Hadith 2902

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'Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) proposed to a woman of his people whose name was Sawdah, who had a lot of children: she had five or six children from a husband of hers who had died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: “What is keeping you from marrying me?” She said: By Allah, O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, what is keeping me from marrying you is not that you are not the dearest of people to me, but I do not want these children to make noise at your head morning and evening. He said: "Is anything else keeping you from marrying me?" She said. No, by Allah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: “May Allah have mercy on you; the best women who ever rode camels are the righteous women of Quraish, They are the most compassionate towards children when they are small, and they take the best care of their husbands' wealth.”