Musnad of Aishah

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission to come in to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) had wrapped himself in the sheet of the Mother of the Believers (Sayyidah Aishah). He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission; he attended to his need and went back. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission as well in that same state; he too presented his need and took his leave. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat up properly and said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Gather your clothes well about you." Then he gave him permission to come in. When he had left, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): What is the reason that you did not make ready for Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) as you did for Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Uthman is extremely modest, and if I had let him come in in that state, I feared that he (out of modesty) would not be able to state his need fully."

It is narrated from al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) related: "I bought a small cushion for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed it for him (peace and blessings be upon him), but it seemed from his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face as though he (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked it. So I said: 'A'udhu billahi min sukhtillahi wa sukhti rasulih' (I seek refuge in Allah from the displeasure of Allah and the displeasure of His Messenger). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'O Aishah, what is this?' I said: (I have placed it so that) when someone comes in to you or a delegation comes (they may sit on it). At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Aishah, the makers of these pictures will certainly be punished with a punishment that will not have been given to anyone else in all the worlds, and it will be said to them: Bring to life what you have created (made).'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is appointed to some office or responsibility, and Allah Almighty intends good for him, Allah appoints for him a truthful and sincere helper (minister). So if he forgets (something good), he reminds him, and if he remembers it, he helps him (in that good work)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took my hand and, pointing to the moon, said: "O Aishah, seek refuge in Allah from the evil of this 'ghasiq idha waqab', that is, the darkening one (the moon), when it enters (bringing darkness) or overspreads."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a wild animal in his household. It would come and go here and there and leap about (in its liveliness), but when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered (the house), it would settle down where it was and not move in the least, disliking that it might cause any harm to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (by its movements)."

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) related an account, and one of the women among them (the pure wives) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), this account seems just like the tale of Khurafah." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know who Khurafah was? Indeed, Khurafah was a man of the tribe of Udhrah whom the jinn abducted in the time of Jahiliyyah. He remained among them for a long time, then they returned him to mankind, and he used to tell people of the strange and astonishing things he had seen among them. So people began to say (of every strange thing): This is the tale of Khurafah."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) hasten with such speed and care to any of the voluntary prayers as he (peace and blessings be upon him) did for the two rak'ahs of Fajr, nor did I see him (peace and blessings be upon him) hasten so much to obtain any spoils of war."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In a state of ighlaq (that is, when the mind is overpowered, by intense anger or by coercion), neither does divorce take effect nor is the freeing of a slave valid."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What an excellent condiment vinegar is!"

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 ties of kinship (rahim) are suspended from the Throne of Allah, and they say: 'Whoever joins me (by upholding the ties of kinship), Allah will join him (to His nearness and mercy), and whoever cuts me off (by severing the ties of kinship), Allah will cut him off (from His mercy).'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the people said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The Bedouins bring us meat, and we do not know whether they mentioned the name of Allah over it (at the time of slaughter) or not." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You yourselves mention the name of Allah over it and eat it."

