Musnad Ahmad

Alqamah says that once he and some of his companions set out with the intention of performing Hajj. One of them said that a fasting man can kiss his wife and touch his body with hers. Then one of them, who had spent two years in night worship and fasting during the day, said, "I feel like picking up my bow and hitting you with it." He said, "Wait a little, let us go to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and ask her about this issue." So when they reached Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked her about this issue, she replied, "Although the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had more control over his desires than you, even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss (his wives) and touch his body with theirs." The people said, "O Abu Shibl! Ask Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) for further clarification." He said, "Today I cannot speak so openly and informally with her." So the people themselves asked, and Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss his wives and touch his body with theirs while fasting."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the last ten days of Ramadan began, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would stay awake at night, wake up his family, and tighten his waist belt.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that (when an Ansari child passed away) I said, "O Messenger of Allah! This minor child of the Ansar is one of the birds of Paradise." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Aisha! Do you have anything else to say besides this? When Allah Almighty created Paradise, He also created its inhabitants, and when He created Hell, He also created its inhabitants, and this happened at the time when they were still in the loins of their forefathers."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When sins prevail in the land, Allah will send His punishment upon the people of the earth. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked: Even though there are people among them who obey Allah? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Yes! Then those obedient people will be transferred towards Allah's mercy.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that (I used to apply the best perfume available with me to the Prophet ﷺ and) it is as if that scene is still before my eyes that I was seeing the shine of musk on the head of the Prophet ﷺ while he was in the state of Ihram.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person eats the purest thing, which is what he earns himself, and a person's children are also his earnings. Therefore, you may eat from the earnings of your children.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a goat towards the House of Allah as a sacrificial animal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not depart from this world until women were made lawful for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a thief was brought to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order regarding him and his hand was cut off. Some people said, "O Messenger of Allah! We did not think that the matter would reach this extent." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If my daughter Fatimah had been in her place, I would have cut off her hand as well."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray at night, I would be lying between him and the Qiblah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Any woman who removes her clothes anywhere other than her husband's house has torn the veil between herself and her Lord."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever makes a vow to do an act of obedience to Allah should obey Allah, and whoever makes a vow to do an act of disobedience to Allah should not disobey Him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me that you were shown to me twice in a dream, and it was like this: a man was carrying your image in a piece of silk cloth and he was saying, "This is your wife." I thought that if this is from Allah, then Allah will surely make it happen.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that staying at the place of "Abtah" is not a Sunnah, rather the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed there only because it was easier to depart from that side.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw rain falling, he would say: "O Allah! Let it be heavy and beneficial." Shuraih says that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "What was the first thing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would do after entering the house?" She replied, "He would use the miswak (tooth-stick)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Fatimah bint Abi Hubaysh (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "My menstrual bleeding continues all the time." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "During the days of menstruation, leave the prayer, then after that, perform ghusl and do wudu for every prayer and offer the prayer, even if drops of blood fall on the mat."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bought some grain on credit from a Jew and left his armor with him as collateral.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasting in the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person eats the purest thing, and that is what he earns himself, and a person's children are also from his earnings.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the following question was presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): A man divorced his wife, she married another man, that man was alone with her but divorced her before consummation—will she become lawful for her first husband? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: She will not be lawful for the first man until the second husband tastes her honey and she tastes his honey.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Barirah's husband was a free man. When Barirah was freed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her the choice of emancipation, and she chose for herself. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) further says that her owners wanted to sell her, but regarding the condition of wala (inheritance), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): "You buy her and set her free, because wala, that is, the inheritance of the slave, is the right of the one who sets the slave free."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never ate his fill of wheat bread for three consecutive days, until he departed from this world.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married her, her age was nine years, and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from this world, Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was eighteen years old.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) once learned that some people say that if a dog, a donkey, or a woman passes in front of someone praying, the prayer is invalidated. She said, "I think these people have equated us with dogs and donkeys. Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray at night, and I would be lying like a corpse between him and the Qiblah. If I needed something, I would slip away from the foot of the bed, because I did not like to pass in front of him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that although the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had more control over his desires than you, yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss while fasting and would place his body against the bodies of his wives.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a goat towards the House of Allah as a sacrificial animal and tied a collar around its neck.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a thorn pricks a Muslim or he suffers any affliction even less than that, then in return, one rank is raised for him and one sin is forgiven.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a thorn pricks a Muslim or he suffers any affliction even less than that, then in return, one rank is elevated for him and one sin is forgiven.

Hammam says that once a guest stayed with Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered that her yellow blanket be given to him. He covered himself with it and slept. In his sleep, he became obligated to perform ghusl (ritual bath). He felt ashamed to return the blanket with stains of impurity, so he washed it with water and then sent it back to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "Why did he ruin our blanket? It would have been sufficient for him to scrape it off with his fingers. Many times I have also scraped it off the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) clothes with my fingers."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, she submitted in the presence of the Messenger, "O Messenger of Allah! People are returning after performing two acts of worship (Hajj and Umrah), and I am returning after performing only one act of worship (Hajj)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You should wait; when you become pure, go to Taneem and enter into the state of Ihram for Umrah from there. Then, after performing Umrah, meet us at such-and-such mountain. But this will be according to your share or expense, or as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said."

Ubaid bin Umair (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that once Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) came to know that Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) instructs women that when they perform ghusl (ritual bath), they should loosen their hair. She said, "It is astonishing about Abdullah bin Amr that he instructs women to loosen their hair while performing ghusl; why does he not instruct them to shave their heads? I and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ghusl from the same vessel of water, and I would not pour water on my head more than three times."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes ghusl (ritual bath) would become obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sleep without touching water, then after waking up from sleep, he would perform ghusl.

Alqamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I asked Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the voluntary prayers of the Prophet (peace be upon him). She replied, "Which of you has the strength that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had?" However, remember that every action of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was continuous.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to frequently say in his bowing and prostration: "Subhanaka Allahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika Allahumma ighfir li" and he used to act upon the Noble Qur'an.

Qaboos narrates from his father that his father sent a woman to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) to ask which prayer the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was most regular in performing. She replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray four rak‘ahs before Zuhr, and he would stand for a long time in them, and perform bowing and prostration very well. And the prayer which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never abandoned, whether he was healthy or ill, present or traveling, was the two rak‘ahs before Fajr.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kissed the body of Hazrat Uthman bin Maz'oon (may Allah be pleased with him), and I saw that tears were flowing on the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: No person should offer prayer while suppressing the urge to urinate or defecate when food has been served before him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not as regular in any voluntary prayer as he was in the two rak'ahs before Fajr.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bilal gives the call to prayer (Adhan) when there is still a part of the night remaining, so after his Adhan you may eat and drink, until Ibn Umm Maktum gives the Adhan." She says: "To my knowledge, the time between their Adhans was only as much as it would take for someone to go down and another to climb up."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "It is a very bad thing that you have equated us with dogs and donkeys, whereas sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray at night and I would be lying between him and the Qiblah like a corpse. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to go into prostration, he would pinch my feet, I would draw up my feet, and then he would perform the prostration."