكَ.

وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخِدْرِيِّ قَالَ: إفْتَقَرَ عَلِيٌّ وَفَاطِمَةُ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ، فَلَوْ خَرَجْتَ فَطَلَبْتَ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ فَوَجَدَ دِينَاراً فَعَرَّفَهُ حَتَّى مَلَّ، فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ أَحَدٌ. قَالَ: فَرَجِعَ إلَى فَاطِمَةَ. فَقَالَتْ: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَسْتَقْرِضَهُ بِدِينَارٍ مَكَانِهِ فَأَعَنْتَنَا بِهِ؟ قَالَ: فَأَتَى السُّوقَ فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ مَعَهُ دَقِيقٌ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ دَقِيقاً وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الدِّينَارَ. فَأَخَذَهُ وَأَخْبَرَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْها السَّلامُ فَقَالَتْ: رَحِمَ اللهُ هَذَا الشَّيْخَ، عَرَفَ قَرَابَتَكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ

They consumed the flour. Lady Fatimah again said: Can you borrow this one Dinar? ‘Ali went to the market for the second time to buy food and met the same man. ‘Ali took the flour and the seller returned that one Dinar to him. On his return, ‘Ali told Fatimah the whole story. They consumed the flour and ‘Ali went to the market but this time the old man took an oath not to receive the Dinar!

Abu-Harun Abdi says: Abu-Sa’id related this story to me. After hearing this story, I found out the others had heard it too. I was returning home when a man of Ansar saw me on the way, asking: What did Abu-Sa’id tell you? I told the story on the authority of Abu-Sa’id. He said: If you promise to keep the secret, I will tell you who that seller was. I said: I promise. He said: He was Gabriel (a.s).¹⁶⁴

عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَرَقَّ لَكَ. فَأَكَلُوا الطَّعَامَ. ثُمَّ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَسْتَقْرِضَ الدِّينَارَ؟ فَأَتَى السُّوقَ فَإِذَا الشَّيْخُ قَائِمٌ مَعَهُ دَقِيقٌ، فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ دَقِيقاً وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الدِّينَارَ. فَأَخْبَرَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلامُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَكَلُوا الطَّعَامَ. ثُمَّ عَادَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ الدِّينَارَ وَحَلَفَ أَلاَّ يَأْخُذَهُ. قَالَ أَبُو هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيُّ: فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخِدْرِيُّ بِهَذا الْحَدِيثِ فَانْصَرَفْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقالَ: مَا أَخْبَرَكُمْ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ؟ فَخَبَّرْنَاهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ. قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرَكُمْ مَنِ الشَّيْخُ قَدْ فَكَتَمْتُمُوهُ، وَهُوَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلام.

Lady Fatimah has been reported by Abu-Sa’id Khidri as saying: I went to the presence of my father and after greeting him said: By God, o prophet, there has been no food in ‘Ali’s house for the past five days. We have neither a sheep nor a camel. The Holy Prophet (S) said: My daughter, come closer and put your hand on my back. I put my hand on his back. I found that a stone was hanging between his two shoulders extending to his breast!

Fatimah cried out: Woe, there has been no fire made in the house of Muhammad for the past two month! At this time, the Messenger of Allah said: Do you know ‘Ali’s position to me? He accompanied me when he was at the age of twelve. He was hardly sixteen when he fought the enemies with his sword and he was seventeen when he defeated the brave men of the Arabs. He was twenty two when he removed sorrow from my heart while there were only fifty men with him.

Hearing ‘Ali’s merits, Fatimah’s face became illuminated. She stood where she was listening carefully to what her father said when ‘Ali arrived. Seeing that the house was illuminated by the light of Fatimah’s face, ‘Ali asked Fatimah: When I left home, you did not have such a light on your face? Lady Fatimah said: O ‘Ali! My face is shining because my father was expressing your merits for me. My shining face shows my happiness

Imran ibn Husayn has reported: I went to the presence of the Holy Prophet and greeted him. The Holy Prophet said: O ‘Imran! You have a special position to me! Do you like to go together and see my daughter, Fatimah? I said: May my parents be ransom for you, yes. The Messenger of Allah rose up and we went to Fatimah’s house.

فِي وَصْفِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ عَلِيَّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِالْمُسَاعَدَةِ لَهُ وَزِيَارَتِهِ لِفَاطِمَةَ:

رَوَى الخَوارِزْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخِدْرِيِّ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلامُ قَالَتْ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَةُ. قَالَ: وَعَلَيْكِ السَّلاَمُ يَا بُنَيَّةُ. فَقَالَتْ: وَاللهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ فِي بَيْتِ عَلِيٍّ طَعَامٌ وَلاَ دَخَلَ بَيْنَ شَفَتَيْهِ طَعَامٌ مُنْذُ خَمْسٍ، وَلاَ لَنَا ثَاغِيَةٌ وَلاَ رَاغِيَةٌ، وَلاَ أَصْبَحَ فِي بَيْتِهِ سَفَّةٌ. فَقالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: ادْنِي مِنِّي، فَدَنَتْ فَقالَ: أَدْخِلِي يَدَكِ بَيْنَ ظَهْرِي. فَهَوَتْ بِيَدِهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ بَحَجَرٍ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَرْبُوطاً بِعِمَامَتِهِ إلَى صَدْرِهِ. فَصَاحَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ صَيْحَةً شَدِيدَةً. وَقالَ: مَا أُوقِدَ فِي دَارِ مُحَمَّدٍ نَارٌ مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا: أَمَا تَدْرِينَ مَا مَنْزِلَةُ عَلِيٍّ مِنِّي؟ كَفَانِي أَمْرِي وَهُوَ ابْنُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَضَرَبَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بِالسَّيْفِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَقَتَلَ الأَبْطَالَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَفَرَّجَ هُمُومِي وَهُوَ ابْنُ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَحْدَهُ وَكَانَ مَنْ مَعَهُ خَمْسُونَ رَجُلاً. فَأَشْرَقَ وَجْهُ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْها السَّلامُ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ قَدَمَاهَا مِنْ مَكَانِهَا حَتَّى أَتَتْ عَلِيَّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَإِذَا الْبَيْتُ قَدْ أَنَارَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِهَا. فَقالَ لَهَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: يَا بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ، لَقَدْ خَرَجْتِ مِنْ عِنْدِي وَوَجْهُكِ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْحَالِ. فَقَالَتْ: إنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَخْبَرَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ.

