The words of Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)

It is reported about Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she used to say: "I would love that, when I die, I become utterly forgotten."

Ishaq reports that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "If only she were a tree that glorified Allah and completed its term, and that she had never been created."

It is narrated from Urwah that he heard Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) say: "O, if only I had never been created!"

It is narrated from Ibrahim that he said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Commit few sins, for you will never meet Allah with anything like having few sins."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "You people have abandoned the best act of worship, namely humility."

It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr that he said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to distribute seventy thousand while patching her own shift.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "Whoever is cross-examined in the reckoning on the Day of Resurrection will not be forgiven."

Abu al-Safar said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "People have wasted the great part of their religion, namely wara' (scrupulous piety)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "The family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat wheat flour to their fill for more than three days."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "We would spend month after month in such a state that we did not light a fire. The food was only dates and water."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "No one will be reckoned on the Day of Resurrection except that he will enter Paradise." Then she (may Allah be pleased with her) recited the verses: "As for the one who is given his record in his right hand, he will receive an easy reckoning" [Al-Inshiqaq: 7-8]. Then she (may Allah be pleased with her) recited this verse: "The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet" [Al-Rahman: 41].

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When one of you makes a wish, let him wish abundantly, for he is asking only of his Lord."

It is narrated from Ibrahim that he said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I would love to have been a leaf of this tree."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away in such a state that there was nothing in my cupboard that a living creature could eat, except some barley that was in my cupboard."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "A bald serpent is set over the disbeliever in his grave. It will eat the flesh from his head down to his feet. Then flesh will be put back on, and it will eat from his feet up to his head. Then flesh will be put back on, and it will eat from his head down to his feet. And so the matter will continue."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I have seen us waging jihad alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with no provisions but the leaves of the hublah tree and this acacia, to the point that one of us would pass stool like the droppings of a goat, with nothing binding it. And now the Banu Asad have begun to discipline me over the religion! Then I would have failed, and my deeds would be at a loss."

Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever among you is able to keep a righteous deed hidden, let him do so."

It is narrated from Salih bin Ibrahim that he said: I asked a man from the tribe of Juhaynah: "What is the matter with Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him), that he is the most renowned of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said: "He did not follow their course, so he came to be needed." (According to Shaykh Muhammad Awwamah, the meaning of this passage is not clear and the manuscripts are inconsistent.)

It is reported about Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said while admonishing his people: "You are like an ostrich that has hidden itself. Hold fast to riding animals, and if you do not find one, then (wear) your sandals. Indeed, the first land to fall to ruin will be that on the left side, and after it the one following on the right side. The place of gathering will be here, and we will come after."