Sahih al-Bukhari 4143

Translation

Um Ruman, the mother of ʿAisha said that while ʿAisha and she were sitting, an Ansari woman came and said, "May Allah harm such and-such a person!" Um Ruman said to her, What is the matter?" She replied, "My son was amongst those who talked of the story (of the Slander)." Um Ruman said, "What is that?" She said, "So-and-so...." and narrated the whole story. On that ʿAisha said, "Did Allah's Apostle hear about that?" She replies, "yes." ʿAisha further said, "And Abu Bakr too?" She replied, "Yes." On that, ʿAisha fell down fainting, and when she came to her senses, she had got fever with rigors. I put her clothes over her and covered her. The Prophet ﷺ came and asked, "What is wrong with this (lady)?" Um Ruman replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! She (i.e. ʿAisha) has got temperature with rigors." He said, "Perhaps it is because of the story that has been talked about?" She said, "Yes." ʿAisha sat up and said, "By Allah, if I took an oath (that I am innocent), you would not believe me, and if I said (that I am not innocent), you would not excuse me. My and your example is like that of Jacob and his sons (as Jacob said ): 'It is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought against that you assert.' Um Ruman said, "The Prophet ﷺ then went out saying nothing. Then Allah declared her innocence. On that, ʿAisha said (to the Prophet), "I thank Allah only; thank neither anybody else nor you."

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3388Sahih al-Bukhari 4691Sahih al-Bukhari 4751Sahih Ibn Hibban 7103

Narrators

1. 1
   Umm Rūmān zawj Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Female Companion (ṣaḥābiyyah)d. it is said: 4 AH or 5 AH, al-Wāqidī said, and al-Zubayr b. Bakkār: 6 AH, Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī said: she lived a long time after the Prophet ﷺ
   أُمُّ رُومَانَ زَوْجُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِصحابية
   حدثتني
2. 2
   Masrūq b. al-Ajdaʿ

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, devout worshipper, mukhaḍramd. Abū Nuʿaym said: 62 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd and others said: 63 AH
   مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ الْأَجْدَعِثقة فقيه عابد ، مخضرم
   حدثني
3. 3
   Shaqīq b. Salamah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 82 AH, Ibn Mandah said: 99 AH
   أَبِي وَائِلٍثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Ḥuṣayn

   trustworthy (thiqah), his memory changed at the endd. 136 AH, or 139 AH
   حُصَيْنٍثقة ، تغير حفظه في الآخر
   عن
5. 5
   Abū ʿAwānah

   trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
   أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 223 AH, or 226 AH
   مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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