Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that after the command of hijab was revealed, once Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her) went out to relieve herself. Since she was tall and had a heavy build (people would recognize her), on the way she met Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He saw Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her) and called out to her from a distance, "Sawda! By Allah, when you go out, you are not hidden from us, so see in what condition you are going out." Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her) turned back and returned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was having his dinner. She mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had said. At that moment, there was a bone in the hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that very moment, revelation began to descend upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When that state passed, the bone was still in the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the same way, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You have been permitted to go out for your needs."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once a Bedouin came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Do you kiss children? By Allah, we do not kiss them." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I have no power over this matter; when Allah Himself has removed mercy from your heart (then how can I put it in?)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Seek the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the bed of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on which he used to sleep at night was made of leather and filled with palm fibers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, an arrow struck a vein in the arm of Hazrat Saad bin Muadh (may Allah be pleased with him), which was shot by a man from the Quraysh named "Hibban bin Arqah." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had his tent pitched in the Prophet's Mosque so that he could visit him closely.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from the Battle of the Trench and took off his armor to bathe, Hazrat Jibreel appeared in such a state that there was dust on his head and said, "Have you put down your weapons? By Allah, I have not yet put down my weapons. You should proceed towards them." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Towards whom?" He pointed towards Banu Qurayza and said, "Here." Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out, and those people became ready to come down from their forts on the decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entrusted their decision to Hazrat Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him). He said, "I decide that their fighting men be killed, their women and children be taken captive, and their wealth and property be distributed."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once on the day of Eid, some Abyssinians were performing acrobatics in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I rested my head on the shoulder of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and began to watch them by peeking out. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lowered his shoulder for me, I kept watching them, and when I was satisfied, I returned.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If your people were not close to the time of disbelief, I would demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it upon the foundations of Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him), because when the Quraysh built it, they left out a part of it, and I would also make a door at the back of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I used to play with dolls, my friends would come and join me in play, and as soon as they saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) coming, they would hide. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would then send them back to me and they would start playing with me again.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once she borrowed a necklace from Hazrat Asma (may Allah be pleased with her), and during a journey, it fell somewhere and got lost. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent some people to search for the necklace. They found the necklace, but the time for prayer had come and the people did not have any water. The people intended to pray without ablution and complained about this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so Allah Almighty revealed the command of tayammum. Upon this, Hazrat Usaid bin Hudair (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): May Allah grant you the best of rewards. By Allah, whenever any difficulty has come upon you which you have disliked, Allah has placed good for you and for all Muslims in it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a Jew from Banu Zuraiq, whose name was Labeed bin A'sam, cast magic on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as a result of which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would think that he had done a certain thing, although he had not done it. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for a long time, then said, "Aisha! Whatever I asked Allah, He has informed me about it. Two men came to me; one sat by my head and the other by my feet. Then the one sitting by my head said to the one sitting by my feet, or vice versa, 'What is wrong with this man?' The other replied, 'He has been bewitched.' He asked, 'Who has done this magic?' The other replied, 'Labeed bin A'sam.' He asked, 'In what things was the magic done?' The other replied, 'In a comb and the hair that falls from it, and in the cover of a male date palm's cluster.' He asked, 'Where are these things now?' The other replied, 'In the well named "Aruwan".' After seeing this dream, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to that well with some of his companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and after returning, he told Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), 'O Aisha! The water of that well looked as if it was the color of henna, and the trees near it looked like the heads of devils.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Why did you not set it on fire?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'No, Allah has granted me well-being, and now I do not like to spread evil and mischief among the people.' Thus, at the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), all those things were buried.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to supplicate: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the trial of Hell and the punishment of Hell, from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the grave, from the evil of the trial of wealth and the trial of poverty, and from the trial of the False Messiah (Dajjal). O Allah! Wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail, and purify my heart from sins as You purify a white garment from dirt, and create distance between me and my sins as far as the distance between the East and the West. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, sins, and debt.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The deceased is punished because of the weeping of his family over him. Someone mentioned this to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: They are mistaken. In fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the relatives of the deceased are weeping over him, and he is being punished because of his own sins.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that during the illness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), some people came to visit him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in prayer while sitting, and the people began to pray standing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to them to sit down, and after finishing the prayer, he said: "The Imam is appointed so that he may be followed. When he bows, you should also bow; when he raises his head, you should also raise your heads; and when he prays sitting, you should also pray sitting."

Amr bin Ghalib says that once I, Ammar, and Ashtar went to the service of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Ammar said, "Mother! Peace be upon you." She replied, "Peace be upon the one who follows guidance." Ammar greeted her two or three times and then said, "By Allah, you are my mother even if you do not like it." She asked, "Who is with you?" Ammar replied, "This is Ashtar." She said, "Are you the one who tried to kill my nephew?" Ashtar said, "Yes! I intended to do so, and he also intended the same." She said, "If you had done so, you would never have succeeded. And O Ammar! Did you or I not hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that it is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except for one of three reasons: committing adultery after being married, becoming a disbeliever after accepting Islam, or killing a person for which he is killed in retaliation?"

