Musnad of Aishah

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicating with this du'a in the funeral prayer: 'Allahumma-ghfir lahu wa salli 'alayhi wa barik fihi, wa awridhu hawda rasulik' (O Allah, forgive him (the deceased), send down Your mercies upon him, bless him, and bring him to the Pond (al-Kawthar) of Your Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) lead the people in prayer." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah, if only you would order someone other than him to lead the prayer? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not at all fitting for my Ummah that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) be among them and someone else lead them as imam."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The woman with istihadah (non-menstrual bleeding) shall pray, even if the blood is dripping onto the mat." Imam Ibn Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) reported (in the narration) the word "qatran" (in a dripping state).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked her: "Who among the people was most beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" She said: "Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, then Sayyiduna Umar, then Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with them)."

Jabir bin al-Subh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that his two paternal aunts, Umaynah (may Allah have mercy on her) and Zaynab (may Allah have mercy on her), told him that the two of them met Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) along with some other women, and one of the women present asked her about various drinks. She replied: "I do not regard as lawful nabidh prepared in a green glazed jar (hantam), a hollowed-out wooden vessel (naqir), or a pitch-coated (varnished) vessel (muzaffat), and I declare unlawful only what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) declared unlawful."

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) and I used to spend the night in a single garment while I was menstruating. If anything (a spot of blood or the like) got onto his (peace and blessings be upon him) clothing, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would wash only that spot and not go beyond it, and then he would pray in it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek the opinion and permission of women regarding their marriage, for a virgin (naturally) feels shy and remains silent, so her very silence is her permission and consent."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him): We were with Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) when food was brought, and al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) stood up to pray. At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said (by way of admonition): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Prayer should not be offered in the presence of food, nor when a person is greatly uneasy because he is holding back the need to urinate or defecate."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call one of my Companions to me." I said: Shall I call Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: Shall I call your cousin, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I asked: Then whom shall I call? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)." So when he came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Move aside." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began speaking to him privately, and meanwhile the colour of Sayyiduna Uthman's (may Allah be pleased with him) face began to change. Abu Sahlah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then, on the Day of the House (the day of the siege), when he was besieged, we said: O Commander of the Faithful, will you not fight them? Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a covenant (a binding instruction) with me, and I am keeping myself patient and steadfast upon it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a Muslim dies and a group of Muslims whose number reaches one hundred offers his funeral prayer, and then they all intercede for him (seeking forgiveness before Allah), their intercession for him is certainly accepted."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that during his illness the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the people in prayer while sitting, and they all stood up. At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) signalled to them to sit, so they sat down. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The imam is appointed only to be followed. So when he bows, you bow too; when he prostrates, you prostrate too; and when he prays sitting, all of you pray sitting as well."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a heavily built and slow-moving woman. She asked permission of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to set out from Muzdalifah (towards Mina) during the night, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her permission." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I wish I too had asked permission of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) just as Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked him." Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) (herself, when her turn came) would not leave from there before the imam set out.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am burnt (that is, I am ruined)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What has happened to him?" He said: "I broke my fast in Ramadan." Then that man sat down there. Meanwhile, a large basket called an 'araq, containing dates, was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where is the man who was burnt?" The man stood up, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give this in charity (on your own behalf)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When any one of us was menstruating, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would instruct her to tie her waist-wrap (the garment below the waist) securely, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would be intimate with her (without intercourse)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, or a sick person was brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate with this du'a: 'Adhhibil-ba'sa rabban-nas, washfi antash-shafi, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama' (O Lord of the people, remove this affliction and grant healing; You are the Healer. Grant a complete healing that leaves behind no illness).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Suckling once or twice does not establish (the prohibition of marriage through fosterage)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant by the word 'usaylah (the slight sweetness of honey) "marriage (that is, the pleasure of intercourse and union)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Suckling once or twice does not establish (the prohibition of marriage through fosterage)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was lying down in his house with his blessed thighs, or his shins, uncovered. Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission to come in, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission while in that same state, and he talked. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission too while in that same state, and he also talked. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat up and arranged his clothing. (The narrator of the hadith, Muhammad bin Abi Harmalah (may Allah have mercy on him), said: I do not say that all of this happened on a single day.) Then he came in and talked. When he left, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came in and you neither sat up nor paid him any particular attention; then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came in and you made no special effort for him either; but when Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came in, you sat up and arranged your clothes? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Should I not feel modesty before a man before whom even the angels feel modesty?"

