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Musnad Abi Ya'la 4934

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( 4934 4933 ) - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ الطَّحَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ، وَعَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَقَّاصٍ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ قَالَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَبَرَّأَهَا اللهُ، وَكُلُّهُمْ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنْ حَدِيثِهَا، وَبَعْضُهُمْ كَانَ أَوْعَى لِحَدِيثِهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ، وَأَثْبَتَ لَهُ اقْتِصَاصًا، وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمُ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ:

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ، فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا أَخْرَجَهَا مَعَهُ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَنَا فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا، فَخَرَجَ فِيهَا سَهْمِي، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَمَا أُنْزِلَ الْحِجَابُ، فَكُنْتُ أُحْمَلُ فِي هَوْدَجٍ وَأُنْزَلُ فِيهِ، فَسِرْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَتِهِ تِلْكَ، وَقَفَلَ وَدَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَافِلِينَ أَذِنَ لَنَا بِالرَّحِيلِ، فَقُمْتُ حِينَ أَذِنَ بِالرَّحِيلِ فَمَشَيْتُ حَتَّى جَاوَزْتُ الْجَيْشَ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ شَأْنِي، أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَحْلِي فَلَمَسْتُ صَدْرِي، فَإِذَا عِقْدٌ لِي مِنْ جَزْعِ أَظْفَارٍ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ، فَرَجَعْتُ فَالْتَمَسْتُ عِقْدِي فَحَبَسَنِي ابْتِغَاؤُهُ. قَالَتْ: وَأَقْبَلَ الرَّهْطُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَرْحَلُونَ لِي، فَاحْتَمَلُوا هَوْدَجِي، فَرَحَلُوهُ عَلَى بَعِيرِي الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرْكَبُ، وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنِّي فِيهِ، وَكَانَ النِّسَاءُ إِذْ ذَاكَ خِفَافًا لَمْ يَغْشَهُنَّ اللَّحْمُ، وَإِنَّا نَأْكُلُ الْعُلْقَةَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَنْكِرِ الْقَوْمُ خِفَّةَ الْهَوْدَجِ، رَفَعُوهُ وَرَحَلُوهُ، وَكُنْتُ جَارِيَةً حَدِيثَةَ السِّنِّ فَبَعَثُوا، وَسَارُوا، وَوَجَدْتُ عِقْدِي بَعْدَمَا اسْتَمَرَّ الْجَيْشُ، فَجِئْتُ مَنَازِلَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ بِهَا دَاعٍ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ. فَيَمَّمْتُ مَنْزِلِي الَّذِي كُنْتُ بِهِ، وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَفْقِدُونَنِي فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيَّ. فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسَةٌ فِي مَنْزِلِي غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي، فَنِمْتُ، وَكَانَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ السُّلَمِيُّ ثُمَّ الذَّكْوَانِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجَيْشِ، فَأَدْلَجَ، فَأَصْبَحَ عِنْدَ مَنْزِلِي، فَرَأَى سَوَادَ إِنْسَانٍ نَائِمٍ، فَعَرَفَنِي حِينَ رَآنِي، وَكَانَ يَرَانِي قَبْلَ الْحِجَابِ، فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ بِاسْتِرْجَاعِهِ حِينَ عَرَفَنِي، فَخَمَّرْتُ وَجْهِي بِجِلْبَابِي، وَاللهِ مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، وَلَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً غَيْرَ اسْتِرْجَاعِهِ حِينَ أَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَوَطِئَ عَلَى يَدِهَا، وَقُمْتُ فَرَكِبْتُهَا، فَانْطَلَقَ يَقُودُ بِيَ الرَّاحِلَةَ، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْجَيْشَ وَهُمْ نُزُولٌ. قَالَتْ: فَهَلَكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ، وَكَانَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمُ الْأَوَّلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُشَاعُ وَيُحَدَّثُ بِهِ عِنْدَهُ، فَيُقِرُّهُ وَيُشِيعُهُ وَيَسْتَوْشِيهِ. قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: يَعْنِي يَسْتَوْشِيهِ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: إِنَّمَا لَمْ يُسَمَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِفْكِ إِلَّا مِسْطَحُ بْنُ أُثَاثَةَ، وَحَمْنَةُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ، فِي أُنَاسٍ آخَرِينَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِهِمْ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ عُصْبَةٌ، كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ، وَإِنَّ كِبْرَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يُقَالُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُسَبَّ عِنْدَهَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَتَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ الَّذِي قَالَ: فَإِنَّ أَبِي وَوَالِدَهُ وَعِرْضِي لِعِرْضِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْكُمْ وِقَاءُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَاشْتَكَيْتُ حِينَ قَدِمْتُ شَهْرًا، وَالنَّاسُ يُفِيضُونَ فِي قَوْلِ أَصْحَابِ الْإِفْكِ، لَا أَشْعُرُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَهُوَ يَرِيبُنِي فِي وَجَعِي أَنِّي لَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اللُّطْفَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرَى حِينَ أَشْتَكِي، إِنَّمَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَقُولُ: كَيْفَ تِيكُمْ ؟ وَيَنْصَرِفُ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَرِيبُنِي، وَلَا أَشْعُرُ حَتَّى خَرَجْتُ بَعْدَمَا نَقِهْتُ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ أُمِّ مِسْطَحٍ قِبَلَ الْمَنَاصِعِ، وَكَانَ مُتَبَرَّزَنَا، أَمْرُنَا أَمْرُ الْعَرَبِ الْأُوَلِ فِي التَّنْزِيهِ، قَبْلَ الْغَائِطِ كُنَّا نَتَأَذَّى بِالْكُنُفِ أَنْ نَتَّخِذَهَا عِنْدَ بُيُوتِنَا. قَالَتْ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا، وَأُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ وَهِيَ بِنْتُ أَبِي رُهْمِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَأُمُّهَا بِنْتُ صَخْرِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ خَالَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، وَابْنُهَا مِسْطَحُ بْنُ أُثَاثَةَ بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَنَا، وَأُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ قِبَلَ بَيْتِي حِينَ فَرَغْنَا مِنْ شَأْنِنَا، فَعَثَرَتْ أُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ فِي مِرْطِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ. فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتِ أَتَسُبِّينَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ بَدْرًا ؟ قَالَتْ: أَيْ هَنْتَاهُ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قَالَ ؟ قُلْتُ: وَمَا قَالَ ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي بِقَوْلِ أَهْلِ الْإِفْكِ. قَالَتْ: فَازْدَدْتُ مَرَضًا عَلَى مَرَضِي، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِي، دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ تِيكُمْ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: ائْذَنْ لِي آتِ أَبَوَيَّ، قَالَتْ: وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَيْقِنَ الْخَبَرَ مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا، فَأَذِنَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُمَا، فَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّي: يَا أُمَّتَاهُ، مَاذَا يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ ؟ قَالَتْ: هَوِّنِي عَلَيْكِ، فَوَاللهِ، لَقَلَّمَا كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ قَطُّ وَضِيئَةٌ عِنْدَ زَوْجِهَا يُحِبُّهَا، لَهَا ضَرَائِرُ، إِلَّا أَكْثَرْنَ عَلَيْهَا. قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ أَوَلَقَدْ تَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ بِهَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: فَبَكَيْتُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ لَا يَرْقَأُ لِي دَمْعٌ، وَلَا أَكْتَحِلُ بِنَوْمٍ. قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ أَصْبَحْتُ أَبْكِي، قَالَتْ: وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَأُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، يَسْتَشِيرُهُمَا فِي فِرَاقِ أَهْلِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَأَمَّا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، فَأَشَارَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالَّذِي يَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَرَاءَةِ أَهْلِهِ، وَبِالَّذِي يَعْلَمُ لَهُمْ فِي نَفْسِهِ، فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَهْلَكَ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا. وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ يُضَيِّقِ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ النِّسَاءَ، وَالنِّسَاءُ سِوَاهَا كَثِيرٌ، وَسَلِ الْجَارِيَةَ تَصْدُقْكَ. قَالَتْ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَرِيرَةَ، فَقَالَ: أَيْ بَرِيرَةُ، هَلْ رَأَيْتِ شَيْئًا يُرِيبُكِ ؟ قَالَتْ لَهُ بَرِيرَةُ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، مَا رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا أَمْرًا قَطُّ أَغْمِصُهُ، أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنَّهَا جَارِيَةٌ حَدِيثَةُ السِّنِّ، تَنَامُ عَنْ عَجِينِ أَهْلِهَا، فَتَأْتِي الدَّاجِنُ، فَتَأْكُلُهُ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ، فَاسْتَعْذَرَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ، وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، مَنْ يَعْذِرُنِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَذَاهُ فِي أَهْلِي، وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي إِلَّا خَيْرًا، وَلَقَدْ ذَكَرُوا رَجُلًا مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، وَمَا دَخَلَ عَلَى أَهْلِي إِلَّا مَعِي. فَقَامَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا أَعْذِرُكَ مِنْهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَوْسِ، ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ، أَمَرْتَنَا فَفَعَلْنَا مَا أَمَرْتَنَا