It is narrated from Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) that he asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) use to pray on a mat (hasir)? For I have read in the Book of Allah Almighty: 'And We have made Hell a prison (hasir) for the disbelievers.'" She replied: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not use to pray on it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would (at times) pass by the cooking pot, take a bone (with some meat on it) from it and eat from it; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray and would not perform ablution (again on account of eating something cooked on fire)."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Ghaniyyah bint al-Radi (may Allah have mercy on her) said: I went to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) with some women of the tribe of Abd al-Qays, and we asked her about nabidh. She said: "O people of Abd al-Qays! May Allah not benefit you through nabidh." (Then she said:) "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the use of) hantam (green glazed jars), dubba' (gourd vessels) and naqir (vessels hollowed out of wood)." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) also said: "But you may drink (nabidh) from any leather vessel whose mouth you can tie or which you can hang up."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): I came to (my father) Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and saw the throes of death upon him. At this I said (this verse, in grief): "Alas! He whose tears are still held back, they will soon come pouring out (from the severity of death)." He said: "Do not say that; rather recite this verse: 'And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.'" Then he asked: "On what day did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pass away?" I said: "On Monday." He said: "I too hope (for my death) between now and tonight." The narrator (Urwah bin al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him) said: He did not pass away until the evening of the night of Tuesday, and he was buried before morning came.
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Before that he had asked: "In how many garments was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded?" I said: "In three white Sahuli garments, among which there was neither a shirt nor a turban." Then he looked at a garment of his in which he had been nursed during his illness, which had traces of saffron or red ochre on it, and said: "Wash this garment of mine, add two more garments to it, and shroud me in them." I said: "But this is old (and worn)." He said: "The living have more right to the new garment than the dead; the shroud is only for the pus and fluids (that come out of the body)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) take revenge for any wrong done to him, except when something of what Allah Almighty has made sacred was violated. When something of the sacred limits of Allah was violated, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most severe of them in that. And whenever he (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a choice between two matters, he (peace and blessings be upon him) always chose the easier of the two."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever is called to account on the Day of Resurrection is ruined." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Does not Allah Almighty say (in the Qur'an): "He will be judged with an easy account"? At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah! That is only the presentation (of deeds); but whoever has his account scrutinised closely is ruined."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever invokes a curse against the one who wronged him, or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: against a wrongdoer, has indeed taken his revenge (that is, he has taken his due)."

Abdullah bin Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while he was sitting among his Companions, say: "I will be your forerunner (the first to arrive) at the Pond (al-Kawthar), and I will wait there for those of you who come to me. By Allah, some men will be held back before they reach me, and I will say: 'My Lord, they are of me and of my Ummah.' It will be said in reply: 'You do not know what new trials and changes they introduced into the religion after you; they kept turning back on their heels (away from the religion).'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) as his deputy over Madinah, to lead the people in prayer."

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 take the ritual bath (ghusl) for janabah from a single vessel, both of us putting our hands into it together; but he (peace and blessings be upon him) would first perform ablution before the bath."

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) once ordered me to wash the face of Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was still a small child." She said: "Since I had no children of my own, I did not know how children are washed." She said: "So I took hold of him and washed his face, but the washing was not anything special (not satisfactory)." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of him himself and began washing his face, and while doing so he said: "Allah Almighty has dealt well with us in that you were not a girl; had you been a girl, I would have adorned you with jewellery and given you plenty."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, he would place his blessed hand on the part of the body where the sick person felt pain, and then say: 'Bismillah, la ba'sa la ba'sa, adhhibil-ba'sa Rabban-nas, washfi antash-shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uka shifa'an la yughadiru saqama' (In the name of Allah, no harm, no harm; remove the affliction, O Lord of mankind, and grant healing, You are the Healer; there is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind)." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell ill, I placed my hand on him (peace and blessings be upon him) in order to repeat those words of supplication, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) removed my hand from himself and said: "Allahumma antar-rafiqul-a'la (O Allah, You are the Highest Companion)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that (Masruq, may Allah have mercy on him, asked her): Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) use to recite some saying or verse (by way of illustration)? She said: When he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered his house, he would say by way of illustration: "If the son of Adam had two valleys of gold, he would seek a third along with them; and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust; and Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents. Wealth was made only so that prayer may be established with it and zakah may be paid with it." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "We used to think that these words were among those (verses) of the Qur'an that had been abrogated."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a lizard (dabb) was presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat it. I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not feed it to the beggars?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I feed the beggars only what I myself eat."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade vessels made from dried gourd shells (dubba') and vessels coated with pitch (muzaffat)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a beggar came to her, and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered that he be given something. When the maidservant came with it, she called her and examined it. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Does nothing go out (in charity) without your full knowledge?" She said: I want to know (the account). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not keep count (when giving charity), lest Allah Almighty also keep count against you (of your provision, and remove its blessing)."

It is narrated from Ata (may Allah have mercy on him): "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had stoned the Jamrah, offered the sacrifice and shaved his head, everything (of the restrictions of ihram) became lawful for him (peace and blessings be upon him) except women (marital relations)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said "the like of it" (with the same meaning as the previous hadith). This narration agrees in meaning with the previous hadith.

