Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace 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 that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The house in which there are no dates is like a house in which there is no food.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade drinking water from a place where people's dirty water accumulates.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that a woman came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "May my father be sacrificed for you, I and my son bought the fruits of such-and-such man's land. We harvested the crop and separated the fruits, but by the One who honored you, we could only get as much from it as we could eat ourselves or feed to a needy person in hope of blessing. In this way, we suffered a loss. We went to the owner with this request that he compensate us for our loss, but he swore by Allah that he would not compensate us for our loss." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Did he swear an oath not to do good?" When that man found out, he came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "May my parents be sacrificed for you, if you wish, I will compensate them for their loss (and give more fruit), and if you wish, I will give them money." So, at the Prophet's (peace be upon him) request, he compensated them for their loss.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took an oath that he would not go to his noble wives for a month. After 29 days had passed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me first. So I said, "Did you not take an oath for a month? According to my count, today is the 29th day." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Sometimes a month is also of 29 days."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade selling fruits until they have fully ripened and are safe from calamities.

Umm Dharr said: I saw Aisha performing the Duha prayer, and she used to say: I only saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) performing four rak'ahs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about looking to the right and left during prayer. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: This is a snatching attack which Satan snatches from a person's prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) was in the mosque when he said to a slave girl, "Hand me the mat." The Prophet (peace be upon him) wanted to spread it and pray on it. She informed him that she was in her menstrual period. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Her 'period' has not affected her hand."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to especially observe fasting on Mondays and Thursdays.

Urwah narrates that a person asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) what the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to do in his house. She replied: He did as any one of you does; the Prophet (peace be upon him) would mend his own sandals and patch his own clothes himself.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that after the stoning of Jamrah Aqabah and before the Tawaf al-Ziyarah, I used to apply perfume to the Prophet (peace be upon him). Salim says that acting upon the Sunnah of the Messenger is more rightful than adopting the statement of Hazrat Umar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) felt heaviness in his health, he said, "Call Abu Bakr and his son to me, so that he may write a document, and no one who harbors desire regarding Abu Bakr may harbor that desire, and no one who wishes may wish for it." Then he said, "Allah and the believers will refuse that there be any disagreement regarding Abu Bakr."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that some companions complained to the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the whispers that occurred to them, saying, "O Messenger of Allah! Such thoughts come to us that it is more beloved to us to fall from the sky than to utter them." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "This is pure faith."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the wife of Hazrat Uthman bin Maz'un used to apply henna and smell of fragrance, but suddenly she abandoned all these things. One day she came to me, so I asked her, "Is your husband present or has he gone somewhere?" She said, "His being present is like his being absent." I asked, "What do you mean?" She said, "Uthman has no desire for the world or for women." After a little while, the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to me, so I mentioned this matter to him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) met her and said, "O Uthman! Do you believe in the things in which we believe?" He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Then why do you not follow our example?"

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sometimes ghusl (ritual bath) would become obligatory upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) would sleep without touching water. Then, after sleeping, when he would wake up in the last part of the night, he would go to his wife again and then perform ghusl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once I submitted in the court of the Messenger, "O Messenger of Allah! Every wife of yours has a kunyah (honorific name) except me?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Take your kunyah from your son (nephew) Abdullah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sometimes the Prophet (peace be upon him) would fast so much that we would say, "Now the Prophet (peace be upon him) will continue to fast," and sometimes he would leave off fasting so much that we would say, "Now the Prophet (peace be upon him) will continue to leave off fasting." And I have not seen the Prophet (peace be upon him) fast in any month as much as I saw him fast in Sha'ban; the Prophet (peace be upon him) would fast almost the entire month, leaving only a few days.

Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when Hazrat Rafi' bin Khadij passed away, he heard Abdullah bin Umar saying that the deceased is punished because of the weeping of the people of the neighborhood over him. I came to Umrah and mentioned this to her. She said that Hazrat Aisha said: May Allah forgive Abu Abdur Rahman, he is not lying, but he has forgotten. In fact, the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed by a Jewish woman over whom people were weeping, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: These people are weeping over her and she is being punished.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) offered Witr in the beginning, middle, and last part of the night, and the Witr of the Prophet (peace be upon him) also reached up to the time of Suhoor.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had assumed only the Ihram for Hajj.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that after the stoning of Jamrah Aqabah and before the Tawaf al-Ziyarah, I used to apply perfume to the Prophet (peace be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Sometimes a person is performing the deeds of the people of Paradise, but in the Preserved Tablet his name is written among the people of Hell. So, shortly before his death, he begins to do the deeds of the people of Hell and dies in that state and thus enters Hell. Similarly, a man is performing the deeds of the people of Hell, but in the Preserved Tablet his name is written among the people of Paradise. Therefore, shortly before his death, he begins to do the deeds of the people of Paradise and dies in that state and thus enters Paradise.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had assumed only the Ihram for Hajj.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once a large number of Bedouins from Arabia came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and surrounded him. The Muhajireen stood up and began to make way for the Prophet (peace be upon him), and in this way, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was able to reach the threshold of Hazrat Aisha's house. The Bedouins also came close to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) handed his cloak to them and quickly moved towards the threshold and entered the house, and said, "May Allah's curse be upon them." Hazrat Aisha submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! These people are ruined." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "O daughter of Abu Bakr! Never. I have made a condition with my Lord—which cannot be violated—that I am also a human being and I am troubled by the things by which common people are troubled. Now, if any sentence escapes my mouth for a Muslim, let it become an atonement for that person."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that there was no day when the Prophet (peace be upon him) would not visit each one of his wives among us. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would come to us and touch our bodies without intercourse, until he would reach the wife whose turn it was that day, and he would spend the night with her.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me, "O Aisha! Do not give by counting, otherwise Allah will also count for you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, sometimes a person is performing the deeds of the people of Paradise, but in the Preserved Tablet his name is written among the people of Hell. Similarly, a man is performing the deeds of the people of Hell, but in the Preserved Tablet his name is written among the people of Paradise.

Urwah narrates that once Hazrat Aisha said to him, "Nephew! The hair of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was a little longer than the earlobes and shorter than long hair. By Allah, O nephew! Sometimes a whole month would pass over the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him) in such a way that no fire would be lit in any of the houses of the Prophet (peace be upon him), except that a little meat would come from somewhere. For our sustenance, there were only two things: water and dates. However, there were some households of the Ansar living around us, and at the time when the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away, there was not even enough food in the cupboard that a person with a liver could eat, except for a few grains of barley. But I kept eating from them for a long time, yet they did not finish. One day I measured them, and then they finished. I wish I had not measured them. And by Allah, the bedding of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was made of leather, stuffed with palm fibers."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, whoever is called to account will be punished. I said: Has Allah Almighty not said, "Soon an easy account will be taken"? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: That will not be an actual account; that will be a mere presentation. And whoever is debated with regarding the account on the Day of Resurrection, he will be seized by punishment.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sweet water used to be brought from water sources for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to drink.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When any one of you goes to relieve himself, he should perform istinja with three stones, for three stones suffice for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, whoever is called to account will be subjected to punishment.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once a beggar asked her for something. She told Barirah, so she brought something. On this occasion, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her, "O Aisha! Do not give by counting, otherwise Allah will also give you by counting."

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) himself was supplicating: "Join me with the Highest Companion, join me with the Highest Companion."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that if, due to sleep overpowering or illness, the Tahajjud prayer was missed by the Prophet (peace be upon him) on any day, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would offer twelve rak'ahs during the day.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) visited a sick person, he would recite this supplication: "O Lord of the people! Remove his suffering, grant him healing, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing. Grant such a healing that leaves no trace of illness."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that if, due to sleep overpowering him or illness, the Prophet (peace be upon him) missed the Tahajjud prayer on any day, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would perform twelve rak'ahs during the day. And the Prophet (peace be upon him) would not stand in prayer the whole night until morning, nor would he recite the entire Qur'an in one night, and except for Ramadan, he would not fast for the complete month in any other month until he departed from this world.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sometimes ghusl (ritual bath) would become obligatory upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) would return to his wife again without touching water with his hand.