Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to travel, he would draw lots among his noble wives, and the one whose name was drawn would accompany him on the journey. He would give each wife her turn during the day and night. However, Hazrat Sawda bint Zam'a gifted her day and night turn to Hazrat Aisha, with the intention of seeking the pleasure of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the muezzin would become silent after the call to the Fajr prayer, the Prophet (peace be upon him) would perform two short rak'ahs.

Karimah bint Hammam says that once I entered the Sacred Mosque and saw that people had set aside a separate place for Hazrat Aisha. A woman asked her, "O Mother of the Believers! What do you say about henna?" She replied, "My beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) liked its color but did not like its fragrance. However, it has not been made unlawful for you between two menstruations."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite the Noble Qur'an while reclining on my lap, even though I was menstruating.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that after the passing of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Hazrat Siddiq Akbar came and went straight towards the Prophet (peace be upon him). The blessed face of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was covered with a Yemeni striped sheet. He removed the sheet from the face of the Prophet (peace be upon him), bent down and kissed him, and began to weep. Then he said, "May my parents be sacrificed for you. I swear by Allah that Allah will never combine two deaths upon you, and the death that was written for you has come to you."

Narrated from Hazrat Aisha that whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned Hazrat Khadijah, he would praise her greatly. One day, I felt jealous and said, "Do you keep mentioning that red-gummed woman so frequently, when Allah has given you better wives in her place?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Allah has not given me a better wife than her. She believed in me when people were disbelieving, she affirmed my truth when people were denying me, she supported me with her wealth when people kept me away, and Allah granted me children from her when I did not have children from any other wife."

Aisha once said to Urwah, "Are you not surprised at Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)? He came and sat near my room and began narrating hadiths from the Prophet (peace be upon him), and his voice kept reaching my ears while I was performing voluntary prayers. He left before I finished my prayers. If I had found him in his place, I would have certainly responded to him and explained, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not narrate hadiths in the manner that you narrate."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ghusl of janabah from the same vessel of water, and I would keep saying to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Leave some water for me, leave some for me."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that after the death of Hazrat Khadija, when the Prophet (peace be upon him) married me in Makkah Mukarramah, I was six years old, and then in Madinah Munawwarah my marriage was consummated when I was nine years old.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sometimes revelation would descend upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) while he was on his mount, and the animal would lower its neck to the ground.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when Hazrat Siddiq Akbar’s health began to deteriorate, he asked, “On which day did the Prophet (peace be upon him) pass away?” We informed him, “On Monday.” He asked, “In how many garments did you shroud the Prophet (peace be upon him)?” I replied, “Dear father! We shrouded him in three new white Yemeni Sahuli sheets, in which there was neither a shirt nor a turban; he was simply wrapped in them.”

Urwah says that once Hazrat Aisha said to him, "O nephew! I saw something astonishing regarding the Prophet (peace be upon him) showing respect to his uncle, and that is: sometimes the Prophet (peace be upon him) would have pain in his side, and it would become very severe. We used to think that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was suffering from sciatica; we did not know that this ailment is called 'khasirah.' One day, the Prophet (peace be upon him) started having this pain, and it became so severe that he lost consciousness. We became worried, people also became frightened, and in our opinion, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was suffering from 'dhat al-janb.' So, we poured medicine into the mouth of the Prophet (peace be upon him). When that condition passed from the Prophet (peace be upon him) and he regained some composure, he realized that medicine had been poured into his mouth and he felt its effect. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'Do you think that Allah has afflicted me with this illness? By Allah, He will never afflict me with it. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, let there not remain in the house anyone except my uncle who does not have medicine poured into his mouth.' So I saw that medicine was poured into the mouth of every man, one by one. Then Hazrat Aisha mentioned the virtue of the people present in the house at that time and said, 'When medicine had been poured into the mouths of all the men and it was the turn of the pure wives, medicine was poured into the mouth of each woman.' She said, 'What do you think, that we will leave you?' Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) made them swear an oath, and we poured medicine into their mouths as well, while, O nephew! By Allah, she was fasting."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the hair of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was a little longer than the earlobes and shorter than long hair.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) wished to sleep in a state requiring ghusl, he would perform ablution as for prayer, and when he wished to eat or drink, he would wash his hands and then eat or drink.

Narrated to us by Ali ibn Ishaq, who said: Informed us Abdullah, who said: Informed us Salih ibn Abi al-Akhdar, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah and Urwah, from Aisha, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), similar to the hadith of Yunus.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) wished to sleep in a state requiring ghusl, he would perform ablution as for prayer, and when he wished to eat or drink, he would wash his hands and then eat or drink.

