Musnad Ahmad

Abdullah ibn Idris narrated to us, he said: I heard Ubaydullah ibn Umar, and Malik ibn Anas informed us, from Talhah ibn Abd al-Malik, from al-Qasim, from Aisha, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similarly. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This is a rare hadith from Yahya ibn Sa'id; I have not heard it except from my father, from Ibn Numayr and Talhah ibn Abd al-Malik, a man from the people of Aylah. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: The hadith scholars said: This is not in Kufa; rather, this is from Ibn Numayr, from Ubaydullah, meaning al-Umari. So I said to them: Go to Abu Khaythamah, for their hearing in Kufa is only from Ibn Numayr. So they went and found him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes ghusl (ritual bath) would become obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sleep without touching water.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said to me that Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) is conveying greetings of peace to you. She replied.

Umm Abdur Rahman says that we were performing Tawaf with Ummul Momineen Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) saw a woman wearing a cloak with a picture of a cross on it. She said to her, "Take it off, take it off, because whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw such a thing, he would remove it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once pieces of venison were presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of Ihram, so he did not eat it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spread his hands and prayed: O Allah! I am also a human being, so if I have struck or caused harm to any of Your servants, then do not hold me accountable for it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes I would be sleeping in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and my feet would be in the direction of his Qiblah. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go into prostration, he would pinch me and I would draw in my feet. When he would stand up, I would stretch them out again, and in those days there were no lamps in the houses.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that staying at the place of "Abtah" is not a Sunnah, but the Prophet (peace be upon him) stayed there only because it was easier to depart from that side.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to offer sacrifice, he would purchase two rams which were very fat, healthy, horned, beautiful, and castrated. He would slaughter one of them on behalf of those people of his Ummah who remained firm on the declaration of the Oneness of Allah and bore witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had conveyed the message of Allah, and the other animal he would sacrifice on behalf of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

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 tie the collars of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificial animals, that is, goats. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not refrain from anything (from which a pilgrim in the state of ihram refrains).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Hind came to the court of the Prophet and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Before accepting Islam, there was no one on the face of the earth whose tent-dwellers I disliked more than yours, and now there is no one whose tent-dwellers I like to honor more than yours." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is exactly as you have said." Then Hind said, "O Messenger of Allah! Abu Sufyan is tight-fisted in spending money. If I spend something from his wealth on his children without his permission, will there be any sin upon me?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "There will be no sin upon you in spending on them in a good manner."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform Witr with nine rak'ahs. Then, when his age increased and his blessed body became heavy, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started performing Witr with seven rak'ahs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Kafiroon and Surah Al-Ikhlas in the Sunnah prayers of Fajr.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a person asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about honey wine. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every drink that intoxicates is forbidden.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the wife of Rifa’ah Qurzhi came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I and Hazrat Abu Bakr were also present there. She said, "Rifa’ah has given me an irrevocable divorce, after which Abdur Rahman bin Zubair married me." Then she held a corner of her sheet and said, "He only has a corner like this." At that time, Khalid bin Saeed bin Aas was present at the door of the house; he was not allowed to enter, so he said from outside, "Abu Bakr! Why do you not stop this woman from speaking in such an exaggerated manner before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only smiled and then said, "Perhaps you wish to return to Rifa’ah? But this cannot happen until you taste his honey and he tastes your honey."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the wife of Hazrat Uthman bin Maz'un used to apply henna and was fragrant with perfume, but suddenly she abandoned all these things. One day she came to me in a disheveled state, so I asked her, "What is your condition?" She said, "My husband spends the nights in worship and fasts during the day." After a little while, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, so I mentioned this matter to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) met her and said, "O Uthman! Monasticism has not been made obligatory upon us. Is there not a good example for you in my person? By Allah, I am the one who fears Allah the most among you and is most careful in guarding His limits."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once, regarding the son of Zam'a's slave woman, Abd bin Zam'a and Hazrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas brought their dispute to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Abd bin Zam'a said, "O Messenger of Allah! This is my brother, the son of my father's slave woman, and he was born on my father's bed." And Hazrat Sa'd was saying, "My brother made a will to me that when you reach Makkah Mukarramah, take the son of Zam'a's slave woman into your custody because he is my son." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at the child and saw a clear resemblance to Utbah. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Abd! This child is yours, stones are for the adulterer, and O Sawda! Observe veil from him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me cheerful and happy and said, "Just see! Mujazziz had just come, he saw that Zaid and Usama were covered with a sheet, their heads were covered and their feet were exposed, so he said, 'These feet belong to people who are related to each other.'"

