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1. But he would come greet and say How is that girl I did not know anything of what was going on till I recovered from my ailment and went out with Um Mistah to the Manasi where we used to answer the call of nature and we used not to go to answer the call of nature except from night to night and that was before we had lavatories near to our houses . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4432 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
2. On that Saad Bin Ubada the chief of the Khazraj and before this incident he had been a pious man got up motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said By Allah you have told a lie you cannot kill him and you will never be able to kill him . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4432 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
3. In those days women were light in weight for they did not get fat and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as they used to eat only a little food . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4551 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
4. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm Bin AlMuttalib Bin Abd Manaf whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir and the aunt of Abu Bakr AlSiddiq and whose son was Mistah Bin Uthatha Bin Abbas Bin AlMuttalib went out . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
5. So on that day Allah Messenger ﷺ got up on the pulpit and complained about Abdullah Bin Ubai bin Salul before his companions saying O you Muslims Who will relieve me from that man who has hurt me with his evil statement about my family By Allah I know nothing except good about my family and they have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and he used never to enter my home except with me . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
6. Saad Bin Muadh the brother of Banu Abd AlAshhal got up and said O Allah Messenger ﷺ I will relieve you from him if he is from the tribe of alaous then I will chop his head off and if he is from our brothers i . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
7. Allah Apostle then recited Tashah hud and then said Amma Badu O Aisha I have been informed so andso about you if you are innocent then soon Allah will reveal your innocence and if you have committed a sin then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for when a slave confesses his sins and asks Allah for forgiveness Allah accepts his repentance . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
8. By Allah I find no similitude for me and you except that of Joseph father when he said For me patience in the most fitting against that which you assert it is Allah Alone Whose Help can be sought . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
9. But by Allah I never thought that Allah would reveal about my case Divine Inspiration that would be recited forever as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something of my concern but I hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
10. From amongst the wives of the Prophet ﷺ Zainab was my peer in beauty and in the love she received from the Prophet but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
11. Um Mistah stumbled over her robe whereupon she said Let Mistah be ruined I said to her What a bad word you have said Do you abuse a man who has taken part in the Battle of Badr She said O you there Didnt you hear what he has said I said And what did he say She then told me the statement of the people of the Ifk forged statement which added to my ailment . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
12. Barira said By Allah Who has sent you with the truth I have never seen anything regarding Aisha which I would blame her for except that she is a girl of immature age who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough of her family unprotected so that the domestic goats come and eat it . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
13. Allah Messenger ﷺ while on the pulpit said O Muslims Who will help me against a man who has hurt me by slandering my family By Allah I know nothing except good about my family and people have blamed a man of whom I know nothing except good and he never used to visit my family except with me Saad Bin Muadh AlAnsari got up and said O Allah Messenger ﷺ By Allah I will relieve you from him . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
14. He said to Saad bin Muadh By Allah the Eternal you have told a lie You shall not kill him and you will never be able to kill him On that Usaid Bin Hudair the cousin of Saad bin Muadh got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada You are a liar By Allah the Eternal we will surely kill him and you are a hypocrite defending the hypocrites So the two tribes of alaous and AlKhazraj got excited till they were on the point of fighting with each other while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
15. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him when he was Divinely Inspired so that the drops of his sweat were running down like pearls though it was a cold winter day and that was because of the heaviness of the Statement which was revealed to him . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
16. And they the slanderers said what they had to say but Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with better retention and I tried to retain this hadith listening from every one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
17. The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh as they ate less food so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
18. He made his camel kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel foreleg and he moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
19. Thereupon Allah Messenger ﷺ mounted the pulpit and sought vindication against Abdullah Bin Ubay Bin Salul and he further said Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has troubled me in regard to my family By Allah I find nothing in my wife but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this connection is according to my knowledge a thoroughly pious person and he did never get into my house but along with me . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
20. You are a hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites and thus both the tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up until they were about to fall upon one another and Allah Messenger ﷺ kept standing upon the pulpit and Allah Messenger ﷺ tried to subside their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
21. Allah Messenger ﷺ recited Tashahhud there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle and then said Coming to the point Aisha this is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent Allah would Himself vindicate your honour and if accidentally there has been a lapse on your part sock forgiveness of Allah He will pardon thee for when a servant makes a confession of his fault and turns to Him penitently Allah also turns to him mercifully accepting his repentance . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
22. I was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Quran but I said By Allah I perceive that you have heard about this and it has settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true so if I say to you that I am quite innocent and Allah knows that I am innocent you would never believe me to be true and if I confess to the alleged lapse before you whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent and I have not committed this sin at all in that case You will take me to be true and by Allah I therefore find no other alternative for me and for you except that what the father of Yousuf said My course is comely patience . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
23. By Allah I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu Quranic Wahy in my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah the Exalted and Glorious would speak in this matter in words to be recited . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
24. And by Allah Allah Messenger ﷺ had not moved an inch from where he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that Allah the Exalted and Glorious descended revelation upon Allah Messenger ﷺ there and then and he felt the burden which he used to feel at the time of receiving revelation . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
25. Aisha said It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear to give to the near of the kin up to Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you Hibban Bin Mousa said that Abdullah Bin Mubarak used to say It is a verse contained in the Book which most eminently brightens the hope . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing
26. He woke up and said to her Do you not know that I am innocent of those whom the Messenger of Allah declared innocence of And he told her that the Messenger of Allah said I am innocent of those who shave their heads raise their voices and tear their garments at times of calamity . SahihMuslim-017-001-19384 Category:The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing

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1. Narrated Aisha: Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he used to draw lots amongst his wives; and Allah Messenger ﷺ used to take with him the one on whom lot fell. He drew lots amongst us during one of the Ghazwat which he fought. The lot fell on me and so I proceeded with Allah Messenger ﷺ after Allah order of veiling the women had been revealed. I was carried on the back of a camel in my howdah and carried down while still in it when we came to a halt. So we went on till Allah Messenger ﷺ had finished from that Ghazwa of his and returned. When we approached the city of Medina he announced at night that it was time for departure. So when they announced the news of departure; I got up and went away from the army camps; and after finishing from the call of nature; I came back to my riding animal. I touched my chest to find that my necklace which was made of Zifar beads i.e. Yemenite beads partly black and partly white was missing. So I returned to look for my necklace and my search for it detained me. In the meanwhile the people who used to carry me on my camel; came and took my howdah and put it on the back of my camel on which I used to ride; as they considered that I was in it. In those days women were light in weight for they did not get fat; and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as they used to eat only a little food. Those people therefore; disregarded the lightness of the howdah while lifting and carrying it; and at that time I was still a young girl. They made the camel rise and all of them left along with it. I found my necklace after the army had gone. Then I came to their camping place to find no call maker of them; nor one who would respond to the call. So I intended to go to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would miss me and come back to me in my search. While I was sitting in my resting place; I was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. Safwan Bin AlMuattal AlSulami AlDhakwani was behind the army. When he reached my place in the morning; he saw the figure of a sleeping person and he recognized me on seeing me as he had seen me before the order of compulsory veiling was prescribed. So I woke up when he recited Istirja i.e. Inna li Allahi wa inna llaihi rajiun as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face with my head cover at once; and by Allah; we did not speak a single word; and I did not hear him saying any word besides his Istirja. He dismounted from his camel and made it kneel down; putting his leg on its front legs and then I got up and rode on it. Then he set out leading the camel that was carrying me till we overtook the army in the extreme heat of midday while they were at a halt taking a rest. Because of the event some people brought destruction upon themselves and the one who spread the Ifk i.e. slander more; was Abdullah Bin Ubai Ibn Salul. Urwa said; The people propagated the slander and talked about it in his i.e. Abdullahs presence and he confirmed it and listened to it and asked about it to let it prevail. Urwa also added; None was mentioned as members of the slanderous group besides Abdullah except Hassan Bin Thabit and Mistah Bin Uthatha and Hamna bint Jahsh along with others about whom I have no knowledge; but they were a group as Allah said. It is said that the one who carried most of the slander was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. Urwa added; Aisha disliked to have Hassan abused in her presence and she used to say; It was he who said: My father and his i.e. my fathers father and my honor are all for the protection of Muhammad honor from you.. Aisha added; After we returned to Medina; I became ill for a month. The people were propagating the forged statements of the slanderers while I was unaware of anything of all that; but I felt that in my present ailment; I was not receiving the same kindness from Allah Messenger ﷺ as I used to receive when I got sick. But now Allah Messenger ﷺ would only come; greet me and say; How is that lady ? and leave. That roused my doubts; but I did not discover the evil i.e. slander till I went out after my convalescence; I went out with Um Mistah to AlManasi where we used to answer the call of nature and we used not to go out to answer the call of nature except at night; and that was before we had latrines near our houses. And this habit of our concerning evacuating the bowels; was similar to the habits of the old Arabs living in the deserts; for it would be troublesome for us to take latrines near our houses. