An obscene woman stopped being so when fed by the Prophet

24-4-2008 | IslamWeb

Question:

bismillah rehmani rehim aselam aleicum werahmetulla one of my brother he was giving lecture in one islamic school and i heard him one thing i dont know wether it is write or not he said one upon a time when prophit mohammed peace be up on him he was eating food one jewish lady enterd and sit infront of him ,and he didnt said to her any thing and she saied to him you didnt say to me eat and he said t you can eat with me ,she started to eat with him and again she told him you didnt feed me by your hand and he feed him by his hand . that was what i heard ,is that write or not pleas let me know with evidence?jezakumullah keiren

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

 

Abu Umaamah narrated: “A woman who speaks to men in an obscene an vulgar manner passed by the Prophet while he was eating porridge and said: “Look at him, he eats in the same way a slave eats.” Hence, the Prophet said: ''I am the most devoted slave (to Allaah).” Then the woman said: “He eats and he does not offer food to me.” Thereupon, the Prophet told her: “Eat.” She said: “Feed me with your hand.” The Prophet did so. She said: “Give me from what you have in your mouth!’’ The Prophet gave her the food he had in his mouth. She ate and she became bashful and she never was obscene again to anyone until she died.” [At-Tabaraani]

This is the narration that mentions the story of the woman, however, Al-Haythami stated that its chain of narrators is weak, and thus it is an inauthentic narration.

Allaah Knows best.