Once, in the presence of Hazrat Aisha, some people were mentioned who would recite the Qur'an once or twice in a single night. Hazrat Aisha said that for such people, reciting or not reciting is the same. I used to stand in prayer with the Prophet (peace be upon him) for the whole night, yet the Prophet (peace be upon him) would only be able to recite Surah Al-Baqarah, Aal-e-Imran, and Surah An-Nisa, because whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) would come across a verse that contained a warning, he would seek refuge with Allah and supplicate, and whenever he would come across a verse containing glad tidings, he would supplicate to Allah and express his desire for it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, we set out with the Prophet (peace be upon him). Some of us had put on the Ihram for Hajj and some for Umrah, and some had taken sacrificial animals with them. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever has put on the Ihram for Umrah and has not brought a sacrificial animal, he should come out of Ihram, and whoever has brought a sacrificial animal should not come out of Ihram. And whoever has put on the Ihram for Hajj should complete his Hajj. Hazrat Aisha says that I was among those who had put on the Ihram for Umrah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw rain falling, he would supplicate: "O Allah! Make it heavy, pouring, and pleasant."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would perform ghusl and then offer two rak'ahs; it seems that he would not perform wudu after ghusl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that Sahla bint Suhail used to have continuous menstrual bleeding. She came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked him about it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered her to perform ghusl (ritual bath) at the time of every prayer. But when it became difficult for her to do so, the Prophet (peace be upon him) instructed her to combine Zuhr and Asr with one ghusl, and Maghrib and Isha with one ghusl, and to perform Fajr prayer with one ghusl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once a gift came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) from the Negus, which included a gold necklace with an Abyssinian gem set in it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) picked it up indifferently with a stick and called his granddaughter Umamah bint Abi Al-As and said, "Dear daughter! Wear this jewelry."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever bathes a deceased person and mentions a trustworthy matter about him and does not disclose any defect "which became apparent while bathing," then he comes out of his sins as on the day he was born. Then he said: Whoever among you is the closest relative of the deceased should remain near him, provided he knows how (to bathe), and if he does not know, then keep near him the one whom you think possesses abundant trustworthiness and piety.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) wished to sleep in a state requiring ghusl, he would perform ablution as for prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever cultivates a land that does not belong to anyone, then he is entitled to it.

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 Muslim is pricked by a thorn or suffers any affliction even less than that, his sins are expiated in return for it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I once saw Hazrat Jibreel descending in his original form; he had filled all the space between the earth and the sky, and he was wearing garments of sundus (fine silk) adorned with pearls and rubies.

Mu’adhah (may Allah have mercy on her) said that a woman asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), “Does a menstruating woman have to make up the missed prayers?” She replied, “Have you become a Kharijite? In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when our ‘days’ would come, we neither made up the prayers nor were we ordered to make them up.”

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The jihad of women is Hajj.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to offer four rak'ahs of Duha prayer and would sometimes add to it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that some women from Basra came to her, so she instructed them to perform istinja with water and said, "Instruct your husbands to do the same. We ourselves feel shy to say this, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to perform istinja only with water."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was afflicted with the illness of his passing, I placed my hand on the chest of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and made this supplication: "O Lord of the people! Remove this pain, You are the Healer and You are the One who grants cure." And the Prophet (peace be upon him) withdrew his hand from me and himself was supplicating: "Join me with the Highest Companion."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Ibn Jud'an used to show hospitality in the time of ignorance, free captives, maintain ties of kinship, and feed the poor. Will these deeds benefit him?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "Aisha! No, he never said even for one day: 'O Lord! Forgive my sins on the Day of Judgment.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: After me, your affairs worry me and only those who are patient will remain patient over you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw that the wind was becoming strong, the color of the blessed face of the Prophet (peace be upon him) would change.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him), during his illness "from which he did not recover," said: May Allah's curse be upon the Jews and Christians; they made the graves of their prophets places of prostration. Hazrat Aisha says that the Prophet (peace be upon him) only feared that his grave might be made a place of prostration, otherwise there would have been no harm in leaving the blessed grave open.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The right of wala’—that is, the inheritance of a freed slave—belongs only to the one who sets the slave free.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform ablution with about one mudd of water and would perform ghusl with about one sa’ of water.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform ablution with about one mudd of water and would perform ghusl with about one sa’ of water.