Musnad of Aishah

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) stumbled on the threshold of the door and fell, and his face was wounded. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Aishah, remove the harm from him." I felt some aversion to it, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself began to suck his wound and spit out the blood, and he was saying: "If Usamah were a girl, I would adorn him with jewellery and dress him in fine clothes until I had given him in marriage."

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abi Atiq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The siwak (tooth-stick) is a means of cleansing and purifying the mouth and a cause of the Lord's pleasure."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the womb (ties of kinship) is a branch from the Most Merciful (al-Rahman). So whoever joins it, Allah Almighty will keep him joined (with His mercy and favour), and whoever severs it, Allah Almighty will cut him off (from His mercy)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to me): "In a dream, a girl wrapped in a piece of silk was brought to me. I uncovered her and looked, and it was you. So I said (to myself): If this dream is from Allah, He will surely bring it to pass." He (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this two or three times. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me after the death of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) and two or three years before emigrating to Madinah, when I was seven years old. Then, when we arrived in Madinah, some women came to me while I was playing on a swing. They prepared me and adorned me, then they brought me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) consummated the marriage with me when I was nine years old.

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) cursed the one who gives a bribe and the one who takes a bribe."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in and asked: "O Aishah, is there a piece of bread?" She said: I brought him (peace and blessings be upon him) a piece of bread. He (peace and blessings be upon him) placed it on his blessed mouth and said: "O Aishah, has anything of it entered my stomach? The matter of a fasting person's kiss is just like this. In fact, the fast is broken by what enters (the body), not by what comes out (of the body)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the two (sunnah) rak'ahs of Fajr and kept them so short (light) that I would say (to myself): Did he (peace and blessings be upon him) recite the Opening of the Book (Surah al-Fatihah) in them?"

Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away in my house, on my day (of turn), and between my chest and my throat, and Allah Almighty brought together my saliva and his (peace and blessings be upon him) saliva (at the time of his death). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: (During his final illness) Sayyiduna Abdul Rahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came in with a siwak, and because of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)'s weakness it was difficult for him to use it. So I took that siwak from him, then chewed it with my teeth to soften it, and with it I cleaned his (peace and blessings be upon him) teeth."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "It was the state of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that the wind had grown strong, the colour of his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face would change."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicating with both his hands raised, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: 'Allahumma innama ana basharun fa la tu'aqibni, ayyuma rajulin min al-muslimina adhaytuhu aw shatamtuhu fa la tu'aqibni' (O Allah, I am only a human being, so do not punish me; whichever man among the Muslims I have hurt or reviled, do not take me to account for it).
The narrator mentioned that Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) heard this hadith directly from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a severe hardship and affliction that would occur before the emergence of the Dajjal. I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where will the Arabs be at that time?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, at that time the Arabs will be few (in number)." I said: "Then what will suffice the believer on that day in place of food?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Glorifying Allah (tasbih), declaring His oneness (tahlil) and declaring His greatness (takbir)." I asked: "Which wealth will be best at that time?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A slave who gives his household water to drink. As for food, there will be no food available at that time."

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 dies on this journey with the intention of Hajj or Umrah, he will not be presented (before Allah on the Day of Resurrection), nor will he be brought to account; rather it will be said to him: Enter Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty takes pride (before the angels) in those who perform tawaf (around the House of Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I was sitting at the head of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), weeping, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me: 'What has made you weep? If you wish to join me (in the Hereafter), then from the goods of this world only as much as a rider's provision for the journey should suffice you, and keep yourself away from the company of and mixing with the wealthy.'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man reciting the talbiyah of Hajj on behalf of Shubrumah, so he asked: "Who is this Shubrumah?" He mentioned a close relative, whereupon he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you performed Hajj for yourself?" He said: No. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "First perform Hajj for yourself, then perform Hajj on behalf of Shubrumah."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Rumaythah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I spent the night at the house of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). When morning came, she rose and took a bath, then entered one of her rooms and closed the door, keeping me out. I said: O Mother of the Believers, I stayed with you until morning only for the sake of (witnessing) this hour (of worship). She said: 'Then come in as well.' So I went in, and she prayed eight rak'ahs. I cannot say whether their standing was longer, or their bowing, or their prostrations (that is, all their parts were very long and balanced). Then she turned towards me, struck my thigh with her hand and said: 'O Rumaythah, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying this prayer, and if my father were raised (from the grave) and brought back to life for me in exchange for my leaving these rak'ahs, I would never leave them.'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Sweet water used to be brought for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the well of al-Suqya," and sometimes the narrator said: "Sweet water used to be fetched for him (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Profit is in return for liability (the responsibility for loss that the owner has to bear)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I wish to pray inside the House of Allah (the Ka'bah)." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took my hand, brought me into the Hatim (Hijr Isma'il) and said: "Pray here, for this too is part of the House of Allah; but your people, or, as the narrator doubted, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said 'his people', ran short of (lawful) funds (when rebuilding the Ka'bah), and because of that they left it out of the building of the House of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Dried venison (gazelle meat) was presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of ihram, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar (with the same meaning as the previous hadith). The narrator of the hadith, Harun (may Allah have mercy on him), said: I heard Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) saying: "Al-washiqah" is meat that is first cooked and then dried.