بِهِ. قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ حَسَّانَ بِنْتَ عَمِّهِ مِنْ فَخِذِهِ وَهُوَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ سَيِّدُ الْخَزْرَجِ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا، وَلَكِنِ احْتَمَلَتْهُ الْحَمِيَّةُ، فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ: كَذَبْتَ، لَعَمْرُ اللهِ لَا تَقْتُلُهُ، وَلَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ، وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ رَهْطِكَ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ. فَقَامَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ: كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ، لَنَقْتُلَنَّهُ، فَإِنَّكَ مُنَافِقٌ تُجَادِلُ عَنِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ. قَالَتْ: فَثَارَ الْحَيَّانِ؛ الْأَوْسُ وَالْخَزْرَجُ، حَتَّى هَمُّوا أَنْ يَقْتَتِلُوا، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُخَفِّضُهُمْ حَتَّى سَكَتُوا، وَسَكَتَ. قَالَتْ: وَبَكَيْتُ يَوْمِي ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لَا يَرْقَأُ لِي دَمْعٌ، وَلَا أَكْتَحِلُ بِنَوْمٍ، قَالَتْ: وَأَصْبَحَ أَبَوَايَ عِنْدِي، بَكَيْتُ يَوْمِي وَلَيْلَتِي لَا يَرْقَأُ لِي دَمْعٌ، وَلَا أَكْتَحِلُ بِنَوْمٍ، قَالَتْ: حَتَّى أَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْبُكَاءَ فَالِقٌ كَبِدِي. قَالَتْ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَبَوَايَ جَالِسَانِ عِنْدِي وَأَنَا أَبْكِي، اسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَلَيَّ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَأَذِنْتُ لَهَا، فَجَلَسَتْ تَبْكِي مَعِي، قَالَتْ: فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، إِذْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ. قَالَتْ: وَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ عِنْدِي مُنْذُ قِيلَ لِي مَا قِيلَ قَبْلَهَا، وَلَقَدْ لَبِثَ شَهْرًا لَا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ فِي شَأْنِي شَيْءٌ. قَالَتْ: فَتَشَهَّدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جَلَسَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، يَا عَائِشَةُ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَإِنْ كُنْتِ بَرِيئَةً فَسَيُبَرِّئُكِ اللهُ، وَإِنْ كُنْتِ أَلْمَمْتِ بِذَنْبٍ فَاسْتَغْفِرِي اللهَ وَتُوبِي إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا اعْتَرَفَ، وَتَابَ، تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَالَتَهُ، قَلَصَ دَمْعِي حَتَّى مَا أُحِسُّ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً، فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي: أَجِبْ عَنِّي رَسُولَ اللهِ فِيمَا قَالَ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّي: أَجِيبِي عَنِّي رَسُولَ اللهِ فِيمَا قَالَ، فَقَالَتْ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ وَأَنَا جَارِيَةٌ حَدِيثَةُ السِّنِّ لَا أَقْرَأُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَثِيرًا: إِنِّي وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ، وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ، حَتَّى اسْتَقَرَّ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَصَدَّقْتُمْ بِهِ، فَإِنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: إِنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ، لَا تُصَدِّقُونَنِي بِذَلِكَ، وَلَئِنِ اعْتَرَفْتُ بِأَمْرٍ، وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْهُ بَرِيئَةٌ، لَتُصَدِّقُنِّي، وَاللهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَا لَكُمْ مَثَلًا إِلَّا أَبَا يُوسُفَ، حِينَ يَقُولُ: فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ. قَالَتْ: فَتَحَوَّلْتُ، فَاضْطَجَعْتُ عَلَى فِرَاشِي، وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ حِينَئِذٍ أَنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ، وَاللهُ يُبَرِّئُنِي بِبَرَاءَتِي، وَلَكِنْ وَاللهِ مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ اللهَ يُنْزِلُ فِي شَأْنِي وَحْيًا، لَشَأْنِي أَحْقَرُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ فِيَّ بِأَمْرِ بَيَانٍ، وَلَكِنْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَرَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ رُؤْيَا يُبَرِّئُنِي اللهُ بِهَا. قَالَتْ: فَوَاللهِ مَا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ، وَلَا خَرَجَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ، حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَخَذَهُ مَا كَانَ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنَ الْبُرَحَاءِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَدَّرُ مِنْهُ مِنَ الْعَرَقِ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ، وَهُوَ فِي يَوْمٍ شَاتٍ مِنْ ثِقَلِ الْقُرْآنِ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَتْ: فَسُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلُ كَلِمَةٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا أَنْ قَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ أَمَّا اللهُ فَقَدْ بَرَّأَكِ. قَالَتْ: فَقَالَتْ أُمِّي: قُومِي إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَا أَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَحْمَدُ إِلَّا اللهَ، وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ لا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَكُمْ الْآيَاتِ. فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ هَذَا فِي بَرَاءَتِي، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحِ بْنِ أُثَاثَةَ لِقَرَابَتِهِ، وَفَقْرِهِ: وَاللهِ لَا أُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ شَيْئًا بَعْدَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: وَلا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَنْ يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: بَلَى وَاللهِ، إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لِي، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مِسْطَحٍ النَّفَقَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَنْزِعُهَا مِنْهُ أَبَدًا. قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ عَنْ أَمْرِي، فَقَالَ لِزَيْنَبَ: مَاذَا عَلِمْتِ أَوْ رَأَيْتِ ؟ قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحْمِي سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي، وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَصَمَهَا اللهُ بِالْوَرَعِ، وَطَفِقَتْ أُخْتُهَا حَمْنَةُ تُحَارِبُ فَهَلَكَتْ فِيمَنْ هَلَكَ. قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: فَهَذَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطِ.

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá and -al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān
  2. Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī al-Ṭaḥḥān
  3. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd
  4. Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān
  5. Ibn Shihāb al-Wāsiṭī
  6. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr Wasaʿīd b. al-Musayyib Waʿalqamah b. Waqqāṣ Waʿubayd Allāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah
  7. ʿĀʾishah
  8. al-Nabī ﷺ Ḥīn
  9. Fīhā Ahl al-Ifk Mā
  10. Ūā Fabarraʾahā Allāh Wakulluhum
  11. Ṭāʾifah Min Ḥadīthihā Wabaʿḍuhum Kān Awʿá Liḥadīthihā Min Baʿḍ Waʾathbat Lah Āqtiṣāṣ Waqad Waʿayt
  12. Kul Wāḥid Minhum al-Ḥadīth al--Adhī
  13. ʿĀʾishah
  14. ʿĀʾishah

✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ, when he intended to set out on a journey, would draw lots among his wives; whichever of them her lot came out, he took her out with him. Aisha said: So he drew lots among us for a raid he undertook; my lot came out for it, and I went out with the Messenger of God ﷺ after the veil had been revealed. I was carried in a howdah and let down from it. We traveled until, when the Messenger of God ﷺ had finished that raid of his and turned back, and we drew near Madinah returning, he gave us permission to set out at night. I got up when he gave permission and walked until I had passed beyond the army. When I had finished my business, I came back to my baggage and felt my chest, and found that a necklace of mine made of Dhafir beads had broken. I went back and searched for my necklace, and its search detained me. She said: The party who used to load my howdah came and lifted it up and placed it on my camel that I used to ride, thinking that I was in it. Women in those days were light, not yet weighed down by flesh; we ate only morsels of food. The people did not notice the lightness of the howdah, so they lifted it and loaded it. I was a girl of young age. They sent the camel off and departed. I found my necklace after the army had moved on. I came to their camp, but there was no one calling or answering. I made for the place where I had been staying, and I thought they would miss me and return to me. While I was sitting at my place, sleep overcame me and I slept. Safwan b. al-Mu'attal al-Sulami, then al-Dhakwani, was behind the army; he had set out late and reached my place in the morning. He saw the dark shape of a sleeping person and recognized me when he saw me, for he used to see me before the veil. I woke up at his saying 'Indeed we belong to God and to Him we return' when he recognized me, and I covered my face with my outer garment. By God, I did not speak a word, and I did not hear from him a word other than his 'Indeed we belong to God' when he made his riding camel kneel and stepped on its foreleg. I got up and mounted it. He set off leading the camel until we came to the army while they were encamped. She said: Then those who perished perished, and the one who took the greatest part in it among them was 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy b. Salul. 'Urwa said: I was told that it was being circulated and talked about in his presence, and he would affirm it, spread it, and seek it out. Ibrahim said: meaning he would seek it out. 