Sirat Ibn Hisham 1259
The revelation of the Qurʾān declaring ʿĀʾishah's innocence
قَالَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يَعْتَذِرُ مِنْ الَّذِي كَانَ قَالَ فِي شَأْنِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ: حَصَانٌ رَزَانٌ مَا تُزَنُّ بِرِيبَةٍ وَتُصْبِحُ غَرْثَى مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَوَافِلِ عَقِيلَةُ حَيٍّ مِنْ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ كِرَامِ الْمَسَاعِي مَجْدُهُمْ غَيْرُ زَائِلِ مُهَذَّبَةٌ قَدْ طَيَّبَ اللَّهُ خِيمَهَا وَطَهَّرَهَا مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ وَبَاطِلِ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ قُلْتُ الَّذِي قَدْ زَعَمْتُمْ فَلَا رَفَعَتْ سَوْطِي إلَيَّ أَنَامِلِي وَكَيْفَ وَوُدِّي مَا حَيِيتُ وَنُصْرَتِي لِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ زَيْنُ الْمَحَافِلِ لَهُ رَتَبٌ عَالٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ تَقَاصَرَ عَنْهُ سَوْرَةُ الْمُتَطَاوِلِ فَإِنَّ الَّذِي قَدْ قِيلَ لَيْسَ بِلَائِطٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَوْلُ امْرِئٍ بِي مَاحِلِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: بَيْتُهُ: عَقِيلَةُ حَيٍّ وَاَلَّذِي بَعْدَهُ، وَبَيْتُهُ: لَهُ رَتَبٌ عَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مَدَحَتْ بِنْتَ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ حَصَانٌ رَزَانٌ مَا تُزَنُّ بِرِيبَةٍ وَتُصْبِحُ غَرْثَى مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَوَافِلِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لَكِنْ أَبُوهَا.
Translation
✧ Ḥassān b. Thābit said, apologizing for what he had said concerning ʿĀʾishah ؓ: A chaste and dignified woman, not suspected of any flaw, she rises hungry from the flesh of the heedless. A noble lady of a clan of Luʾayy b. Ghālib, whose noble deeds and glory never cease. Refined, whose nature God has made good, and purified her from every evil and falsehood. If I have said what you have claimed, then may my whip never be raised by my fingers. How could I, while my love and support as long as I live are for the family of the Messenger of God, the ornament of assemblies? He has ranks high above all people, surpassed only by the assault of the overreacher. For what has been said does not stick, but it is the word of a man who slanders me. Ibn Hishām said: His verse “A noble lady of a clan” and the one after it, and his verse “He has high ranks” are from Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. Ibn Hishām said: Abū ʿUbaydah related to me that a woman praised Ḥassān b. Thābit’s daughter in the presence of ʿĀʾishah, saying: “A chaste and dignified woman, not suspected of any flaw, she rises hungry from the flesh of the heedless.” ʿĀʾishah said: “But her father…”
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