It is narrated from al-Aswad bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him): I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the vessels whose use the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had forbidden, and she said: "They are dried gourd shells and vessels coated with pitch; these were green earthenware jars coated with pitch that used to be brought from Egypt."

It is narrated from Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "When Surah al-Baqarah was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade wine and usury (riba)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "There was a curtain hanging at my door that had pictures (designs) on it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on seeing it) said: 'Remove this (from here), for it reminds me of the world.'" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) further said: "We also had a velvet sheet that had silk (work) in 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: "The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection are those who imitate the creation of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Negus (al-Najashi) sent a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which included a gold ring set with an Abyssinian stone. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) picked up that (gold ring) with a piece of wood (without touching it directly) and then gave it to (his granddaughter) Sayyidah Umamah (may Allah be pleased with her), while showing aversion and turning away from it, and said: "Wear this as an ornament."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a gift was presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which contained a necklace of Yemeni onyx beads. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will give this necklace to the one of my household who is most beloved to me." At this the other women said (among themselves): "Now the daughter of Abu Quhafah (Sayyidah Aishah) will carry it off." But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyidah Umamah bint Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) and put the necklace around her neck.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: "Allahummaj'alni minal-ladhina idha ahsanus-tabsharu, wa idha asa'us-taghfaru" (O Allah, make me among those who, when they do good, rejoice, and when they do wrong, seek (Your) forgiveness).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught her to make this supplication: "Allahumma as'aluka minal-khayri kullihi, 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma lam a'lam, wa a'udhu bika minash-sharri kullihi, 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma lam a'lam. Allahumma inni as'aluka minal-khayri ma sa'alaka minhu 'abduka wa nabiyyuk, wa a'udhu bika minash-sharri mas-ta'adhaka minhu 'abduka wa nabiyyuk, wa as'alukal-jannata wa ma qarraba ilayha min qawlin aw 'amal, wa a'udhu bika minan-nari wa ma qarraba ilayha min qawlin aw 'amal, wa as'aluka an taj'ala kulla qada'in taqdihi li bikhayr" (O Allah, I ask You for all good, the immediate and the delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know; and I seek refuge in You from all evil, the immediate and the delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know. O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your servant and Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge. O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and for whatever word or deed brings one near to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and from whatever word or deed brings one near to it; and I ask You to make every decree that You decree for me good (and entirely good)).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: "Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'adhabin-nar, wa min fitnatin-nar, wa a'udhu bika min 'adhabil-qabr, wa min fitnatil-qabr, wa a'udhu bika minal-masihid-dajjal, wa minal-kasali wal-harami wal-ma'thami wal-maghram, wa min sharri fitnatil-ghina wal-faqr. Allahummaghsilni minal-khataya bima'ith-thalji wal-barad. Allahumma ba'id bayni wa bayna khatayaya kama ba'adta baynal-mashriqi wal-maghrib" (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire and from the trial of the Fire; I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave and from the trial of the grave; and I seek refuge in You from the trial of the False Messiah (al-Dajjal), from laziness, from (incapacitating) old age, from sinful deeds and from the burden of debt; and I take refuge in You from the evil of the trial of wealth and from the trial of poverty. O Allah, wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail. O Allah, put a distance between me and my sins as You have put a distance between the East and the West).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to al-Sa'ib (may Allah have mercy on him): "There are three habits that you must give up, or else I will contend with you severely." He asked: What are they? She (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Beware of affected rhymed and ornate speech (saj'), for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not speak in such a way. When you come to people who are talking among themselves, do not ever interrupt their conversation. Do not make people weary of the Book of Allah. And preach only once a week; and if you will not refrain, then at most twice."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I brought the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) some khazirah (a dish prepared from meat and flour) that I had cooked, and I said to Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her), while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting between me and her: 'You eat too.' But she refused. I said: 'You will eat, or else I will smear it on your face.' But she still refused. So I put my hand in the food and smeared it on her face, at which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) extended his blessed hand towards Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her), gesturing to her, and said to her: 'You smear her face too.' At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed at what she did. Meanwhile Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by and called out: 'O Abdullah! O Abdullah!' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) thought that he would now come in, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Both of you get up and wash your faces.'" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Because of the awe that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had for Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), I have always been in awe of him."