عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ أُمِّ رُومَانَ وَهِيَ أُمُّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعَائِشَةُ قَاعِدَتَيْنِ فَدَخَلَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَتْ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِفُلَانٍ وَفَعَلَ تَعْنِي ابْنَهَا قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا وَمَا ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ ابْنِي كَانَ فِيمَنْ حَدَّثَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا وَمَا الْحَدِيثُ قَالَتْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ أَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَوَقَعَتْ أَوْ سَقَطَتْ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيْهَا فَأَفَاقَتْ حُمَّى بِنَافِضٍ فَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا الثِّيَابَ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَا لِهَذِهِ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذَتْهَا حُمَّى بِنَافِضٍ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي تُحُدِّثُ بِهِ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَفَعَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَأْسَهَا وَقَالَتْ إِنْ قُلْتُ لَمْ تَعْذِرُونِي وَإِنْ حَلَفْتُ لَمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي وَمَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَمَثَلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَبَنِيهِ حِينَ قَالَ {فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ} [يوسف: 18] فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ عُذْرُهَا أَتَاهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهَا بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ لَا بِحَمْدِكَ أَوْ قَالَتْ وَلَا بِحَمْدِ أَحَدٍ
It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I and Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) were sitting when an Ansari woman came and began to say about her son, "May Allah destroy him, may He ruin him." I asked her: "What is the matter?" She said: "My son is also among those who are talking." Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her) asked: "What talk?" She said: "Such and such talk." Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) inquired: "Has Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also heard this?" The woman said: "Yes." She then asked: "Has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also come to know of it?" She said: "Yes!" Upon hearing this, she fell down and fainted, she developed a severe fever, and her body began to tremble. I covered her with clothes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and asked: "What has happened to her?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! She has a severe fever and her body is trembling." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps this condition is because of the talk that is being spread?" She said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" Upon hearing these words, Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) raised her head and said: "If I say something in my defense, you will not accept my excuse, and if I swear an oath, even then you will not believe me. My example and yours is like that of Yaqub (peace be upon him) and his sons, when after hearing the words of his sons, he said: {فَصَبْرٌ جَمِیلٌ وَاللّٰہُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰی مَا تَصِفُونَ} ... So patience is most fitting, and it is Allah (alone) whose help can be sought against that which you assert." (Surah Yusuf: 18) So when her exoneration was revealed from Allah, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her and informed her of the revelation of her exoneration. Sayyidah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I praise Allah, not you," or she said: "There is no praise except for Allah."