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to observe i'tikaf, he would enter the place of i'tikaf only after offering the morning prayer. Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned his intention to observe i'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan, so Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked him for permission to observe i'tikaf. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted her permission, so Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered her tent to be set up, and it was set up. At the order of Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), her tent was also set up. Seeing this, Hazrat Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) also ordered her tent to be set up. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw many tents in the mosque that day, he said, "Do you seek to attain virtue by this?" I am not observing i'tikaf." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned and after Eid, he observed i'tikaf for ten days in Shawwal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Hazrat Zaid bin Harithah with an army, he appointed him as the commander of that army: If he had lived after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have appointed him as his successor.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once it was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that some people dislike turning their private parts towards the Qiblah. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do they do so?" Turn the direction of my sitting place in the toilet towards the Qiblah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform Witr with nine rak'ahs. Then, when his age increased and his blessed body became heavy, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started performing Witr with seven rak'ahs. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would offer two rak'ahs while sitting. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Abu Kamil and Affan narrated to us, they said: Hammad narrated to us, from Humayd, from Bakr ibn Abdullah, from Sa'd ibn Hisham, from Aisha, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the like of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the private part meets the private part, ghusl becomes obligatory.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Saib once asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "I can only pray while sitting, so what is your opinion?" She replied, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that the reward for praying while sitting is half of the reward for praying while standing."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited (Qur'an) standing, he would also perform bowing (ruku') standing, and when he recited sitting, he would also perform bowing sitting.

Urwah says that once I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Allah Almighty has said: "Indeed, Safa and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah. So whoever performs Hajj of the House or Umrah, there is no sin upon him if he walks between them." Does this mean that if a person does not perform Sa'i between Safa and Marwah, there is no sin upon him? Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied, "Nephew! You have said something incorrect. If the verse meant what you have stated, then the verse would have been: 'there is no sin upon him if he does not walk between them.' In fact, the reason for the revelation of this verse is that before accepting Islam, people used to enter into Ihram for 'Manat' and worshipped it near Mushall. And whoever entered into Ihram considered Sa'i between Safa and Marwah to be a sin. Then they asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), 'O Messenger of Allah! In the days of ignorance, people used to consider Sa'i between Safa and Marwah a sin. What is its ruling now?' Upon this, Allah revealed this verse, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established the practice of Sa'i between Safa and Marwah through his Sunnah. Therefore, now it is not correct for anyone to leave Sa'i between Safa and Marwah."

Abdul Aziz bin Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) which surahs the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in Witr. She replied: In the first rak'ah, "Sabbih isma rabbika al-a'la," in the second, "Qul ya ayyuhal kafirun," and in the third, "Qul huwa Allahu ahad," and he would also recite the Mu'awwidhatayn.

Abdullah bin Shaqiq reports: 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: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer long prayers both standing and sitting. When he prayed standing, he would also bow (ruku) standing, and when he prayed sitting, he would also bow sitting. Then I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the voluntary fasts of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast so much that we would talk about it, and sometimes he would leave fasting to the extent that we would talk about it. And after coming to Madinah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast the entire month in any month except Ramadan.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that on the day when the illness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) leading to his death began, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me from Baqi. I was having a headache, so I said, "Oh, my head!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) jokingly said, "I wish that what is to happen would happen during my lifetime, so that I could prepare you well and bury you." I said, "You mean something else; you would spend the night as a bridegroom with another woman that very day." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to smile, and then the illness leading to his death began.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a woman came to her and said, "My daughter has recently gotten married, she has fallen ill and her hair is falling out. Can I have other hair attached to her head?" She replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed both the one who attaches hair and the one who has it attached.

Ubadah bin Abdullah bin Zubair says that once I was present in the service of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so she said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Umrah only in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah, and he performed three Umrahs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from five things: wearing silk and gold, drinking from gold and silver vessels, red saddle cloth, and silk clothing. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! If a little gold is mixed with musk?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, you may mix it with silver, then mix it with saffron." Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on 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), so she replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ... ... Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, he said: Hisham informed us, from Ibn Sirin, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, he said: I asked Aisha about the prayer of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? She said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he prayed standing," and then she mentioned the meaning of the hadith of Muhammad ibn Salamah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that one day Hazrat Sahla came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! We used to consider Salim as our son, he lived with me and Abu Hudhaifa and used to see my private matters. Now Allah has revealed the command regarding adopted sons, which you also know." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Give him your milk to drink, you will become unlawful for him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the illness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began in the house of Hazrat Maymunah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought permission from his noble wives to spend the days of his illness in my house, and all of them granted permission. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out from there supported by Hazrat Abbas and another man (according to the narrator, he was Hazrat Ali, but Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did not consider it necessary to mention his name). At that time, the blessed feet of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were dragging on the ground as he walked.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once, during his final illness, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Pour water from seven such water skins over me whose mouths have not been opened, perhaps I may feel some relief, so that I may advise the people." So we seated the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a brass tub that was with Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), and began to pour water from those water skins over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until he began to signal to us to stop. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell ill with his final illness, he would repeatedly cover his blessed face with a sheet, and when he felt discomfort, he would remove the sheet from his face. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying, "May Allah curse the Jews and Christians; they made the graves of their prophets places of prostration." Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that in fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was warning people against their actions so that they would not fall into the same practice.

Narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house, he said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." Hazrat Aisha submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted man; he will not be able to control his tears, because whenever Abu Bakr recites the Holy Qur'an, he starts weeping." And I said this only so that people would not start saying about Abu Bakr that he was the first man to stand in the place of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and thus become sinful. But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." When I repeated it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the same order and said, "You are like the women who were infatuated with Yusuf (Joseph) (who concealed something in their hearts and expressed something else with their tongues)."