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm Bin AlMuttalib Bin Abd Manaf; whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir and the aunt of Abu Bakr AlSiddiq and whose son was Mistah Bin Uthatha Bin Abbas Bin AlMuttalib; went out. I and Um Mistah returned to my house after we finished answering the call of nature. Um Mistah stumbled by getting her foot entangled in her covering sheet and on that she said; Let Mistah be ruined! I said; What a hard word you have said. Do you abuse a man who took part in the battle of Badr? On that she said; O you Hantah! Didnt you hear what he i.e. Mistah said? I said; What did he say? Then she told me the slander of the people of Ifk. So my ailment was aggravated; and when I reached my home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting me; said; How is that lady ? I said; Will you allow me to go to my parents? as I wanted to be sure about the news through them. Allah Apostle allowed me and I went to my parents and asked my mother; O mother! What are the people talking about? She said; O my daughter! Dont worry; for scarcely is there a charming woman who is loved by her husband and whose husband has other wives besides herself that they i.e. women would find faults with her. I said; Subhan-Allah! I testify the uniqueness of Allah. Are the people really talking in this way? I kept on weeping that night till dawn I could neither stop weeping nor sleep then in the morning again; I kept on weeping. When the Divine Inspiration was delayed. Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid to ask and consult them about divorcing me. Usama Bin Zaid said what he knew of my innocence; and the respect he preserved in himself for me. Usama said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! She is your wife and we do not know anything except good about her. Ali Bin Abi Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah does not put you in difficulty and there are plenty of women other than she; yet; ask the maid-servant who will tell you the truth. On that Allah Messenger ﷺ called Barira i.e. the maid-servant and said; O Barira! Did you ever see anything which aroused your suspicion? Barira said to him; By Him Who has sent you with the Truth. I have never seen anything in her i.e. Aisha which I would conceal; except that she is a young girl who sleeps leaving the dough of her family exposed so that the domestic goats come and eat it. So; on that day; Allah Messenger ﷺ got up on the pulpit and complained about Abdullah Bin Ubai bin Salul before his companions; saying; O you Muslims! Who will relieve me from that man who has hurt me with his evil statement about my family? By Allah; I know nothing except good about my family and they have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and he used never to enter my home except with me. Saad Bin Muadh the brother of Banu Abd AlAshhal got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I will relieve you from him; if he is from the tribe of alaous then I will chop his head off; and if he is from our brothers; i.e. AlKhazraj; then order us; and we will fulfill your order. On that; a man from AlKhazraj got up. Um Hassan; his cousin; was from his branch tribe; and he was Saad Bin Ubada; chief of AlKhazraj. Before this incident; he was a pious man; but his love for his tribe goaded him into saying to Saad bin Muadh. By Allah; you have told a lie; you shall not and cannot kill him. If he belonged to your people; you would not wish him to be killed. On that; Usaid Bin Hudair who was the cousin of Saad bin Muadh got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada; By Allah! You are a liar! We will surely kill him; and you are a hypocrite arguing on the behalf of hypocrites. On this; the two tribes of alaous and AlKhazraj got so much excited that they were about to fight while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. Allah Messenger ﷺ kept on quietening them till they became silent and so did he. All that day I kept on weeping with my tears never ceasing; and I could never sleep. In the morning my parents were with me and I wept for two nights and a day with my tears never ceasing and I could never sleep till I thought that my liver would burst from weeping. So; while my parents were sitting with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked me to grant her admittance. I allowed her to come in; and when she came in; she sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state; Allah Messenger ﷺ came; greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with me since that day of the slander. A month had elapsed and no Divine Inspiration came to him about my case. Allah Apostle then recited Tashah-hud and then said; Amma Badu; O Aisha! I have been informed so-andso about you; if you are innocent; then soon Allah will reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for when a slave confesses his sins and asks Allah for forgiveness; Allah accepts his repentance. continued... continuing... 1 : -5.462:...... When Allah Messenger ﷺ finished his speech; my tears ceased flowing completely that I no longer felt a single drop of tear flowing. I said to my father; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said. My father said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Then I said to my mother; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said. She said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. In spite of the fact that I was a young girl and had a little knowledge of Quran; I said; By Allah; no doubt I know that you heard this slanderous speech so that it has been planted in your hearts i.e. minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now if I tell you that I am innocent; you will not believe me; and if confess to you about it; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you will surely believe me. By Allah; I find no similitude for me and you except that of Joseph father when he said; For me patience in the most fitting against that which you assert; it is Allah Alone Whose Help can be sought. Then I turned to the other side and lay on my bed; and Allah knew then that I was innocent and hoped that Allah would reveal my innocence. But; by Allah; I never thought that Allah would reveal about my case; Divine Inspiration; that would be recited forever as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something of my concern; but I hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. But; by Allah; before Allah Messenger ﷺ left his seat and before any of the household left; the Divine inspiration came to Allah Messenger ﷺ. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him; when he used to be inspired Divinely. The sweat was dropping from his body like pearls though it was a wintry day and that was because of the weighty statement which was being revealed to him. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; he got up smiling; and the first word he said was; O Aisha! Allah has declared your innocence! Then my Mother said to me; Get up and go to him i.e. Allah Messenger ﷺ. I replied; By Allah; I will not go to him; and I praise none but Allah. So Allah revealed the ten Verses:- - Verily! They who spread the slander Are a gang; among you............. 24.11-20 Allah revealed those Quranic Verses to declare my innocence. Abu Bakr AlSiddiq who used to disburse money for Mistah Bin Uthatha because of his relationship to him and his poverty; said; By Allah; I will never give to Mistah Bin Uthatha anything after what he has said about Aisha. Then Allah revealed:- And let not those among you who are good and wealthy swear not to give any sort of help to their kinsmen; those in need; and those who have left their homes for Allah cause; let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 24.22 Abu Bakr AlSiddiq said; Yes; by Allah; I would like that Allah forgive me. and went on giving Mistah the money he used to give him before. He also added; By Allah; I will never deprive him of it at all. Aisha further said:. Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh i.e. his wife about my case. He said to Zainab; What do you know and what did you see? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I refrain from claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By Allah; I know nothing except good about Aisha. From amongst the wives of the Prophet ﷺ Zainab was my peer in beauty and in the love she received from the Prophet but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety. Her sister Hamna; started struggling on her behalf and she was destroyed along with those who were destroyed. The man who was blamed said; Subhan-Allah! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is; I have never uncovered the cover i.e. veil of any female. Later on the man was martyred in Allah Cause. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489
2. Saeed Bin Mousayib; Urwa Bin Zubair; Alqama Bin Waqqas and Ubaidullah Bin Abdullah Bin Utba Bin Masud-all of them reported the story of the false allegation against Aisha; the wife of Allah Apostle ﷺ. And they the slanderers said what they had to say; but Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with better retention; and I tried to retain this hadith listening from every one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other. The sumaried substance of the false allegation is this : Aisha said: Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to set out on a journey he cast lots amongst his wives and he took one with him in whose favour the lot was cast. It so happened that he cast lots amongst us while setting out on a battle and it was cast in my favour; so I set out along with Allah Messenger ﷺ. This relates to the period when the revelation concerning the commands of veil had been made. I was carried in a haudaj and I was brought down where we had to stay. In short; when we set out for return journey from the expedition and our caravan was near Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ commanded one night to march forward. I also got up when the command for the march was given and moved on until I went out of the encampments of the army and after relieving myself I came to my place. I touched my chest and found that my necklace which had been made of the stones of zafar had been broken. I retraced my steps and tried to search my necklace and this detained me there. The group of people who saddled my ride and placed my haudaj carrying me upon the camels marched on. They were under the impression that I was in it. The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh; as they ate less food; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time. So they drove the camel and Eet out and I found my necklace after the army had marched. I came to my place and there was none to call and none to respond the call. I waited at my place under the impression that when the people would riot find me they would come back. So I kept sitting at my place. I was overpowered by sleep and slept. Safwan Bin Muattal Sulami Dhakwini; who had lagged behind the army because of taking rest came to my place walking in the latter part of the night and he saw the body of a person who was asleep. He came to me and recognised me as he had seen rue before it was enjoined to observe purda. I got ap by his voice as he recited Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun [we are for Allah and to Him we have to return. ] and I covered my head with my headdress. By Allah; he did not speak to me a word and I did not hear a word from him except Inna lillahi. He made his camel kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel foreleg and he moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat. Woe be upon those who harboured doubts about me and the most notorious among them was Abdullah Bin Ubay; the great hypocrite. We came to Medina and I fell sick for a month. The people had been deliberating over the statements of those who had brought these calumnies against me. I was absolutely unaware of anything concerning that. This; however; caused doubt in my mind that I did not see Allah Messenger ﷺ. treating me with such kindness with which he treated me as I fell ill before this. The Prophet ﷺ would coome and greet me with Assalam-o-Alaikum and only ask me how I was. This caused doubt in my mind; but I was unaware of the evil. I wept outside despite my failing health and there went along with me Umm Mistah and she said the daughter of Abu Rhm Bin Muttalib Bin Abd Manaf and his mother was the daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir; the sister of the mother of Abu Bakr Sidiq and his son was Mistah Bin Uthatha Bin Abbad Bin Muttalib. I and the daughter of Abu Rahm set towards the direction of my house. Something got into the head dress of Umm Mistah and she said: Woe be upon Mistah. And I said. Woe be upon what you say. Do you curse people who had participated in Badr? She said: Innocent woman; have you not heard what he said? I said: What did he say? She conveyed to me the statement of those who had brought false allegations against me. So my illness was aggravated. I went to my house and Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me and he greeted me and then said: How is that woman? I said: Do you permit me to go to the house of my parents? She further said: I had at that time made up my mind to confirm this news from them. Allah Messenger ﷺ permitted me. So I came to the house of my parents and said to my mother: Mother; do you know what the people are talking about? She said: My daughter; you should not worry. By Allah; if there is a handsome woman who is loved by her husband and he has co-wives also they talk many a thing about her. I said: Hallowed be Allah; what are the people talking about? I wept during the whole night until it was morning and I did not have a wink of sleep and I wept even in the morning. As the revelation was delayed in regard to this matter ; so Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid in order to seek their advice in regard to the separation of his wife. Usama Bin Zaid told Allah Messenger may peace be apen him about the innocence of his wives and what he knew about his love for them. He said: Allah Messenger; they are your wives and we know nothing else about thembut goodness. And as for Ali Bin Abu Talib; he said: Allah has not put any unnecessary burden upon you in regard to your wives. There are a number of women besides her and if you ask that maidservant Barira she will tell you the truth. So; Allah Messenger ﷺ called Bailra and said: Barira; did you see anything in Aisha which can cause doubt about her? Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the truth; I have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is a young girl and she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats that. Thereupon Allah Messenger ﷺ mounted the pulpit and sought vindication against Abdullah Bin Ubay Bin Salul; and he further said: Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has troubled me in regard to my family? By Allah; I find nothing in my wife but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this connection is; according to my knowledge; a thoroughly pious person; and he did never get into my house but along with me. Saad Bin Muadh stood up and said: Allah Messenger; I defend your honour against him. If he belong to the tribe of Aus we would strike his neck and if he belongs to the tribe of our brother Khazraj and you order us we would comply with your order. Then Saad Bin Ubada stood up. He was chief of the Khazraj tribe. He was otherwise a pioas man but he had some what tribal partisanship in him and he said to Saad Bin Muadh: By the everlasting existence of Allah. you are not stating the fact; you will not be able to kill him and you will not have the power to do so. Thereupon; Usaid Bin Hudair stood up; and he was the first cousin of Saad Bin Muadh and said to Saad Bin Ubada: By the everlasting existence of Allah; you are not stating the fact. We would kill him. You are a hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites; and thus both the tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up; until they were about to fall upon one another and Allah Messenger ﷺ kept standing upon the pulpit and Allah Messenger ﷺ tried to subside their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence. Aisha further reported: I spent the whole day in weeping and even the night and could not have a wink of sleep even next night. My parents thought that this constant weeping of mine would break my heart. I wept and they sat beside me. In the meanwhile a woman of the Ansar came to see me. I permitted her to see me and she also began to weep. And we were in this very state that Allah Messenger ﷺ came and he greeted me and then sat down. He had never sat with me since a month when this rumour was afloat; and there was no revelation to clarity my case. Allah Messenger ﷺ recited Tashahhud there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle and then said: Coming to the point; Aisha; this is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent; Allah would Himself vindicate your honour; and if accidentally there has been a lapse on your part sock forgiveness of Allah; He will pardon thee for when a servant makes a confession of his fault and turns to Him penitently; Allah also turns to him mercifully accepting his repentance. When Allah Messenger ﷺ talked; my tears dried up and not even a single drop of tear was perceived by me rolling out of my eyes. I said to my father: You give a reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. He said: By Allah; I do not know what I should say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I then said to my mother: Give a reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf; but she said: By Allah; I do not know what I should say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Quran but I said : By Allah; I perceive that you have heard about this and it has settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true; so if I say to you that I am quite innocent; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you would never believe me to be true; and if I confess to the alleged lapse before you; whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent and I have not committed this sin at all ; in that case You will take me to be true and; by Allah; I; therefore; find no other alternative for me and for you except that what the father of Yousuf said:; My course is comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought for in that predicament which ye describe xii 18. After this I turned my face to the other side and lay down on my bed. By Allah; I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu Quranic Wahy in my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; would speak in this matter in words to be recited. I only hoped that Allah would in vision give an indication of my innocence to Allah Messenger ﷺ during his sleep. And; by Allah; Allah Messenger ﷺ had not moved an inch from where he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; descended revelation upon Allah Messenger ﷺ there and then and he felt the burden which he used to feel at the time of receiving revelation. He began to perspire because of the burden of words of Allah as they descended upon him even during the winter season and there fell the drops of his sweat like silvery beads. When this state of receiving revelation was over; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and the first words which he spoke to me were that he said: Aisha; there is glad tidings for you. Verily; Allah has vindicated your honour; and my mother who had been standing by me said: Get up and thank him; i. e. the Holy Prophet. I said: By Allah; I shall not thank him and laud him but Allah Who has descended revelation vindicating my honour. She Aisha said: Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; revealed: Verily; those who spread the slander are a gang among you and ten subsequent verses in regard to my innocence. She further said: Abu Bakr used to give to Mistah some stipend as a token of kinship with him and for his poverty and he Abu Bakr said: By Allah; now I would not spend anything for him. Aisha said: It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse: And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear to give to the near of the kin up to Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Hibban Bin Mousa said that Abdullah Bin Mubarak used to say: It is a verse contained in the Book which most eminently brightens the hope. Abu Bakr said: By Allah; I wish that Allah should pardon me. I shall never stop this stipend. So he continued to give him the stipend which he had withdrawn. Aisha said that Allah Messenger ﷺ asked Zainab; daughter of Jahsh; the wife of Allah Apostle ﷺ ; about me what she knew or what she had seen in me; and she said: Allah Messenger; I shall not say anything without hearing with my ears and seeing with my eyes. By Allah; I find nothing in her but goodness. And she stated this in spite of the fact that she was the only lady who amongst the wives of Allah Apostle ﷺ used to vie with me but Allah saved her in bringing false allegation against me because of her God-consciousness. Her sister Hamna bint Jahsh; however; opposed her and she was undone along with others. SahihMuslim-017-001-19384
3. Narrated Aisha: The wife of the Prophet Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he used to draw lots among his wives and would take with him the one on whom the lot had fallen. Once he drew lots when he wanted to carry out a Ghazwa; and the lot came upon me. So I proceeded with Allah Apostle after Allah order of veiling the women had been revealed and thus I was carried in my howdah on a camel and dismounted while still in it. We carried on our journey; and when Allah Apostle had finished his Ghazwa and returned and we approached Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ ordered to proceed at night. When the army was ordered to resume the homeward journey; I got up and walked on till I left the army camp behind. When I had answered the call of nature; I went towards my howdah; but behold ! A necklace of mine made of Jaz Azfar a kind of black bead was broken and I looked for it and my search for it detained me. The group of people who used to carry me; came and carried my howdah on to the back of my camel on which I was riding; considering that I was therein. At that time women were light in weight and were not fleshy for they used to eat little food ; so those people did not feel the lightness of the howdah while raising it up; and I was still a young lady. They drove away the camel and proceeded. Then I found my necklace after the army had gone. I came to their camp but found nobody therein so I went to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would miss me and come back in my search. While I was sitting at my place; I felt sleepy and slept. Safwan Bin AlMuattil AlSulami AlDhakw-ani was behind the army. He had started in the last part of the night and reached my stationing place in the morning and saw the figure of a sleeping person. He came to me and recognized me on seeing me for he used to see me before veiling. I got up because of his saying: Inna Li Allahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun; which he uttered on recognizing me. I covered my face with my garment; and by Allah; he did not say to me a single word except; Inna Li Allahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun; till he made his shecamel kneel down whereupon he trod on its forelegs and I mounted it. Then Safwan set out; leading the camel that was carrying me; till we met the army while they were resting during the hot midday. Then whoever was meant for destruction; fell in destruction; and the leader of the Ifk forged statement was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. After this we arrived at Medina and I became ill for one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the people of the Ifk; and I was not aware of anything thereof. But what aroused my doubt while I was sick; was that I was no longer receiving from Allah Messenger ﷺ the same kindness as I used to receive when I fell sick. Allah Messenger ﷺ would enter upon me; say a greeting and add; How is that lady ? and then depart. That aroused my suspicion but I was not aware of the propagated evil till I recovered from my ailment. I went out with Um Mistah to answer the call of nature towards AlManasi; the place where we used to relieve ourselves; and used not to go out for this purpose except from night to night; and that was before we had lavatories close to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar to the habit of the old Arabs in the deserts or in the tents concerning the evacuation of the bowels; for we considered it troublesome and harmful to take lavatories in the houses. So I went out with Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abi Ruhm Bin Abd Manaf; and her mother was daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir who was the aunt of Abi Bakr AlSiddiq; and her son was Mistah Bin Uthatha. When we had finished our affair; Um Mistah and I came back towards my house. Um Mistah stumbled over her robe whereupon she said; Let Mistah be ruined ! I said to her; What a bad word you have said! Do you abuse a man who has taken part in the Battle of Badr? She said; O you there! Didnt you hear what he has said? I said; And what did he say? She then told me the statement of the people of the Ifk forged statement which added to my ailment. When I returned home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting; he said; How is that lady ? I said; Will you allow me to go to my parents? At that time I intended to be sure of the news through them. Allah Messenger ﷺ allowed me and I went to my parents and asked my mother; O my mother! What are the people talking about? My mother said; O my daughter! Take it easy; for by Allah; there is no charming lady who is loved by her husband who has other wives as well; but that those wives would find fault with her. I said; Subhan Allah! Did the people really talk about that? That night I kept on weeping the whole night till the morning. My tears never stopped; nor did I sleep; and morning broke while I was still weeping; Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid when the Divine Inspiration delayed; in order to consult them as to the idea of divorcing his wife. Usama Bin Zaid told Allah Messenger ﷺ of what he knew about the innocence of his wife and of his affection he kept for her. He said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! She is your wife; and we do not know anything about her except good. But Ali Bin Abi Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah does not impose restrictions on you; and there are plenty of women other than her. If you however; ask her slave girl; she will tell you the truth. Aisha added: So Allah Messenger ﷺ called for Barira and said; O Barira! Did you ever see anything which might have aroused your suspicion? as regards Aisha. Barira said; By Allah Who has sent you with the truth; I have never seen anything regarding Aisha which I would blame her for except that she is a girl of immature age who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough of her family unprotected so that the domestic goats come and eat it. So Allah Messenger ﷺ got up and addressed the people an asked for somebody who would take revenge on Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul then. Allah Messenger ﷺ ; while on the pulpit; said; O Muslims! Who will help me against a man who