Shuraih bin Hani (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so she said: If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was engaged in any conversation, there was no prayer that he would delay more than the Isha prayer. And whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me after performing the Isha prayer, he would definitely offer four or six rak'ahs after that. And I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) protecting himself from the ground with anything, except that I remember an incident of one day when it was raining, we spread a thick cloth under the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I saw that there was a hole in it through which water was coming inside.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Shuraih al-Harithi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) whether the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to go to the villages. She replied, "Yes! The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to go up to those mounds. Once, when the Prophet (peace be upon him) intended to go to a village (forest), he sent a messenger to the animals of charity and from them granted me a she-camel on which no one had yet ridden. Then he said to me, 'Aisha! Fear Allah and make gentleness obligatory upon yourself, for gentleness beautifies whatever it is in, and when it is removed from something, it makes it ugly and defective.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Breaking the bone of a deceased Muslim is just like breaking the bone of a living person.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes revelation would descend upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on cold mornings, and his forehead would become wet with sweat.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I did not feel as much jealousy towards any woman as I felt towards Hazrat Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). She had passed away three years before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married me, and the reason for this jealousy was that I used to hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mention her frequently. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded by his Lord to give Hazrat Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) the glad tidings of a magnificent house made of wood in Paradise. And sometimes, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered a goat, he would send it as a gift to the friends of Hazrat Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the day of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah from the upper part, and during Umrah, he entered from the lower part.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that one night I became very frightened when I did not find the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on my bed. I reached out my hand to feel, and my hand struck the feet of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was standing. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of prostration and was supplicating: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your displeasure, in Your pardon from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot encompass praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the news of the martyrdom of Hazrat Zaid bin Harithah and Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with them) came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down on the ground and signs of grief were visible on his blessed face. I was peeking through a hole in the door when a man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! The women of Ja'far are weeping." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told him, "Forbid them." The man went and after a short while returned and said, "I have forbidden them but they do not listen to me." This happened three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Go and fill their mouths with dust." Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him, "May Allah fill your face with dust! By Allah, neither do you do what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commands you, nor do you leave them alone."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state of fasting would join his body with hers and would place a cloth as a barrier between himself and her.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that it was said: The part of the lower garment which hangs below the ankles will be in Hell.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) loved sweet things and honey, and it was the habit of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that after the Asr prayer, he would visit all his pure wives and grant them his closeness. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) and stayed with her longer than usual. When I inquired about this, I found out that a woman from Hafsa’s tribe had gifted her a vessel of honey, and she had given the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that honey to drink (which caused the delay). I thought to myself, "By Allah, I will devise a plan." So I mentioned this incident to Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her) and told her to say, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes to you and is near you, "O Messenger of Allah! Did you eat Maghafir (a particular kind of gum with a bad smell)?" He will say, "No." You should say, "Then what is this odor coming from your mouth?" Since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) greatly disliked bad smells, he would say, "Hafsa gave me honey to drink." You should say, "Perhaps the honeybee sat on the tree of Maghafir." I will say the same to him, and Safiyyah, you should also say the same. So when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her), she says, "By the One besides whom there is no deity, out of fear of you, I was about to say this even when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was still at the door." Anyway, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came near, I said exactly what was planned, and the same questions and answers took place. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says, "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, I also said the same, then he went to Hazrat Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she also said the same. Then when he went to Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) and she said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not give you some honey to drink?' the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, 'I do not feel like it.' Upon this, Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her) said, 'SubhanAllah! By Allah, we have made the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) give up honey.' I said to her, 'You should remain silent.'"

Narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when people began to gossip about me, of which I had no knowledge, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon. He testified to the two declarations of faith, praised and glorified Allah as is His due, and after saying "Amma ba'd" (to proceed), he said: "Advise me regarding those people who have accused my family. By Allah, I know nothing but good about my family, and regarding the person with whom people have accused them, by Allah, I know nothing but good about him as well. Whenever he entered my house, he did so only in my presence, and whenever I went on a journey, he accompanied me." Upon hearing this, Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Our opinion is that you should have the necks of these people struck." Then a man from the tribe of Khazraj stood up—Umm Hassan bin Thabit was among his group—and said, "You are wrong. If these people were from the tribe of Aws, you would never like their necks to be struck." It was close that a fight would break out between the two groups in the mosque.

