Azami 5239

Malik narrated it in the Book of Hajj (226) from Abdullah bin Abu Bakr bin Hazm, from his father, from Amra bint Abdul-Rahman, from Ayesha, with this chain, and he related it as mentioned. Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Menstruation (328) from Abdullah bin Yusuf, who said, Malik informed us, with this chain, similarly.Malik also narrated it in the Book of Hajj (225), and Bukhari transmitted it through his route in the Book of Hajj (1757), from Abdul-Rahman bin Qasim, from his father, from Ayesha, in similar wording.Bukhari also narrated it in the Book of Hajj (1561), and Muslim in the Book of Hajj (1211:128), through the route of Jareer, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from Aswad, from Ayesha, with this chain, at greater length. At the end of it, it states that Safiyyah said, "I think I am the one holding you all back." He said, "Aqra, halqa, did you not perform tawaf on the Day of Sacrifice?" She said, "Yes, I did." He said, "Then there is no harm, set out." The wording given here is that of Muslim.Regarding his saying "aqra, halqa," it has been said that it means may Allah afflict her body with barrenness and strike her throat with pain. It has also been said that it means she brings misfortune upon her people and afflicts their throats through her ill omen. Others have said that aqra refers to a menstruating woman. Still others have said that it means may Allah make her barren so she cannot bear children, and halqa means one who brings misfortune upon her family.Nawawi conveyed these various opinions in his commentary on Sahih Muslim (8/153), then said, "Whichever opinion one takes, this is an expression whose original meaning was as we have mentioned, but the Arabs later broadened its use, so that they came to utter it without intending its original literal meaning. It is comparable to the expressions 'may her hands be rubbed with dust' or 'may Allah fight him, how courageous he is.'"