has hurt me by slandering my family? By Allah; I know nothing except good about my family; and people have blamed a man of whom I know nothing except good; and he never used to visit my family except with me; Saad Bin Muadh AlAnsari got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! By Allah; I will relieve you from him. If he be from the tribe of Bani alaous then I will chop his head off; and if he be from our brethren; the Khazraj; then you give us your order and we will obey it. On that; Saad Bin Ubada got up; and he was the chief of the Khazraj; and before this incident he had been a pious man but he was incited by his zeal for his tribe. He said to Saad bin Muadh ; By Allah the Eternal; you have told a lie! You shall not kill him and you will never be able to kill him! On that; Usaid Bin Hudair; the cousin of Saad bin Muadh got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada; You are a liar! By Allah the Eternal; we will surely kill him; and you are a hypocrite defending the hypocrites! So the two tribes of alaous and AlKhazraj got excited till they were on the point of fighting with each other while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. Allah Messenger ﷺ continued quietening them till they became silent whereupon he became silent too. On that day I kept on weeping so much that neither did my tears stop; nor could I sleep. In the morning my parents were with me; and I had wept for two nights and a day without sleeping and with incessant tears till they thought that my liver would burst with weeping. While they were with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked permission to see me. I admitted her and she sat and started weeping with me. While I was in that state; Allah Apostle came to us; greeted; and sat down;. He had never sat with me since the day what was said; was said. He had stayed a month without receiving any Divine Inspiration concerning my case. Allah Messenger ﷺ recited the Tashahhud after he had sat down; and then said; Thereafter; O Aisha! I have been informed such and-such a thing about you; and if you are innocent; Allah will reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then ask for Allah forgiveness and repent to Him; for when a slave confesses his sin and then repents to Allah; Allah accepts his repentance. When Allah Apostle had finished his speech; my tears ceased completely so that I no longer felt even a drop thereof. Then I said to my father; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf as to what he said. He said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Then I said to my mother; Reply to Allah Apostle. She said; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Still a young girl as I was and though I had little knowledge of Quran; I said; By Allah; I know that you heard this story of the Ifk so much so that it has been planted in your minds and you have believed it. So now; if I tell you that I am innocent; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you will not believe me; and if I confess something; and Allah knows that I am innocent of it; you will believe me. By Allah; I cannot find of you an example except that of Joseph father: So for me patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah Alone Whose help can be sought. Then I turned away and lay on my bed; and at that time I knew that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence. But by Allah; I never thought that Allah would sent down about my affair; Divine Inspiration that would be recited forever ; as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something that was to be recited: but I hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a vision in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah; Allah Messenger ﷺ had not left his seat and nobody had left the house when the Divine Inspiration came to Allah Messenger ﷺ. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him when he was Divinely Inspired so that the drops of his sweat were running down; like pearls; though it was a cold winter day; and that was because of the heaviness of the Statement which was revealed to him. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; and he was smiling when he was relieved; the first word he said was; Aisha; Allah has declared your innocence. My mother said to me; Get up and go to him. I said; By Allah; I will not go to him and I will not thank anybody but Allah. So Allah revealed: Verily! They who spread the Slander are a gang among you. Think it not.... 24.11-20. When Allah revealed this to confirm my innocence; Abu Bakr AlSiddiq who used to provide for Mistah Bin Uthatha because of the latter kinship to him and his poverty; said; By Allah; I will never provide for Mistah anything after what he has said about Aisha. So Allah revealed: continued... continuing... 1 : -6.274:...... Let not those among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give help to their kinsmen; those in need; and those who have left their homes for Allah Cause. Let them Pardon and forgive i.e. do not punish them. Do you not love that should forgive you? Verily Allah is Oft-forgiving. Most Merciful. 24.22 Abu Bakr said; Yes; by Allah; I wish that Allah should forgive me. So he resumed giving Mistah the aid he used to give him before and said; By Allah; I will never withold it from him at all. Aisha further said: Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh about my case. He said; O Zainab! What have you seen? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I protect my hearing and my sight by refraining from telling lies. I know nothing but good about Aisha. Of all the wives of Allah Messenger ﷺ ; it was Zainab who aspired to receive from him the same favor as I used to receive; yet; Allah saved her from telling lies because of her piety. But her sister; Hamna; kept on fighting on her behalf so she was destroyed as were those who invented and spread the slander. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064
4. Narrated Aisha: the wife of the Prophet Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he would draw lots amongst his wives and would take with him the one upon whom the lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his; he drew lots amongst us and the lot fell upon me; and I proceeded with him after Allah had decreed the use of the veil by women. I was carried in a Howdah on the camel and dismounted while still in it. When Allah Messenger ﷺ was through with his Ghazwa and returned home; and we approached the city of Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ ordered us to proceed at night. When the order of setting off was given; I walked till I was past the army to answer the call of nature. After finishing I returned to the camp to depart with the others and suddenly realized that my necklace over my chest was missing. So; I returned to look for it and was delayed because of that. The people who used to carry me on the camel; came to my Howdah and put it on the back of the camel; thinking that I was in it; as; at that time; women were light in weight; and thin and lean; and did not use to eat much. So; those people did not feel the difference in the heaviness of the Howdah while lifting it; and they put it over the camel. At that time I was a young lady. They set the camel moving and proceeded on. I found my necklace after the army had gone; and came to their camp to find nobody. So; I went to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would discover my absence and come back in my search. While in that state; I felt sleepy and slept. Safwan Bin Muattal AlSulami AlDhakwani was behind the army and reached my abode in the morning. When he saw a sleeping person; he came to me; and he used to see me before veiling. So; I got up when I heard him saying; Inna lil-lah-wa inn a ilaihi rajiun We are for Allah; and we will return to Him. He made his camel knell down. He got down from his camel; and put his leg on the front legs of the camel and then I rode and sat over it. Safwan set out walking; leading the camel by the rope till we reached the army who had halted to take rest at midday. Then whoever was meant for destruction; fell into destruction; some people accused me falsely and the leader of the false accusers was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. After that we returned to Medina; and I became ill for one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the false accusers. I was feeling during my ailment as if I were not receiving the usual kindness from the Prophet ﷺ which I used to receive from him when I got sick. But he would come; greet and say; How is that girl ? I did not know anything of what was going on till I recovered from my ailment and went out with Um Mistah to the Manasi where we used to answer the call of nature; and we used not to go to answer the call of nature except from night to night and that was before we had lavatories near to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar to the habit of the old Arabs in the open country or away from houses. So. I and Um Mistah bint Ruhm went out walking. Um Mistah stumbled because of her long dress and on that she said; Let Mistah be ruined. I said; You are saying a bad word. Why are you abusing a man who took part in the battle of Badr? She said; O Hanata you there didnt you hear what they said? Then she told me the rumors of the false accusers. My sickness was aggravated; and when I returned home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting he said; How is that girl ? I requested him to allow me to go to my parents. I wanted then to be sure of the news through them I Allah Messenger ﷺ allowed me; and I went to my parents and asked my mother; What are the people talking about? She said; O my daughter! Dont worry much about this matter. By Allah; never is there a charming woman loved by her husband who has other wives; but the women would forge false news about her. I said; Glorified be Allah! Are the people really taking of this matter? That night I kept on weeping and could not sleep till morning. In the morning Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abu Talib and Usama Bin Zaid when he saw the Divine Inspiration delayed; to consul them about divorcing his wife i.e. Aisha. Usama Bin Zaid said what he knew of the good reputation of his wives and added; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Keep you wife; for; by Allah; we know nothing about her but good. Ali Bin Abu Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah has no imposed restrictions on you; and there are many women other than she; yet you may ask the woman-servant who will tell you the truth. On that Allah Messenger ﷺ called Buraira and said; O Burair. Did you ever see anything which roused your suspicions about her? Buraira said; No; by Allah Who has sent you with the Truth; I have never seen in her anything faulty except that she is a girl of immature age; who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough for the goats to eat. On that day Allah Messenger ﷺ ascended the pulpit and requested that somebody support him in punishing Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. Allah Apostle said; Who will support me to punish that person Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul who has hurt me by slandering the reputation of my family? By Allah; I know nothing about my family but good; and they have accused a person about whom I know nothing except good; and he never entered my house except in my company. Saad Bin Muadh got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! by Allah; I will relieve you from him. If that man is from the tribe of the Aus; then we will chop his head off; and if he is from our brothers; the Khazraj; then order us; and we will fulfill your order. On that Saad Bin Ubada; the chief of the Khazraj and before this incident; he had been a pious man; got up; motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said; By Allah; you have told a lie; you cannot kill him; and you will never be able to kill him. On that Usaid Bin AlHadir got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada ; By Allah! you are a liar. By Allah; we will kill him; and you are a hypocrite; defending the hypocrites. On this the two tribes of Aus and Khazraj got excited and were about to fight each other; while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. He got down and quieted them till they became silent and he kept quiet. On that day I kept on weeping so much so that neither did my tears stop; nor could I sleep. In the morning my parents were with me and I had wept for two nights and a day; till I thought my liver would burst from weeping. While they were sitting with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked my permission to enter; and I allowed her to come in. She sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state; Allah Messenger ﷺ came and sat down and he had never sat with me since the day they forged the accusation. No revelation regarding my case came to him for a month. He recited Tashah-hud i.e. