Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ امْرَأَةً مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ بُثَيْنَةَ ابْنَةَ الضَّحَّاكِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ بُثَيْنَةَ ابْنَةَ الضَّحَّاكِ أُخْتَ أَبِي جَبِيرَةَ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ وَهِيَ عَلَى إِجَّارٍ لَهُمْ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far — Ghundar — and Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah told us, they said: al-Hajjaj ibn Artat told us, from Muhammad ibn Sulayman, from his uncle — Ibn Abi Za'idah said: Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah — who said: I saw Muhammad ibn Maslamah pursuing a woman of the Ansar, wanting to look at her — Ibn Abi Za'idah said her name was Buthaynah bint al-Dahhak — wanting to look at her. I said, "You are a Companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and you do this?" He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "When Allah, Mighty and Sublime, places in a man's heart the intention to propose to a woman, there is no harm in his looking at her." Surayj ibn al-Nu'man told us, Abbad ibn al-Awwam told us, Hajjaj ibn Artat told us, from Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah, from his uncle Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, who said: I saw Muhammad ibn Maslamah pursuing Buthaynah bint al-Dahhak, sister of Abu Jubayrah ibn al-Dahhak, while she was on a rooftop terrace of theirs, and he mentioned the hadith.