64 Military Expeditions led by the ‫ﻛﺗﺎﺏ ﺍﻟﻣﻐﺎﺯﻯ‬

Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

(34) Chapter: The narration of Al-Ifk ُ ‫( ﺑﺎﺏ َﺣﺩ‬34)

ِ‫ِﻳﺙ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙ‬

َ ‫ "ﺃَ َﻓ َﻛ ُﻬ ْﻡ" َﻳﻘُﻭ ُﻝ‬:‫ ﺇِ ْﻓ ُﻛ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﺃَ ْﻓ ُﻛ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﻭﺃَ َﻓ ُﻛ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﻓ َﻣﻥْ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬:ُ‫ﺱ ُﻳ َﻘﺎﻝ‬ َ

ْ‫ﺻ َﺭ َﻓ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﻋﻥ‬ ِ ‫ﺱ َﻭﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ َﺟ‬ ِ ْ‫َﻭ ْﺍﻷ َﻓﻙِ ِﺑ َﻣ ْﻧ ِﺯ َﻟ ِﺔ ﺍﻟ ﱢﻧﺟ‬
‫ﻑ‬َ ‫ﻳُﺻْ َﺭﻑُ َﻋ ْﻧ ُﻪ َﻣﻥْ ﺻ ُِﺭ‬ {‫ِﻙ‬ َ ‫ﻙ َﻋ ْﻧ ُﻪ َﻣﻥْ ﺃُﻓ‬ ُ ‫}ﻳ ُْﺅ َﻓ‬ ‫ﺎﻥ َﻭ َﻛ ﱠﺫ َﺑ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﻛ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬
ِ ‫ْﺍﻹِﻳ َﻣ‬

Narrated `Aisha: ْ‫ َﻋﻥ‬٬ٍ‫ َﺣ ﱠﺩ َﺛ َﻧﺎ ﺇِﺑ َْﺭﺍﻫِﻳ ُﻡ ﺑْﻥُ َﺳﻌْ ﺩ‬٬‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﻳﺯ ﺑْﻥُ َﻋ ْﺑ ِﺩ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫َﺣ ﱠﺩ َﺛ َﻧﺎ َﻋ ْﺑ ُﺩ ْﺍﻟ َﻌ ِﺯ‬
Whenever Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬intended to go on a ‫ َﻭ َﺳﻌِﻳ ُﺩ‬٬‫ﺍﻟﺯ َﺑﻳ ِْﺭ‬ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻝ َﺣ ﱠﺩ َﺛﻧِﻲ ﻋُﺭْ َﻭﺓُ ﺑْﻥُ ﱡ‬٬ٍ‫ْﻥ ﺷِ َﻬﺎﺏ‬ ِ ‫ َﻋ ِﻥ ﺍﺑ‬٬‫ﺻﺎﻟ ٍِﺢ‬ َ
journey, he used to draw lots amongst his wives, and ‫ْﻥ‬ِ ‫ﷲ ﺑ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ ﺑْﻥُ َﻋ ْﺑ ِﺩ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ َﻭ ُﻋ َﺑ ْﻳ ُﺩ‬٬‫ﺎﺹ‬ ُ
ٍ ‫ َﻭ َﻋﻠ َﻘ َﻣﺔ ﺑْﻥُ َﻭ ﱠﻗ‬٬ِ‫ﺑْﻥُ ﺍﻟﻣ َُﺳ ﱠﻳﺏ‬ ْ ْ
Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬used to take with him the one
on whom lot fell. He drew lots amongst us during one of
‫ ﺭﺿﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻧﻬﺎ َﺯ ْﻭ ِﺝ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ ِﺑﻲﱢ‬٬‫ َﻋﻥْ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ َﺔ‬٬ٍ‫ْﻥ َﻣﺳْ ﻌُﻭﺩ‬ ِ ‫ُﻋ ْﺗ َﺑ َﺔ ﺑ‬
the Ghazwat which he fought. The lot fell on me and so ‫ َﻭ ُﻛﻠﱡ ُﻬ ْﻡ‬٬‫ِﻳﻥ َﻗﺎ َﻝ َﻟ َﻬﺎ ﺃَﻫْ ُﻝ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙِ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎﻟُﻭﺍ‬ َ ‫ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﺣ‬
I proceeded with Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬after Allah's ْ‫ﺎﻥ ﺃ ْﻭ َﻋﻰ ﻟ َِﺣﺩِﻳ ِﺛ َﻬﺎ ﻣِﻥ‬ َ َ
َ ‫ﺿ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﻛ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻭ َﺑﻌ‬٬‫َﺣ ﱠﺩ َﺛﻧِﻲ َﻁﺎ ِﺋ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣِﻥْ َﺣﺩِﻳ ِﺛ َﻬﺎ‬
order of veiling (the women) had been revealed. I was
carried (on the back of a camel) in my howdah and
‫ْﺕ َﻋﻥْ ُﻛ ﱢﻝ َﺭﺟ ٍُﻝ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻬ ُﻡ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭ َﻗ ْﺩ َﻭ َﻋﻳ‬٬‫ِﺻﺎﺻًﺎ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺍ ْﻗﺗ‬ َ ‫ﺽ َﻭﺃَ ْﺛ َﺑ‬ ٍ ْ‫َﺑﻌ‬
carried down while still in it (when we came to a halt). ُ‫ُﺻ ﱢﺩﻕ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﺑﻌْ ﺽُ َﺣﺩِﻳﺛ ِِﻬ ْﻡ ﻳ‬٬‫ْﺍﻟ َﺣﺩِﻳﺙ ﺍﻟﺫِﻱ َﺣﺩﺛﻧِﻲ َﻋﻥْ َﻋﺎ ِﺋﺷﺔ‬ َ َ َ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ َ
So we went on till Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬had finished ‫ﺕ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎﻟُﻭﺍ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬‫ﺽ‬ ٍ ْ‫ﺿ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﺃَ ْﻭ َﻋﻰ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣِﻥْ َﺑﻌ‬ ُ ْ‫ﺎﻥ َﺑﻌ‬ َ ‫ َﻭﺇِﻥْ َﻛ‬٬‫َﺑﻌْ ﺿًﺎ‬
from that Ghazwa of his and returned. When we
approached the city of Medina he announced at night
‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﺇِ َﺫﺍ ﺃَ َﺭﺍﺩَ َﺳ َﻔﺭً ﺍ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻥ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ َ ‫َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﻛ‬
that it was time for departure. So when they announced ِ ‫ َﺧ َﺭ َﺝ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬٬‫ َﻓﺄ َ ﱡﻳﻬُﻥﱠ َﺧ َﺭ َﺝ َﺳ ْﻬ ُﻣ َﻬﺎ‬٬ِ‫ﺃَ ْﻗ َﺭ َﻉ َﺑﻳ َْﻥ ﺃَ ْﺯ َﻭﺍ ِﺟﻪ‬
‫ﷲ‬
the news of departure, I got up and went away from the
army camps, and after finishing from the call of nature, I
‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺭ َﻉ َﺑ ْﻳ َﻧ َﻧﺎ ﻓِﻲ َﻏ ْﺯ َﻭ ٍﺓ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬ُ‫ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻣ َﻌﻪ‬
came back to my riding animal. I touched my chest to ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﻣ َﻊ َﺭﺳ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓ َﺧ َﺭﺟ‬٬‫َﻏ َﺯﺍ َﻫﺎ َﻓ َﺧ َﺭ َﺝ ﻓِﻳ َﻬﺎ َﺳ ْﻬﻣِﻲ‬
find that my necklace which was made of Zifar beads ‫ﺕ ﺃﺣْ َﻣ ُﻝ ﻓِﻲ َﻫ ْﻭﺩَ ِﺟﻲ‬ ُ ُ ‫ َﻓ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬٬ ُ‫ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﺑﻌْ ﺩَ َﻣﺎ ﺃ ُ ْﻧ ِﺯ َﻝ ْﺍﻟﺣ َِﺟﺎﺏ‬
ِ ‫ َﻓﺳِ ﺭْ َﻧﺎ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺇِ َﺫﺍ َﻓ َﺭ َﻍ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬٬ِ‫َﻭﺃ ُ ْﻧ َﺯ ُﻝ ﻓِﻳﻪ‬
(i.e. Yemenite beads partly black and partly white) was
missing. So I returned to look for my necklace and my ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ‬
search for it detained me. (In the meanwhile) the people ‫ َﺁﺫ َﻥ َﻟ ْﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ‬٬‫ِﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫ ﺩَ َﻧ ْﻭ َﻧﺎ ﻣ َِﻥ ْﺍﻟ َﻣﺩِﻳ َﻧ ِﺔ َﻗﺎ ِﻓﻠ‬٬‫ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﻣِﻥْ َﻏ ْﺯ َﻭ ِﺗ ِﻪ ﺗ ِْﻠ َﻙ َﻭ َﻗ َﻔ َﻝ‬