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle and then said; O Aisha! I have been informed such-and-such about you; if you are innocent; then Allah will soon reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then repent to Allah and ask Him to forgive you; for when a person confesses his sin and asks Allah for forgiveness; Allah accepts his repentance. When Allah Messenger ﷺ finished his speech my tears ceased completely and there remained not even a single drop of it. I requested my father to reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. My father said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I said to my mother; Talk to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. She said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Apostle. I was a young girl and did not have much knowledge of the Quran. I said. I know; by Allah; that you have listened to what people are saying and that has been planted in your minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now; if I told you that I am innocent and Allah knows that I am innocent; you would not believe me and if I confessed to you falsely that I am guilty; and Allah knows that I am innocent you would believe me. By Allah; I dont compare my situation with you except to the situation of Joseph father i.e. Jacob who said; So for me patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah Alone whose help can be sought. Then I turned to the other side of my bed hoping that Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah I never thought that Allah would reveal Divine Inspiration in my case; as I considered myself too inferior to be talked of in the Holy Quran. I had hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah; Allah Apostle had not got up and nobody had left the house before the Divine Inspiration came to Allah Apostle. So; there overtook him the same state which used to overtake him; when he used to have; on being inspired divinely. He was sweating so much so that the drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a cold wintry day. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; he was smiling and the first word he said; Aisha! Thank Allah; for Allah has declared your innocence. My mother told me to go to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I replied; By Allah I will not go to him and will not thank but Allah. So Allah revealed: Verily! They who spread the slander are a gang among you... 24.11 When Allah gave the declaration of my Innocence; Abu Bakr; who used to provide for Mistah Bin Uthatha for he was his relative; said; By Allah; I will never provide Mistah with anything because of what he said about Aisha. But Allah later revealed: - And let not those who are good and wealthy among you swear not to help their kinsmen; those in need and those who left their homes in Allah Cause. Let them forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? Verily! Allah is Oft-forgiving; Most Merciful. 24.22 After that Abu Bakr said; Yes ! By Allah! I like that Allah should forgive me; and resumed helping Mistah whom he used to help before. Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh i.e. the Prophet wife about me saying; What do you know and what did you see? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I refrain to claim hearing or seeing what I have not heard or seen. By Allah; I know nothing except goodness about Aisha. Aisha further added Zainab was competing with me in her beauty and the Prophet love ; yet Allah protected her from being malicious ; for she had piety. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4432
5. Aisha said : the prophet ﷺ said; Good tidings to you; Aisha; for Allah Most High has revealed your innocence. He then recited to her the Quranic verses. Her parents said: Kiss the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said : Praise be to Allah; most High; not to you. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27162
6. Narrated Aisha: Whenever the Prophet ﷺ intended to proceed on a journey; he used to draw lots amongst his wives and would take the one upon whom the lot fell. Once; before setting out for Jihad; he drew lots amongst us and the lot came to me; so I went with the Prophet; and that happened after the revelation of the Verse Hijab i.e. veiling. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4551
7. Narrated AlQasim: Aisha said that whenever the Prophet ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he drew lots among his wives so as to take one of them along with him. During one of his journeys the lot fell on Aisha and Hafsa. When night fell the Prophet ﷺ would ride beside Aisha and talk with her. One night Hafsa said to Aisha; Wont you ride my camel tonight and I ride yours; so that you may see me and I see you in new situation ? Aisha said; Yes; I agree. So Aisha rode; and then the Prophet ﷺ came towards Aisha camel on which Hafsa was riding. He greeted Hafsa and then proceeded beside her till they dismounted on the way. Aisha missed him; and so; when they dismounted; she put her legs in the Idhkhir and said; O Lord Allah ! Send a scorpion or a snake to bite me for I am not to blame him the Prophet ﷺ. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3598
8. Narrated Jabir Ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The best time for a man to go in to his family on return from a journey is at the beginning of the night. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-29824

Most Negative Sentiment Hadith in The Chapter on Parents Slander And Innocence in HodHood Indexing

Negative Sentiment may indicate a Forbidden, Disliked, or Discouraged Actions

1. Saeed Bin Mousayib; Urwa Bin Zubair; Alqama Bin Waqqas and Ubaidullah Bin Abdullah Bin Utba Bin Masud-all of them reported the story of the false allegation against Aisha; the wife of Allah Apostle ﷺ. And they the slanderers said what they had to say; but Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with better retention; and I tried to retain this hadith listening from every one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other. The sumaried substance of the false allegation is this : Aisha said: Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to set out on a journey he cast lots amongst his wives and he took one with him in whose favour the lot was cast. It so happened that he cast lots amongst us while setting out on a battle and it was cast in my favour; so I set out along with Allah Messenger ﷺ. This relates to the period when the revelation concerning the commands of veil had been made. I was carried in a haudaj and I was brought down where we had to stay. In short; when we set out for return journey from the expedition and our caravan was near Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ commanded one night to march forward. I also got up when the command for the march was given and moved on until I went out of the encampments of the army and after relieving myself I came to my place. I touched my chest and found that my necklace which had been made of the stones of zafar had been broken. I retraced my steps and tried to search my necklace and this detained me there. The group of people who saddled my ride and placed my haudaj carrying me upon the camels marched on. They were under the impression that I was in it. The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh; as they ate less food; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time. So they drove the camel and Eet out and I found my necklace after the army had marched. I came to my place and there was none to call and none to respond the call. I waited at my place under the impression that when the people would riot find me they would come back. So I kept sitting at my place. I was overpowered by sleep and slept. Safwan Bin Muattal Sulami Dhakwini; who had lagged behind the army because of taking rest came to my place walking in the latter part of the night and he saw the body of a person who was asleep. He came to me and recognised me as he had seen rue before it was enjoined to observe purda. I got ap by his voice as he recited Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun [we are for Allah and to Him we have to return. ] and I covered my head with my headdress. By Allah; he did not speak to me a word and I did not hear a word from him except Inna lillahi. He made his camel kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel foreleg and he moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat. Woe be upon those who harboured doubts about me and the most notorious among them was Abdullah Bin Ubay; the great hypocrite. We came to Medina and I fell sick for a month. The people had been deliberating over the statements of those who had brought these calumnies against me. I was absolutely unaware of anything concerning that. This; however; caused doubt in my mind that I did not see Allah Messenger ﷺ. treating me with such kindness with which he treated me as I fell ill before this. The Prophet ﷺ would coome and greet me with Assalam-o-Alaikum and only ask me how I was. This caused doubt in my mind; but I was unaware of the evil. I wept outside despite my failing health and there went along with me Umm Mistah and she said the daughter of Abu Rhm Bin Muttalib Bin Abd Manaf and his mother was the daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir; the sister of the mother of Abu Bakr Sidiq and his son was Mistah Bin Uthatha Bin Abbad Bin Muttalib. I and the daughter of Abu Rahm set towards the direction of my house. Something got into the head dress of Umm Mistah and she said: Woe be upon Mistah. And I said. Woe be upon what you say. Do you curse people who had participated in Badr? She said: Innocent woman; have you not heard what he said? I said: What did he say? She conveyed to me the statement of those who had brought false allegations against me. So my illness was aggravated. I went to my house and Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me and he greeted me and then said: How is that woman? I said: Do you permit me to go to the house of my parents? She further said: I had at that time made up my mind to confirm this news from them. Allah Messenger ﷺ permitted me. So I came to the house of my parents and said to my mother: Mother; do you know what the people are talking about? She said: My daughter; you should not worry. By Allah; if there is a handsome woman who is loved by her husband and he has co-wives also they talk many a thing about her. I said: Hallowed be Allah; what are the people talking about? I wept during the whole night until it was morning and I did not have a wink of sleep and I wept even in the morning. As the revelation was delayed in regard to this matter ; so Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid in order to seek their advice in regard to the separation of his wife. Usama Bin Zaid told Allah Messenger may peace be apen him about the innocence of his wives and what he knew about his love for them. He said: Allah Messenger; they are your wives and we know nothing else about thembut goodness. And as for Ali Bin Abu Talib; he said: Allah has not put any unnecessary burden upon you in regard to your wives. There are a number of women besides her and if you ask that maidservant Barira she will tell you the truth. So; Allah Messenger ﷺ called Bailra and said: Barira; did you see anything in Aisha which can cause doubt about her? Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the truth; I have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is a young girl and she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats that. Thereupon Allah Messenger ﷺ mounted the pulpit and sought vindication against Abdullah Bin Ubay Bin Salul; and he further said: Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has troubled me in regard to my family? By Allah; I find nothing in my wife but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this connection is; according to my knowledge; a thoroughly pious person; and he did never get into my house but along with me. Saad Bin Muadh stood up and said: Allah Messenger; I defend your honour against him. If he belong to the tribe of Aus we would strike his neck and if he belongs to the tribe of our brother Khazraj and you order us we would comply with your order. Then Saad Bin Ubada stood up. He was chief of the Khazraj tribe. He was otherwise a pioas man but he had some what tribal partisanship in him and he said to Saad Bin Muadh: By the everlasting existence of Allah. you are not stating the fact; you will not be able to kill him and you will not have the power to do so. Thereupon; Usaid Bin Hudair stood up; and he was the first cousin of Saad Bin Muadh and said to Saad Bin Ubada: By the everlasting existence of Allah; you are not stating the fact. We would kill him. You are a hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites; and thus both the tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up; until they were about to fall upon one another and Allah Messenger ﷺ kept standing upon the pulpit and Allah Messenger ﷺ tried to subside their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence. Aisha further reported: I spent the whole day in weeping and even the night and could not have a wink of sleep even next night. My parents thought that this constant weeping of mine would break my heart. I wept and they sat beside me. In the meanwhile a woman of the Ansar came to see me. I permitted her to see me and she also began to weep. And we were in this very state that Allah Messenger ﷺ came and he greeted me and then sat down. He had never sat with me since a month when this rumour was afloat; and there was no revelation to clarity my case. Allah Messenger ﷺ recited Tashahhud there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle and then said: Coming to the point; Aisha; this is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent; Allah would Himself vindicate your honour; and if accidentally there has been a lapse on your part sock forgiveness of Allah; He will pardon thee for when a servant makes a confession of his fault and turns to Him penitently; Allah also turns to him mercifully accepting his repentance. When Allah Messenger ﷺ talked; my tears dried up and not even a single drop of tear was perceived by me rolling out of my eyes. I said to my father: You give a reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. He said: By Allah; I do not know what I should say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I then said to my mother: Give a reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf; but she said: By Allah; I