Sirat Ibn Hisham 1255
The revelation of the Qurʾān declaring ʿĀʾishah's innocence
[ نُزُولُ الْقُرْآنِ بِبَرَاءَةِ عَائِشَةَ ] قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدِي أَبَوَايَ، وَعِنْدِي امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَنَا أَبْكِي، وَهِيَ تَبْكِي مَعِي، فَجَلَسَ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ. إنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ مَا قَدْ بَلَغَكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ، فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ قَارَفْتُ سُوءًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَتُوبِي إلَى اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إلَّا أَنْ قَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَلَصَ دَمْعِي، حَتَّى مَا أُحِسَّ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، وَانْتَظَرْتُ أَبَوَيَّ أَنْ يُجِيبَا عَنِّي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمَا. قَالَتْ: وَاَيْمُ اللَّهِ لَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَحْقَرَ فِي نَفْسِي، وَأَصْغَرَ شَأْنًا مِنْ أَنْ يُنْزِلَ اللَّهُ فِيَّ قُرْآنًا يُقْرَأُ بِهِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ، وَيُصَلَّى بِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَرَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي نَوْمِهِ شَيْئًا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ اللَّهُ عَنِّي، لِمَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي، أَوْ يُخْبِرُ خَبَرًا؛ فَأَمَّا قُرْآنٌ يَنْزِلُ فِيَّ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَنَفْسِي كَانَتْ أَحْقَرَ عِنْدِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا لَمْ أَرَ أَبَوَيَّ يَتَكَلَّمَانِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ لَهُمَا: أَلَا تُجِيبَانِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقَالَا: وَاَللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي بِمَاذَا نُجِيبُهُ؛ قَالَتْ: وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا دَخَلَ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامِ؛ قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا أَنْ اسْتَعْجَمَا عَلَيَّ، اسْتَعْبَرْتُ فَبَكَيْتُ؛ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ لَا أَتُوبُ إلَى اللَّهِ مِمَّا ذَكَرْتُ أَبَدًا. وَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ لَئِنْ أَقْرَرْتُ بِمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ، وَاَللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْهُ بَرِيئَةٌ، لَأَقُولَنَّ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَلَئِنْ أَنَا أَنْكَرْتُ مَا يَقُولُونَ لَا تُصَدِّقُونَنِي. قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ الْتَمَسْتُ اسْمَ يَعْقُوبَ فَمَا أَذْكُرُهُ؛ فَقُلْتُ: وَلَكِنْ سَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ أَبُو يُوسُفَ: فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا بَرِحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَجْلِسَهُ حَتَّى تَغَشَّاهُ مِنْ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ يَتَغَشَّاهُ، فَسُجِّيَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَوُضِعَتْ لَهُ وِسَادَةُ مِنْ أَدَمٍ تَحْتُ رَأْسِهِ، فَأَمَّا أَنَا حِينَ رَأَيْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا رَأَيْتُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا فَزِعْتُ وَلَا بَالَيْتُ، قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَيْرُ ظَالِمِي. وَأَمَّا أَبَوَايَ، فَوَاَلَّذِي نَفْسُ عَائِشَةَ بِيَدِهِ، مَا سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ لَتَخْرُجَنَّ أَنَفْسُهُمَا، فَرَقًا مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ مِنْ اللَّهِ تَحْقِيقُ مَا قَالَ النَّاسُ قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَدَّرُ مِنْهُ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ فِي يَوْمٍ شَاتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الْعَرَقَ عَنْ جَبِينِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: أَبْشِرِي يَا عَائِشَةُ، فَقَدْ أَنَزَلَ اللَّهُ بَرَاءَتَكَ؛ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إلَى النَّاسِ، فَخَطَبَهُمْ، وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَنَزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فِي ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِمِسْطَحِ بْنِ أُثَاثَةَ، وَحَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَحَمْنَةَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، وَكَانُوا مِمَّنْ أَفْصَحَ بِالْفَاحِشَةِ، فَضُرِبُوا حَدَّهُمْ
Translation
✧ [The revelation of the Qurʾān declaring ʿĀʾishah's innocence] She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ came in to me while my parents were with me, and with me was a woman of the Anṣār, and I was weeping and she was weeping with me. He sat down, praised God, and extolled Him, then said: O ʿĀʾishah, there has come to you what has reached you of the people's talk, so fear God; and if you have committed any evil of what the people say, then repent to God, for God accepts repentance from His servants. She said: By God, no sooner had he said that to me than my tears dried up, so that I felt nothing of them. I waited for my parents to answer the Messenger of God ﷺ on my behalf, but they did not speak. She said: By God's oath, I deemed myself too insignificant and too small in rank for God to send down Qurʾān concerning me that would be recited in the mosques and prayed with. But I had hoped that the Messenger of God ﷺ would see something in his sleep by which God would give him the lie concerning me, because He knew my innocence, or that he would be given some report. But as for Qurʾān being sent down concerning me, by God, my soul was more insignificant in my sight than that. She said: When I saw that my parents would not speak, I said to them: Will you not answer the Messenger of God ﷺ? She said: They said: By God, we do not know how to answer him. She said: By God, I know of no household upon which there entered what entered upon the family of Abū Bakr in those days. She said: When they both withheld speech from me, I broke into tears and wept. Then I said: By God, I will never repent to God of what you have mentioned ever. By God, I know that if I were to admit what the people say—and God knows that I am innocent of it—I would be saying what never happened; and if I deny what they say, you will not believe me. She said: Then I sought the name of Jacob, but I could not remember it. So I said: But I shall say as the father of Joseph said: "So patience is most fitting, and God is the one whose help is sought against what you describe." She said: By God, the Messenger of God ﷺ had not left his seat before he was overtaken by what used to overtake him from God. He was covered with his garment, and a leather cushion was placed under his head. As for me, when I saw that of which I saw, by God, I was not frightened nor did I care; I knew that I was innocent and that God, Mighty and Majestic, would not wrong me. And as for my parents, by Him in whose hand is the soul of ʿĀʾishah, the Messenger of God ﷺ was not relieved before I thought their souls would depart, out of fear lest there come from God confirmation of what the people had said. She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ was relieved, and he sat up, and sweat was rolling off him like pearls on a cold day. He began wiping the sweat from his forehead and saying: Rejoice, O ʿĀʾishah, for God has sent down your innocence. She said: I said: With the praise of God. Then he went out to the people and addressed them, and he recited to them what God had sent down upon him of the Qurʾān concerning that. Then he commanded that Misṭaḥ b. Uthāthah, Ḥassān b. Thābit, and Ḥamnah bt. Jaḥsh—they being among those who had openly uttered the foul slander—be given their prescribed punishment, so they were flogged.
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