La signification du shahbara, lahbara, nahbara, haydara et lafout

1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Amru bin Ali bin Abdullah al-Basri, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Hasan bin Bandar al-Tamimi al-Tabari, in Esfarayen, in the mosque of the congregation, that he said: We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Yusuf al-Tusi, in Tabaran [1], that he said: We were told by my father, that he said: We were told by Ali ibn Khashram al-Maruzi, that he said: We were told by Fadl bin Musa al-Nasa’I al-Maruzi, that he said: Abu Hanifa, Nu’man bin Thabit, said to me: Shall I benefit you with an unusual narration which you have not heard the like of anything more unusual? He said: Then I said: Yes. Then Abu Hanifa said: I was informed by Hammad bin Sulayman, from Ibrahim al-Nakha’I, from Abdullah bin Najiya, from Zaid bin Thabit, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: O Zaid, have you married? I said: No. He said: Marry, and you will be virtuous after your chastity, and do not marry five. Zaid said: And who are they, O Messenger of Allah? The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Do not marry a shahbara, nor a lahbara, nor a nahbara, nor a haydara, nor a lafout. Zaid said: O Messenger of Allah, I do not know about anything of what you mentioned, and I am ignorant of the last of them. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Are you not Arabs? As for the shahbara, she is the blue and vulgar. As for the lahbara, she is the tall and gaunty. As for the nahbara, she is the short and deformed. As for the haydara, she is the old woman who is managed. As for the lafout, she is the one with children from other than you.

Abu Hanifa m'a dit: Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman m'a informé, d'après Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, d'après Abdullah ibn Buhayyah, de Zaid ibn Thabit, qui a dit: Le Messager d'Allah (que la paix et les bénédictions d'Allah soient sur lui) m'a demandé: "Ô Zaid, t'es-tu marié?" J'ai répondu: "Non." Il a dit: "Marie-toi pour préserver ta chasteté, et ne te marie pas avec cinq types de femmes." Zaid a demandé: "Qui sont-elles, ô Messager d'Allah?" Le Messager d'Allah (que la paix et les bénédictions d'Allah soient sur lui) a répondu: "Ne te marie pas avec une femme aux yeux bleus, une femme très grande et maigre, une femme très petite et trapue, une femme âgée qui a perdu ses dents, ou une femme qui a déjà des enfants d'un autre homme." Zaid a dit: "Ô Messager d'Allah, je ne connais rien de ce que tu as mentionné, et je suis ignorant à ce sujet." Le Messager d'Allah (que la paix et les bénédictions d'Allah soient sur lui) a dit: "N'êtes-vous pas Arabes? La femme aux yeux bleus est celle aux yeux bleus et sales, la très grande et maigre, la très petite et trapue, la vieille qui a perdu ses dents, et celle qui a déjà des enfants d'un autre homme."