ِ ‫ِﻳﻥ َﺁﺫ ُﻧﻭﺍ ِﺑﺎﻟﺭﱠ ﺣ‬
who used to carry me on my camel, came and took my
howdah and put it on the back of my camel on which I ‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ْﺕ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ َﺟ َﺎﻭ ْﺯ‬ ُ ‫ِﻳﻝ َﻓ َﻣ َﺷﻳ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ﺣ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓﻘُﻣ‬٬‫ِﻳﻝ‬ ِ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺭﱠ ﺣ‬
used to ride, as they considered that I was in it. In those ٬‫ﺻ ْﺩ ِﺭﻱ‬ ُ َ َ
َ ‫ ﻓﻠ َﻣﺳْ ﺕ‬٬‫ﺿﻳْﺕ ﺷﺄﻧِﻲ ﺃﻗ َﺑﻠﺕ ﺇِﻟﻰ َﺭﺣْ ﻠِﻲ‬ َ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ َ ُ َ
َ ‫ ﻓﻠﻣﱠﺎ ﻗ‬٬‫ْﺵ‬ َ َ َ ‫ْﺍﻟ َﺟﻳ‬
days women were light in weight for they did not get fat,
‫ﺕ‬ ُ ْ‫ﺕ َﻓ ْﺎﻟ َﺗ َﻣﺳ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓ َﺭ َﺟﻌ‬٬‫ﺎﺭ َﻗ ِﺩ ﺍ ْﻧ َﻘ َﻁ َﻊ‬ ِ ‫َﻓﺈِ َﺫﺍ ﻋِ ْﻘ ٌﺩ ﻟِﻲ ﻣِﻥْ َﺟ ْﺯ ِﻉ َﻅ َﻔ‬
and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as
they used to eat only a little food. Those people ‫ِﻳﻥ َﻛﺎ ُﻧﻭﺍ‬ َ ‫ﻁ ﺍﻟﱠﺫ‬ ُ ْ‫ﺕ َﻭﺃَ ْﻗ َﺑ َﻝ ﺍﻟﺭﱠ ﻫ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬ُ‫ َﻓ َﺣ َﺑ َﺳﻧِﻲ ﺍ ْﺑﺗ َِﻐﺎﺅُ ﻩ‬٬‫ﻋِ ْﻘﺩِﻱ‬
‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ِﻳﺭﻱ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬ ِ ‫ َﻓ َﺭ َﺣﻠُﻭﻩُ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﺑﻌ‬٬‫ﻳ َُﺭﺣﱢ ﻠُﻭﻧِﻲ َﻓﺎﺣْ َﺗ َﻣﻠُﻭﺍ َﻫ ْﻭﺩَ ِﺟﻲ‬
therefore, disregarded the lightness of the howdah
while lifting and carrying it; and at that time I was still a
young girl. They made the camel rise and all of them ‫ﺍﻙ‬ َ ‫ﺎﻥ ﺍﻟ ﱢﻧ َﺳﺎ ُء ﺇِ ْﺫ َﺫ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻛ‬٬ِ‫ُﻭﻥ ﺃَ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻓِﻳﻪ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ ُﻫ ْﻡ َﻳﺣْ ﺳِ ﺑ‬٬ِ‫ﺃَﺭْ َﻛﺏُ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳﻪ‬
left (along with it). I found my necklace after the army ْ
‫ ﺇِ ﱠﻧ َﻣﺎ َﻳﺄ ُﻛ ْﻠ َﻥ ْﺍﻟﻌ ُْﻠ َﻘ َﺔ ﻣ َِﻥ‬٬‫ِﺧ َﻔﺎ ًﻓﺎ َﻟ ْﻡ َﻳ ْﻬﺑ ُْﻠ َﻥ َﻭ َﻟ ْﻡ َﻳ ْﻐ َﺷﻬُﻥﱠ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﺣْ ُﻡ‬
had gone. Then I came to their camping place to find no ‫ﱠ‬
call maker of them, nor one who would respond to the ٬ُ‫ِﻳﻥ َﺭ َﻓﻌُﻭﻩُ َﻭ َﺣ َﻣﻠُﻭﻩ‬ َ ‫ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻡ َﻳﺳْ َﺗ ْﻧﻛ ِِﺭ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ْﻭ ُﻡ ِﺧ ﱠﻔ َﺔ ْﺍﻟ َﻬ ْﻭﺩَ ِﺝ ﺣ‬٬‫ﺍﻟﻁ َﻌ ِﺎﻡ‬
call. So I intended to go to the place where I used to ‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭ َﻭ َﺟ ْﺩ‬٬‫ َﻓ َﺑ َﻌ ُﺛﻭﺍ ْﺍﻟ َﺟ َﻣ َﻝ َﻓ َﺳﺎﺭُﻭﺍ‬٬ ‫ﺎﺭ َﻳ ًﺔ َﺣﺩِﻳ َﺛ َﺔ ﺍﻟﺳﱢﻥﱢ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﺟ‬ ُ ‫َﻭ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬
stay, thinking that they would miss me and come back ْ
‫ْﺱ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ِﻣﻧ ُﻬ ْﻡ‬ َ ‫ﺎﺯ َﻟ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﻭ َﻟﻳ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﻣ َﻧ‬ ْ
ُ ‫ َﻓ ِﺟﺋ‬٬ ُ‫ﻋِ ْﻘﺩِﻱ َﺑﻌْ ﺩَ َﻣﺎ ﺍﺳْ َﺗ َﻣﺭﱠ ﺍﻟ َﺟﻳْﺵ‬
ْ
to me (in my search). While I was sitting in my resting
place, I was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. Safwan ‫ﺕ ﺃَ ﱠﻧ ُﻬ ْﻡ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭ َﻅ َﻧ ْﻧ‬٬ِ‫ﺕ ِﺑﻪ‬ ُ ‫ﺕ َﻣ ْﻧ ِﺯﻟِﻲ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓ َﺗ َﻳﻣﱠﻣ‬٬ ٌ‫ﺍﻉ َﻭﻻَ ُﻣ ِﺟﻳﺏ‬ ٍ َ‫ﺩ‬
bin Al-Muattal As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the ْ َ ْ
‫ َﻓ َﺑ ْﻳ َﻧﺎ ﺃ َﻧﺎ َﺟﺎﻟ َِﺳﺔ ﻓِﻲ َﻣﻧ ِﺯﻟِﻲ َﻏﻠ َﺑﺗﻧِﻲ‬٬ ‫ُﻭﻥ ﺇِﻟﻰﱠ‬ ٌ َ َ َ ‫َﺳ َﻳﻔ ِﻘ ُﺩﻭﻧِﻲ َﻓ َﻳﺭْ ِﺟﻌ‬ ْ
army. When he reached my place in the morning, he
saw the figure of a sleeping person and he recognized ْ ‫ﱠ‬ ُ
‫ﺻﻔ َﻭﺍﻥُ ﺑْﻥُ ﺍﻟﻣ َُﻌﻁ ِﻝ ﺍﻟ ﱡﺳﻠﻣِﻲﱡ ﺛ ﱠﻡ ﺍﻟﺫﻛ َﻭﺍﻧِﻲﱡ‬ َ ‫ﱠ‬ ْ ْ َ ‫ﺎﻥ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻛ‬٬‫ﺕ‬ ُ ْ‫َﻋ ْﻳﻧِﻲ َﻓﻧِﻣ‬
me on seeing me as he had seen me before the order
of compulsory veiling (was prescribed). So I woke up
٬‫ﺎﻥ َﻧﺎﺋ ٍِﻡ‬ ٍ ‫ َﻓﺄَﺻْ َﺑ َﺢ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩَ َﻣ ْﻧ ِﺯﻟِﻲ َﻓ َﺭﺃَﻯ َﺳ َﻭﺍﺩَ ﺇِ ْﻧ َﺳ‬٬‫ْﺵ‬ ِ ‫ﻣِﻥْ َﻭ َﺭﺍ ِء ْﺍﻟ َﺟﻳ‬
when he recited Istirja' (i.e. "Inna li l-lahi wa inna llaihi ‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﺎﺳْ َﺗ ْﻳ َﻘ ْﻅ‬٬ِ‫ﺎﻥ َﺭﺁﻧِﻲ َﻗ ْﺑ َﻝ ْﺍﻟﺣ َِﺟﺎﺏ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻛ‬٬‫ِﻳﻥ َﺭﺁﻧِﻲ‬ َ ‫َﻓ َﻌ َﺭ َﻓﻧِﻲ ﺣ‬
raji'un") as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ‬ ِ ‫ َﻭ ﱠ‬٬‫ﺕ َﻭﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ِﺑ ِﺟ ْﻠ َﺑ ِﺎﺑﻲ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓ َﺧﻣﱠﺭ‬٬‫ِﻳﻥ َﻋ َﺭ َﻓﻧِﻲ‬ َ ‫ِﺑﺎﺳْ ﺗِﺭْ َﺟﺎﻋِ ِﻪ ﺣ‬
‫ َﻭ َﻫ َﻭﻯ‬٬ِ‫ﺕ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ َﻛﻠِ َﻣ ًﺔ َﻏﻳ َْﺭ ﺍﺳْ ﺗِﺭْ َﺟﺎﻋِ ﻪ‬ ُ ْ‫َﺗ َﻛﻠﱠﻣْ َﻧﺎ ِﺑ َﻛﻠِ َﻣ ٍﺔ َﻭﻻَ َﺳﻣِﻌ‬
with my head cover at once, and by Allah, we did not
speak a single word, and I did not hear him saying any
word besides his Istirja'. He dismounted from his camel ٬‫ﺕ ﺇِ َﻟ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ َﻓ َﺭ ِﻛ ْﺑ ُﺗ َﻬﺎ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻓﻘُﻣ‬٬‫ َﻓ َﻭﻁِ َﺊ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﻳ ِﺩ َﻫﺎ‬٬ُ‫ﺎﺥ َﺭﺍ ِﺣ َﻠ َﺗﻪ‬ َ ‫َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺃَ َﻧ‬
and made it kneel down, putting his leg on its front legs
and then I got up and rode on it. Then he set out
‫ﻳﻥ ﻓِﻲ َﻧﺣْ ِﺭ‬ َ ‫ْﺵ ﻣُﻭﻏِ ِﺭ‬ َ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻧ َﻁ َﻠ َﻕ َﻳﻘُﻭ ُﺩ ِﺑﻲ ﺍﻟﺭﱠ ﺍ ِﺣ َﻠ َﺔ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺃَ َﺗ ْﻳ َﻧﺎ ْﺍﻟ َﺟﻳ‬