Anyway, that same evening I went out to relieve myself, accompanied by Umm Mistah. On the way, her foot got entangled in her cloak and she fell. From her mouth came the words, "Mistah is ruined!" I said to her, "Why are you speaking ill of your son?" She remained silent. This happened three times. Finally, she said, "I am speaking ill of him only because of you." I asked her for details, and she told me the whole story. I asked, "Has this really happened?" She said, "Yes!" When I returned home and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and greeted me and inquired about my condition, I said, "If you permit, may I go to my parents' house?" Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says, "My purpose in going there was to find out the truth from my parents." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me permission. I went to my mother and asked, "Mother, what are people talking about?" My mother said, "Daughter, you should not worry. By Allah, it often happens that a woman who is beautiful and beloved to her husband, and who has co-wives, her co-wives always find faults in her." SubhanAllah! I asked her, "Does father know about this?" She said, "Yes!" I asked, "And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) too?" She said, "Yes!" At this, tears came to my eyes and I began to weep. My father, who was reciting (Qur'an) upstairs, heard my voice and came down and asked my mother, "What has happened to her?" She replied, "She has also come to know of the incident, so she is crying." He said, "Daughter! I ask you by Allah, return to your home." So I went back. Shortly after, both of them came to me and stayed with me until after Asr, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came after the Asr prayer. My parents were on my right and left. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, recited the testimony of faith, and after praising and glorifying Allah, said: "Aisha! I have heard such and such things about you. If you are innocent, then soon Allah will declare your innocence. And if you have committed a sin, then seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him, for when a servant confesses his sin and repents, Allah accepts his repentance and forgives his sin." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished speaking, my tears stopped completely and not a single drop came out. I said to my father, "Please answer the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on my behalf." My father said, "By Allah, I do not know what to say." I said to my mother, "You answer." She said, "By Allah, I do not know what to say." Although I was a young girl and had not read much of the Qur'an, I said, "By Allah, I know that you have heard this and it has settled in your hearts and you have believed it to be true. So if I declare myself innocent before you, you will not believe me, and if I confess to a sin I have not committed (and Allah is witness that I am innocent), you will consider me truthful. By Allah, I find no example for myself and you except that of Hazrat Yaqub (Jacob) (peace be upon him), who said: 'So patience is most fitting, and Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe.'" At that very moment, revelation came upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his usual state, until pearls of sweat appeared on his blessed face...

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to me, "When you are angry with me, I come to know of your anger, and when you are pleased, I come to know of that as well." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! How do you come to know of this?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you are angry, you say 'No, by the Lord of Muhammad,' and when you are pleased, you say 'No, by the Lord of Ibrahim (peace be upon him).'" I said, "You speak the truth, but by Allah, I only leave out your name (there is nothing in my heart)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that if the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded people to do something within their capacity, and they would say, "O Messenger of Allah! We are not like you; Allah Almighty has forgiven all your past and future sins," then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would become displeased, and signs of anger would appear on his blessed face, and he would say, "I am the most knowledgeable of Allah among you and the most fearful of Him among you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Battle of Bu'ath was a day which Allah the Exalted caused to occur before for the sake of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, before that the people of Madinah had become divided, their leaders had been killed, and they had become soft before Allah and His Messenger to enter into Islam.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the verses of my exoneration were revealed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on the pulpit and, mentioning this incident, recited the Holy Qur'an. And when he descended, he gave orders regarding two men and one woman, so they were punished.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that we had a mat which we used to spread out during the day and at night we would cover ourselves with it. Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying at night, and the people of the mosque came to know about it, so the next day they mentioned it to others. Consequently, many people gathered the following night. Seeing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take upon yourselves only as many deeds as you are able to bear, for Allah does not tire, but you do. The most beloved deeds to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were those that were done consistently."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held my hand and showed me the moon which was rising, and said: Seek refuge with Allah from the evil of this dark night when it overspreads.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once a Jewish woman came to me and said that the punishment of the grave is due to not protecting oneself from the splashes of urine. She (Aisha) denied this, but the woman insisted on her statement, saying that we even scrape off urine if it gets on our clothes or skin. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had gone for prayer, and during the conversation, our voices became loud. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What is this matter?" I told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what the Jewish woman had said, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "She has spoken the truth." From that day, after every prayer that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led, he would certainly recite this supplication aloud: "O Allah, Lord of Jibreel, Mika'il, and Israfil! Protect me from the heat of Hell and the punishment of the grave."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The reward for offering prayer while sitting is half of the reward for offering prayer while standing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted performing ruqyah (spiritual healing) for every creature that stings.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The reward for offering prayer while sitting is half of the reward for offering prayer while standing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes a vessel would be presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I would be in my menstrual period and would drink from it, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would take it and place his mouth at the same spot where I had placed my mouth and drunk from. In the same way, I would take a bone and eat its meat, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would take it and place his mouth at the same spot where I had placed my mouth and eaten from.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would kiss her after performing ablution, and then he would lead the prayer without performing a fresh ablution.