Hadith 3

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 30: General Behavior

Chapter 247

What a man does in his house

بَابُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الرَّجُلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 540
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ‏:‏ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ‏:‏ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُ فِي بَيْتِهِ‏؟‏ قَالَتْ‏:‏ مَا يَصْنَعُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَيْتِهِ‏؟‏ قَالَتْ‏:‏ مَا يَصْنَعُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَيْتِهِ، يَخْصِفُ النَّعْلَ، وَيَرْقَعُ الثَّوْبَ، وَيَخِيطُ‏.‏
Hisham said, "I asked 'A'isha, 'What did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do in his house?' She replied, 'He did what one of you would do in his house. He mended sandals and patched garments and sewed."