وَعَنْ عِمْرانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ. فَرَدَّ وَقالَ: يَا عِمْرَانُ، إِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَنَا مَنْزِلَةً وَجَاهاً، فَهَلْ لَكَ فِي عِيَادَةِ فَاطِمَةَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسولَ

When we reached there, the Holy Prophet (S) greeted his daughter, saying: My daughter! Can we enter? Lady Fatimah said: Come in please. The Holy Prophet said: Someone is with me. Fatimah said: Who is he? The Holy Prophet said: ‘Imran ibn Husayn Khuza’i. Fatimah said: Dear father, by God who appointed you as a prophet, I have no gown at home except a cloak! The Holy Prophet said: Cover yourself with it. Fatimah said: I can only cover my body with it. What shall I do with my head? The Holy Prophet gave her a piece of cloth, saying: Use it as a headscarf. We then entered the house.

The Holy Prophet asked after Fatimah’s health. Fatimah said: I do not feel very well but I am more suffering from hunger, for there is nothing to eat at home! Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah started weeping. I started weeping too. Then, the Holy Prophet said: I have glad tidings for you, o Fatimah. Rejoice and grieve not! My daughter, by the God who appointed me as a prophet, I have not eaten anything for the past three days, though my position to God is above yours.

If I ask for food, He will provide me with it but I have preferred the hereafter to this world! O Fatimah, do not complain from hunger. By God who appointed me as a prophet, you are the princess of the world women. Being extremely pleased, Fatimah put her hands on her head, saying: Then I wish I had not said so. But what is the position of Asiyah, Pharaoh’s wife, and Mary, ‘Imran’s daughter? The Messenger of Allah said: Asiyah was the princess of the women of her time, Marry was the princess of the women of her time, Khadijah was the princess of the women of her time but you are the princess of the women of your time. You four ladies will abide in houses built from reed. There will be no harms in these houses.

Fatimah asked: Dear father! What is Qassab? The Holy Prophet said: It is an empty pearl shaped like a reed and there is no harm of suffering in it. Putting his hand on Fatimah’s shoulder, the Holy Prophet said: O my daughter! By God who appointed me as a prophet, I married you to a man who is the lord of the world and master of the hereafter.¹⁶⁶

اللهِ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي. فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَابِ فَاطِمَةَ. فَقالَ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ، أَأَدْخُلُ؟ قَالَتْ: أُدْخُلْ يَا رَسولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: أَنَا وَمَنْ مَعِيَ؟ قَالَتْ: وَمَنْ مَعَكَ يَا رَسولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: مَعِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ. قَالَتْ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُ مَا عَلَيَّ إلاَّ عَبَاءَةٌ لِي. فَقالَ: يَا بُنَيُّةُ، إصْنَعِي بِهَا كَذَا وَكَذا، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ. فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسولَ اللهِ، هَذَا جَسَدِي قَدْ وَارَيْتُهُ فَكَيْفَ لِي بِرَأْسِي؟ فَأَلْقَى إَلَيْهَا مِلاَءَةً لَهُ خَلِقَةً فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّةُ، شُدِّي هَذِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِكِ. ثُمَّ أَذِنَتْ لَهُ فَدَخَلَتْ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ؟ فَقَالَتْ: أَصْبَحْتُ وَاللهِ وَجِيعَةً يَا رَسولَ اللهِ، وَزَادَنِي عَلَى مَا بِي وَجَعٌ مِنَ الْجُوعِ لَسْتُ أَقْدِرُ عَلَى طَعَامٍ آكُلُهُ، فَقَدْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ الْجُوعُ. فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَبَكَيْتُ مَعَهُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَبْشِرِي يَا فَاطِمَةُ، وَقَرِّي عَيْناً وَلاَ تَحْزَنِي، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالنُّبُوَّةِ حَقَّاً إِنْ كَانَ ذُقْتُ طَعَاماً مُنْذُ ثَلاَثٍ وَإِنِّي لأَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنْكِ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَظَلَّ عِنْدَ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي لَفَعَلْتُ، وَلَكِنِّي آثَرْتُ الآخِرَةَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا. يَا بُنَيَّةُ، لاَ تَجْزَعِي فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالنُّبُوَّةِ حَقَّاً إِنَّكِ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ. فَوَضَعَتْ يَدَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: يَا لَيْتَهَا مَاتَتْ، فَأَيْنَ آسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ؟ فَقالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: آسِيَةُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا وَمَرْيَمُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا وَخَدِيجَةُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا وَأَنْتِ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِكِ. إِنَّكُنَّ فِي بُيُوتٍ مِنْ قَصَبٍ لاَ أَذًى فِيهَا وَلاَ نَصَبٌ. فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسولَ اللهِ، وَمَا بُيُوتٌ مِنْ قَصَبٍ؟ قَالَ: دُرٌّ مُجَوَّفٌ مِنْ قَصَبٍ لاَ أَذىً فِيهِ وَلا نَصَبٌ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى مِنْكَبِهَا وَقالَ: يَا بُنَيَّةُ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ، لَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكِ سَيِّداً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَسَيِّداً فِي الآخِرَةِ.