do not know what I should say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Quran but I said : By Allah; I perceive that you have heard about this and it has settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true; so if I say to you that I am quite innocent; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you would never believe me to be true; and if I confess to the alleged lapse before you; whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent and I have not committed this sin at all ; in that case You will take me to be true and; by Allah; I; therefore; find no other alternative for me and for you except that what the father of Yousuf said:; My course is comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought for in that predicament which ye describe xii 18. After this I turned my face to the other side and lay down on my bed. By Allah; I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu Quranic Wahy in my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; would speak in this matter in words to be recited. I only hoped that Allah would in vision give an indication of my innocence to Allah Messenger ﷺ during his sleep. And; by Allah; Allah Messenger ﷺ had not moved an inch from where he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; descended revelation upon Allah Messenger ﷺ there and then and he felt the burden which he used to feel at the time of receiving revelation. He began to perspire because of the burden of words of Allah as they descended upon him even during the winter season and there fell the drops of his sweat like silvery beads. When this state of receiving revelation was over; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and the first words which he spoke to me were that he said: Aisha; there is glad tidings for you. Verily; Allah has vindicated your honour; and my mother who had been standing by me said: Get up and thank him; i. e. the Holy Prophet. I said: By Allah; I shall not thank him and laud him but Allah Who has descended revelation vindicating my honour. She Aisha said: Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; revealed: Verily; those who spread the slander are a gang among you and ten subsequent verses in regard to my innocence. She further said: Abu Bakr used to give to Mistah some stipend as a token of kinship with him and for his poverty and he Abu Bakr said: By Allah; now I would not spend anything for him. Aisha said: It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse: And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear to give to the near of the kin up to Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Hibban Bin Mousa said that Abdullah Bin Mubarak used to say: It is a verse contained in the Book which most eminently brightens the hope. Abu Bakr said: By Allah; I wish that Allah should pardon me. I shall never stop this stipend. So he continued to give him the stipend which he had withdrawn. Aisha said that Allah Messenger ﷺ asked Zainab; daughter of Jahsh; the wife of Allah Apostle ﷺ ; about me what she knew or what she had seen in me; and she said: Allah Messenger; I shall not say anything without hearing with my ears and seeing with my eyes. By Allah; I find nothing in her but goodness. And she stated this in spite of the fact that she was the only lady who amongst the wives of Allah Apostle ﷺ used to vie with me but Allah saved her in bringing false allegation against me because of her God-consciousness. Her sister Hamna bint Jahsh; however; opposed her and she was undone along with others. SahihMuslim-017-001-19384
2. Narrated Aisha: the wife of the Prophet Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he would draw lots amongst his wives and would take with him the one upon whom the lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his; he drew lots amongst us and the lot fell upon me; and I proceeded with him after Allah had decreed the use of the veil by women. I was carried in a Howdah on the camel and dismounted while still in it. When Allah Messenger ﷺ was through with his Ghazwa and returned home; and we approached the city of Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ ordered us to proceed at night. When the order of setting off was given; I walked till I was past the army to answer the call of nature. After finishing I returned to the camp to depart with the others and suddenly realized that my necklace over my chest was missing. So; I returned to look for it and was delayed because of that. The people who used to carry me on the camel; came to my Howdah and put it on the back of the camel; thinking that I was in it; as; at that time; women were light in weight; and thin and lean; and did not use to eat much. So; those people did not feel the difference in the heaviness of the Howdah while lifting it; and they put it over the camel. At that time I was a young lady. They set the camel moving and proceeded on. I found my necklace after the army had gone; and came to their camp to find nobody. So; I went to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would discover my absence and come back in my search. While in that state; I felt sleepy and slept. Safwan Bin Muattal AlSulami AlDhakwani was behind the army and reached my abode in the morning. When he saw a sleeping person; he came to me; and he used to see me before veiling. So; I got up when I heard him saying; Inna lil-lah-wa inn a ilaihi rajiun We are for Allah; and we will return to Him. He made his camel knell down. He got down from his camel; and put his leg on the front legs of the camel and then I rode and sat over it. Safwan set out walking; leading the camel by the rope till we reached the army who had halted to take rest at midday. Then whoever was meant for destruction; fell into destruction; some people accused me falsely and the leader of the false accusers was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. After that we returned to Medina; and I became ill for one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the false accusers. I was feeling during my ailment as if I were not receiving the usual kindness from the Prophet ﷺ which I used to receive from him when I got sick. But he would come; greet and say; How is that girl ? I did not know anything of what was going on till I recovered from my ailment and went out with Um Mistah to the Manasi where we used to answer the call of nature; and we used not to go to answer the call of nature except from night to night and that was before we had lavatories near to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar to the habit of the old Arabs in the open country or away from houses. So. I and Um Mistah bint Ruhm went out walking. Um Mistah stumbled because of her long dress and on that she said; Let Mistah be ruined. I said; You are saying a bad word. Why are you abusing a man who took part in the battle of Badr? She said; O Hanata you there didnt you hear what they said? Then she told me the rumors of the false accusers. My sickness was aggravated; and when I returned home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting he said; How is that girl ? I requested him to allow me to go to my parents. I wanted then to be sure of the news through them I Allah Messenger ﷺ allowed me; and I went to my parents and asked my mother; What are the people talking about? She said; O my daughter! Dont worry much about this matter. By Allah; never is there a charming woman loved by her husband who has other wives; but the women would forge false news about her. I said; Glorified be Allah! Are the people really taking of this matter? That night I kept on weeping and could not sleep till morning. In the morning Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abu Talib and Usama Bin Zaid when he saw the Divine Inspiration delayed; to consul them about divorcing his wife i.e. Aisha. Usama Bin Zaid said what he knew of the good reputation of his wives and added; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Keep you wife; for; by Allah; we know nothing about her but good. Ali Bin Abu Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah has no imposed restrictions on you; and there are many women other than she; yet you may ask the woman-servant who will tell you the truth. On that Allah Messenger ﷺ called Buraira and said; O Burair. Did you ever see anything which roused your suspicions about her? Buraira said; No; by Allah Who has sent you with the Truth; I have never seen in her anything faulty except that she is a girl of immature age; who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough for the goats to eat. On that day Allah Messenger ﷺ ascended the pulpit and requested that somebody support him in punishing Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. Allah Apostle said; Who will support me to punish that person Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul who has hurt me by slandering the reputation of my family? By Allah; I know nothing about my family but good; and they have accused a person about whom I know nothing except good; and he never entered my house except in my company. Saad Bin Muadh got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! by Allah; I will relieve you from him. If that man is from the tribe of the Aus; then we will chop his head off; and if he is from our brothers; the Khazraj; then order us; and we will fulfill your order. On that Saad Bin Ubada; the chief of the Khazraj and before this incident; he had been a pious man; got up; motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said; By Allah; you have told a lie; you cannot kill him; and you will never be able to kill him. On that Usaid Bin AlHadir got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada ; By Allah! you are a liar. By Allah; we will kill him; and you are a hypocrite; defending the hypocrites. On this the two tribes of Aus and Khazraj got excited and were about to fight each other; while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. He got down and quieted them till they became silent and he kept quiet. On that day I kept on weeping so much so that neither did my tears stop; nor could I sleep. In the morning my parents were with me and I had wept for two nights and a day; till I thought my liver would burst from weeping. While they were sitting with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked my permission to enter; and I allowed her to come in. She sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state; Allah Messenger ﷺ came and sat down and he had never sat with me since the day they forged the accusation. No revelation regarding my case came to him for a month. He recited Tashah-hud i.e. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle and then said; O Aisha! I have been informed such-and-such about you; if you are innocent; then Allah will soon reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then repent to Allah and ask Him to forgive you; for when a person confesses his sin and asks Allah for forgiveness; Allah accepts his repentance. When Allah Messenger ﷺ finished his speech my tears ceased completely and there remained not even a single drop of it. I requested my father to reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. My father said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I said to my mother; Talk to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf. She said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Apostle. I was a young girl and did not have much knowledge of the Quran. I said. I know; by Allah; that you have listened to what people are saying and that has been planted in your minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now; if I told you that I am innocent and Allah knows that I am innocent; you would not believe me and if I confessed to you falsely that I am guilty; and Allah knows that I am innocent you would believe me. By Allah; I dont compare my situation with you except to the situation of Joseph father i.e. Jacob who said; So for me patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah Alone whose help can be sought. Then I turned to the other side of my bed hoping that Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah I never thought that Allah would reveal Divine Inspiration in my case; as I considered myself too inferior to be talked of in the Holy Quran. I had hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah; Allah Apostle had not got up and nobody had left the house before the Divine Inspiration came to Allah Apostle. So; there overtook him the same state which used to overtake him; when he used to have; on being inspired divinely. He was sweating so much so that the drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a cold wintry day. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; he was smiling and the first word he said; Aisha! Thank Allah; for Allah has declared your innocence. My mother told me to go to Allah Messenger ﷺ. I replied; By Allah I will not go to him and will not thank but Allah. So Allah revealed: Verily! They who spread the slander are a gang among you... 24.11 When Allah gave the declaration of my Innocence; Abu Bakr; who used to provide for Mistah Bin Uthatha for he was his relative; said; By Allah; I will never provide Mistah with anything because of what he said about Aisha. But Allah later revealed: - And let not those who are good and wealthy among you swear not to help their kinsmen; those in need and those who left their homes in Allah Cause. Let them forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? Verily! Allah is Oft-forgiving; Most Merciful. 24.22 After that Abu Bakr said; Yes ! By Allah! I like that Allah should forgive me; and resumed helping Mistah whom he used to help before. Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh i.e. the Prophet wife about me saying; What do you know and what did you see? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I refrain to claim hearing or seeing what I have not heard or seen. By Allah; I know nothing except goodness about Aisha. Aisha further added Zainab was competing with me in her beauty and the Prophet love ; yet Allah protected her from being malicious ; for she had piety. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4432
