Nasai

Narrated from Muhammad bin Qais that he heard Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) saying: “Shall I not relate to you an incident of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and myself?” We said: “Why not?” She said: “On the night it was my turn, the Prophet returned from ‘Isha, placed his shoes by his feet, laid down his cloak, and spread his lower garment on the bed. He had only rested a little when he thought I had fallen asleep, so he quietly put on his shoes, gently took his cloak, slowly opened the door, went out, and then quietly closed it. I also put my head covering on my head, wrapped myself in my cloak, put on my lower garment, and followed behind him until he reached the Baqi’ cemetery. There, he raised his hands three times, stood for a long time, then turned back, so I also turned back. He walked quickly, so I walked quickly. Then he increased his pace, so I increased mine. Then he started running, so I started running. I overtook him and entered (the house), and I had just lain down when he entered and said: ‘What is the matter, Aisha! Why are you out of breath?’ (Sulaiman bin Dawud said: I think my sheikh said: «حشیا», meaning) ‘Why are you out of breath?’ He said: ‘Tell me, or the Subtle and All-Aware, that is, Allah, will inform me.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! May my parents be sacrificed for you,’ then she told him the whole incident. He said: ‘So it was your shadow that I saw ahead of me?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ Then he gave me such a pat on my chest that it hurt me and said: ‘Do you think that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?’ Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: ‘No matter how much a matter is hidden from people, Allah knows it well.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Yes.’ Then he said: ‘Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me when you saw me, but he could not enter in front of you because you had removed your clothes. He called me and concealed himself from you. I responded to him and concealed it from you (i.e., spoke softly), and I thought you had fallen asleep, so I did not think it appropriate to wake you. And I feared that you might feel lonely in solitude. So he (Jibril) instructed me to go to the people of Baqi’ and seek forgiveness for them.’ Hajjaj bin Muhammad narrated the chain in the opposite manner «عن ابن جریج ، عن ابن ابی ملیکۃ ، عن محمد بن قیس».