Musnad Ahmad

Ubad bin Abdullah bin Zubair says that when Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas passed away, Hazrat Aisha ordered that his funeral be brought past her. Due to the funeral coming into the mosque, it became difficult. Hazrat Aisha prayed for Sa’d. Some people objected to this. When Hazrat Aisha found out, she said, “How quick people are to make comments! The Prophet (peace be upon him) offered the funeral prayer of Suhail bin Baida right in the mosque.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when it was said to the Prophet (peace be upon him) that a certain person is ill and is not eating anything, the Prophet (peace be upon him) would say, "Take porridge (even though it may not be pleasing to the taste, it is very beneficial) and feed it to him. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it cleanses your stomach just as one of you washes his face with water and removes dirt."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her: O Aisha! Prepare a barrier against the fire of Hell, even if it is only a piece of a date, for even a date supports a hungry person more than it does a satiated one.

Amr bin Suwaid says that once the issue of applying perfume in the state of Ihram was being discussed in front of Aisha bint Talha. She narrated that Umm al-Mu'mineen Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa said that she traveled with the Prophet (peace be upon him), and she had her hair stuck together and had tied this band before entering into Ihram. Then she would bathe while the band was still tied on her head. If she sweated, she would bathe, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not forbid her from this.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that I never saw signs of agitation on the face of the Prophet (peace be upon him), except when a cloud appeared (then those signs would be evident), and when that cloud would rain, those signs would also disappear.

It is narrated from Abu Salamah that once he came to Hazrat Aisha with a dispute over a piece of land. Hazrat Aisha said to him, "O Abu Salamah! Leave the land, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever unjustly takes even a span of land from someone, Allah Almighty will put around his neck on the Day of Resurrection a collar of that portion of seven earths."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once a man came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and sought permission to enter. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "He is a very bad man of his tribe." When he came inside, the Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke to him gently, and I saw that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was giving him so much attention that I began to think perhaps he holds a very high status in the court of the Messenger.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If people knew what reward there is for the Isha and Fajr prayers, they would certainly come for these two prayers even if they had to crawl on their knees.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of vessels called Muzaffat, Dubba, and Hantam.

A person asked Hazrat Aisha about the voluntary fasts of the Prophet (peace be upon him), so she replied that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to fast in the month of Sha'ban and paid special attention to fasting on Mondays and Thursdays.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to especially fast in the month of Sha'ban and on Mondays and Thursdays.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Those who make pictures will be subjected to punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: Give life to what you have created.

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

Urwah narrates that when someone from the household of Aisha would fall ill, after the women of the congregation had left and only the women of her own house remained, she would order a pot to be put on in which porridge was cooked. Then she would order that tharid be prepared, and the porridge would be poured over the tharid. She would then say, "Eat it, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that porridge strengthens the heart of the sick and removes some effects of sorrow."

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 a man bought a slave, put him to work, then found some defect in him and returned him to the seller. The seller said, "What about the wages for the days my slave worked?" So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The profit from earnings is linked with the liability of guarantee."

Yahya bin Ghassani says that once I visited Madinah Munawwarah, and I met Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amrah, may Allah have mercy on him, who was the governor of Madinah Munawwarah at that time. He told me that once a thief was brought to him, so his aunt, Amrah bint Abdur Rahman, sent him a message saying: "Do not be hasty in the matter of this person until I come to you. I will come and tell you what hadith I have heard from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) regarding the thief." So she came and informed him that she had heard Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Cut off the hand of the thief for a quarter dinar, but do not cut it off for less than that." At that time, a quarter dinar was equal to three dirhams, and one dinar was twelve dirhams. And what he had stolen was less than a quarter dinar, so I did not cut off his hand.

It is narrated from Abu Salamah that once Abdur Rahman performed ablution at the place of Aisha, so she said, "Abdur Rahman! Perform ablution properly and completely, because I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: 'Woe to the heels from the fire of Hell.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to offer two rak'ahs between the call to Fajr prayer and the (Fajr) prayer itself.