leading the camel that was carrying me till we overtook ‫ﺎﻥ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻛ‬٬‫ﺕ ـ َﻓ َﻬ َﻠ َﻙ }ﻓِﻲﱠ { َﻣﻥْ َﻫ َﻠ َﻙ‬ ْ ‫ َﻭ ُﻫ ْﻡ ُﻧ ُﺯﻭ ٌﻝ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬ِ‫ﻳﺭﺓ‬ َ ‫ﺍﻟﻅ ِﻬ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ُ ُ ُ ‫ﱠ‬ ْ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
the army in the extreme heat of midday while they were ُ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﻋُﺭْ َﻭﺓ‬.‫ﷲ ﺑ َْﻥ ﺃُﺑَﻰﱟ ﺍﺑ َْﻥ َﺳﻠُﻭ َﻝ‬ ِ ‫ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﺗ َﻭﻟﱠﻰ ِﻛﺑ َْﺭ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙِ َﻋﺑْﺩَ ﱠ‬
ُ ْ‫ﺃ ُ ْﺧ ِﺑﺭ‬
at a halt (taking a rest). (Because of the event) some
people brought destruction upon themselves and the ‫ َﻓ ُﻳﻘِﺭﱡ ﻩُ َﻭ َﻳﺳْ َﺗ ِﻣ ُﻌ ُﻪ‬٬ُ‫ﺙ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩَ ﻩ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ﺃَ ﱠﻧ ُﻪ َﻛ‬
ُ ‫ﺎﻥ ُﻳ َﺷﺎ ُﻉ َﻭ ُﻳ َﺗ َﺣ ﱠﺩ‬
one who spread the Ifk (i.e. slander) more, was ‫ َﻭ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﻋُﺭْ َﻭﺓُ ﺃَ ْﻳﺿًﺎ َﻟ ْﻡ ﻳ َُﺳ ﱠﻡ ﻣِﻥْ ﺃَﻫْ ِﻝ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙِ ﺃَ ْﻳﺿًﺎ ﺇِﻻﱠ‬.‫َﻭ َﻳﺳْ َﺗ ْﻭﺷِ ﻳ ِﻪ‬
`Abdullah bin Ubai Ibn Salul." (Urwa said, "The people
propagated the slander and talked about it in his (i.e. ‫ﺵ ﻓِﻲ‬ ٍ ْ‫ﺕ َﺟﺣ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭ َﺣﻣْ َﻧ ُﺔ ِﺑ ْﻧ‬٬‫ َﻭﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ُﺢ ﺑْﻥُ ﺃ ُ َﺛﺎ َﺛ َﺔ‬٬ٍ‫َﺣﺳﱠﺎﻥُ ﺑْﻥُ َﺛ ِﺎﺑﺕ‬
`Abdullah's) presence and he confirmed it and listened ُ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ َﻏﻳ َْﺭ ﺃَ ﱠﻧ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﻋُﺻْ َﺑ ٌﺔ ـ َﻛ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﱠ‬٬‫ ﻻَ ﻋِ ْﻠ َﻡ ﻟِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻡ‬٬‫ﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫ﺁﺧ ِﺭ‬َ ‫ﺎﺱ‬ ٍ ‫َﻧ‬
to it and asked about it to let it prevail." `Urwa also ُ
‫ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬.‫ﷲ ﺑْﻥُ ﺃﺑَﻰﱟ ﺍﺑْﻥُ َﺳﻠﻭ َﻝ‬ ُ ‫ﱠ‬ َ
ِ ‫َﺗ َﻌﺎ َﻟﻰ ـ َﻭﺇِﻥﱠ ُﻛﺑ َْﺭ ﺫﻟ َِﻙ ُﻳ َﻘﺎ ُﻝ َﻋ ْﺑ ُﺩ‬
added, "None was mentioned as members of the
slanderous group besides (`Abdullah) except Hassan ‫ َﻭ َﺗﻘُﻭ ُﻝ ﺇِ ﱠﻧ ُﻪ‬٬ ُ‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﺗ ْﻛ َﺭﻩُ ﺃَﻥْ ﻳ َُﺳﺏﱠ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩَ َﻫﺎ َﺣﺳﱠﺎﻥ‬ ْ ‫ﻋُﺭْ َﻭﺓُ َﻛﺎ َﻧ‬
bin Thabit and Mistah bin Uthatha and Hamna bint :‫ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬
Jahsh along with others about whom I have no
knowledge, but they were a group as Allah said. It is
said that the one who carried most of the slander was
`Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul." `Urwa added, "`Aisha
disliked to have Hassan abused in her presence and
she used to say, 'It was he who said: My father and his ِ ْ‫ ﻟِﻌِﺭ‬    ‫َﻓﺈِﻥﱠ ﺃَ ِﺑﻲ َﻭ َﻭﺍﻟِﺩَ ﻩُ َﻭﻋِ ﺭْ ﺿِ ﻲ‬
‫ﺽ ﻣ َُﺣ ﱠﻣ ٍﺩ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻛ ْﻡ ِﻭ َﻗﺎ ُء‬
(i.e. my father's) father and my honor are all for the
protection of Muhammad's honor from you."). `Aisha
added, "After we returned to Medina, I became ill for a ٬‫ﺕ َﺷﻬْﺭً ﺍ‬ ُ ْ‫ِﻳﻥ َﻗﺩِﻣ‬ َ ‫ْﺕ ﺣ‬ ُ ‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺩِﻣْ َﻧﺎ ْﺍﻟ َﻣﺩِﻳ َﻧ َﺔ َﻓﺎ ْﺷ َﺗ َﻛﻳ‬ ْ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
month. The people were propagating the forged ْ‫ ﻻَ ﺃَ ْﺷ ُﻌ ُﺭ ِﺑ َﺷﻰْ ٍء ﻣِﻥ‬٬ ِ‫ﺏ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻥ ﻓِﻲ َﻗ ْﻭ ِﻝ ﺃَﺻْ َﺣﺎ‬ َ ‫َﻭﺍﻟ ﱠﻧﺎﺱُ ُﻳﻔِﻳﺿ‬
ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ َﻳ ِﺭﻳ ُﺑﻧِﻲ ﻓِﻲ َﻭ َﺟﻌِﻲ ﺃَ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻻَ ﺃَﻋْ ِﺭﻑُ ﻣِﻥْ َﺭﺳ‬٬‫َﺫﻟ َِﻙ‬
statements of the slanderers while I was unaware of
anything of all that, but I felt that in my present ailment, ‫ﷲ‬
I was not receiving the same kindness from Allah's ٬‫ِﻳﻥ ﺃَ ْﺷ َﺗﻛِﻲ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ﺃَ َﺭﻯ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ ﺣ‬ ُ ‫ﻑ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬ َ ‫ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﺍﻟﻠﱡ ْﻁ‬
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬as I used to receive when I got sick.
‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻓﻳ َُﺳﻠﱢ ُﻡ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻳﻘُﻭ ُﻝ‬ ِ ‫ﺇِ ﱠﻧ َﻣﺎ َﻳ ْﺩ ُﺧ ُﻝ َﻋ َﻠﻰﱠ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬
(But now) Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬would only come, َ
٬ ‫ َﻓ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ َﻳ ِﺭﻳ ُﺑﻧِﻲ َﻭﻻَ ﺃ ْﺷ ُﻌ ُﺭ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺷﺭﱢ‬٬ ُ‫ﺻ ِﺭﻑ‬ َ ‫ْﻑ ﺗِﻳ ُﻛ ْﻡ " ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻳ ْﻧ‬ َ ‫" َﻛﻳ‬
greet me and say,' How is that (lady)?' and leave. That
roused my doubts, but I did not discover the evil (i.e. ‫ﺕ َﻣ َﻊ ﺃ ﱢﻡ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ٍﺢ ِﻗ َﺑ َﻝ‬ ُ ُ ْ‫ َﻓ َﺧ َﺭﺟ‬٬‫ْﺕ‬ ُ ‫ِﻳﻥ َﻧ َﻘﻬ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ﺣ‬ ُ ْ‫َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ َﺧ َﺭﺟ‬
slander) till I went out after my convalescence, I went ً
٬‫ َﻭ ُﻛ ﱠﻧﺎ ﻻَ َﻧ ْﺧ ُﺭ ُﺝ ﺇِﻻﱠ َﻟ ْﻳﻼ ﺇِ َﻟﻰ َﻟﻳ ٍْﻝ‬٬‫ﺎﻥ ُﻣ َﺗ َﺑﺭﱠ َﺯ َﻧﺎ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻛ‬٬‫ْﺍﻟ َﻣ َﻧﺎﺻِ ِﻊ‬
out with Um Mistah to Al-Manasi' where we used to
