Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #44621

Suleiman bin Dawud, meaning Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, narrated to us. He said, Abu Awanah narrated to us, on the authority of Dawud al-Awdi, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman. Al-Musli, on the authority of Al-Ash’ath ibn Qais, he said: I kept Omar away, so he went to his wife and hit her and said, “O Ash’ath, protect me from three people whom I protected from The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, do not ask a man why he hit his wife, and do not sleep except on the odd string, and you forgot the third.