Saeed says that once someone said to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "O Mother of the Believers! This time the moon has been sighted on the 29th." She replied, "What is so surprising about that? I have fasted more months of 29 days than 30 with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: O Aisha! The first people to be destroyed among the people will be your people. I asked, "May Allah sacrifice me for you, do you mean the people of Banu Taym?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No, rather this tribe of Quraysh. Desires will be adorned before them and people will withdraw from them, and they will be the first to be destroyed. I asked, "Then what will remain of the people after them?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It will be a disease in which the strong will consume the weak, and upon them the Hour will be established.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that a Jewish woman used to serve her. Whenever Hazrat Aisha did any kindness to her, she would pray for her, saying, "May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave." Once, the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to me, so I asked him, "O Messenger of Allah! Is there punishment in the grave before the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "No, but why are you asking?" I said, "Whenever I do any good to this Jewish woman, she says, 'May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave.'" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The Jews lie; they even falsely attribute things to Allah. There will be no punishment before the Day of Resurrection." After a short time, "as long as Allah willed," the Prophet (peace be upon him) came out at midday, his clothes wrapped around him, his eyes were red, and he was loudly proclaiming, "O people! Trials have come upon you like pieces of a dark night. O people! If you knew what I know, you would weep much and laugh little. O people! Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave, and the punishment of the grave is indeed true."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that during i'tikaf, due to some need, I would enter the house, and if there was a sick person there, I would inquire about his well-being merely in passing. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would be in i'tikaf and would extend his head out from the mosque, and I would comb it. And the Prophet (peace be upon him) would not enter the house without necessity.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Barirah came to her; she was a mukatabah (a slave woman who had a contract for her freedom) and came with a request for help in paying her contract amount. Hazrat Aisha asked her, "Do your owners want to sell you? If they wish, I will pay your contract amount, but your wala (right of inheritance/loyalty) will belong to me." She went to her owners and mentioned this to them. They said, "Not unless she accepts the condition that your inheritance will go to us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Buy her and set her free, for the wala (right of inheritance) belongs only to the one who sets the slave free." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said, "What is wrong with people that they stipulate conditions which are not in the Book of Allah? Whoever stipulates a condition which is not permitted in the Book of Allah, it is invalid, even if he stipulates it a hundred times. The condition of Allah is more deserving and stronger."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once Umm Habibah bint Jahsh came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said that her menstrual bleeding continued constantly. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "This is blood from a vein, so during the days of menstruation, leave the prayers. After that, take a bath and perform ablution for every prayer and then offer the prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send sacrificial animals from Madinah, and I used to twist the collars of the Prophet’s sacrificial animals with my own hands. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not avoid those things from which a person in the state of Ihram avoids.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that after the Tawaf-e-Ziyarat, Hazrat Safiyyah began her menstruation. This was mentioned to the Prophet (peace be upon him), so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Will this prevent us (from leaving)?" I said, "She began her menstruation after the Tawaf-e-Ziyarat." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Then she should depart."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to me in a happy and cheerful state and said, "Just see, Mujazz just came. He saw that Zaid and Usama were covered with a single sheet, their heads were covered and their feet were exposed. So he said, 'These people whose feet are visible have a relationship with each other.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever flees from the plague is like one who flees from the battlefield.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) exerted himself in worship during the last ten days of Ramadan more than at any other time.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The most blessed marriage is the one which is the easiest in terms of hardship.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded us that when the firstborn offspring among goats reaches five, then one goat should be given in charity in the name of Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever acquires the first seven surahs of the Holy Qur'an is a great scholar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar and Bilal also became ill. When Hazrat Siddiq Akbar had a fever, he used to say, "Every person wakes up among his family while death is closer to him than the strap of his sandal." When Bilal's fever would subside a little, he would recite this verse: "Alas! How would I know if I will ever again spend a night in Fakh, with 'Idhkhir' and 'Jaleel' grass around me? Will I ever reach the springs of Majannah one day, and will Shamah and Tufail appear before me? O Allah! Disgrace Utbah bin Rabi'ah and Umayyah bin Khalaf, just as they expelled us from Makkah Mukarramah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once on the day of Eid, some Abyssinians were performing acrobatics in front of the Prophet (peace be upon him). I rested my head on the shoulder of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and began to watch them, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) lowered his shoulder for me so that I could also see.

Saibah, who was the freed slave woman of Fakah bin Mughira, says that once I went to the service of Hazrat Aisha and saw a spear placed in her house. I asked her, "O Mother of the Believers! What do you do with this spear?" She replied, "This is kept for those lizards and I kill them with it, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) narrated this hadith to us: When Hazrat Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, there was no animal on the earth except that it was trying to extinguish the fire, except for this lizard, which was blowing on it (to ignite it further). Therefore, the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered us to kill the lizard."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from killing the snakes that live in houses, except for those snakes which have a short tail or two stripes, because such snakes cause blindness and cause women to miscarry. And whoever leaves these snakes (without killing them) is not from among us. Hadith number (25039 and 25040) is also narrated from this second chain.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, the severest punishment will be for those who try to imitate Allah in creation.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray eleven rak'ahs between Isha and Fajr. He would say salam after every two rak'ahs and would pray one rak'ah of Witr. In the nawafil, he would perform such a long prostration that before he raised his head, any one of you could recite fifty verses. When the muezzin finished giving the first adhan, he would pray two short rak'ahs, then lie down on his right side until the muezzin would come and inform the Prophet (peace be upon him) that it was time for prayer.

It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'mineen Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Umm Habibah bint Jahsh, "who was married to Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf," suffered from continuous bleeding (istihada) for seven years. She complained about this illness to the Prophet (peace be upon him), so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "This is not the blood of the regular (menstrual) days, rather it is blood from a vein. Therefore, when the regular days come, leave the prayer, and when they end, perform ghusl and then offer prayer." Hazrat Aisha says that then she used to perform ghusl for every prayer and would sit in the tub of her sister Zainab Jahsh, in which the redness of the blood would overpower the color of the water.