3. Narrated Aisha: Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he used to draw lots amongst his wives; and Allah Messenger ﷺ used to take with him the one on whom lot fell. He drew lots amongst us during one of the Ghazwat which he fought. The lot fell on me and so I proceeded with Allah Messenger ﷺ after Allah order of veiling the women had been revealed. I was carried on the back of a camel in my howdah and carried down while still in it when we came to a halt. So we went on till Allah Messenger ﷺ had finished from that Ghazwa of his and returned. When we approached the city of Medina he announced at night that it was time for departure. So when they announced the news of departure; I got up and went away from the army camps; and after finishing from the call of nature; I came back to my riding animal. I touched my chest to find that my necklace which was made of Zifar beads i.e. Yemenite beads partly black and partly white was missing. So I returned to look for my necklace and my search for it detained me. In the meanwhile the people who used to carry me on my camel; came and took my howdah and put it on the back of my camel on which I used to ride; as they considered that I was in it. In those days women were light in weight for they did not get fat; and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as they used to eat only a little food. Those people therefore; disregarded the lightness of the howdah while lifting and carrying it; and at that time I was still a young girl. They made the camel rise and all of them left along with it. I found my necklace after the army had gone. Then I came to their camping place to find no call maker of them; nor one who would respond to the call. So I intended to go to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would miss me and come back to me in my search. While I was sitting in my resting place; I was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. Safwan Bin AlMuattal AlSulami AlDhakwani was behind the army. When he reached my place in the morning; he saw the figure of a sleeping person and he recognized me on seeing me as he had seen me before the order of compulsory veiling was prescribed. So I woke up when he recited Istirja i.e. Inna li Allahi wa inna llaihi rajiun as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face with my head cover at once; and by Allah; we did not speak a single word; and I did not hear him saying any word besides his Istirja. He dismounted from his camel and made it kneel down; putting his leg on its front legs and then I got up and rode on it. Then he set out leading the camel that was carrying me till we overtook the army in the extreme heat of midday while they were at a halt taking a rest. Because of the event some people brought destruction upon themselves and the one who spread the Ifk i.e. slander more; was Abdullah Bin Ubai Ibn Salul. Urwa said; The people propagated the slander and talked about it in his i.e. Abdullahs presence and he confirmed it and listened to it and asked about it to let it prevail. Urwa also added; None was mentioned as members of the slanderous group besides Abdullah except Hassan Bin Thabit and Mistah Bin Uthatha and Hamna bint Jahsh along with others about whom I have no knowledge; but they were a group as Allah said. It is said that the one who carried most of the slander was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. Urwa added; Aisha disliked to have Hassan abused in her presence and she used to say; It was he who said: My father and his i.e. my fathers father and my honor are all for the protection of Muhammad honor from you.. Aisha added; After we returned to Medina; I became ill for a month. The people were propagating the forged statements of the slanderers while I was unaware of anything of all that; but I felt that in my present ailment; I was not receiving the same kindness from Allah Messenger ﷺ as I used to receive when I got sick. But now Allah Messenger ﷺ would only come; greet me and say; How is that lady ? and leave. That roused my doubts; but I did not discover the evil i.e. slander till I went out after my convalescence; I went out with Um Mistah to AlManasi where we used to answer the call of nature and we used not to go out to answer the call of nature except at night; and that was before we had latrines near our houses. And this habit of our concerning evacuating the bowels; was similar to the habits of the old Arabs living in the deserts; for it would be troublesome for us to take latrines near our houses. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm Bin AlMuttalib Bin Abd Manaf; whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir and the aunt of Abu Bakr AlSiddiq and whose son was Mistah Bin Uthatha Bin Abbas Bin AlMuttalib; went out. I and Um Mistah returned to my house after we finished answering the call of nature. Um Mistah stumbled by getting her foot entangled in her covering sheet and on that she said; Let Mistah be ruined! I said; What a hard word you have said. Do you abuse a man who took part in the battle of Badr? On that she said; O you Hantah! Didnt you hear what he i.e. Mistah said? I said; What did he say? Then she told me the slander of the people of Ifk. So my ailment was aggravated; and when I reached my home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting me; said; How is that lady ? I said; Will you allow me to go to my parents? as I wanted to be sure about the news through them. Allah Apostle allowed me and I went to my parents and asked my mother; O mother! What are the people talking about? She said; O my daughter! Dont worry; for scarcely is there a charming woman who is loved by her husband and whose husband has other wives besides herself that they i.e. women would find faults with her. I said; Subhan-Allah! I testify the uniqueness of Allah. Are the people really talking in this way? I kept on weeping that night till dawn I could neither stop weeping nor sleep then in the morning again; I kept on weeping. When the Divine Inspiration was delayed. Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid to ask and consult them about divorcing me. Usama Bin Zaid said what he knew of my innocence; and the respect he preserved in himself for me. Usama said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! She is your wife and we do not know anything except good about her. Ali Bin Abi Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah does not put you in difficulty and there are plenty of women other than she; yet; ask the maid-servant who will tell you the truth. On that Allah Messenger ﷺ called Barira i.e. the maid-servant and said; O Barira! Did you ever see anything which aroused your suspicion? Barira said to him; By Him Who has sent you with the Truth. I have never seen anything in her i.e. Aisha which I would conceal; except that she is a young girl who sleeps leaving the dough of her family exposed so that the domestic goats come and eat it. So; on that day; Allah Messenger ﷺ got up on the pulpit and complained about Abdullah Bin Ubai bin Salul before his companions; saying; O you Muslims! Who will relieve me from that man who has hurt me with his evil statement about my family? By Allah; I know nothing except good about my family and they have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and he used never to enter my home except with me. Saad Bin Muadh the brother of Banu Abd AlAshhal got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I will relieve you from him; if he is from the tribe of alaous then I will chop his head off; and if he is from our brothers; i.e. AlKhazraj; then order us; and we will fulfill your order. On that; a man from AlKhazraj got up. Um Hassan; his cousin; was from his branch tribe; and he was Saad Bin Ubada; chief of AlKhazraj. Before this incident; he was a pious man; but his love for his tribe goaded him into saying to Saad bin Muadh. By Allah; you have told a lie; you shall not and cannot kill him. If he belonged to your people; you would not wish him to be killed. On that; Usaid Bin Hudair who was the cousin of Saad bin Muadh got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada; By Allah! You are a liar! We will surely kill him; and you are a hypocrite arguing on the behalf of hypocrites. On this; the two tribes of alaous and AlKhazraj got so much excited that they were about to fight while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. Allah Messenger ﷺ kept on quietening them till they became silent and so did he. All that day I kept on weeping with my tears never ceasing; and I could never sleep. In the morning my parents were with me and I wept for two nights and a day with my tears never ceasing and I could never sleep till I thought that my liver would burst from weeping. So; while my parents were sitting with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked me to grant her admittance. I allowed her to come in; and when she came in; she sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state; Allah Messenger ﷺ came; greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with me since that day of the slander. A month had elapsed and no Divine Inspiration came to him about my case. Allah Apostle then recited Tashah-hud and then said; Amma Badu; O Aisha! I have been informed so-andso about you; if you are innocent; then soon Allah will reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for when a slave confesses his sins and asks Allah for forgiveness; Allah accepts his repentance. continued... continuing... 1 : -5.462:...... When Allah Messenger ﷺ finished his speech; my tears ceased flowing completely that I no longer felt a single drop of tear flowing. I said to my father; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said. My father said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Then I said to my mother; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf concerning what he has said. She said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. In spite of the fact that I was a young girl and had a little knowledge of Quran; I said; By Allah; no doubt I know that you heard this slanderous speech so that it has been planted in your hearts i.e. minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now if I tell you that I am innocent; you will not believe me; and if confess to you about it; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you will surely believe me. By Allah; I find no similitude for me and you except that of Joseph father when he said; For me patience in the most fitting against that which you assert; it is Allah Alone Whose Help can be sought. Then I turned to the other side and lay on my bed; and Allah knew then that I was innocent and hoped that Allah would reveal my innocence. But; by Allah; I never thought that Allah would reveal about my case; Divine Inspiration; that would be recited forever as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something of my concern; but I hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. But; by Allah; before Allah Messenger ﷺ left his seat and before any of the household left; the Divine inspiration came to Allah Messenger ﷺ. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him; when he used to be inspired Divinely. The sweat was dropping from his body like pearls though it was a wintry day and that was because of the weighty statement which was being revealed to him. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; he got up smiling; and the first word he said was; O Aisha! Allah has declared your innocence! Then my Mother said to me; Get up and go to him i.e. Allah Messenger ﷺ. I replied; By Allah; I will not go to him; and I praise none but Allah. So Allah revealed the ten Verses:- - Verily! They who spread the slander Are a gang; among you............. 24.11-20 Allah revealed those Quranic Verses to declare my innocence. Abu Bakr AlSiddiq who used to disburse money for Mistah Bin Uthatha because of his relationship to him and his poverty; said; By Allah; I will never give to Mistah Bin Uthatha anything after what he has said about Aisha. Then Allah revealed:- And let not those among you who are good and wealthy swear not to give any sort of help to their kinsmen; those in need; and those who have left their homes for Allah cause; let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 24.22 Abu Bakr AlSiddiq said; Yes; by Allah; I would like that Allah forgive me. and went on giving Mistah the money he used to give him before. He also added; By Allah; I will never deprive him of it at all. Aisha further said:. Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh i.e. his wife about my case. He said to Zainab; What do you know and what did you see? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I refrain from claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By Allah; I know nothing except good about Aisha. From amongst the wives of the Prophet ﷺ Zainab was my peer in beauty and in the love she received from the Prophet but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety. Her sister Hamna; started struggling on her behalf and she was destroyed along with those who were destroyed. The man who was blamed said; Subhan-Allah! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is; I have never uncovered the cover i.e. veil of any female. Later on the man was martyred in Allah Cause. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6489