It is narrated from Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the two rak'ahs which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray after Asr. She replied: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray them (before), then once it happened that he (peace and blessings be upon him) became occupied with some matter, or they slipped his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed mind, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed those two rak'ahs after Asr and then made them firm (in his routine). And it was his (peace and blessings be upon him) practice that whenever he offered a prayer, he would keep it up." Imam Abu Zakariya (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The word 'athbataha' means that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would persist in it and keep it up always."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When I combed the hair of the blessed head of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would part it from the middle of his (peace and blessings be upon him) head (the crown, yafukh), and let the hair of his (peace and blessings be upon him) forelock hang down between his two eyes." Allah knows best whether this was because of that saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "We do not gather up our hair or our clothing (during prayer)", or whether it was a particular mark by which he (peace and blessings be upon him) was recognised. And Muhammad bin Ja'far bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him), who was a Muslim jurist, told me: "It is one of the marks of the Prophets, which, out of all people, the Christians have adopted (as a tradition)."

Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan and Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission to come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was lying on his bed, covered with the wrap of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) permission while in that same state, so he attended to his need and left. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission too in the same condition; he also presented his need and left. At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I saw that you did not make the same effort (and show the same attention) when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came as you did for Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Uthman is a man of great modesty. I feared that if I gave him permission while in that state, he might not (out of shyness and modesty) be able to state his need fully."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "would pray while she (Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)) was lying crosswise in front of him (peace and blessings be upon him), to his right and to his left."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray while she (Sayyidah Aishah) was lying crosswise in front of him (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "would perform ablution, then kiss (one of his wives), and after that pray, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not perform a fresh ablution (because of the kiss)."

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) did not marry me until Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with my likeness (image) and said: 'This is your wife.' And he (peace and blessings be upon him) married me when I was a young girl wearing a short garment of leather strips (hawf). Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had married me, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, made a state of modesty and shyness come over me."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a man asked permission to come in to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard his voice, he said (to warn of his evil): "What a bad man he is, and what a bad son of his tribe!" Then, when the man came in, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) received him with great cheerfulness and gentleness. When the man had left, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah, earlier you said about him: "What a bad man he is, and what a bad son of his tribe!" Yet when he came to you, you met him so cheerfully? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, the worst of people is the one whom people avoid, or keep away from, for fear of his obscene and foul speech."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head towards the sky, he would always make this du'a: 'Ya musarrifal-qulub, thabbit qalbi 'ala ta'atik' (O Turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm upon obedience to You)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "ordered that Ibn Zurarah be cauterised (as treatment)."

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) ordered us to deal with people according to their rank and standing, and to give them a place according to their (scholarly and social) status."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "Dried gazelle meat was presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of ihram, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned it and did not eat it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three Sahuli (white Yemeni cotton) garments, a lahd (side-niche grave) was prepared for him (peace and blessings be upon him), and unbaked bricks were set upright over him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the proper manner."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) covering me with his sheet while I was watching the Abyssinians playing. I was a young girl at the time, so estimate for yourselves (the eagerness of) an inexperienced girl of young age." She also said: "It was the day of Eid, and the Sudanese were playing with shields and spears. Either I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (to watch), or he (peace and blessings be upon him) himself asked: 'Would you like to watch?' I said: Yes! So he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood me behind him in such a way that my cheek was against his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed cheek, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: 'Carry on with your play, O Banu Arfidah', until, when I grew tired, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Is that enough for you?' I said: Yes! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Then you may go.'"

A similar narration is reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is that (watching) enough for you?" I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), do not hurry just yet. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I had no particular desire to watch them (play); rather, I wanted the news of your (peace and blessings be upon him) kindness (towards me) and of my high standing with you (peace and blessings be upon him) to reach the other women."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "Whenever it was my turn with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would go out to al-Baqi' in the last part of the night and say: 'As-salamu 'alaykum dara qawmin mu'minin, wa atakum ma tu'adun, ghadan mu'ajjalun, wa inna in sha' Allahu bikum lahiqun. Allahumma-ghfir li-ahli Baqi'il-Gharqad' (Peace be upon you, O abode of a believing people! There has come to you (death) what you were promised; you have been deferred until tomorrow (the Day of Resurrection), and we, if Allah wills, will certainly join you. O Allah, forgive the people of Baqi' al-Gharqad)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a man asked permission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to come in. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is this?" The people said it was so-and-so. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What a bad man he is, and what a bad member of his tribe (or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said). Give him permission to come in." Then, when the man came before him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) received him with great cheerfulness and gentleness. At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Earlier you said about him that he is a bad man and a bad member of his tribe, and then you yourself treated him so courteously? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, the worst of people in rank before Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection will be the one whom people leave alone for fear of his foul tongue and evil."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time of his ihram, and I saw the glistening of the perfume in the parting of his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed head even after three days had passed, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of ihram."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "would not perform ablution (again) after taking a ritual bath (ghusl)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was with me at the time before dawn (sahar), I always found him (peace and blessings be upon him) asleep."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The hand of the thief shall be cut off for (stealing something worth) a quarter of a dinar or more."