Enticed By A Beautiful Bedouin Women

‘Abdurraḥmaan ibn Zayd ibn Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated:

"‘Aṭaa’ and Sulaimaan (his brother) ibn Yasaar (may Allah have mercy on them all) went to run an errand outside Madinah along with some companions of theirs. When they reached the outskirts of the city, they stopped at a house to rest. Sulaimaan and his companions (may Allah have mercy on them all) went to see to some of their needs, and ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) stayed in the house alone, praying.

Suddenly, a beautiful Bedouin woman entered upon him, so when ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) saw her, he assumed that she needed something from him, so he sped up his prayer a little and then asked her: "Is there something you need?"

She answered: "Yes."

He said: "And what is that?"

She replied: "Come and have your share of me, for I am filled with desire and I am without a spouse."

So, he said to her: "Get away from me, and do not cause me to burn in the Fire along with you!"

She then continued to entice ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) until he started weeping and repeating: "Woe be to you! Get away from me!" and his weeping intensified until the woman herself saw his weeping and the grief that was inside of him, so she herself began to weep because of his weeping. While they were both sitting and weeping, his brother Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) returned from seeing to his needs, and when he saw his brother ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) weeping and the woman on the other side of the house weeping, he himself began to weep as a result of their weeping without asking them about anything. When the weeping intensified and grew louder, the woman got up and left the house.

Their companions, who were standing outside of the house, then got up and came in, and Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) remained after that without ever asking his brother about the woman out of respect for him, as he (Sulaimaan) was younger the younger of the two.

They then proceeded to Egypt to see to their errand, and they remained there as long as Allah Willed. One night, ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) was sleeping and woke up crying, so Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) said to him: "Why are you crying, brother?" So, ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) weeping intensified, and he said: "Because of a dream that I had tonight." Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) asked him: "And what was it?"

‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Do not inform anyone of it as long as I am alive! I saw Prophet Yoosuf (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in my dream, so I went to look at him along with others who were looking at him. So, when I saw his beauty, I wept.
He then looked at me out of all the people and said: "Why are you weeping?" I replied: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Prophet of Allah! I remembered the wife of Al-‘Azeez and how you were tested with her, and what you experienced of imprisonment and separation from Prophet Ya‘qoob (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); I remembered all of this and wept and was amazed by it all." So, he (Yoosuf) said: "Will you not then be even more amazed by the one who was with the beautiful bedouin woman on the outskirts of the city but rejected her?" I realized to whom
he was referring, so I wept and woke up weeping."

At that point, Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) asked: "My brother, and what was the situation with this woman?" So, ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) told him the story, and Sulaimaan (may Allah have mercy on him) did not tell anyone about it until ‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) had died, where he informed a woman of their
family who later said: "And this story did not spread in Madinah except after the death of Sulaimaan ibn Yasaar (may Allah have mercy on them both)."


It is also reported from Ibn ’Abi-z-Zinaad (may Allah have mercy on him) who narrated:

"‘Aṭaa’ ibn Yasaar (may Allah have mercy on them both) used to fast every other day."

‘Aṭaa’ (may Allah have mercy on him) heard and narrated hadith from ’Ubay ibn Ka‘b, Ibn Mas‘ood, Abu Aiyoob Al-’Ansaaree, and many other Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) of the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
He died in the year 103 (some say 94) after the Hijrah.