'Urwa said: No one among the people of the slander was named except Mistah b. Uthatha and Hamna bt. Jahsh, along with others I do not know, except that they were a group, as God said, and the greatest part of it was attributed to 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy b. Salul. 'Urwa said: Aisha disliked that Hassan b. Thabit be reviled in her presence, and she said: It is he who said: 'Indeed my father, his father, and my honor are a protection for the honor of Muhammad from you.' Aisha said: I arrived in Madinah and fell ill for a month after my arrival, while the people were engrossed in the talk of the people of the slander, and I was unaware of any of that. What troubled me in my sickness was that I did not recognize from the Messenger of God ﷺ the kindness I used to see when I was ill; he would only come in to me and say, 'How is this one of yours?' and leave. That is what troubled me, and I did not realize until I went out after I had recovered. I went out with Umm Mistah toward al-Manas', which was our place for relieving ourselves. Our practice was that of the early Arabs regarding sanitation: before the privy, we disliked the latrines and did not adopt them near our houses. She said: I set off, I and Umm Mistah, who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm b. al-Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf, and her mother was the daughter of Sakhr b. 'Amir, the maternal aunt of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, and her son was Mistah b. Uthatha b. 'Abbad b. 'Abd al-Muttalib. I came, I and Umm Mistah, toward my house after we had finished our business. Umm Mistah stumbled in her long garment and said, 'May Mistah perish!' I said to her, 'How bad is what you said! Do you revile a man who was present at Badr?' She said, 'O you, have you not heard what he said?' I said, 'And what did he say?' She told me what the people of the slander had said. She said: I increased in sickness upon my sickness. When I returned to my house, the Messenger of God ﷺ entered upon me and said, 'How is this one of yours?' I said, 'Permit me to go to my parents.' She said: I wanted to ascertain the news from them. The Messenger of God ﷺ permitted me, so I went to them and said to my mother, 'O Mother, what are the people saying?' She said, 'Take it lightly, for by God, seldom has a woman been beautiful and loved by her husband, having co-wives, except that they exaggerate against her.' She said: I said, 'Glory be to God! Have the people really been talking about this?' She said: I wept that night until morning; my tears did not cease, and I did not taste sleep. She said: Then I woke up weeping. She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ called 'Ali b. Abi Talib and Usama b. Zayd to consult them about separating from his wife. She said: As for Usama b. Zayd, he advised the Messenger of God ﷺ according to what he knew of his wife's innocence and what he knew of his own feelings toward them. Usama b. Zayd said, 'O Messenger of God, she is your family, and we know nothing but good.' As for 'Ali, he said, 'O Messenger of God, God has not made women scarce for you; women other than her are many. Ask the slave girl, and she will tell you the truth.' She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ called Barira and said, 'O Barira, have you seen anything that troubles you?' Barira said to him, 'By Him who sent you with the truth, I have never seen anything about her that I could find fault with, except that she is a young girl who sleeps over her family's dough, and then the domestic animal comes and eats it.' The Messenger of God ﷺ stood up that day and sought to be excused from 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy b. Salul while he was on the pulpit. He said, 'O assembly of Muslims, who will excuse me from a man whose harm concerning my family has reached me? By God, I know nothing but good about my family, and they have mentioned a man about whom I know nothing but good, and he never entered my family except with me.' Sa'd b. Mu'adh, one of the Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal, stood up and said, 'O Messenger of God, I will excuse you from him. If he is from the Aws, I will strike his neck; if he is from our brothers of the Khazraj, you commanded us, and we will do what you commanded us.' He said: A man from the Khazraj stood up, and Umm Hassan was a daughter of his paternal cousin from his clan, and he was Sa'd b. 'Ubada, the chief of the Khazraj. He was a righteous man, but partisanship carried him away. He said to Sa'd b. Mu'adh, 'You have lied! By the life of God, you will not kill him, nor can you kill him. If he had been from your clan, you would not have liked to kill him.' Usayd b. Hudayr, who was the cousin of Sa'd b. Mu'adh, stood up and said to Sa'd b. 