Musnad Ahmad

The details of the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) ritual bath after major impurity are narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) as follows: The Prophet (peace be upon him) would first wash both his hands, then pour water from his right hand onto his left hand and wash it thoroughly, wash his private parts, then rub his hand on the wall and wash it, then perform ablution, and then pour water over the rest of his body.

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.

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.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would begin the prayer with Takbeer, start the recitation with Surah Al-Fatihah, and end the prayer with Salam.

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 (hadi) to Makkah Mukarramah, and I used to braid the collars for the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificial animals. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not refrain from anything (from which a person in the state of ihram refrains).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once she submitted in the court of the Messenger, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, if I attain Laylat al-Qadr, what supplication should I make in it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You should supplicate: O Allah! You are Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness, so forgive me."

Abdullah bin Shaqiq says that once I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) use to perform the Duha prayer? She replied, "No, except when he returned from a journey." I asked, "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) use to pray sitting?" She replied, "He started doing so after the number of people increased." I asked, "Which surahs did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite in prayer?" She replied, "The Mufassalat." I asked, "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ever fast the entire month?" She replied, "I do not know of any month in which he fasted the entire month except Ramadan, and I do not know of any month in which he did not fast at all, and this practice continued till the end."

Shurayh al-Harithī (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) rode a she-camel on which no one had ever ridden before. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "ʿĀʾishah! Fear Allah and make gentleness obligatory upon yourself, for gentleness, whenever it is in something, makes it beautiful, and whenever it is removed from something, makes it ugly and defective."

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 used to say to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Leave some water for me, leave some for me."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer four rak'ahs of Duha prayer and would add to it as much as he wished.

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 the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wash his hands first.

Aswad says that I asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in what things did the Prophet (peace be upon him) dislike making nabidh? She said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade the household from (using) dubba', hantam, and muzaffat.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a woman used to have continuous menstrual bleeding. She came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and inquired about it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "This is blood from a vein, not menstruation." And the Prophet (peace be upon him) instructed her to combine Zuhr and Asr prayers with one ghusl (ritual bath), and to combine Maghrib and Isha prayers with one ghusl, and to perform Fajr prayer with one ghusl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once I hung a curtain on the door of my house which had some pictures on it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house and saw it, the color of his blessed face changed, and he said, "Remove it." So I removed it from there and made cushions out of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she wanted to buy Barirah in order to set her free, but her owners made her allegiance (wala’) a condition for themselves. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Buy her and set her free, for the inheritance of a slave belongs to the one who sets him free. Also, people used to give her some charity, and she would give us some of it as a gift. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is charity for her and a gift for you, so you may eat it. The narrator says that her husband was a free man.

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.

Ibrahim Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him, used to go to Hazrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, and would enter her house. The narrator asked, "How did Ibrahim Nakha'i go to her?" The reply was given that he used to go with his maternal uncle Aswad, and there was a bond of brotherhood and affection established between Aswad and Hazrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the (Sunnah of Fajr) so briefly that I would say, "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite Surah Al-Fatiha or not?"

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 Dubba, Muzaffat, and Hantam.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I have not seen the severity of illness affect any human being more than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Atiyyah says that once I and Masruq presented ourselves before Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa and said to her, "O Mother of the Believers! There are two companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him); one of them hastens in breaking the fast and also in prayer, while the other delays both breaking the fast and prayer." She asked, "Who is the one who hastens in breaking the fast and prayer?" We replied, "Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)." She said, "The Prophet (peace be upon him) also used to do the same." And the other companion was Hazrat Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A person's children are also his earnings, and they are pure earnings."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us the choice to stay with him or to choose the world. We chose the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not consider it as any divorce upon us.

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 Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with a thorn prick or anything less than that, a rank is raised for him in return and a sin is forgiven for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Pick up the mat from the mosque and give it to me." I said: "I am menstruating." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your menstruation is not in your hand."

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.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and sought permission to enter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Give him permission to enter; he is a very bad man of his tribe." When he entered, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke to him gently, to the extent that we began to think that he held some status and position in the eyes 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: "Any woman who removes her clothes anywhere other than her husband's house tears the veil between herself and her Lord."

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, he said: Sufyan informed us, from Mansur, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, from Abu al-Malih, from Aisha, she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Then he mentioned its meaning.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to perform ghusl after janabah, he would first wash both his hands three times, then take the vessel with his right hand and pour water onto his left hand, then wash his private parts thoroughly, then wash that hand thoroughly, rinse his mouth three times, put water into his nose three times, wash his face three times, wash his hands three times, pour water on his head three times, and then pour water over the rest of his body.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me, I would tie my lower garment even though I was menstruating, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place his body against mine.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I used to braid the collars of the sacrificial goats of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and after that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not refrain from anything (from which a person in the state of Ihram would abstain).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray at night while I was lying in front of him, and when I wanted to get up and did not like to pass in front of him, I would slip away.

Alqamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the voluntary prayers of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She replied that every action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was consistent.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to join his body with the bodies of his wives while he was fasting.

Once, Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) was told that your slave comes to you without hesitation, but I do not like his coming here. She replied, "Is there not for you in the person of the Prophet (peace be upon him) an excellent example?" The wife of Hazrat Abu Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) once came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I see signs of displeasure on the face of (my husband) Abu Hudhaifah due to Salim's coming and going at my place." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Breastfeed him so that he may come to you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me, I would tie my lower garment even though I was menstruating, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place his body against mine.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was neither one to do indecent acts nor to speak indecently, nor did he raise his voice in the markets, and he did not repay evil with evil, rather he would forgive and overlook.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her place and there was a man present there. It seemed that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was displeased by this. She said, "O Messenger of Allah! This is my brother." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Make sure to verify who your brothers are, for the relationship of suckling is due to hunger (that is, the period is two and a half years, and during this time the child's hunger is satisfied by that milk)."