Julaybib was a man who used to visit women, passing by them and joking with them. I said to my wife, "Do not let Julaybib come in to see you, for if he enters upon you, I will do this and I will do that."The Ansar, whenever one of them had a widow or unmarried woman in his household, would not give her in marriage until he knew whether the Prophet ﷺ had any interest in her or not.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man from the Ansar, "Give me your daughter in marriage."The man replied, "Yes, with honor, Messenger of Allah, and with the delight of my eye."The Prophet ﷺ said, "I do not want her for myself."The man asked, "Then for whom, Messenger of Allah?"He answered, "For Julaybib."The man said, "Messenger of Allah, let me consult her mother."So he went to her mother and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is asking for your daughter's hand."She said, "Yes, and with the delight of my eye."He said, "He is not asking for her for himself. He is asking for her for Julaybib."She exclaimed, "Julaybib? Julaybib? Julaybib? No, by the life of Allah, we will not marry her to him."When her father got up to go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to inform him of what her mother had said, the girl asked, "Who has asked for my hand?"Her mother told her, and she said, "Are you going to refuse the Messenger of Allah ﷺ his request? Send me to him, for he will not let me go to waste."So her father went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "She is yours to give," and he married her to Julaybib.Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on a military expedition. When Allah granted him victory, he asked his Companions, "Do you find anyone missing?"They said, "We find so-and-so missing, and so-and-so missing."He said, "Look, do you find anyone else missing?"They said, "No."He said, "But I find Julaybib missing. Search for him among the slain."So they searched for him and found him beside seven men whom he had killed, and then they had killed him. They said, "Messenger of Allah, here he is, beside seven whom he killed before they killed him."The Prophet ﷺ came to him, stood over him, and said, "He killed seven and they killed him. This one is from me and I am from him. This one is from me and I am from him," twice or three times.Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed him upon his forearms, and a grave was dug for him. He had no bier other than the forearms of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then he placed him in his grave. It was not mentioned that he washed him.Thabit said, "There was no widow among the Ansar more sought after for marriage than she was."Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abu Talha related to Thabit, asking, "Do you know what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for her?"He said, "O Allah, pour goodness upon her abundantly, and do not make her life one of toil and hardship."And so there was no widow among the Ansar more sought after for marriage than she was.
أن جليبيبا كان امرأ يدخل على النساء، يمر بهن ويلاعبهن، فقلت لامرأتي: لا تدخلن عليكم جليبيبا، فإنه إن دخل عليكم لأفعلن ولأفعلن قال: وكانت الأنصار إذا كان لأحدهم أيم لم يزوجها حتى يعلم هل للنبي ﷺ فيها حاجة أم لا، فقال رسول الله ﷺ لرجال من الأنصار: زوجني ابنتك فقال: نعم وكرامة يا رسول الله، ونعم عيني. فقال: إني لست أريدها لنفسي قال: فلمن يا رسول الله؟ قال: لجليبيب قال: فقال: يا رسول الله، أشاور أمها، فأتى أمها، فقال: رسول الله ﷺ يخطب ابنتك. فقالت: نعم ونعمة عيني. فقال: إنه ليس يخطبها لنفسه، إنما يخطبها لجليبيب. فقالت: أجليبيب إنيه؟ أجليبيب إنيه؟ أجليبيب إنيه؟ لا لعمر الله، لا نزوجه. فلما أراد أن يقوم ليأتي رسول الله ﷺ ليخبره بما قالت أمها، قالت الجارية: من خطبني إليكم؟ فأخبرتها أمها، فقالت: أتردون على رسول الله ﷺ أمره؟ ادفعوني، فإنه لم يضيعني. فانطلق أبوها إلى رسول الله ﷺ، فأخبره، قال: شأنك بها، فزوجها جليبيبا. قال: فخرج رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة له، قال: فلما أفاء الله عليه، قال لأصحابه: هل تفقدون من أحد؟ قالوا: نفقد فلانا، ونفقد فلانا. قال: انظروا هل تفقدون من أحد؟ قالوا: لا. قال: لكني أفقد جليبيبا قال: فاطلبوه في القتلى قال: فطلبوه، فوجدوه إلى جنب سبعة قد قتلهم، ثم قتلوه، فقالوا: يا رسول الله، ها هو ذا إلى جنب سبعة قد قتلهم، ثم قتلوه، فأتاه النبي ﷺ، فقام عليه، فقال: قتل سبعة وقتلوه، هذا مني وأنا منه، هذا مني وأنا منه مرتين أو ثلاثا، ثم وضعه رسول الله ﷺ على ساعديه، وحفر له، ما له سرير إلا ساعدا رسول الله ﷺ، ثم وضعه في قبره، ولم يذكر أنه غسله. قال ثابت: فما كان في الأنصار أيم أنفق منها. وحدث إسحاق بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة ثابتا، قال: هل تعلم ما دعا لها رسول الله ﷺ؟ قال: اللهم صب عليها الخير صبا، ولا تجعل عيشها كدا كدا قال: فما كان في الأنصار أيم أنفق منها.
Ahmad narrated it in his Musnad (19784) from Affan, who said, Hammad bin Salama narrated to us, from Thabit, from Kinana bin Naeem Adawi, from Abu Barza Aslami, and he related it. This account contains, beyond what is in Sahih Muslim, the merit of the Prophet's supplication for good on behalf of Julaybib and his wife.