answer the call of nature and we used not to go out (to ‫ﺕ َﻭﺃَﻣْ ُﺭ َﻧﺎ ﺃَﻣْ ُﺭ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬.‫ﻑ َﻗ ِﺭﻳﺑًﺎ ﻣِﻥْ ُﺑﻳُﻭ ِﺗ َﻧﺎ‬ َ ‫َﻭ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ َﻗ ْﺑ َﻝ ﺃَﻥْ َﻧ ﱠﺗﺧ َِﺫ ْﺍﻟ ُﻛ ُﻧ‬
answer the call of nature) except at night, and that was ْ‫ َﻭ ُﻛ ﱠﻧﺎ َﻧ َﺗﺄ َ ﱠﺫﻯ ِﺑ ْﺎﻟ ُﻛ ُﻧﻑِ ﺃَﻥ‬٬ ِ‫ﺏ ﺍﻷ ُ َﻭ ِﻝ ﻓِﻲ ْﺍﻟ َﺑﺭﱢ ﱠﻳ ِﺔ ِﻗ َﺑ َﻝ ْﺍﻟ َﻐﺎﺋِﻁ‬ ِ ‫ْﺍﻟ َﻌ َﺭ‬
‫ﺕ ﺃَ َﻧﺎ َﻭﺃ ُ ﱡﻡ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ٍﺢ َﻭﻫْ َﻰ ﺍ ْﺑ َﻧ ُﺔ‬ ُ ‫ﺕ َﻓﺎ ْﻧ َﻁ َﻠ ْﻘ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬‫َﻧ ﱠﺗﺧ َِﺫ َﻫﺎ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩَ ُﺑﻳُﻭ ِﺗ َﻧﺎ‬
before we had latrines near our houses. And this habit
of our concerning evacuating the bowels, was similar to
the habits of the old 'Arabs living in the deserts, for it ‫ْﻥ‬ِ ‫ﺻ ْﺧ ِﺭ ﺑ‬ َ ‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭﺃ ُ ﱡﻣ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ْﻧ‬٬ٍ‫ْﻥ َﻋ ْﺑ ِﺩ َﻣ َﻧﺎﻑ‬ ِ ‫ﺏ ﺑ‬ ِ ِ‫ُﻁﻠ‬ ‫ْﻥ ْﺍﻟﻣ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﺃَ ِﺑﻲ ﺭُﻫْ ِﻡ ﺑ‬
ُ ‫َﻋﺎﻣ ٍِﺭ َﺧﺎ َﻟ ُﺔ ﺃَ ِﺑﻲ َﺑ ْﻛ ٍﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱢ‬
ِ ‫ َﻭﺍ ْﺑ ُﻧ َﻬﺎ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ُﺢ ﺑْﻥُ ﺃ َﺛﺎ َﺛ َﺔ ﺑ‬٬‫ﻳﻕ‬
would be troublesome for us to take latrines near our
houses. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of
‫ْﻥ َﻋﺑﱠﺎ ِﺩ‬ ِ ‫ﺻ ﱢﺩ‬
Abu Ruhm bin Al-Muttalib bin `Abd Manaf, whose ْ‫ِﻳﻥ َﻓ َﺭ ْﻏ َﻧﺎ ﻣِﻥ‬ َ ‫ ﺣ‬٬‫ﺕ ﺃَ َﻧﺎ َﻭﺃ ُ ﱡﻡ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ٍﺢ ِﻗ َﺑ َﻝ َﺑ ْﻳﺗِﻲ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺑ ْﻠ‬٬ِ‫ُﻁﻠِﺏ‬ ‫ْﻥ ْﺍﻟﻣ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﺑ‬
mother was the daughter of Sakhr bin 'Amir and the .‫ِﺱ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ٌﺢ‬ َ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ َ ‫ﺕ‬ْ َ
‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ َ
‫ﻘ‬ َ
‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻬ‬
َ ِ‫ﻁ‬ ْ‫ِﺭ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﺢ‬ َ
‫ﻁ‬ ْ‫ِﺳ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﻡ‬
‫ﱡ‬ ُ ‫ﺃ‬ ‫ﺕ‬ْ ‫ﺭ‬ ‫ﺛ‬
َ ََ ‫ﻌ‬ َ
‫ﻓ‬ ٬‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻧ‬ َ ‫ﻧ‬ ْ
ِ ‫َﺷ‬ ‫ﺄ‬
aunt of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and whose son was Mistah ٍ
bin Uthatha bin `Abbas bin Al-Muttalib, went out. I and ْ‫ﺕ ﺃَﻯ‬ ْ ‫ﱢﻳﻥ َﺭ ُﺟﻼً َﺷ ِﻬﺩَ َﺑ ْﺩﺭً ﺍ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ‬ َ ‫ ﺃَ َﺗ ُﺳﺑ‬٬ِ‫ﺱ َﻣﺎ ﻗُ ْﻠﺕ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻟ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ْﺋ‬ ُ ‫َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬
Um Mistah returned to my house after we finished ‫ﺕ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ َﻓﺄ ْﺧ َﺑ َﺭ ْﺗﻧِﻲ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻭ ِﻝ‬ َ ُ ‫ﺕ َﻭﻗُ ْﻠ‬ ْ ‫َﻫ ْﻧ َﺗﺎ ْﻩ َﻭ َﻟ ْﻡ َﺗﺳْ َﻣﻌِﻲ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
answering the call of nature. Um Mistah stumbled by
getting her foot entangled in her covering sheet and on ‫ َﻓ َﻠﻣﱠﺎ‬٬‫ﺕ َﻣ َﺭﺿًﺎ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﻣ َﺭﺿِ ﻲ‬ ُ ‫ﺎﺯﺩَ ْﺩ‬ ْ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓ‬ ْ ‫ﺃَﻫْ ِﻝ ﺍﻹِ ْﻓﻙِ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
that she said, 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said, 'What a ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ﺇِ َﻟﻰ َﺑ ْﻳﺗِﻲ ﺩَ َﺧ َﻝ َﻋ َﻠﻰﱠ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ُ ْ‫َﺭ َﺟﻌ‬
hard word you have said. Do you abuse a man who َ َ
‫ﺕ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺃ َﺗﺄﺫﻥُ ﻟِﻲ ﺃﻥْ ﺁﺗ َِﻲ ﺃ َﺑ َﻭﻯﱠ‬ َ ْ َ ْ
ُ ‫ َﻓﻘُﻠ‬." ‫ْﻑ ﺗِﻳ ُﻛ ْﻡ‬ َ ‫َﻓ َﺳﻠﱠ َﻡ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻗﺎ َﻝ " َﻛﻳ‬
took part in the battle of Badr?' On that she said, 'O you
Hantah! Didn't you hear what he (i.e. Mistah) said? 'I ‫ﺕ َﻓﺄَﺫ َِﻥ ﻟِﻲ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬‫ﺕ َﻭﺃ ُ ِﺭﻳ ُﺩ ﺃَﻥْ ﺃَﺳْ َﺗ ْﻳﻘ َِﻥ ْﺍﻟ َﺧ َﺑ َﺭ ﻣِﻥْ ِﻗ َﺑﻠ ِِﻬ َﻣﺎ‬ ْ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
said, 'What did he say?' Then she told me the slander
of the people of Ifk. So my ailment was aggravated, and
‫ﺕ ﻷُﻣﱢﻲ َﻳﺎ ﺃ ُ ﱠﻣ َﺗﺎﻩُ َﻣ َﺎﺫﺍ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬٬‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ‬ ِ ‫َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬
when I reached my home, Allah's Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬ ‫ﺕ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ َﻟ َﻘﻠﱠ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َﻧ‬ ِ ‫ َﻓ َﻭ ﱠ‬٬ ِ‫ﺕ َﻳﺎ ُﺑ َﻧ ﱠﻳ ُﺔ َﻫﻭﱢ ﻧِﻲ َﻋ َﻠﻳْﻙ‬ ْ ‫ﺙ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧﺎﺱُ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ ُ ‫َﻳ َﺗ َﺣ ﱠﺩ‬
came to me, and after greeting me, said, 'How is that ‫ﺿ َﺭﺍ ِﺋ ُﺭ ﺇِﻻﱠ َﻛ ﱠﺛﺭْ َﻥ‬ َ ‫ﺍﻣْﺭﺃَﺓٌ َﻗ ﱡﻁ َﻭﺿِ ﻳ َﺋ ًﺔ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩَ َﺭﺟ ٍُﻝ ُﻳ ِﺣ ﱡﺑ َﻬﺎ َﻟ َﻬﺎ‬ َ
(lady)?' I said, 'Will you allow me to go to my parents?' ْ‫ﺙ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧﺎﺱُ ِﺑ َﻬ َﺫﺍ َﻗﺎ َﻟﺕ‬ َ ‫ﷲ ﺃَ َﻭ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺩ َﺗ َﺣ ﱠﺩ‬ ‫ﺎﻥ ِﱠ‬ َ ‫ ﻗﺎﻟﺕ ﻓﻘﻠﺕ ُﺳﺑ َْﺣ‬.‫َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ‬
ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ
as I wanted to be sure about the news through them.
