al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7262

Translation

✧ She said: "A woman from the people of Dawmat al-Jandal came to me. She had come seeking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after his death, soon after that, asking him about something she had gotten into concerning the matter of sorcery, which she had not practiced." 'A'ishah said to 'Urwah: "O son of my sister, I saw her weeping when she did not find the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to heal her, so much so that I felt mercy for her. She was saying: 'I fear that I have perished. I had a husband who was absent from me, and an old woman entered upon me. I complained to her, and she said: "If you do what I command you, perhaps he will come to you." When night came, she brought me two black dogs, and I mounted one of them while she mounted the other. It was not long before we stopped at Babylon, and there I saw two men hung by their feet. They said: "What brought you here?" I said: "I came to learn sorcery." They said: "We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve and go back." But I refused and said: "No." They said: "Go to that oven and urinate in it." So I went, but I was frightened and did not do it, then I returned to them. They asked me: "Did you do it?" I said: "Yes." They said: "Did you see anything?" I said: "I saw nothing." They said: "You did not do it. Go back to your land and do not disbelieve." But I refused. They said: "Go to that oven and urinate in it." So I went, and my skin trembled and I was afraid, then I returned to them. They said: "What did you see?" I said: "I saw nothing." They said: "You lied. You did not do it. Go back to your land and do not disbelieve, for you are at the height of your affair." But I refused. They said: "Go to that oven and urinate in it." So I went and urinated in it. Then I saw a horseman masked in iron come out of me and go up into the sky until he disappeared from me and I could no longer see him. I came to them and said: "I have done it." They said: "What did you see?" I said: "I saw a horseman masked in iron come out of me and go up into the sky until he disappeared from me and I could no longer see anything." They said: "You have spoken the truth. That was your faith leaving you. Go." I said to the woman: "By Allah, I do not know anything, and they did not tell me anything." They said: "Indeed, whatever you wish will come to be. Take this wheat and sow it." So I sowed it and said: "Sprout," and it sprouted. Then I said: "Form ears," and it formed ears. Then I said: "Produce grains," and it produced grains. Then I said: "Dry," and it dried. Then I said: "Grind," and it ground. Then I said: "Bake," and it baked. When I saw that whatever I wished came to be, I was dismayed and regretted it. By Allah, O Mother of the Believers, I have never done anything and will never do it again.'" She asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ soon after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when they were still numerous, but they did not know what to say to her. All of them were cautious and feared to give her a ruling based on what they did not know, except that they said: "If your parents were alive, or one of them, they would suffice you."

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