Abu’l Husayn Muhammad b. Harun al-Zanjani narrated to us. He said: Mu`adh b. al-Muthanna al-`Anbari narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Asma’ narrated to us. He said:
Juwayriyya narrated to us from
Sufyan al-Thawri from
Mansur from Abi Wa’il from
Wahb b. Munabbih. He said
I saw in one of the books of Allah: Surely, Yusuf (as) went with his caravan to the wife of al-`Aziz, and she was sitting on a wastebasket. So, she said: “Praise be to Allah who made kings into slaves due to their sin and made the slaves into kings due to their obedience. We have become poor, so give us charity.” So, Yusuf (as) said: “Neglecting blessings ceases their continuance. So, review what clears you from the filthiness of wrongdoing, for the granting [of your prayer and sustenance] is in sanctifying the hearts and purifying the actions. So, she said: “I have not put myself in a sinful position, for I am too ashamed that Allah sees me in a compromising position, with tears flowing from the eyes, and the body affected by regret.” So, Yusuf said to her: “So, persevere, for the goal is what motivates the will, before our time runs out and our period ceases.” She said: “That is my belief, and you will hear about it, should you remain after me.” So, he ordered that one hundred pounds of gold be given to her, and she said: “This will suffice – I won’t return to desperation, while I am now in indignation.” So, one of the sons of Yusuf said to Yusuf: “O my father! Who is this that my heart breaks for and my liver has been undone for?” He said: “This is a distraught creature, who is on the ropes of destruction.” So, Yusuf (as) married her, and he found that she was a virgin. So, he said: “But I saw that you had a husband before!” So, she said: “He was disabled and impotent.”