'Ubada, 'You have lied! By the life of God, we will surely kill him, for you are a hypocrite arguing on behalf of the hypocrites.' She said: The two tribes, the Aws and the Khazraj, rose up until they were about to fight, while the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting on the pulpit. The Messenger of God ﷺ kept calming them until they fell silent, and he fell silent. She said: I wept that whole day; my tears did not cease, and I did not taste sleep. She said: My parents came to me in the morning; I wept all that day and night; my tears did not cease, and I did not taste sleep. She said: Until I thought that weeping would split my liver. She said: While my parents were sitting with me and I was weeping, a woman of the Ansar asked permission to enter upon me, and I permitted her. She sat down weeping with me. She said: While we were in that state, the Messenger of God ﷺ entered, greeted, and sat down. She said: He had not sat with me since what was said to me had been said. He had remained a month without receiving revelation concerning my affair. She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ recited the shahada when he sat, then said, 'To proceed, O Aisha, it has reached me about you such and such. If you are innocent, God will declare you innocent; if you have committed a sin, ask God's forgiveness and repent to Him, for when a servant confesses and repents, God turns to him.' She said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ finished his speech, my tears dried up so that I felt not a drop. I said to my father, 'Answer the Messenger of God on my behalf regarding what he said.' He said, 'By God, I do not know what to say to the Messenger of God ﷺ.' She said: I said to my mother, 'Answer the Messenger of God on my behalf regarding what he said.' She said, 'By God, I do not know what to say to the Messenger of God ﷺ.' She said: I said, while I was a young girl who did not read much of the Quran, 'Indeed, by God, I know, and you have heard, until it settled in your hearts and you believed it. If I say to you that I am innocent, you will not believe me. If I confess to something, and God knows that I am innocent of it, you will believe me. By God, I find no example for me and for you except the father of Joseph when he said: So patience is most fitting, and God is the One sought for help against what you describe.' She said: Then I turned and lay down on my bed. God knew then that I was innocent, and God would declare me innocent with my innocence, but by God, I did not think that God would send down revelation concerning my affair, for my affair was too insignificant in my own eyes for God to speak about me with a clarifying matter. But I hoped that the Messenger of God ﷺ would see a dream in which God would declare me innocent. She said: By God, the Messenger of God ﷺ did not rise from his seat, nor did anyone of the household leave, until God sent down upon him. He was seized by what used to seize him from the intense revelation, until sweat dripped from him like pearls, even though it was a cold day, because of the weight of the Quran that was being sent down upon him. She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ was relieved, and he was laughing. The first word he spoke was, 'O Aisha, as for God, He has declared you innocent.' She said: My mother said, 'Get up to him.' I said, 'By God, I will not get up to him, and I praise no one but God.' God sent down: 'Indeed, those who came with the slander are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you...' the verses. When God sent this down concerning my innocence, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who was spending on Mistah b. Uthatha because of his kinship and poverty, said, 'By God, I will never spend anything on Mistah after what he said about Aisha.' Then God sent down: 'Let not those of virtue among you and abundance swear not to give to the near of kin...' until His saying: 'And God is Forgiving, Merciful.' Abu Bakr said, 'Yes, by God, I love that God should forgive me.' He returned to Mistah the spending he used to give him. He said, 'By God, I will never take it away from him.' She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ had asked Zaynab bt. Jahsh about my affair. He said to Zaynab, 'What do you know or what have you seen?' She said, 'O Messenger of God, I guard my hearing and my sight. By God, I know nothing but good.' Aisha said: She was the one who used to rival me among the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, but God protected her through piety. Her sister Hamna began to fight, and she perished among those who perished. Ibn Shihab said: This is what reached me from the account of these people.

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