Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 7449

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: A woman from the people of Dumat al-Jandal came to me. She had come looking for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) shortly after his passing, to ask him about a matter in which she had become involved in the work of sorcerers, though she had not yet practised sorcery. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to Urwah: O my nephew! I saw her weeping when she did not find the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to cure her in this matter; she wept so much that I felt pity for her. She was saying: I fear that I may have been ruined. My husband was absent, and an old woman came to me. I complained to her of my grief, and she said: If you do what I tell you, I will bring him to you. When night came, she brought me two black dogs; I rode one of them and she rode the other, and only a little while passed before we reached Babylon. There were two men hanging by their feet. They asked: Why have you come here? I said: To learn sorcery. They said: "We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve" [Surah al-Baqarah: 102], and go back. I refused. They said: Go to that oven and urinate in it. I went, but I became frightened and did not do it. When I came back, they asked: Have you done it? I said: Yes. They asked: Did you see anything? I said: I did not see anything. They said: You did not do it; go back to your land and do not disbelieve. I refused again. They told me again to go to the oven. I went, and my body trembled and I became afraid. I came back and said: I have done it. They asked: What did you see? I said: I did not see anything. They said: You are lying; you did not do it. Go back to your land and do not disbelieve; you are still at the beginning of your affair. I refused again. They told me a third time to urinate in the oven. I went and urinated in it. Then I saw a veiled horseman clad in iron come out of me and go towards the sky until he disappeared from my sight. I came to them and told them that I had done it. They asked: What did you see? I said: I saw a veiled horseman who came out of me and vanished into the sky. They said: You have told the truth; that was your faith that has left you. Now go. I said to the old woman: By Allah! I do not know anything, and they did not teach me anything either. She said: Of course (you do)! Now whatever you wish will happen. Take this wheat and scatter it. I scattered it. I said: Sprout! And it sprouted. I said: Become a field! And it became a field. Then I said: Put forth ears! And it put them forth. Then I said: Dry up! And it dried up. I said: Be ground! And it was ground. Then I said: Become bread! And it did. When I saw that whatever I wished happened, I was greatly distressed and remorseful. By Allah, O Mother of the Believers! I have never practised any sorcery, nor will I ever do so. Then that woman asked the Companions shortly after the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while they were present in great numbers, but they did not know what to answer her, and all of them feared giving a fatwa without knowledge. However, they said to her: "If your parents, or one of them, were alive, they would have sufficed for you."
This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim did not record it. The purpose of recording it in this place is to make clear that, shortly after the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions agreed that the presence of, or service to, the parents could have sufficed for this woman.