Allah's Apostle allowed me (and I went to my parents) ‫ َﻭﻻَ ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺗ ِﺣ ُﻝ‬٬ٌ‫ﺕ ﻻَ َﻳﺭْ َﻗﺄ ُ ﻟِﻲ ﺩَ ﻣْ ﻊ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺃَﺻْ َﺑﺣ‬٬‫ْﺕ ﺗ ِْﻠ َﻙ ﺍﻟﻠﱠ ْﻳ َﻠ َﺔ‬ ُ ‫َﻓ َﺑ َﻛﻳ‬
and asked my mother, 'O mother! What are the people ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻭﺩَ َﻋﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ْ ‫ﺕ ﺃَ ْﺑﻛِﻲ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ ُ ْ‫ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ ﺃَﺻْ َﺑﺣ‬٬‫ِﺑ َﻧ ْﻭ ٍﻡ‬
talking about?' She said, 'O my daughter! Don't worry,
for scarcely is there a charming woman who is loved by ‫ﺙ‬ َ ‫ِﻳﻥ ﺍﺳْ َﺗ ْﻠ َﺑ‬ َ ‫ﺏ َﻭﺃ َﺳﺎ َﻣ َﺔ ﺑ َْﻥ َﺯ ْﻳ ٍﺩ ﺣ‬ ُ َ
ٍ ِ‫ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻋﻠِﻲﱠ ﺑ َْﻥ ﺃ ِﺑﻲ َﻁﺎﻟ‬
her husband and whose husband has other wives ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓﺄﻣﱠﺎ‬ َ ْ ‫ﺍﻕ ﺃﻫْ ﻠِ ِﻪ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ َ ِ ‫ْﺍﻟ َﻭﺣْ ُﻰ َﻳﺳْ ﺄَﻟُ ُﻬ َﻣﺎ َﻭ َﻳﺳْ َﺗﺷِ ﻳ ُﺭ ُﻫ َﻣﺎ ﻓِﻲ ﻓ َِﺭ‬
َ ‫ﺃ ُ َﺳﺎ َﻣ ُﺔ َﻓﺄ َ َﺷ‬
besides herself that they (i.e. women) would find faults
with her.' I said, 'Subhan-Allah! (I testify the uniqueness ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ِﺑﺎﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﻳﻌْ َﻠ ُﻡ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﺭ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﺭﺳ‬
of Allah). Are the people really talking in this way?' I ‫ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﺃ ُ َﺳﺎ َﻣ ُﺔ ﺃَﻫْ َﻠ َﻙ‬٬ِ‫ َﻭ ِﺑﺎﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﻳﻌْ َﻠ ُﻡ َﻟ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﻓِﻲ َﻧ ْﻔﺳِ ﻪ‬٬ِ‫ﻣِﻥْ َﺑ َﺭﺍ َء ِﺓ ﺃَﻫْ ﻠِﻪ‬
‫ُﺿﻳ ِﱢﻕ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﷲ َﻟ ْﻡ ﻳ‬ ِ ‫ َﻭﺃَﻣﱠﺎ َﻋﻠِﻲﱞ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ َﻳﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ َﻝ ﱠ‬.‫َﻭﻻَ َﻧﻌْ َﻠ ُﻡ ﺇِﻻﱠ َﺧﻳْﺭً ﺍ‬
kept on weeping that night till dawn I could neither stop
weeping nor sleep then in the morning again, I kept on ُ‫ﷲ‬
weeping. When the Divine Inspiration was delayed. ‫ﺕ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬.‫ﺎﺭ َﻳ َﺔ َﺗﺻْ ُﺩ ْﻗ َﻙ‬ ِ ‫ َﻭ َﺳ ِﻝ ْﺍﻟ َﺟ‬٬ٌ‫ َﻭﺍﻟ ﱢﻧ َﺳﺎ ُء ﺳِ َﻭﺍ َﻫﺎ َﻛﺛِﻳﺭ‬٬‫ْﻙ‬ َ ‫َﻋ َﻠﻳ‬
Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬called `Ali bin Abi Talib and ُ‫ﻳﺭﺓ‬ َ ‫ﻳﺭ َﺓ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ " ﺃَﻯْ َﺑ ِﺭ‬ َ ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﺑ ِﺭ‬ ِ ‫َﻓﺩَ َﻋﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬
َ ‫ُ ﱠ‬ َ َ َ
Usama bin Zaid to ask and consult them about ‫ﻳﺭﺓُ َﻭﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﺑ َﻌ َﺛ َﻙ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺑ ِﺭ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬." ِ‫ﺕ ﻣِﻥْ َﺷﻰْ ٍء َﻳ ِﺭﻳﺑُﻙ‬ ِ ‫َﻫ ْﻝ َﺭﺃَ ْﻳ‬
divorcing me. Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of my
‫ﺎﺭ َﻳ ٌﺔ‬ َ ُ ‫ْﺕ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ ﺃَﻣْﺭً ﺍ َﻗ ﱡﻁ ﺃَ ْﻏ ِﻣ‬ ُ ‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻟ َﺣ ﱢﻕ َﻣﺎ َﺭﺃَﻳ‬
innocence, and the respect he preserved in himself for ِ ‫ َﻏﻳ َْﺭ ﺃ ﱠﻧ َﻬﺎ َﺟ‬٬ُ‫ﺻﻪ‬
ْ
ْ ‫ َﻓ َﺗﺄﺗِﻲ ﺍﻟ ﱠﺩﺍ ِﺟﻥُ َﻓ َﺗﺄ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬٬‫ﻳﻥ ﺃَﻫْ ﻠِ َﻬﺎ‬ ْ
me. Usama said, '(O Allah's Messenger (‫ )!)ﷺ‬She is ‫ﺕ‬ ِ ‫َﺣﺩِﻳ َﺛ ُﺔ ﺍﻟﺳﱢﻥﱢ َﺗ َﻧﺎ ُﻡ َﻋﻥْ َﻋ ِﺟ‬
your wife and we do not know anything except good
about her.' `Ali bin Abi Talib said, 'O Allah's Messenger
ْ‫ َﻓﺎﺳْ َﺗﻌْ َﺫ َﺭ ﻣِﻥ‬٬ِ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﻣِﻥْ َﻳ ْﻭ ِﻣﻪ‬ ِ ‫ـ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻡ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬
(‫ !)ﷺ‬Allah does not put you in difficulty and there are ‫ِﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫ْﻥ ﺃُﺑَﻰﱟ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ َﻋ َﻠﻰ ْﺍﻟ ِﻣ ْﻧ َﺑ ِﺭ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ " َﻳﺎ َﻣﻌْ َﺷ َﺭ ْﺍﻟﻣُﺳْ ﻠِﻣ‬ ِ ‫ﷲﺑ‬ ِ ‫َﻋ ْﺑ ِﺩ ﱠ‬
plenty of women other than she, yet, ask the maid- ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ‬ ِ ‫ َﻭ ﱠ‬٬‫َﻣﻥْ َﻳﻌْ ِﺫ ُﺭﻧِﻲ ﻣِﻥْ َﺭﺟ ٍُﻝ َﻗ ْﺩ َﺑ َﻠ َﻐﻧِﻲ َﻋ ْﻧ ُﻪ ﺃَ َﺫﺍﻩُ ﻓِﻲ ﺃَﻫْ ﻠِﻲ‬
servant who will tell you the truth.' On that Allah's
‫ﺕ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ‬ ُ ْ‫ َﻭ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺩ َﺫ َﻛﺭُﻭﺍ َﺭ ُﺟﻼً َﻣﺎ َﻋﻠِﻣ‬٬‫ﺕ َﻋ َﻠﻰ ﺃَﻫْ ﻠِﻲ ﺇِﻻﱠ َﺧﻳْﺭً ﺍ‬ ُ ْ‫َﻋﻠِﻣ‬
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬called Barira (i.e. the maid-servant)
ُ‫ﺕ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻡ َﺳﻌْ ُﺩ ﺑْﻥ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎﻟ‬." ‫ َﻭ َﻣﺎ َﻳ ْﺩﺧ ُﻝ َﻋﻠﻰ ﺃﻫْ ﻠِﻲ ﺇِﻻ َﻣﻌِﻲ‬٬‫ﺇِﻻﱠ َﺧﻳْﺭً ﺍ‬
َ ‫ﱠ‬ َ َ ُ
and said, 'O Barira! Did you ever see anything which
aroused your suspicion?' Barira said to him, 'By Him ْ‫ َﻓﺈِﻥ‬٬‫ُﻙ‬ َ ‫ﷲ ﺃَﻋْ ِﺫﺭ‬ ِ ‫ﻣ َُﻌﺎ ٍﺫ ﺃَ ُﺧﻭ َﺑﻧِﻲ َﻋ ْﺑ ِﺩ ﺍﻷَ ْﺷ َﻬ ِﻝ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﺃَ َﻧﺎ َﻳﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ َﻝ ﱠ‬
Who has sent you with the Truth. I have never seen
‫ﺎﻥ ﻣِﻥْ ﺇِ ْﺧ َﻭﺍ ِﻧ َﻧﺎ ﻣ َِﻥ‬ َ ‫ َﻭﺇِﻥْ َﻛ‬٬ُ‫ْﺕ ُﻋ ُﻧ َﻘﻪ‬ ُ ‫ﺿ َﺭﺑ‬ َ َ ‫َﻛ‬
anything in her (i.e. Aisha) which I would conceal,
َ ‫ﺱ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻥ ﻣ َِﻥ ﺍﻷ ْﻭ‬
except that she is a young girl who sleeps leaving the ٬‫ﺕ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻡ َﺭ ُﺟ ٌﻝ ﻣ َِﻥ ْﺍﻟ َﺧ ْﺯ َﺭ ِﺝ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬.‫ﻣْﺭ َﻙ‬ َ َ‫ْﺍﻟ َﺧ ْﺯ َﺭ ِﺝ ﺃَ َﻣﺭْ َﺗ َﻧﺎ َﻓ َﻔ َﻌ ْﻠ َﻧﺎ ﺃ‬
dough of her family exposed so that the domestic goats
come and eat it.' So, on that day, Allah's Messenger
٬‫ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ َﺳﻌْ ُﺩ ﺑْﻥُ ُﻋ َﺑﺎﺩَ َﺓ‬٬ِ‫ﺕ َﻋ ﱢﻣ ِﻪ ﻣِﻥْ َﻓ ِﺧ ِﺫﻩ‬ َ ‫ﱠﺎﻥ ِﺑ ْﻧ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ﺃ ُ ﱡﻡ َﺣﺳ‬ ْ ‫َﻭ َﻛﺎ َﻧ‬