4. Narrated Aisha: The wife of the Prophet Whenever Allah Messenger ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he used to draw lots among his wives and would take with him the one on whom the lot had fallen. Once he drew lots when he wanted to carry out a Ghazwa; and the lot came upon me. So I proceeded with Allah Apostle after Allah order of veiling the women had been revealed and thus I was carried in my howdah on a camel and dismounted while still in it. We carried on our journey; and when Allah Apostle had finished his Ghazwa and returned and we approached Medina; Allah Messenger ﷺ ordered to proceed at night. When the army was ordered to resume the homeward journey; I got up and walked on till I left the army camp behind. When I had answered the call of nature; I went towards my howdah; but behold ! A necklace of mine made of Jaz Azfar a kind of black bead was broken and I looked for it and my search for it detained me. The group of people who used to carry me; came and carried my howdah on to the back of my camel on which I was riding; considering that I was therein. At that time women were light in weight and were not fleshy for they used to eat little food ; so those people did not feel the lightness of the howdah while raising it up; and I was still a young lady. They drove away the camel and proceeded. Then I found my necklace after the army had gone. I came to their camp but found nobody therein so I went to the place where I used to stay; thinking that they would miss me and come back in my search. While I was sitting at my place; I felt sleepy and slept. Safwan Bin AlMuattil AlSulami AlDhakw-ani was behind the army. He had started in the last part of the night and reached my stationing place in the morning and saw the figure of a sleeping person. He came to me and recognized me on seeing me for he used to see me before veiling. I got up because of his saying: Inna Li Allahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun; which he uttered on recognizing me. I covered my face with my garment; and by Allah; he did not say to me a single word except; Inna Li Allahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun; till he made his shecamel kneel down whereupon he trod on its forelegs and I mounted it. Then Safwan set out; leading the camel that was carrying me; till we met the army while they were resting during the hot midday. Then whoever was meant for destruction; fell in destruction; and the leader of the Ifk forged statement was Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul. After this we arrived at Medina and I became ill for one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the people of the Ifk; and I was not aware of anything thereof. But what aroused my doubt while I was sick; was that I was no longer receiving from Allah Messenger ﷺ the same kindness as I used to receive when I fell sick. Allah Messenger ﷺ would enter upon me; say a greeting and add; How is that lady ? and then depart. That aroused my suspicion but I was not aware of the propagated evil till I recovered from my ailment. I went out with Um Mistah to answer the call of nature towards AlManasi; the place where we used to relieve ourselves; and used not to go out for this purpose except from night to night; and that was before we had lavatories close to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar to the habit of the old Arabs in the deserts or in the tents concerning the evacuation of the bowels; for we considered it troublesome and harmful to take lavatories in the houses. So I went out with Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abi Ruhm Bin Abd Manaf; and her mother was daughter of Sakhr Bin Amir who was the aunt of Abi Bakr AlSiddiq; and her son was Mistah Bin Uthatha. When we had finished our affair; Um Mistah and I came back towards my house. Um Mistah stumbled over her robe whereupon she said; Let Mistah be ruined ! I said to her; What a bad word you have said! Do you abuse a man who has taken part in the Battle of Badr? She said; O you there! Didnt you hear what he has said? I said; And what did he say? She then told me the statement of the people of the Ifk forged statement which added to my ailment. When I returned home; Allah Messenger ﷺ came to me; and after greeting; he said; How is that lady ? I said; Will you allow me to go to my parents? At that time I intended to be sure of the news through them. Allah Messenger ﷺ allowed me and I went to my parents and asked my mother; O my mother! What are the people talking about? My mother said; O my daughter! Take it easy; for by Allah; there is no charming lady who is loved by her husband who has other wives as well; but that those wives would find fault with her. I said; Subhan Allah! Did the people really talk about that? That night I kept on weeping the whole night till the morning. My tears never stopped; nor did I sleep; and morning broke while I was still weeping; Allah Messenger ﷺ called Ali Bin Abi Talib and Usama Bin Zaid when the Divine Inspiration delayed; in order to consult them as to the idea of divorcing his wife. Usama Bin Zaid told Allah Messenger ﷺ of what he knew about the innocence of his wife and of his affection he kept for her. He said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! She is your wife; and we do not know anything about her except good. But Ali Bin Abi Talib said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Allah does not impose restrictions on you; and there are plenty of women other than her. If you however; ask her slave girl; she will tell you the truth. Aisha added: So Allah Messenger ﷺ called for Barira and said; O Barira! Did you ever see anything which might have aroused your suspicion? as regards Aisha. Barira said; By Allah Who has sent you with the truth; I have never seen anything regarding Aisha which I would blame her for except that she is a girl of immature age who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough of her family unprotected so that the domestic goats come and eat it. So Allah Messenger ﷺ got up and addressed the people an asked for somebody who would take revenge on Abdullah Bin Ubai Bin Salul then. Allah Messenger ﷺ ; while on the pulpit; said; O Muslims! Who will help me against a man who has hurt me by slandering my family? By Allah; I know nothing except good about my family; and people have blamed a man of whom I know nothing except good; and he never used to visit my family except with me; Saad Bin Muadh AlAnsari got up and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! By Allah; I will relieve you from him. If he be from the tribe of Bani alaous then I will chop his head off; and if he be from our brethren; the Khazraj; then you give us your order and we will obey it. On that; Saad Bin Ubada got up; and he was the chief of the Khazraj; and before this incident he had been a pious man but he was incited by his zeal for his tribe. He said to Saad bin Muadh ; By Allah the Eternal; you have told a lie! You shall not kill him and you will never be able to kill him! On that; Usaid Bin Hudair; the cousin of Saad bin Muadh got up and said to Saad Bin Ubada; You are a liar! By Allah the Eternal; we will surely kill him; and you are a hypocrite defending the hypocrites! So the two tribes of alaous and AlKhazraj got excited till they were on the point of fighting with each other while Allah Messenger ﷺ was standing on the pulpit. Allah Messenger ﷺ continued quietening them till they became silent whereupon he became silent too. On that day I kept on weeping so much that neither did my tears stop; nor could I sleep. In the morning my parents were with me; and I had wept for two nights and a day without sleeping and with incessant tears till they thought that my liver would burst with weeping. While they were with me and I was weeping; an Ansari woman asked permission to see me. I admitted her and she sat and started weeping with me. While I was in that state; Allah Apostle came to us; greeted; and sat down;. He had never sat with me since the day what was said; was said. He had stayed a month without receiving any Divine Inspiration concerning my case. Allah Messenger ﷺ recited the Tashahhud after he had sat down; and then said; Thereafter; O Aisha! I have been informed such and-such a thing about you; and if you are innocent; Allah will reveal your innocence; and if you have committed a sin; then ask for Allah forgiveness and repent to Him; for when a slave confesses his sin and then repents to Allah; Allah accepts his repentance. When Allah Apostle had finished his speech; my tears ceased completely so that I no longer felt even a drop thereof. Then I said to my father; Reply to Allah Messenger ﷺ on my behalf as to what he said. He said; By Allah; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Then I said to my mother; Reply to Allah Apostle. She said; I do not know what to say to Allah Messenger ﷺ. Still a young girl as I was and though I had little knowledge of Quran; I said; By Allah; I know that you heard this story of the Ifk so much so that it has been planted in your minds and you have believed it. So now; if I tell you that I am innocent; and Allah knows that I am innocent; you will not believe me; and if I confess something; and Allah knows that I am innocent of it; you will believe me. By Allah; I cannot find of you an example except that of Joseph father: So for me patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah Alone Whose help can be sought. Then I turned away and lay on my bed; and at that time I knew that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence. But by Allah; I never thought that Allah would sent down about my affair; Divine Inspiration that would be recited forever ; as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something that was to be recited: but I hoped that Allah Messenger ﷺ might have a vision in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah; Allah Messenger ﷺ had not left his seat and nobody had left the house when the Divine Inspiration came to Allah Messenger ﷺ. So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him when he was Divinely Inspired so that the drops of his sweat were running down; like pearls; though it was a cold winter day; and that was because of the heaviness of the Statement which was revealed to him. When that state of Allah Messenger ﷺ was over; and he was smiling when he was relieved; the first word he said was; Aisha; Allah has declared your innocence. My mother said to me; Get up and go to him. I said; By Allah; I will not go to him and I will not thank anybody but Allah. So Allah revealed: Verily! They who spread the Slander are a gang among you. Think it not.... 24.11-20. When Allah revealed this to confirm my innocence; Abu Bakr AlSiddiq who used to provide for Mistah Bin Uthatha because of the latter kinship to him and his poverty; said; By Allah; I will never provide for Mistah anything after what he has said about Aisha. So Allah revealed: continued... continuing... 1 : -6.274:...... Let not those among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give help to their kinsmen; those in need; and those who have left their homes for Allah Cause. Let them Pardon and forgive i.e. do not punish them. Do you not love that should forgive you? Verily Allah is Oft-forgiving. Most Merciful. 24.22 Abu Bakr said; Yes; by Allah; I wish that Allah should forgive me. So he resumed giving Mistah the aid he used to give him before and said; By Allah; I will never withold it from him at all. Aisha further said: Allah Messenger ﷺ also asked Zainab bint Jahsh about my case. He said; O Zainab! What have you seen? She replied; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I protect my hearing and my sight by refraining from telling lies. I know nothing but good about Aisha. Of all the wives of Allah Messenger ﷺ ; it was Zainab who aspired to receive from him the same favor as I used to receive; yet; Allah saved her from telling lies because of her piety. But her sister; Hamna; kept on fighting on her behalf so she was destroyed as were those who invented and spread the slander. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7064
5. Narrated Abu Burda Bin Abi Mousa: Abu Mousa got seriously ill; fainted and could not reply to his wife while he was lying with his head in her lap. When he came to his senses; he said; I am innocent of those; of whom Allah Messenger ﷺ was innocent. Allah Messenger ﷺ is innocent of a woman who cries aloud or slaps her face who shaves her head and who tear off her clothes on the falling of a calamity SahihAlBukhari-017-001-235
6. Narrated Aisha: Whenever the Prophet ﷺ intended to proceed on a journey; he used to draw lots amongst his wives and would take the one upon whom the lot fell. Once; before setting out for Jihad; he drew lots amongst us and the lot came to me; so I went with the Prophet; and that happened after the revelation of the Verse Hijab i.e. veiling. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4551
7. Narrated AlQasim: Aisha said that whenever the Prophet ﷺ intended to go on a journey; he drew lots among his wives so as to take one of them along with him. During one of his journeys the lot fell on Aisha and Hafsa. When night fell the Prophet ﷺ would ride beside Aisha and talk with her. One night Hafsa said to Aisha; Wont you ride my camel tonight and I ride yours; so that you may see me and I see you in new situation ? Aisha said; Yes; I agree. So Aisha rode; and then the Prophet ﷺ came towards Aisha camel on which Hafsa was riding. He greeted Hafsa and then proceeded beside her till they dismounted on the way. Aisha missed him; and so; when they dismounted; she put her legs in the Idhkhir and said; O Lord Allah ! Send a scorpion or a snake to bite me for I am not to blame him the Prophet ﷺ. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3598

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