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 he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought him close and gave him a seat near himself in his gathering. Then, when that man left, she said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), were you not complaining (with displeasure) about this man?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, but among the worst of people are those who are honoured to guard against their evil."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rose from his blessed bed one night. I thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) wished to go to one of his other wives, so I followed behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the graveyard, stood there and said: 'Al-salamu alaykum dara qawmin mu'minin, wa inna bikum lahiqun' (Peace be upon you, O abode of a believing people, and we shall certainly be joining you). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahum wa la taftinna ba'dahum' (O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward and do not put us to trial after them). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned, his (peace and blessings be upon him) gaze fell on me, and recognising me he said: 'Alas for her! If she had the strength to control herself, she would not have done this.'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "One night I did not find the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in bed), so I went out after him, and suddenly I saw that he was in al-Baqi'. I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Salamun alaykum dara qawmin mu'minin, antum lana faratun wa inna lahiqun. Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahum wa la taftinna ba'dahum' (Peace be upon you, O abode of a believing people! You have gone ahead of us and we shall certainly be joining you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward and do not put us to trial after them). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned, looked at me and said: 'Alas for her! If it were in her power (or if she could restrain herself), she would not have done this.'" (Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).)

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "When Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) grew old, she gifted her day of turn to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to allot to me my own day and her (Sayyidah Sawdah's) day. And she was the first woman whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) married (after the death of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her))."

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) commanded me to take a woman to her husband (for the consummation of the marriage), although that woman had not yet received anything of her dowry (mahr)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Children used to be brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate for good for them and pray for blessings upon them. Once a child was brought who urinated on him (on his blessed clothing), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water and poured it over that spot."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs before (the obligatory prayer of) Fajr and kept them both so short that I would think that perhaps he (peace and blessings be upon him) had recited nothing in them except Surah al-Fatihah, or (because of their extreme brevity the thought would occur) whether he (peace and blessings be upon him) had even recited Surah al-Fatihah or not."

It is narrated from Buhayyah (may Allah have mercy on her) that she heard a woman asking Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about a woman whose menstruation had become irregular and who did not know how to pray. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to her: "I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a woman whose menstruation had become irregular and who was bleeding profusely, so that she could not understand how to pray. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me to tell her: 'Let her look at the length of time her menstruation used to last each month when it was regular, and let her refrain (from prayer) for that many days and nights and estimate them; then (when that period has passed) let her take a bath for purification, then bind a cloth (as a loincloth) and pray, for I hope that this is an effect from Satan and that Allah Almighty will remove it from her, if Allah wills.'" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "So I instructed that woman to do so, and Allah removed that illness from her. So you too instruct your companion to do the same."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "I have been given nine qualities which no woman has been given except Maryam bint Imran: Jibril (peace be upon him) came down with my image in his palm until he commanded the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to marry me; he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not marry any virgin except me; his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed soul was taken while his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed head was in my lap; I buried him (peace and blessings be upon him) in my own house; the angels surrounded my house; and indeed revelation would come down to him (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was with his other wives and they would move away from him (peace and blessings be upon him), but revelation would come down even when I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him) under one blanket; I am the daughter of his (peace and blessings be upon him) successor (khalifah) and his (peace and blessings be upon him) Siddiq; my innocence was sent down from the heavens; I was created pure and lived with a pure one; and I have been promised 'forgiveness and a noble provision'."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the wall (of the Hatim): is it part of the House of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." I said: Then why did they not include it in the House of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your people ran short of funds." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): Why is the door of the House of Allah so high? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your people did that so that they could let in whomever they wished. Were it not that your people's time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) is still recent, and that I fear their hearts would dislike this change, I would certainly include the Hatim in the House of Allah and make its door level with the ground."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Were it not that your people have only recently come out of the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), I would bring the door of the Ka'bah down to the ground, add six cubits to the House of Allah from the side of the Hatim, and make an eastern door for it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) mentioned a church in Abyssinia which they had seen, with pictures hung in it. When they told this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was the way of those people that when a righteous man among them died, they would build a place of worship (masjid) over his grave and make these pictures in it. Those people will be the worst of creation in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When I was awake, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would talk with me, and when I was asleep, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lie down," that is, this was his practice after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed the witr.

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 invokes (Allah) against the one who wronged him has indeed taken his revenge."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in i'tikaf in the mosque, he would lean his blessed head out towards me (into the room), and I would comb his (peace and blessings be upon him) hair while I was menstruating."

It is narrated from Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him): I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and she said: "When he (peace and blessings be upon him) began fasting (voluntary fasts), we would say (among ourselves) that now he (peace and blessings be upon him) would keep fasting continuously; and when he began leaving fasts, we would say that now he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not fast. I never saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) fast more in any month than in Sha'ban; he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast (almost) the whole of Sha'ban, that is, he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast all of Sha'ban except a few days."

It is narrated from Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about looking here and there (turning one's attention) during prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is a kind of snatching and seizing by which Satan steals (a part) of the servant's prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fever is (an effect of) the intense heat of Hell, so cool it with water."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyidah Hind bint Utbah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) is a very miserly man, and he does not give me enough wealth to suffice me and my children, so I take some of his wealth without his knowledge." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take, according to what is customary (ma'ruf), as much wealth as suffices the needs of you and your children."