(‫ )ﷺ‬got up on the pulpit and complained about ٬‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺣً ﺎ‬ َ ً‫ﺎﻥ َﻗ ْﺑ َﻝ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ َﺭ ُﺟﻼ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻭ َﻛ‬ ْ ‫َﻭﻫْ َﻭ َﺳ ﱢﻳ ُﺩ ْﺍﻟ َﺧ ْﺯ َﺭ ِﺝ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
`Abdullah bin Ubai (bin Salul) before his companions, َ‫ َﻭﻻ‬٬ُ‫ﷲ ﻻَ َﺗ ْﻘ ُﺗﻠُﻪ‬ ِ ‫ْﺕ َﻟ َﻌﻣْ ُﺭ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ِﻥ ﺍﺣْ َﺗ َﻣ َﻠ ْﺗ ُﻪ ْﺍﻟ َﺣ ِﻣ ﱠﻳ ُﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﻟ َِﺳﻌْ ٍﺩ َﻛ َﺫﺑ‬ ِ ‫َﻭ َﻟﻛ‬
saying, 'O you Muslims! Who will relieve me from that
‫ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻡ‬.‫ْﺕ ﺃﻥْ ُﻳ ْﻘ َﺗ َﻝ‬ َ َ
َ ‫ﺎﻥ ﻣِﻥْ َﺭﻫْ ﻁِ َﻙ َﻣﺎ ﺃﺣْ َﺑﺑ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻟ ْﻭ َﻛ‬٬ِ‫َﺗ ْﻘ ِﺩ ُﺭ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﻗ ْﺗﻠِﻪ‬
man who has hurt me with his evil statement about my
family? By Allah, I know nothing except good about my ‫ْﻥ ُﻋ َﺑﺎﺩَ َﺓ‬ ِ ‫ُﺿﻳ ٍْﺭ ـ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ ﺍﺑْﻥُ َﻋ ﱢﻡ َﺳﻌْ ٍﺩ ـ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﻟ َِﺳﻌْ ِﺩ ﺑ‬ َ ‫ﺃ ُ َﺳ ْﻳ ُﺩ ﺑْﻥُ ﺣ‬
family and they have blamed a man about whom I know .‫ِﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫ َﻓﺈِ ﱠﻧ َﻙ ُﻣ َﻧﺎﻓ ٌِﻕ ُﺗ َﺟﺎ ِﺩ ُﻝ َﻋ ِﻥ ْﺍﻟ ُﻣ َﻧﺎ ِﻓﻘ‬٬ُ‫ﷲ َﻟ َﻧ ْﻘ ُﺗ َﻠ ﱠﻧﻪ‬ ِ ‫ْﺕ َﻟ َﻌﻣْ ُﺭ ﱠ‬ َ ‫َﻛ َﺫﺑ‬
nothing except good and he used never to enter my َ
home except with me.' Sa`d bin Mu`adh the brother of
ُ َ
٬‫ﱠﺎﻥ ﺍﻷ ْﻭﺱُ َﻭﺍﻟ َﺧ ْﺯ َﺭ ُﺝ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ َﻫﻣﱡﻭﺍ ﺃﻥْ َﻳ ْﻘ َﺗ ِﺗﻠﻭﺍ‬ ْ ِ ‫ﺎﺭ ﺍﻟ َﺣﻳ‬ ْ َ
َ ‫ﺕ َﻓﺛ‬ ْ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
Banu `Abd Al-Ashhal got up and said, 'O Allah's َ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓﻠ ْﻡ‬ َ ْ
ْ ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻡ َﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟ ِﻣﻧ َﺑ ِﺭ ـ َﻗﺎﻟ‬ ْ َ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫َﻭ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ‬
Messenger (‫ !)ﷺ‬I will relieve you from him; if he is from ُ
‫ﺿ ُﻬ ْﻡ َﺣﺗﻰ َﺳ َﻛﺗﻭﺍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
ُ ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﻳ َُﺧﻔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫َﻳ َﺯ ْﻝ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ‬
the tribe of Al-Aus, then I will chop his head off, and if
he is from our brothers, i.e. Al-Khazraj, then order us, َ‫ َﻭﻻ‬٬ٌ‫ ﻻَ َﻳﺭْ َﻗﺄ ُ ﻟِﻲ ﺩَ ﻣْ ﻊ‬٬ُ‫ْﺕ َﻳ ْﻭﻣِﻲ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ ُﻛﻠﱠﻪ‬ ُ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓ َﺑ َﻛﻳ‬ ْ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ َ ‫َﻭ َﺳ َﻛ‬
and we will fulfill your order.' On that, a man from Al- ‫ْﻥ‬ِ ‫ْﺕ َﻟ ْﻳ َﻠ َﺗﻳ‬ ُ ‫ َﻭ َﻗ ْﺩ َﺑ َﻛﻳ‬٬‫ﺍﻯ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩِﻱ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻭﺃَﺻْ َﺑ َﺢ ﺃَ َﺑ َﻭ‬ ْ ‫ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺗ ِﺣ ُﻝ ِﺑ َﻧ ْﻭ ٍﻡ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
Khazraj got up. Um Hassan, his cousin, was from his
‫ﻅﻥﱡ ﺃَﻥﱠ‬ ُ َ‫ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻷ‬٬‫ َﻭﻻَ ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺗ ِﺣ ُﻝ ِﺑ َﻧ ْﻭﻡ‬٬ٌ‫ ﻻَ َﻳﺭْ َﻗﺄ ُ ﻟِﻲ ﺩَ ﻣْ ﻊ‬٬‫َﻭ َﻳ ْﻭﻣًﺎ‬
branch tribe, and he was Sa`d bin Ubada, chief of Al- ٍ
Khazraj. Before this incident, he was a pious man, but ‫ﺎﻥ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩِﻱ َﻭﺃَ َﻧﺎ ﺃَ ْﺑﻛِﻲ‬ ِ ‫ﺍﻯ َﺟﺎﻟ َِﺳ‬ َ ‫ َﻓ َﺑ ْﻳ َﻧﺎ ﺃَ َﺑ َﻭ‬٬‫ْﺍﻟ ُﺑ َﻛﺎ َء َﻓﺎﻟ ٌِﻕ َﻛ ِﺑﺩِﻱ‬
his love for his tribe goaded him into saying to Sa`d (bin
Mu`adh). 'By Allah, you have told a lie; you shall not
‫ﺕ َﺗ ْﺑﻛِﻲ‬ ْ ‫ َﻓ َﺟ َﻠ َﺳ‬٬‫ﺕ َﻟ َﻬﺎ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ِﺫ ْﻧ‬٬‫ﺎﺭ‬ ِ ‫ﺻ‬ َ ‫ﺍﻣْﺭﺃَﺓٌ ﻣ َِﻥ ﺍﻷَ ْﻧ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻋ َﻠﻰﱠ‬ ْ ‫َﻓﺎﺳْ َﺗﺄْ َﺫ َﻧ‬
and cannot kill him. If he belonged to your people, you ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓ َﺑ ْﻳ َﻧﺎ َﻧﺣْ ﻥُ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ ﺩَ َﺧ َﻝ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ْ ‫َﻣﻌِﻲ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
would not wish him to be killed.' On that, Usaid bin
‫ﺕ ـ َﻭ َﻟ ْﻡ َﻳﺟْ ﻠِﺱْ ﻋِ ْﻧﺩِﻱ‬ ْ ‫ﺱ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ ُ
َ ‫ َﻓ َﺳﻠﱠ َﻡ ﺛ ﱠﻡ َﺟ َﻠ‬٬‫ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ َﻧﺎ‬
Hudair who was the cousin of Sa`d (bin Mu`adh) got up
and said to Sa`d bin 'Ubada, 'By Allah! You are a liar!
ْ
‫ُﻭﺣﻰ ﺇِ َﻟ ْﻳ ِﻪ ﻓِﻲ َﺷﺄﻧِﻲ‬ َ ‫ﺙ َﺷﻬْﺭً ﺍ ﻻَ ﻳ‬ َ ‫ َﻭ َﻗ ْﺩ َﻟ ِﺑ‬٬‫ُﻣ ْﻧ ُﺫ ﻗِﻳ َﻝ َﻣﺎ ﻗِﻳ َﻝ َﻗ ْﺑ َﻠ َﻬﺎ‬
We will surely kill him, and you are a hypocrite arguing ‫ِﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﺣ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓ َﺗ َﺷﻬﱠﺩَ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ْ ‫ِﺑ َﺷﻰْ ٍء ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
on the behalf of hypocrites.' On this, the two tribes of Al-
Aus and Al Khazraj got so much excited that they were ٬‫ َﻳﺎ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷﺔ ﺇِ ﱠﻧ ُﻪ َﺑ َﻠ َﻐﻧِﻲ َﻋﻧﻙِ َﻛﺫﺍ َﻭ َﻛﺫﺍ‬٬‫ﺱ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻗﺎ َﻝ " ﺃﻣﱠﺎ َﺑﻌْ ُﺩ‬
َ َ ْ ُ َ َ ‫َﺟ َﻠ‬
about to fight while Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬was ٬ٍ‫ﺕ ِﺑﺫﻧﺏ‬ ْ َ ِ ْ‫ﺕ ﺃﻟ َﻣﻣ‬ ْ َ ْ ُ
ِ ‫ َﻭﺇِﻥْ ﻛﻧ‬٬ُ‫ َﻓ َﺳ ُﻳ َﺑﺭﱢ ﺋﻙِ ﷲ‬٬‫ﺕ َﺑ ِﺭﻳ َﺋﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ُ ً ْ
ِ ‫َﻓﺈِﻥْ ﻛﻧ‬ُ
standing on the pulpit. Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬kept on ‫ﺎﺏ‬ َ ‫ﺎﺏ ﺗ‬ َ َ ‫ﻑ ﺛ ﱠﻡ ﺗ‬ َ ُ َ
َ ‫ ﻓﺈِﻥﱠ ﺍﻟ َﻌﺑْﺩَ ﺇِﺫﺍ ﺍﻋْ ﺗ َﺭ‬٬ِ‫ﻭﺑﻲ ﺇِﻟ ْﻳﻪ‬ َ ْ َ َ ِ ‫ﷲ َﻭﺗ‬ ُ ‫ﱠ‬
َ ‫َﻓﺎﺳْ َﺗ ْﻐﻔ ِِﺭﻱ‬
ِ ‫ﺿﻰ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻓ َﻠﻣﱠﺎ َﻗ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬." ‫ﷲُ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
quietening them till they became silent and so did he.
