The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved honey and sweets. After finishing the afternoon prayer, he would visit his wives, drawing close to one of them. He went in to Hafsa bint Umar and stayed longer than usual, so I became jealous and inquired about it. I was told that a woman from her people had given her a jar of honey as a gift, and she had served the Prophet ﷺ a drink from it.I said, "By Allah, we shall devise a plan against him."I said to Sawda bint Zama, "He is going to come close to you. When he does, say to him, 'Have you been eating maghafir?' He will say no. Then say, 'What is this smell I detect on you?' He will tell you, 'Hafsa gave me a drink of honey.' Then say to him, 'Its bees must have fed on the urfut tree.' I will say the same, and you, Safiyya, say it too."Sawda said, "By Allah, the moment he stood at the door, I was about to blurt out what you had instructed me to say, out of fear of you."When he came near her, Sawda said, "Messenger of Allah, have you been eating maghafir?"He answered, "No."She said, "Then what is this smell I detect on you?"He replied, "Hafsa gave me a drink of honey."She said, "Its bees must have fed on the urfut tree."When he came around to me, I said something similar to him, and when he went in to Safiyya, she said the same.Then when he came to Hafsa, she said, "Messenger of Allah, shall I give you some of it to drink?"He said, "I have no need of it."Sawda said, "By Allah, we deprived him of it."I said to her, "Be quiet."
حدثنا فروة بن أبي المغراء حدثنا علي بن مسهر عن هشام بن عروة عن أبيه
كان رسول الله ﷺ يحب العسل والحلواء وكان إذا انصرف من العصر دخل على نسائه فيدنو من إحداهن فدخل على حفصة بنت عمر فاحتبس أكثر ما كان يحتبس فغرت فسألت عن ذلك فقيل لي أهدت لها امرأة من قومها عكة من عسل فسقت النبي ﷺ منه شربة فقلت أما والله لنحتالن له فقلت لسودة بنت زمعة إنه سيدنو منك فإذا دنا منك فقولي أكلت مغافير فإنه سيقول لك لا فقولي له ما هذه الريح التي أجد منك فإنه سيقول لك سقتني حفصة شربة عسل فقولي له جرست نحله العرفط وسأقول ذلك وقولي أنت يا صفية ذاك قالت تقول سودة فوالله ما هو إلا أن قام على الباب فأردت أن أباديه بما أمرتني به فرقا منك فلما دنا منها قالت له سودة يا رسول الله أكلت مغافير قال لا قالت فما هذه الريح التي أجد منك قال سقتني حفصة شربة عسل فقالت جرست نحله العرفط فلما دار إلي قلت له نحو ذلك فلما دار إلى صفية قالت له مثل ذلك فلما دار إلى حفصة قالت يا رسول الله ألا أسقيك منه قال لا حاجة لي فيه قالت تقول سودة والله لقد حرمناه قلت لها اسكتي