All that day I kept on weeping with my tears never
‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ‬
ceasing, and I could never sleep. In the morning my ْ‫ﺕ ﻷَ ِﺑﻲ ﺃَ ِﺟﺏ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬٬‫ﺹ ﺩَ ﻣْ ﻌِﻲ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ َﻣﺎ ﺃُﺣِﺱﱡ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﻁ َﺭ ًﺓ‬ َ ‫َﻣ َﻘﺎ َﻟ َﺗ ُﻪ َﻗ َﻠ‬
parents were with me and I wept for two nights and a
day with my tears never ceasing and I could never
ِ ‫ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﺃَ ِﺑﻲ َﻭ ﱠ‬.‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻋ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻓِﻳ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫َﺭﺳُﻭ َﻝ ﱠ‬
sleep till I thought that my liver would burst from ‫ﺕ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬.‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫َﻣﺎ ﺃَ ْﺩ ِﺭﻱ َﻣﺎ ﺃَﻗُﻭ ُﻝ ﻟ َِﺭﺳ‬
weeping. So, while my parents were sitting with me and ‫ﺕ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬.‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﻓِﻳ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬ ِ ‫ﻷُﻣﱢﻲ ﺃَ ِﺟ ِﻳﺑﻲ َﺭﺳُﻭ َﻝ ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ﺃُﻣﱢﻲ َﻭ ﱠ‬
I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked me to grant her
admittance. I allowed her to come in, and when she .‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ ﺃَ ْﺩ ِﺭﻱ َﻣﺎ ﺃَﻗُﻭ ُﻝ ﻟ َِﺭﺳ‬
ُ
came in, she sat down and started weeping with me. ‫ﺁﻥ َﻛ ِﺛﻳﺭً ﺍ ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ‬ ِ ْ‫ﺎﺭ َﻳ ٌﺔ َﺣﺩِﻳ َﺛ ُﺔ ﺍﻟﺳﱢﻥﱢ ﻻَ ﺃَ ْﻗ َﺭﺃ ﻣ َِﻥ ْﺍﻟﻘُﺭ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﻭﺃ َﻧﺎ َﺟ‬
َ ُ ‫َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬
While we were in this state, Allah's Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬
‫ِﻳﺙ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺍﺳْ َﺗ َﻘﺭﱠ ﻓِﻲ ﺃَ ْﻧﻔُﺳِ ُﻛ ْﻡ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺩ َﺳﻣِﻌْ ُﺗ ْﻡ َﻫ َﺫﺍ ْﺍﻟ َﺣﺩ‬ ُ ْ‫ﷲ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺩ َﻋﻠِﻣ‬ ِ ‫َﻭ ﱠ‬
came, greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with
me since that day of the slander. A month had elapsed ‫ َﻭ َﻟﺋ ِِﻥ‬٬‫ﺻ ﱢﺩﻗُﻭﻧِﻲ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻟ ُﻛ ْﻡ ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ َﺑ ِﺭﻳ َﺋ ٌﺔ ﻻَ ُﺗ‬ ُ ‫ َﻓ َﻠﺋِﻥْ ﻗُ ْﻠ‬٬ِ‫ﺻ ﱠﺩ ْﻗ ُﺗ ْﻡ ِﺑﻪ‬ َ ‫َﻭ‬
and no Divine Inspiration came to him about my case. ‫ﷲﱠ‬
ِ ‫ َﻓ َﻭ‬٬‫ﺻ ﱢﺩﻗﻧﻲ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ُ ُ َ ٌ
َ ‫ َﻭﷲُ َﻳﻌْ ﻠ ُﻡ ﺃﻧﻲ ِﻣﻧ ُﻪ َﺑ ِﺭﻳ َﺋﺔ ﻟﺗ‬٬‫ﻣْﺭ‬ ْ ‫ﱢ‬ َ َ ‫ﱠ‬ ٍ ‫ﺕ ﻟﻛ ْﻡ ِﺑﺄ‬ َ ُ َ ْ
ُ ‫ﺍﻋْ َﺗ َﺭﻓ‬
َ ‫ﻻَ ﺃَ ِﺟ ُﺩ ﻟِﻲ َﻭﻟﻛ ْﻡ َﻣﺛﻼ ﺇِﻻ ﺃ َﺑﺎ ﻳُﻭﺳ‬
َ
Allah's Apostle then recited Tashah-hud and then said,
'Amma Badu, O `Aisha! I have been informed so-andso ‫ﺻ ْﺑ ٌﺭ َﺟﻣِﻳ ٌﻝ‬ َ ‫ِﻳﻥ ﻗﺎ َﻝ }ﻓ‬ َ َ َ ‫ُﻑ ﺣ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ً َ ُ َ
about you; if you are innocent, then soon Allah will ‫ﺕ َﻋ َﻠﻰ‬ ُ ْ‫ﺕ َﻭﺍﺿْ َﻁ َﺟﻌ‬ ُ ‫ﻭﻥ{ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﺗ َﺣﻭﱠ ْﻟ‬ َ ُ‫ﷲُ ْﺍﻟﻣُﺳْ َﺗ َﻌﺎﻥُ َﻋ َﻠﻰ َﻣﺎ َﺗﺻِ ﻔ‬ ‫َﻭ ﱠ‬
َ ‫ َﻭﺃَﻥﱠ ﱠ‬٬‫ﷲُ َﻳﻌْ َﻠ ُﻡ ﺃَ ﱢﻧﻲ ﺣِﻳ َﻧ ِﺋ ٍﺫ َﺑ ِﺭﻳ َﺋ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ َﻭ ﱠ‬٬‫ﻓ َِﺭﺍﺷِ ﻲ‬
reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin,
then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for
‫ﷲ ُﻣ َﺑﺭﱢ ﺋِﻲ ِﺑ َﺑ َﺭﺍ َءﺗِﻲ‬
when a slave confesses his sins and asks Allah for ٬‫ﷲ ُﻣ ْﻧ ِﺯ ٌﻝ ﻓِﻲ َﺷﺄْﻧِﻲ َﻭﺣْ ﻳًﺎ ُﻳ ْﺗ َﻠﻰ‬ َ ‫ﻅﻥﱡ ﺃَﻥﱠ ﱠ‬ ُ َ‫ﺕ ﺃ‬ ُ ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ ُﻛ ْﻧ‬ ِ ‫َﻭ َﻟﻛِﻥْ َﻭ ﱠ‬
forgiveness, Allah accepts his repentance.' ْ‫ َﻭ َﻟﻛِﻥ‬٬‫ﻣْﺭ‬ ٍ َ ‫ﷲُ ﻓِﻲﱠ ِﺑﺄ‬ ‫ﺎﻥ ﺃَﺣْ َﻘ َﺭ ﻣِﻥْ ﺃَﻥْ َﻳ َﺗ َﻛﻠﱠ َﻡ ﱠ‬ َ ‫َﻟ َﺷﺄْﻧِﻲ ﻓِﻲ َﻧ ْﻔﺳِ ﻲ َﻛ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ َ َ ُ ُْ
(continued...) (continuing... 1): -5.462:... ... When Allah's ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻡ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ ْﻭ ِﻡ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ﺃَﺭْ ﺟُﻭ ﺃَﻥْ َﻳ َﺭﻯ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ُ ‫ُﻛ ْﻧ‬
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬finished his speech, my tears ceased
flowing completely that I no longer felt a single drop of
‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ َﺭﺍ َﻡ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ َﻓ َﻭ ﱠ‬٬‫ﷲُ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺭ ُْﺅ َﻳﺎ ُﻳ َﺑﺭﱢ ُﺋﻧِﻲ ﱠ‬
tear flowing. I said to my father, 'Reply to Allah's ُ
٬ِ‫ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺃ ْﻧ ِﺯ َﻝ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳﻪ‬٬ِ‫ َﻭﻻَ َﺧ َﺭ َﺝ ﺃَ َﺣ ٌﺩ ﻣِﻥْ ﺃَﻫْ ِﻝ ْﺍﻟ َﺑ ْﻳﺕ‬٬ُ‫ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻣﺟْ ﻠ َِﺳﻪ‬
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬on my behalf concerning what he has ‫ َﺣ ﱠﺗﻰ ﺇِ ﱠﻧ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻳ َﺗ َﺣ ﱠﺩ ُﺭ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ ﻣ َِﻥ‬٬‫ﺎﻥ َﻳﺄْ ُﺧ ُﺫﻩُ ﻣ َِﻥ ْﺍﻟﺑ َُﺭ َﺣﺎ ِء‬ َ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﺧ َﺫﻩُ َﻣﺎ َﻛ‬
‫ ﻣِﻥْ ِﺛ َﻘ ِﻝ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ْﻭ ِﻝ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ‬٬ٍ‫ﺎﻥ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ ﻓِﻲ َﻳ ْﻭ ٍﻡ َﺷﺎﺕ‬ ِ ‫ْﺍﻟ َﻌ َﺭ ِﻕ ﻣ ِْﺛ ُﻝ ْﺍﻟ ُﺟ َﻣ‬
said.' My father said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to
say to Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬.' Then I said to my
mother, 'Reply to Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬on my behalf ‫ﷲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻳﻪ‬ ِ ‫ُﻭﻝ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﻱ َﻋﻥْ َﺭﺳ‬ َ ‫ﺕ ـ َﻓﺳُﺭﱢ‬ ْ ‫ﺃ ُ ْﻧ ِﺯ َﻝ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
concerning what he has said.' She said, 'By Allah, I do ‫ﺕ ﺃَﻭﱠ َﻝ َﻛﻠِ َﻣ ٍﺔ َﺗ َﻛﻠﱠ َﻡ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ﺃَﻥْ َﻗﺎ َﻝ " َﻳﺎ‬ ْ ‫ َﻓ َﻛﺎ َﻧ‬٬ُ‫ﻭﺳﻠﻡ َﻭﻫْ َﻭ َﻳﺿْ َﺣﻙ‬
not know what to say to Allah's Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬.' In َ
.‫ﺕ ﻟِﻲ ﺃﻣﱢﻲ ﻗﻭﻣِﻲ ﺇِﻟ ْﻳ ِﻪ‬ ُ ُ َ
ْ ‫ﺕ َﻓ َﻘﺎﻟ‬ ْ ‫ َﻗﺎﻟ‬." ِ‫ﷲُ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺩ َﺑﺭﱠ ﺃَﻙ‬
َ ‫َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ ﺃَﻣﱠﺎ ﱠ‬
ْ ‫ﷲ َﻋ ﱠﺯ َﻭ َﺟ ﱠﻝ ـ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬ َ ‫ َﻓﺈِ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻻَ ﺃَﺣْ َﻣ ُﺩ ﺇِﻻﱠ ﱠ‬٬ِ‫ﷲ ﻻَ ﺃَﻗُﻭ ُﻡ ﺇِ َﻟ ْﻳﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﻭ ﱠ‬ ُ ‫َﻓﻘُ ْﻠ‬
spite of the fact that I was a young girl and had a little
knowledge of Qur'an, I said, 'By Allah, no doubt I know
‫ﺕ‬
that you heard this (slanderous) speech so that it has ‫ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ‬٬ِ‫ِﻳﻥ َﺟﺎءُﻭﺍ ِﺑﺎﻹِ ْﻓﻙِ { ْﺍﻟ َﻌ ْﺷ َﺭ ﺍﻵ َﻳﺎﺕ‬ َ ‫ﷲُ َﺗ َﻌﺎ َﻟﻰ }ﺇِﻥﱠ ﺍﻟﱠﺫ‬ ‫ـ َﻭﺃَ ْﻧ َﺯ َﻝ ﱠ‬
been planted in your hearts (i.e. minds) and you have
taken it as a truth. Now if I tell you that I am innocent,
‫ﺎﻥ ُﻳ ْﻧﻔ ُِﻕ‬ َ ‫ﻳﻕ ـ َﻭ َﻛ‬ ُ ‫ﺻ ﱢﺩ‬ ‫ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﺃَﺑُﻭ َﺑ ْﻛ ٍﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱢ‬.‫ﷲُ َﻫ َﺫﺍ ﻓِﻲ َﺑ َﺭﺍ َءﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ﺃَ ْﻧ َﺯ َﻝ ﱠ‬
you will not believe me, and if confess to you about it, ‫ﷲ ﻻَ ﺃ ُ ْﻧﻔ ُِﻕ َﻋ َﻠﻰ‬ ِ ‫ْﻥ ﺃ ُ َﺛﺎ َﺛ َﺔ ﻟِ َﻘ َﺭﺍ َﺑ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ َﻭ َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺭ ِﻩ ـ َﻭ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫َﻋ َﻠﻰ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ِﺢ ﺑ‬
and Allah knows that I am innocent, you will surely }  ُ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻧ َﺯ َﻝ ﱠ‬.‫ﻣِﺳْ َﻁﺢ َﺷ ْﻳ ًﺋﺎ ﺃَ َﺑ ًﺩﺍ َﺑﻌْ ﺩَ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﻟ َِﻌﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ َﺔ َﻣﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬
ٍ
‫ﺇِ َﻟﻰ َﻗ ْﻭﻟِ ِﻪ } َﻏﻔُﻭ ٌﺭ َﺭﺣِﻳ ٌﻡ{ َﻗﺎ َﻝ ﺃَﺑُﻭ‬  {‫َﻭﻻَ َﻳﺄْ َﺗ ِﻝ ﺃُﻭﻟُﻭ ْﺍﻟ َﻔﺿْ ِﻝ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻛ ْﻡ‬
believe me. By Allah, I find no similitude for me and you
except that of Joseph's father when he said, '(For me)
patience in the most fitting against that which you  ‫ﷲُ ﻟِﻲ‬ ‫ﷲ ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ ﻷُﺣِﺏﱡ ﺃَﻥْ َﻳ ْﻐﻔ َِﺭ ﱠ‬ ِ ‫ﻳﻕ َﺑ َﻠﻰ َﻭ ﱠ‬ ُ ‫ﺻ ﱢﺩ‬ ‫َﺑ ْﻛ ٍﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱢ‬
assert; it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought.'
‫ﷲ َﻻ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ﺎﻥ ُﻳ ْﻧﻔ ُِﻕ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ َﻭ َﻗﺎ َﻝ َﻭ‬ َ ‫َﻓ َﺭ َﺟ َﻊ ﺇِ َﻟﻰ ﻣِﺳْ َﻁ ٍﺢ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ َﻔ َﻘ َﺔ ﺍﻟﱠﺗِﻲ َﻛ‬
Then I turned to the other side and lay on my bed; and
Allah knew then that I was innocent and hoped that ‫ﺻﻠﱠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ﺎﻥ َﺭﺳُﻭ ُﻝ‬ َ ‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﻭ َﻛ‬ ْ ‫ﺃَ ْﻧ ِﺯ ُﻋ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻧ ُﻪ ﺃَ َﺑ ًﺩﺍ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
Allah would reveal my innocence. But, by Allah, I never
‫ﺏ َﻣ َﺎﺫﺍ‬ َ ‫ﻣْﺭﻱ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻝ ﻟ َِﺯ ْﻳ َﻧ‬ َ َ ‫ﺏ ِﺑ ْﻧ‬ َ ‫َﻭ َﺳﻠﱠ َﻡ َﺳﺄ َ َﻝ َﺯ ْﻳ َﻧ‬
thought that Allah would reveal about my case, Divine ِ ‫ﺵ َﻋﻥْ ﺃ‬ ٍ ْ‫ﺕ َﺟﺣ‬
Inspiration, that would be recited (forever) as I ‫ﺻ ِﺭﻱ‬ َ ‫ﷲ ﺃَﺣْ ﻣِﻲ َﺳﻣْ ﻌِﻲ َﻭ َﺑ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ َﻳﺎ َﺭﺳُﻭ َﻝ ﱠ‬ ْ ‫ﺕ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ﺃَ ْﻭ َﺭﺃَ ْﻳ‬ ِ ْ‫َﻋﻠِﻣ‬
considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah
with something of my concern, but I hoped that Allah's
‫ﺕ ﺗ َﺳﺎﻣِﻳﻧِﻲ‬ ُ ْ ‫ِﻲ ﺍﻟﺗِﻲ َﻛﺎ َﻧ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ُ
َ ‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷﺔ َﻭﻫ‬ َ
ْ ‫ﺕ ﺇِﻻ َﺧﻳْﺭً ﺍ َﻗﺎﻟ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ُ ْ‫ﷲ َﻣﺎ َﻋﻠِﻣ‬ ِ ‫َﻭ ﱠ‬
‫ﷲُ ِﺑ ْﺎﻟ َﻭ َﺭ ِﻉ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻣ َﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﷲُ َﻋ َﻠ ْﻳ ِﻪ َﻭ َﺳﻠﱠ َﻡ َﻓ َﻌ‬ ‫ﺻﻠﱠﻰ ﱠ‬ َ
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬might have a dream in which Allah َ ‫ﺍﺝ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ ِﺑﻲﱢ‬ ِ ‫ﻣِﻥْ ﺃ ْﺯ َﻭ‬
ُ ْ ‫ﺕ َﻭ َﻁ ِﻔ َﻘ‬
would prove my innocence. But, by Allah, before Allah's ‫ﺕ ﻓِﻳ َﻣﻥْ َﻫ َﻠ َﻙ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬ ْ ‫ﺎﺭﺏُ َﻟ َﻬﺎ َﻓ َﻬ َﻠ َﻛ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ﺃ ْﺧ ُﺗ َﻬﺎ َﺣﻣْ َﻧ ُﺔ ُﺗ َﺣ‬ ْ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬left his seat and before any of the ‫ﺙ َﻫﺅُ َﻻ ِء ﺍﻟﺭﱠ ﻫْ ﻁِ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻗﺎ َﻝ‬ ِ ‫ﺏ َﻓ َﻬ َﺫﺍ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﺑ َﻠ َﻐﻧِﻲ ﻣِﻥْ َﺣﺩِﻳ‬ ٍ ‫ﺍﺑْﻥُ ﺷِ َﻬﺎ‬
household left, the Divine inspiration came to Allah's
ُ‫ﷲ ﺇِﻥﱠ ﺍﻟﺭﱠ ُﺟ َﻝ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ ﻗِﻳ َﻝ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻣﺎ ﻗِﻳ َﻝ َﻟ َﻳﻘُﻭﻝ‬ ‫ﺕ َﻋﺎ ِﺋ َﺷ ُﺔ َﻭ ِﱠ‬ ْ ‫ﻋُﺭْ َﻭﺓُ َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬. So there overtook him the same hard
condition which used to overtake him, (when he used to ‫ﺕ ﻣِﻥْ َﻛ َﻧﻑِ ﺃ ُ ْﻧ َﺛﻰ َﻗ ﱡﻁ‬ ُ ‫ﷲ َﻓ َﻭﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ َﻧ ْﻔﺳِ ﻲ ِﺑ َﻳ ِﺩ ِﻩ َﻣﺎ َﻛ َﺷ ْﻔ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻥ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ُﺳﺑ َْﺣ‬
be inspired Divinely). The sweat was dropping from his
body like pearls though it was a wintry day and that was
ِ ‫ﻳﻝ ﱠ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﺕ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ ﻗُ ِﺗ َﻝ َﺑﻌْ ﺩَ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ ﻓِﻲ َﺳ ِﺑ‬ ْ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ‬
because of the weighty statement which was being
revealed to him. When that state of Allah's Messenger
(‫ )ﷺ‬was over, he got up smiling, and the first word he
said was, 'O `Aisha! Allah has declared your
innocence!' Then my Mother said to me, 'Get up and go
to him (i.e. Allah's Messenger (‫))ﷺ‬. I replied, 'By Allah,
I will not go to him, and I praise none but Allah. So Allah
revealed the ten Verses:- - "Verily! They who spread the
slander Are a gang, among you............." (24.11-20)
Allah revealed those Qur'anic Verses to declare my
innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to disburse
money for Mistah bin Uthatha because of his
relationship to him and his poverty, said, 'By Allah, I will
never give to Mistah bin Uthatha anything after what he
has said about Aisha.' Then Allah revealed:-- "And let
not those among you who are good and wealthy swear
not to give (any sort of help) to their kinsmen, those in
need, and those who have left their homes for Allah's
cause, let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love
that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is oft-Forgiving
Most Merciful." (24.22) Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, 'Yes,
by Allah, I would like that Allah forgive me.' and went on
giving Mistah the money he used to give him before. He
also added, 'By Allah, I will never deprive him of it at all.'
Aisha further said:." Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬also asked
Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. his wife) about my case. He said
to Zainab, 'What do you know and what did you see?"
She replied, "O Allah's Messenger (‫ !)ﷺ‬I refrain from
claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By
Allah, I know nothing except good (about `Aisha).' From
amongst the wives of the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬Zainab was my
peer (in beauty and in the love she received from the
Prophet) but Allah saved her from that evil because of
her piety. Her sister Hamna, started struggling on her
behalf and she was destroyed along with those who
were destroyed. The man who was blamed said,
'Subhan-Allah! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I
have never uncovered the cover (i.e. veil) of any
female.' Later on the man was martyred in Allah's
Cause."

Reference  : Sahih al­Bukhari 4141
In­book reference  : Book 64, Hadith 185
USC­MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 462